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Drug dependency. A hand reaches into a medicine cabinet in this abstract view of drug addiction. Psychedelic colours and a blurring of the image gives a hallucinogenic effect.

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A Body Made of Glass review: A very personal history of hypochondria

Millions of people experience symptoms many doctors dismiss as imaginary, but why? Caroline Crampton's moving first-person account is very revealing

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Annie Jacobsen: 'What if we had a nuclear war?’

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Annie Jacobsen: 'What if we had a nuclear war?’

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Read an extract from Nuclear War: A scenario by Annie Jacobsen

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Read an extract from Nuclear War: A scenario by Annie Jacobsen

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2A1MK33 OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA - SEPTEMBER 27, 2019: Thousands of people gather and march towards Parliament Hill as part of a global climate strike protest.

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Everything Must Go review: A fascinating guide to the apocalypse

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2F7CCFA London, UK. 6 Apr 2021. After a week the wall nears its completion, stretching all the way to Lambeth Bridge - The national Covid Memorial Wall outside St Thomas' Hospital on the southbank. Family and friends of some of the more than one hundred and forty-five thousand people who've lost their lives to Covid-19 are drawing hearts by hand on a wall opposite Parliament in London. Each heart represents someone who was loved. Credit: Guy Bell/Alamy Live News

New ��ý recommends When the Dust Settles by Lucy Easthope

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Illustration of the human gut microbiota.

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The Immune Mind review: How mental and physical health combine

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Astronaut on strange, rocky alien planet.

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Two brilliant new novels from Adrian Tchaikovsky show his range

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The Biology of Kindness review: Living well and prospering

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The Biology of Kindness review: Living well and prospering

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MPTKBG Trumpets and trumpet tube, Bronze Age (Britain), (c2500 BC-c800 BC). Artist: Unknown.

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Sound Tracks: A fascinating archaeological history of music

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Deliveroo riders demonstrate to push for improved working conditions, in London, Britain, April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville - RC2ZQM9TH8B5

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Code Dependent: A must-read exploring the human impact of AI

Madhumita Murgia's new book, which has just made the shortlist for the inaugural Women’s prize for non-fiction, is essential reading for those struggling to reckon with the AI revolution

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New ��ý recommends a guide to rebuilding civilisation, The Book

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Spaceman review: Adam Sandler is a serious star as a lonely astronaut

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Nuclear War, A scenario review: What if the US faces a first strike?

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Space Oddities review: A lively insider account of particle physics

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