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MINI STORIES FROM SCIENCE

Ultrashort stories about how scientists think and what goes on behind the scenes.

PLANNING FOR LIFE'S CRISES

How science can help us to predict and control our personal and global futures.

GAME THEORY AND YOU

Hidden traps in our social interactions and how to cope with them.

FOOD AND GASTRONOMY

Tips and stories from my life as a scientist working with innovative chefs.

IGNOBEL PRIZE

How I won an IgNobel Prize for using physics to work out the best way to dunk a biscuit.

STRAY THOUGHTS

Things tickling my fancy, from the real dangers of Australia to how I became a polymath.

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