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A new book reveals what evolution can teach us about the best diet

Besieged by confusing and contradictory advice on which diets are healthiest for us, Chris Simms enjoys a clear-eyed view from evolutionary anthropologist Daniel Lieberman in his new book

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I reread The Road 20 years on. It was even more devastating

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If this brilliant cosmic horror show passed you by, rectify that now

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Does shapewear make us less prone to taking risks? Weirdly, maybe yes

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Douglas Hofstadter and Godel, Escher, Bach

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Gödel, Escher, Bach: A daunting but captivating look at consciousness 

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A mosasaur skull, part of the Jurassic Oceans exhibition

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Getting up close with the fiercest ocean predators that ever lived

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What is life? A provocative new book sets out to redefine it

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Dive into an in-depth history of the realities of space exploration

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The mathematics of balloon animals

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The best new popular science books of August 2026

From which diets work best to the ethics of octopus farming, here’s Liz Else’s round-up of the most interesting popular science books published this month

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The best new science-fiction novels of August 2026

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Read an extract from The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

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How I wrote The Dog Stars, the novel behind Ridley Scott’s new film

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Henrietta Lacks’s descendant on her legacy – and Rebecca Skloot’s book

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