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How Rachel Carson's Silent Spring changed the world in 1962

Environment

How Rachel Carson's Silent Spring changed the world in 1962

Rachel Carson’s look at the dire effects of industrial and agricultural pollution birthed the modern environmental movement when it was first published – and remains as crucial a read today, finds Rowan Hooper

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CXP17N Giant Anatomical Man model outside the Tate Modern London promoting Damient Hurst

Health

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends a deep dive into our organs by Giulia Enders

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Alice Roberts

Humans

Alice Roberts: 'We are fundamentally, at the end of the day, animals'

Culture

Everyone is Lying to You for Money is a must-watch exposé of crypto

Comment

Everyone is Lying to You for Money is a must-watch exposé of crypto

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The best new popular science books of June 2026

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The best new popular science books of June 2026

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The book jacket of Togetherness by Rowan Hooper

Life

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends Togetherness, a radical new view of life

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The best new science-fiction books of June 2026

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The best new science-fiction books of June 2026

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Read an extract from The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

Life

Read an extract from The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

Culture

'The book is in the future, but everything is seeded from our present'

Environment

'The book is in the future, but everything is seeded from our present'

Culture

Futuristic alien vessels float in formation over a vast natural valley lit by vibrant evening light.

Comment

The late Ian Watson's sci-fi The Embedding is intriguing – but dated

Watson's death last month prompted sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson to read his acclaimed 1973 debut and find out what she'd been missing. She found it fascinating – but reflective of its time

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Life

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends Turi King's expert book about DNA's secrets

Culture

Comment

Unsettling dance piece explores how AI is warping human relationships

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Comment

Our verdict on Luminous by Silvia Park: a fascinating take on robots

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Environment

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends a devastating account of farming honeybees

Culture

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