From which diets work best to the ethics of octopus farming, here’s Liz Else’s round-up of the most interesting popular science books published this month
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The best new popular science books of August 2026
From which diets work best to the ethics of octopus farming, here’s Liz Else’s round-up of the most interesting popular science books published this month
By Liz Else
4 August 2026
From friendship in a world of chatbots to what it means to be alive, this month’s new popular science books are asking some big…
The first six months of the year have brought us popular science reads on everything from consciousness to cosmology. Liz Else…
From friendship in a world of chatbots to what it means to be alive, this month’s new popular science books are asking some big…
The most exciting popular science reads this month explore everything from symbiosis to hormones, while Alice Roberts takes on an…
The first six months of the year have brought us popular science reads on everything from consciousness to cosmology. Liz Else…
The most exciting popular science reads this month explore everything from symbiosis to hormones, while Alice Roberts takes on an…
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