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Two books, by Walter Isaacson and Henry Greely, seek to start the public debate on whether we should alter our genomes
We need to rebut propagandist falsehoods before they infect the real world
A serious polemic that attacks the western tradition of moral thought and links the feline good life to the ethics of Spinoza and the Taoists
Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case for neurodiversity, arguing that autism confers advantages that we should value
Tim Hayward selects his must-read titles
Clive Cookson selects his must-read titles
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The mechanical engineer and TV presenter is rewriting the male world of science, one storybook at a time
A ‘witness statement’ from a lifetime of travels — and an urgent call to action
Two books ask how we can take back control of our data in a surveillance society
An original work that plays down the economic motives of modern migrants
Two controversial authors take aim at the scare stories — and puncture a few myths on the way
An exploration of early medicine makes for a vivid ride through ancient Greece
New Living Planet Report shows natural world is in ‘freefall’
Jonathan Berman’s book is a guide to strategies for converting the ‘vaccine hesitant’
Two books explore what it means for humans to live with animals — and warn that we retreat from nature at our peril
How computing’s fourth age will call time on human mastery of technology
Fungi are only the tip of complex networks that we are barely beginning to understand
From grazing in the Arctic to creating an ‘ecospace’, the wild ideas behind this new book are worth considering
As calls for inquiries intensify, three leading science writers set the tone of the debate
Clive Cookson selects his best mid-year reads
How do promises of rocket planes and ageing cures sit with our failure to stop coronavirus?
Three books bring home how we have a once-in-a lifetime chance to reset our relationship with the natural world
Michael Osterholm’s persuasive blueprint demands a rethink for the post-coronavirus era
How Silicon Valley titans came to believe ageing was a disease that could be cured
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