Delusions of immortality
In Why We Die, Venki Ramakrishnan demolishes the crackpots and billionaires behind the anti-ageing industry.
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In Why We Die, Venki Ramakrishnan demolishes the crackpots and billionaires behind the anti-ageing industry.
ByThe philosophy of magic inspired the founders of modern science. Now it feeds the delusions of Silicon Valley.
ByPsychoanalyst Darian Leader’s study of the motivations behind sex and desire is irredeemably bonkers.
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ByThe overnight success of Bonnie Garmus’s debut novel is almost as improbable as its contrived plot.
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ByJonathan Kennedy’s Pathogenesis reveals how diseases have built and broken empires and economies.
ByWhat communities devoted to hero-worship tell us about the psychology of belonging.
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ByAlso featuring Pegasus by Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud and Sensational by Ashley Ward.
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BySiddharta Mukherjee’s new study of how cells work reveals the complexities of the human body – and the science that…
ByNew Statesman writers and guests choose their favourite reading of the year.
ByKeith Fisher’s A Pipeline Runs Through It charts how oil revolutionised transport and war, and continues to shape today’s geopolitics.
ByThe New Statesman’s selection of essential recent releases.
ByStaving off climate change will entail not only a technological revolution but transforming our relations with the natural world.
ByIt is fascinating to learn how three plant-derived drugs – caffeine, opium and mescaline – can shape society.
ByUpdating John Berger’s 1967 classic, A Fortunate Woman shares the devotion and anguish of a modern family doctor.
ByEd Yong’s fascinating new book on the complex behaviours of creatures uncovers a universe of unfathomable beauty.
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