Science and nature books
In Search of Us by Lucy Moore review – the first anthropologists, warts and all
The eccentric adventures, academic insights and many prejudices of 12 pioneering scholars
Fara Dabhoiwala
01, Jul, 2022 @6:30 AM
Brainwashed by Daniel Pick review – do great minds really think alike?
From The Simpsons to QAnon via The Stepford Wives, the psychoanalyst’s absorbing study of mind control is part media studies, part political history
Anthony Cummins
28, Jun, 2022 @6:00 AM
Mike George obituary
Writer and campaigner on social justice and the environment who developed the understanding of consumer vulnerability
David Brindle
27, Jun, 2022 @4:48 PM
Forget Me Not by Sophie Pavelle review – a fan letter to Britain’s unsung species
From overdressed hares to furious falcons … an impassioned study of wildlife under threat that still manages to inspire hope
Amy-Jane Beer
24, Jun, 2022 @6:30 AM
Bi by Julia Shaw review – the past and present of a maligned minority
A tour of the science, culture and history of bisexuality that ranges from the vehemently political to the charmingly weird
Katy Guest
22, Jun, 2022 @10:00 AM
An Immense World by Ed Yong review – the astonishing ways in which animals experience our planet
This magnificent book reveals the strange and mysterious ways that creatures sense their surroundings – pushing our understanding of them to the limit
Killian Fox
20, Jun, 2022 @6:00 AM
In brief: I’m Sorry You Feel That Way; The Rise and Reign of the Mammals; The Glitter in the Green – review
A razor-sharp story of familial tensions; a paleontologist’s fascinating history of mammals; and a rich guide to hummingbirds across America
Hannah Beckerman
19, Jun, 2022 @2:00 PM
Birdwatcher Mya-Rose Craig: ‘The nature sector is decades behind in terms of diversity’
The birder and activist on increasing access to nature, why it’s important to be an optimist, and the joys of Cambridge University’s Taylor Swift society
Tim Lewis
19, Jun, 2022 @8:30 AM
When I Grow Up by Moya Sarner review
A journalist and psychotherapist explores what it means to be an adult in a world that often infantilises
Salley Vickers
16, Jun, 2022 @8:00 AM
‘I’m certainly open to criticism’: David Wengrow and the trouble with rewriting human history
Wengrow and his late co-author David Graeber caused a sensation with their revisionist view of humankind’s development. But then came the attacks…
Andrew Anthony
12, Jun, 2022 @2:00 PM
Animal magic: why intelligence isn’t just for humans
Meet the footballing bees, optimistic pigs and alien-like octopuses that are shaking up how we think about minds
Philip Ball
11, Jun, 2022 @8:00 AM
Don’t Trust Your Gut by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz review – the problem with intuition
From relationships, to sport, to happiness – why data points, not feelings, are a better guide to what works
Stuart Ritchie
08, Jun, 2022 @10:00 AM
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