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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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Virus Hunt

Author Dorothy Crawford talks about the long and difficult search for the origin of the HIV virus.

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Why Humans Like to Cry

Author Michael Trimble is interviewed for Radiolab about why crying is a purely human emotional reaction.

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Discord: The Story of Noise

Listen to an interview with Mike Goldsmith on the CBC's The Sunday Edition.

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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.

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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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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'.

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The Stressed Sex

What is mental illness? How can we judge whether our thoughts and feelings are healthy or harmful? Authors Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman write for the OUP Blog.