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TOPSHOT - A man pushes a bycicle along as he walks amid building rubble in the devastated area around Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital on April 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

A powerful new book shows why it's so important to understand war

26 June 2024

In his latest book, Why War?, historian Richard Overy grapples with a question that stumped Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud – why do humans persist in waging war?
2F71A3H A Mallard duck on the River Avon, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, UK

Matt Parker's comic look at trigonometry is a bit heavy on the maths

26 June 2024

Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker's Love Triangle is fast-paced, with nuggets about everything from impossible soccer balls to duck wakes. But it doesn't leave our reviewer understanding trigonometry any better
Young woman with a backpack hiking in the mountains. Exploring in the nature, enjoying the view.

Save the planet, release your inner wild, urges a passionate new book

26 June 2024

Meet Craig Foster, from the Oscar-winning documentary My Octopus Teacher, who thinks we should reconnect with nature by plunging into icy waters or scanning remote landscapes

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