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This cosy, charming puzzle game has you saving forgotten plants

Set in an English manor in 1890, Botany Manor is a video game that places you in the shoes of a botanist working on a herbarium of forgotten flora

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This cosy, charming puzzle game has you saving forgotten plants

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

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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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May Contain Lies review: How to cut to the truth and think smarter

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May Contain Lies review: How to cut to the truth and think smarter
Episode 5. Krys Marshall in "For All Mankind",

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New Scientist recommends space-heist action in For All Mankind

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Fallout review: This jaunty trip to the apocalypse is lots of fun

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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 Scientist 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

It's tough turning neuroimmunology into a gripping read, but Monty Lyman's excellent book provides a delightful overview of the connection between the brain, immune system and gut microbiome

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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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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: Gorgeous remake of an eco-conscious classic

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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

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