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Blame the enlightened self for the distractions in our lives

Two new books explore what it means to be human in the digital age and dig into the philosophical roots of why our lives are so filled with distraction

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Combs made of hair probe our changing idea of luxury

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Scientific Babel: Why English rules

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Life

The Least Likely Man celebrates a genetic-code-breaking genius

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Life

The Vital Question: Finding answers about the origin of life

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Technology

Biocode mixes art and academia to explore pigeonholing

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Life

The Triumph of Seeds: Our huge debt to tiny marvels

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Earth

Future ruin: Can we design our way out of eco-crisis?

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Future Arctic: Why it’s time for action, not resignation

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Science in Wonderland: Educated by fairy tales

Melanie Keene鈥檚 new book reveals the key part that fairy tales played in waking up young Victorians to science

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Earth

Thank You, Madagascar: Diary of a life among lemurs

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Illusions, voids and convex ghosts

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Life

Eye of the Beholder: Life through the camera obscura

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Is imagery the real key to marketing outrage?

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