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How air conditioning overwhelmed its hothead haters

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How air conditioning overwhelmed its hothead haters

It was a fight between vested interests and institutional boneheadedness, but as Cool: How air conditioning changed everything explains, common sense won out

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How to be genuinely yourself when always online

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How to be genuinely yourself when always online

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Does this climate narrative really change anything?

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Does this climate narrative really change anything?

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Epilepsy gives woman compulsion to write poems

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Epilepsy gives woman compulsion to write poems

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Was Aristotle the inventor of science?

Was Aristotle the inventor of science?

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I'm reverse-engineering Mesopotamian hit songs

I'm reverse-engineering Mesopotamian hit songs

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A paean to plants: The story of botany at Kew gardens

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A paean to plants: The story of botany at Kew gardens

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The creepy crawly story of life on Earth

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The creepy crawly story of life on Earth

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Socrates among the psychopaths

Socrates among the psychopaths

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The war for our attention in a land of infinite choice

The war for our attention in a land of infinite choice

With more content than ever before, its hard to extract what's preferred from what's promoted. Two books explore the effect digital media has on us

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Myths and reality of the Nazi space rocket

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Life

A manifesto for playing god with human evolution

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Life

Harness randomness to succeed at life

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See all the copper from a mine in one giant ball

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