Science and nature books
Travellers to Unimaginable Lands by Dasha Kiper review – how dementia changes lives
A clinical psychologist turns the spotlight on caregivers in this profoundly compassionate study
Alex Clark
22, Mar, 2023 @7:30 AM
A Brief History of Time is ‘wrong’, Stephen Hawking told collaborator
Thomas Hertog worked with cosmologist on a new book after he shared his doubts about A Brief History of Time
Robin McKie Science Editor
19, Mar, 2023 @9:00 AM
Ten Birds That Changed the World by Stephen Moss review – our vexed relationship with our feathered friends
From the guanay cormorant to the tree sparrow, the writer shows how consistently humans get birds wrong
Madoc Cairns
13, Mar, 2023 @9:00 AM
Ten Birds That Changed the World by Stephen Moss review – on a wing and a prayer
A fascinating study of the fraught relationship between human beings and our feathered friends
Simon Worrall
08, Mar, 2023 @11:00 AM
Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began by Leah Hazard review – the body’s misunderstood marvel
An eloquent, vigorous study by an NHS midwife speaks eloquently for the uterus, the organ on the frontline of the culture wars
Kate Womersley
06, Mar, 2023 @7:00 AM
The Earth Transformed by Peter Frankopan review – history through a different lens
From volcanoes to man-made climate change, the author of Silk Roads shows how closely our environment shapes civilisation
Steven Poole
02, Mar, 2023 @7:30 AM
In brief: What You Need from the Night; Elderflora; Tomorrow’s People – review
A haunting novel exploring a father-son relationship; a fascinating study of trees through history; and an illuminating analysis of demographics
Hannah Beckerman
26, Feb, 2023 @1:00 PM
Carlo Rovelli: ‘I tried to read Anna Karenina to my girlfriend before bed’
The theoretical physicist and author on boring his girlfriend with Tolstoy, the magic of Homer and making sense of Wittgenstein
Carlo Rovelli
24, Feb, 2023 @10:00 AM
The big idea: should robots take over fighting crime?
Could artificial intelligence offer a fairer and more efficient way of policing?
Jo Callaghan
20, Feb, 2023 @12:30 PM
Anaximander and the Nature of Science by Carlo Rovelli review – the ancient master of the universe
In Rovelli’s formative book, now published in English for the first time, he argues that a little-known Greek philosopher invented the idea of the cosmos
Tim Adams
13, Feb, 2023 @7:00 AM
Foolproof by Sander van der Linden review – how to defuse fake news
A Cambridge professor makes a fascinating case for counteracting the ‘misinformation virus’ through psychological inoculation
Bob Ward
12, Feb, 2023 @9:00 AM
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal by Justin Gregg review – the problem with human intelligence
A researcher argues that animals understand how to live well better than their too-brainy counterparts
PD Smith
08, Feb, 2023 @11:00 AM
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