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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
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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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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: 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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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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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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