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The best books of 2021 - New Scientist’s Christmas gift guide

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The best books of 2021 - New Scientist’s Christmas gift guide

Here is New Scientist's pick of the science and sci-fi books from 2021 that will keep you entertained over the holiday season

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Anti-Monsanto/GMO Protest, New York, 25 May 2013 - Hundreds of thousands across the US joined the worldwide rally against biotech giant Monsanto and genetically engineered crops. It comes shortly after the Senate turned down a bill that would allow states to require the labeling of GM foods. Photo: Tony Savino (Photo by Tony Savino/Corbis via Getty Images)

Life As We Made It review: Should we go all in on gene-editing tech?

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FF7MXH SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, 1939. /nBasil Rathbone as Dr. Frankenstein, Boris Karloff as the Monster, and Bela Lugosi assisting.

The gruesome science behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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W39B3T Group of activists is protesting outdoors - Crowd demonstrating against global warming and plastic pollution, concepts about green ecology and environ

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Kim Stanley Robinson on how to have a good Anthropocene

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TOPSHOT - This photo taken on January 2, 2021 shows people reading books in a library with a mirrored ceiling in Shaoyang, in China's central Hunan province. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

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Index, a history of the: Exploring the rivalries in how we search

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PU'ER, CHINA - AUGUST 07: A herd of wild Asian elephants strolls through a village at Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County on August 7, 2021 in Pu'er, Yunnan Province of China. (Photo by Wang Zhengpeng/VCG via Getty Images)

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Fuzz review: Witty and amusing science writing at its best

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Person undergoing a CAT scan in hospital. PET scan equipment. Medical CT scan of patient.

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Wonderworks review: How stories affect our brains

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Aerial view of traffic jam in urban city. Top down view from up high. Afternoon day light shot. Congestion and urban life concept.

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Why adding a road can increase traffic and other modelling delights

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How to Mars review: Sci-fi satire about reality TV on the Red Planet

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How to Mars review: Sci-fi satire about reality TV on the Red Planet

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Inflamed review: How poverty and injustice make you sick

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Inflamed review: How poverty and injustice make you sick

Covid-19 exposed the stark inequalities that put disadvantaged groups more at risk from the pandemic. Now Rupa Marya and Raj Patel’s book Inflamed probes just how those structural inequalities work to drive inflammation and harm health

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How opium, caffeine and mescaline shaped the world – and got us hooked

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Secret Worlds review: Immerse yourself in amazing animal senses

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