21 June 2023
Travelling is a great time for a rethink, whether it's about the human mind or the evolution of cats – or even the importance of red algae for Earth. Our selection of great books has it covered
12 April 2023
In this counterfactual history, war is looming in 1930s England and two orphan sisters invent a machine that intercepts broadcasts from the future. What could go wrong when they lend it to intelligence services?
22 March 2023
Four films make up Atomic Light by video and installation artist David Blandy, a work marred by overstatement, but saved by the story of two solar astronomers who drew the sun on the day of the Hiroshima blast
28 December 2022
Discover a quantum world of numbers, the amazing new science of the human electrome and long views of Earth and its wonders in this look at the best non-fiction coming this year
27 October 2021
Sharon Ruston's new book, The Science of Life and Death in Frankenstein, explains how Mary Shelley drew on science as much as imagination to create her masterpiece
