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Science & The Natural World

From quantum physics to health issues, from computer science to the origins of life, this page brings you the widest range of accessible writing from the sharpest minds in science.

Read blog articles on current science topics and watch science videos by authors such as Frank Close and Peter Atkins. Browse some of the best science books available including bestsellers by Richard Dawkins and Philip Ball.

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BBC Radio 4
Listen to author Daniel Freeman talking to Jenny Murray on BBC Radio 4's Women's Hour about his book The Stressed Sex: Uncovering the Truth About Men, Women, and Mental Health.
The Intelligent Web: Search, smart algorithms, and big data
What role is video surveillance footage playing in keeping us safe? Author Gautam Shroff writes for the OUP blog about the limitations of the technology.
Virus Hunt
Author Dorothy Crawford talks about the long and difficult search for the origin of the HIV virus.
Why Humans Like to Cry
Author Michael Trimble is interviewed for Radiolab about why crying is a purely human emotional reaction.
Discord: The Story of Noise
Listen to an interview with Mike Goldsmith on the CBC's The Sunday Edition.
Nature's Oracle
Read an article by Ullica Segerstrale for The Huffington Post in which she discusses the life of W. D. (Bill) Hamilton, the subject of her book Nature's Oracle.
Colliding Continents
Mike Searle talks about how one small rock can reveal the origins of Everest, explaining how modern geology can unravel the 50-million-year history of the Himalayas.
Higgs: The invention and discovery of the 'God Particle'
Is the particle recently discovered at CERN’s LHC the Higgs boson? Author Jim Baggott discusses the finding for the OUP blog.
From The Guardian
Read James Ball's review in The Guardian of The Stressed Sex: Uncovering the Truth About Men, Women, and Mental Health by Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman.
Serengeti Story
Author Anthony Sinclair, who has lived and worked in East Africa's Serengeti for over 40 years, explains the processes of the 'living laboratory'.
From The Guardian
Read Jon Turney's review of Nature's Oracle: the Life and Work of W.D.Hamilton for The Guardian.

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Daniel Freeman, on the relationship between gender and mental health.

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