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What to read this week: the persuasive How Flowers Made Our World

We shouldn't dismiss flowers as merely ornamental – these blooms are world-changers, argues a vivid new book by David George Haskell. Michael Marshall is mostly convinced

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The Selfish Gene: Still one of the most thrilling evolution books ever

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The Selfish Gene: Still one of the most thrilling evolution books ever

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Adrian Tchaikovsky: 'I try and do interesting aliens'

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Adrian Tchaikovsky: 'I try and do interesting aliens'

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Daisy Fancourt

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Professor Daisy Fancourt on the life-changing power of the arts

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A team of Department of Defense drone operators and experts test the technical capabilities of various Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) during a Defense Innovation Unit led prize challenge to identify platforms, components, and capabilities for Blue UAS, which clears and validates flying platforms are safe to fly, cyber-secure, and meet DOD requirements, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, on Nov. 2-6, 2024. The Blue UAS Refresh Challenge included more than 35 platforms and companies, and an expert team of 40 military drone end-users with participation from each service branch and several major program offices in support of the Department???s ability to quickly scale and field commercially produced drone technologies for military and government use. (DOD photo by Devon Bistarkey, Defense Innovation Unit) https://www.war.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2003592438/

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What to read this week: Katrina Manson's terrifying Project Maven

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Captivating space images show how it has inspired us through the ages

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Captivating space images show how it has inspired us through the ages

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Albert Llop/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (15351897e) Rebecca Solnit (born 1961) is an American writer and activist. She writes on a variety of subjects, including feminism, the environment, politics, place, and art. In Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on June 6, 2025 . Rebecca Solnit In Barcelona, Spain - 06 Jun 2025

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Rebecca Solnit: 'The great majority of people want climate action'

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Environment

Will war in the Middle East accelerate the clean energy transition?

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Why drug overdose deaths have suddenly plummeted in the US

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Maggie Aderin's dream: To walk by the footprints of Neil Armstrong

Space scientist Maggie Aderin talks telescopes, neurodiversity and being underestimated with Rowan Hooper on the �鶹��ý podcast, as her memoir Starchild comes out

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�鶹��ý recommends sci-fi novel Under the Eye of the Big Bird

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Why are we so obsessed with protein? A new book looks for answers

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The best new popular science books of March 2026

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What to read this week: Poisonous People by Leanne ten Brinke

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