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Jo Marchant
Bio
Jo Marchant is a freelance journalist, New York Times bestselling author and speaker. Her writing explores the nature of humanity, the mind-body connection, the universe and past civilisations. Her latest book is (Canongate, 2026). Jo is a former editor of the journal Nature and a former opinion editor at ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ.
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Books & Arts
Forgotten heroes and villains, triumphs and disasters
Books & Arts
Life
Success, not size 0, makes women want to eat less
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Health
Scalpels and skulls point to Bronze Age brain surgery
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Space
How to survive the long haul in space
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Rubella epidemic stories warn us why vaccines matter
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Technology
Reconstructed: Archimedes's flaming steam cannon
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Tutankhamen 'killed by sickle-cell disease'
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When Egyptian plunder made Enlightenment propaganda
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