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Origin review: A genetic history of the Americas

A new book by geneticist Jennifer Raff updates our understanding of the first Americans, and confronts the crimes of the past

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Illustration of animals that existed during the Ediacaran period (around 635 to 542 million years ago). This period at the end of the Proterozoic era was characterised by the emergence of the first multicellular animals. These were bottom-dwelling marine animals and included Swartpuntia (green, lower left), Cloudina (with stacked rings and tentacles, right), the frond-like Charnia (centre, red and blue), and Charniodiscus (background, blue-green).

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Otherlands review: A fascinating journey through Earth's history

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The best books of 2021 - 51��’s Christmas gift guide

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The best books of 2021 - 51��’s Christmas gift guide

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Hawaiian Soul review: An inspiring tale of environmental activism

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Hawaiian Soul review: An inspiring tale of environmental activism

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Anti-Monsanto/GMO Protest, New York, 25 May 2013 - Hundreds of thousands across the US joined the worldwide rally against biotech giant Monsanto and genetically engineered crops. It comes shortly after the Senate turned down a bill that would allow states to require the labeling of GM foods. Photo: Tony Savino (Photo by Tony Savino/Corbis via Getty Images)

Life As We Made It review: Should we go all in on gene-editing tech?

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FF7MXH SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, 1939. /nBasil Rathbone as Dr. Frankenstein, Boris Karloff as the Monster, and Bela Lugosi assisting.

The gruesome science behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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W39B3T Group of activists is protesting outdoors - Crowd demonstrating against global warming and plastic pollution, concepts about green ecology and environ

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Kim Stanley Robinson on how to have a good Anthropocene

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TOPSHOT - This photo taken on January 2, 2021 shows people reading books in a library with a mirrored ceiling in Shaoyang, in China's central Hunan province. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

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Index, a history of the: Exploring the rivalries in how we search

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PU'ER, CHINA - AUGUST 07: A herd of wild Asian elephants strolls through a village at Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County on August 7, 2021 in Pu'er, Yunnan Province of China. (Photo by Wang Zhengpeng/VCG via Getty Images)

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Fuzz review: Witty and amusing science writing at its best

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Person undergoing a CAT scan in hospital. PET scan equipment. Medical CT scan of patient.

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Wonderworks review: How stories affect our brains

Wonderworks by Angus Fletcher tells the fascinating tale of the neuroscience of storytelling. It traces the narrative tools that trigger our brains’ responses to some of history’s greatest literature

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Why adding a road can increase traffic and other modelling delights

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How to Mars review: Sci-fi satire about reality TV on the Red Planet

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Inflamed review: How poverty and injustice make you sick

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How opium, caffeine and mescaline shaped the world – and got us hooked

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