All Books articles – Page 12
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ReviewA crack in creation: the new power to control evolution
How studying bacterial immunity led to the development of Crispr
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ReviewSex, lies, and brain scans: how fMRI reveals what really goes on in our minds
Can neuroscientists can use functional magnetic resonance imaging to read minds?
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ReviewOrganic chemistry: a very short introduction
A beginner’s guide to one of the most exciting areas of modern science
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ReviewThe weathermen: their story
A book that explores humanity’s fascination with the weather, and our attempts to predict the seemingly unpredictable
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ReviewIntroducing epigenetics: a graphic guide
The ins and outs of epigenetics explained with the help of comic strips
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ReviewThe radium girls: the dark story of America’s shining women
A reminder of where health and safety came from, and why it is so very important for progress
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ReviewFrankenstein: annotated for scientists, engineers and creators of all kinds
A new edition of Mary Shelley’s classic
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ReviewMouthfeel: how texture makes taste
A tastebud-tingling guide for food lovers and food science scholars
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ReviewThe planet in a pebble: a journey into Earth's deep history
How the interplay between physics, chemistry, biology and geology forms our world
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ReviewThe imagineers of war
A history of the Pentagon’s infamous Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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ReviewThe death of expertise: the campaign against established knowledge and why it matters
Why are people getting sick of experts?
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ReviewYour brain is a time machine: the neuroscience and physics of time
A book for people with more than a passing interest in time
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ReviewToxic exposures: mustard gas and the health consequences of world war II in the United States
An insight into the murky world of chemical warfare
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Feature200 years of Gmelin’s handbook
2017 marks 200 years since Leopold Gmelin first published his influential handbook – and it’s still going strong, as Mike Sutton discovers
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ReviewA tale of seven scientists and a new philosophy of science
Eric Scerri proposes that science has evolved like a biological organism rather than in small steps or giant leaps
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ReviewBring back the king: the new science of de-extinction
How and why could scientists resurrect long-dead species?
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