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eugenics

Humans

Eugenic America: How to exclude almost everyone

Thousands of "unfit" people were forcibly sterilised in the US in the 20th century. Two new books show just how much rigour we need to avoid modern eugenics

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photos

Humans

Racism, photography and DNA: can we right past wrongs?

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Coltrane

Physics

Bananas and jazz help us penetrate physics – but only so far

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advertising

Humans

The Persuaders: How we let the PR industry control our minds

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Elements

Humans

The maddeningly magical maths of John Dee

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John Grisham

Health

Tumor is the most important book I've ever written

Opinion

language

Life

Why Only Us: The language paradox

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praying mantis

Life

Cheats and Deceits: The story of how to stay alive

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driving

Humans

NeuroLogic: The enthralling story of the unconscious mind

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Humans

The End of Average tells us why we should discard a mean idea

Average thinking was a revolution, but we've paid the price for comparing people to impossible standards

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Life

A Crude Look at the Whole: Complexity is still outsmarting us

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Earth

Shock of the Anthropocene: Winners and losers in new world era

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Humans

Verse in the universe: The scientific power of poetry

Comment

Life

The Society of Genes: Time for a subtler picture of evolution

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