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The optimism bias: reasons to be cheerful
1 Jan 2012: Neurologist Tali Sharot tells Carole Cadwalladr how she discovered the optimism bias, and how it helps to keep people feeling happier
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Christopher Potter's history of the cosmos has been hailed a masterpiece. But as he tells Stuart Jeffries, it took a breakdown to write it -
As the world hots up, so does the market for books about climate change. Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers, looks at the latest works on the crisis, and sizes up their solutions, from nuclear energy to genetically engineered trees
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8 Jan 2012:
Books, books, beautiful books! This is a list of biology, ecology, environment, natural history and animal books that are (or will soon be) available to occupy your bookshelves (or your library's bookshelves) and your thoughts
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6 Jan 2012: Edition of John James Audubon's masterpiece of ornithological art, one of only 120, expected to break auction records
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6 Jan 2012:
Later this month, this masterpiece of ornithological illustration is up for auction. Here are a few of its 435 hand-coloured plates
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1 Jan 2012:
Books, books, beautiful books! This is a list of biology, ecology, environment, natural history and animal books that are (or will soon be) available to occupy your bookshelves (or your library's bookshelves) and your thoughts
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1 Jan 2012:
Our brains may be hardwired to look on the bright side, says neuroscientist Tali Sharot in this extract from her new book
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1 Jan 2012:
As the author of A Brief History of Time approaches his 70th birthday, eminent former students celebrate an awe-inspiring intellect
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1 Jan 2012: Neurologist Tali Sharot tells Carole Cadwalladr how she discovered the optimism bias, and how it helps to keep people feeling happier
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30 Dec 2011: A Philosophy of Sport by Steven Connor, The Telescope: A Short History by Richard Dunn and Do You Still Throw Spears at Each Other? by Rory Scarfe
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28 Dec 2011:
Can Roger Scruton save the environment? By Jonathan Rée
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25 Dec 2011:
Books, books, beautiful books! This is a list of biology, ecology, environment, natural history and animal books that are (or will soon be) available to occupy your bookshelves (or your library's bookshelves) and your thoughts
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18 Dec 2011:
Compiled by an ardent bibliophile, this weekly report includes a bird field guide and two "coffee table" books of gorgeous bird photography that are hot-off-the-presses
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15 Dec 2011:
David Shariatmadari finds the mystery of science overshadowed in this historical survey
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14 Dec 2011:
Need some help finding a great holidays gift for the young people in your life? Let the Royal Society – and 1000 kids from around the UK – help!
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13 Dec 2011:
An outstandingly clear and precise study of the 'dual-process' model of the brain and our embedded self-delusions, writes Galen Strawson
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11 Dec 2011:
Books, books, beautiful books! This is a list of biology, ecology, environment, natural history and animal books that are (or will soon be) available to occupy your bookshelves (or your library's bookshelves) and your thoughts.
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