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Why use expensive beauty products when you can moisturise with jellyfish?

Have you ever suspected pollution was to blame for your children's plummeting IQ?

Ready to take a sea change . . . on Mars?

And how about chopping an onion that doesn't make you cry?

This is the perfect present for enquiring minds. Compelling, quirky and packed fully of curious facts, The Naked Scientist: Life Under the Microscope is a treasure trove of cutting-edge research, far-flung factoids and the ability to see into our scientific future, answering those fascinating questions you never thought to ask. Dr Chris Smith is a medical doctor and scientist, employed as a specialist registrar and clinical lecturer in virology at Cambridge University. He is also the founder and driving force behind The Naked Scientist, live weekly radio talkback show aired by the BBC