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Society

A compelling book asks if we are killing off the idea of private life

How did we lose the sense that some parts of life should be off-limits rather than open to commodification? Tiffany Jenkins's thoughtful new book Strangers and Intimates explores

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A sunflower (flos slois major) Basilius Besler, Hortus Eystettensis. Altdorf, 1613. Courtesy British Library

Life

New Scientist recommends the British Library’s Unearthed exhibition

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Physics

Physicist Frank Close's new book is a welcome rework of the atomic age

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Dane physicist Niels Bohr, pictured in his laboratory, received the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the structure of atoms.

Physics

Ambitious book on quantum physics still fails to be accessible

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Tutankhamun London: The Immersive Experience Pres Images

Humans

New Scientist recommends Tutankhamun: The immersive exhibition

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Astronaut Sally Ride, mission specialist on STS-7, monitors control panels from the pilot's chair on the Flight Deck. Floating in front of her is a flight procedures notebook. (Credit: NASA)

Space

Life of first US woman in space Sally Ride makes a moving documentary

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1.5 Degrees Celsius is the magical border - after that, there's no going back. Fridays For Future, 20.09.2019 in Bonn, Germany

Mathematics

Why exploring "equality" in a new maths book may help the real world

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Our verdict on Ringworld by Larry Niven: Nice maths, shame about Teela

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Our verdict on Ringworld by Larry Niven: Nice maths, shame about Teela

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Life

From Chelsea to the British Library, garden shows are blooming

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Is this book the ultimate guide for getting babies to sleep? Sort of

Helen Ball's How Babies Sleep draws on anthropology and biology to help babies (and their parents) get a better night's sleep. It has some fascinating insights, but is somewhat impractical

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Earth

A rich new history of our obsession with extracting Earth's resources

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Earth

New Scientist recommends map exhibition From Streets to the Stars

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Technology

How the new Murderbot TV series made me a reluctant convert

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Humans

Weary parents shouldn't miss this science-backed guide to raising kids

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