The best popular science books out in 2023
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
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All That Breathes review: Rescuing raptors in Delhi
28 September 2022
In this award-winning and compelling documentary, rescuing the injured black kites and water birds of Delhi is a family effort, finds Simon Ings
The Parrot in the Mirror review: Why humans evolved to be like birds
9 March 2022
From our long lives to our social skills and even language, zoologist Antone Martinho-Truswell argues that we are more like birds than we think
How the World Really Works review: The tech that underpins society
2 February 2022
From how food is grown to how we generate power, Vaclav Smil's new book outlines the basic technologies that keep society going and commands us to know them better
Hawaiian Soul review: An inspiring tale of environmental activism
1 December 2021
An uplifting film tells the story of how George Jarrett Helm Jr became a leading voice in a movement for environmental and Indigenous rights in Hawaii
Index, a history of the: Exploring the rivalries in how we search
15 September 2021
Index, A history of the by Dennis Duncan will take you from 13th-century cloisters to Silicon Valley in its exploration of how we search for information
Wonderworks review: How stories affect our brains
1 September 2021
Wonderworks by Angus Fletcher tells the fascinating tale of the neuroscience of storytelling. It traces the narrative tools that trigger our brains’ responses to some of history’s greatest literature
Why adding a road can increase traffic and other modelling delights
18 August 2021
Katy Börner's Atlas of Forecasts is packed full of interesting ways to model our world and predict what will happen. The question is, will people accept their wisdom?
