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Posts published by “Katy Guest”

Allergic by Theresa MacPhail review – in canaries the coal mine

Is environmental change behind the mysterious rise in allergies, from asthma to anaphylaxis?Allergic begins with a minute-by-minute account of a man in a car having an allergic reaction to a bee sting. Author Theresa MacPhail is coolly scientific as sh...

The Social Lives of Animals by Ashley Ward review – be more bat

From to self-isolating bees to bonding baboons, lessons on cooperation from the animal worldVampire bats “have each other’s backs”, according to one of the extraordinary stories in this fascinating book. Should one bat be hungry, a roost mate will regu...