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Instant Genius comes from the team behind BBC Science Focus Magazine. It explains scientific subjects through expert interviews. Its range includes health, astronomy, and everyday questions such as the science of cooking. The conversations are organized as compact introductions to particular topics. Listeners can move between practical concerns and larger scientific mysteries.

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Cover of Future Politics: Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech

Future Politics: Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech

byJamie Susskind

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Cover of Origins: How Earth’s History Shaped Human History

Origins: How Earth’s History Shaped Human History

byLewis Dartnell

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Cover of The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

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Cover of How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature's Revolutionaries

How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature's Revolutionaries

byDavid George Haskell

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Cover of Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn’t Food

Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn’t Food

byChris van Tulleken

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Cover of Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else

Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else

byJordan Ellenberg

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Cover of Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms

Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms

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Cover of Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

byJonathan Kennedy

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Cover of Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction

Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction

byDavid George Haskell

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Cover of The Remarkable Life of the Skin: An Intimate Journey Across Our Largest Organ

The Remarkable Life of the Skin: An Intimate Journey Across Our Largest Organ

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Cover of Clean: The New Science of Skin

Clean: The New Science of Skin

byJames Hamblin

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Cover of Bitch: On the Female of the Species

Bitch: On the Female of the Species

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Cover of How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common – Real World Problems

How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common – Real World Problems

byRandall Munroe

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Cover of The Body: A Guide for Occupants

The Body: A Guide for Occupants

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Cover of Superior: The Return of Race Science

Superior: The Return of Race Science

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Cover of Eating to Extinction: The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them

Eating to Extinction: The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them

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Cover of Humble Pi: A Comedy of Math Errors

Humble Pi: A Comedy of Math Errors

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Cover of Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life from Ancient Fossils to DNA

Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life from Ancient Fossils to DNA

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Cover of An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

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Cover of Can Fish Count?: What Animals Reveal About Our Uniquely Mathematical Minds

Can Fish Count?: What Animals Reveal About Our Uniquely Mathematical Minds

byBrian Butterworth

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Cover of The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves

The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves

byAlexandra Horowitz

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Cover of This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

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Cover of Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us

Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us

byRuth Kassinger

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Cover of Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time

Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time

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Cover of Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

byCarolineandCriado Perez

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Cover of The Double X Economy: The Epic Potential of Women’s Empowerment

The Double X Economy: The Epic Potential of Women’s Empowerment

byLinda Scott @ProfLindaScott

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Cover of How to Argue with a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don’t) Say about Human Difference

How to Argue with a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don’t) Say about Human Difference

byAdam Rutherford

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Cover of The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking)

The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking)

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Cover of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of Their Lost World

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of Their Lost World

bySteve Brusatte

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Cover of Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World

Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World

byTheresa MacPhail

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Cover of The Exquisite Machine: The New Science of the Heart

The Exquisite Machine: The New Science of the Heart

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Cover of Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution

Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution

byElsa Panciroli

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Cover of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

byMerlin Sheldrake

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Cover of The Doomsday Calculation: How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe

The Doomsday Calculation: How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe

byWilliam Poundstone

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Cover of The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis

The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis

byChristiana FigueresandTom Rivett-Carnac

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Cover of Wonderdog: The Science of Dogs and Their Unique Relationship with Humans

Wonderdog: The Science of Dogs and Their Unique Relationship with Humans

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Cover of Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong-and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story

Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong-and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story

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Cover of Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse

Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse

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Cover of Hidden Guests: Migrating Cells and How the New Science of Microchimerism Is Redefining Human Identity

Hidden Guests: Migrating Cells and How the New Science of Microchimerism Is Redefining Human Identity

byLise Barnéoud

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Cover of Our Brains, Our Selves: What a Neurologist’s Patients Taught Him About the Brain

Our Brains, Our Selves: What a Neurologist’s Patients Taught Him About the Brain

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