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Read an extract from Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s The Edge of Space-Time

The opening chapter to the New 精东传媒 Book Club's read for September sees Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explore what we gain when we look at the universe from the margins

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Can the Greek muses of ancient myth explain modern society?

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Our verdict on The Dog Stars: A mixed response to this grim future

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Want to know everything about time? Read Jim Al-Khalili’s new book

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The quest to save the bananas we love so much makes scary reading

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The Dog Stars author Peter Heller on how he wrote about the end of the world

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A wolf鈥檚 1000-mile quest makes for epic and empathetic reading

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This sci-fi novel is a riveting tale of an oppressive galactic empire

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A futuristic woman exploring bright and colorful outer space. Intergalactic journey made possible with neural network technologies

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The wild, gripping story of the psychedelic secreted by desert toads

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A new book reveals what evolution can teach us about the best diet

Besieged by confusing and contradictory advice on which diets are healthiest for us, Chris Simms enjoys a clear-eyed view from evolutionary anthropologist Daniel Lieberman in his new book

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I reread The Road 20 years on. It was even more devastating

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If this brilliant cosmic horror show passed you by, rectify that now

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G枚del, Escher, Bach: A daunting but captivating look at consciousness聽

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Getting up close with the fiercest ocean predators that ever lived

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