Am I Normal? review: Deep-dive sets us straight on our need for norms
10 August 2022
When it comes to human physiology, behaviour and social interaction, it is time to abandon a 200-year hunt for normal people, argues Sarah Chaney in her new book
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Petrov’s flu review: A surreal journey through one man’s delirium
16 February 2022
Kirill Serebrennikov’s mischievous film about a fever-stricken comic book artist is an ode to Russian sci-fi and absurdist literature, finds Simon Ings
A Blue New Deal review: A radical look at who owns the sea
16 February 2022
In his new book, Chris Armstrong argues that to protect the oceans from devastating pollution and over-exploitation, rich nations need to finally learn how to share
Tickets for the Ark: Which species should we save from extinction?
9 February 2022
A new book by ecologist Rebecca Nesbit argues that it’s time to stop being romantic about nature and make some rational decisions about what to save
The best science books coming your way in 2022
29 December 2021
A new glut of non-fiction books promises to inspire us to discover the world - and protect
The Next 500 Years review: Engineering humanity for life after Earth
12 May 2021
Chris Mason's book, The Next 500 Years, argues that it is our duty to give all life a future by bioengineering genomes to survive on other worlds
How losing a bone in our noses gave us the ability to enjoy flavour
31 March 2021
Humans need all the help they can get from their senses to stop them making mistakes with their varied diet. Let's hear it for aroma and flavour that helped make them what they are, say Rob Dunn and Monica Sanchez in their fascinating book Delicious
From Satanic panics to QAnon: A guide to fake news and conspiracies
3 March 2021
In You Are Here, Whitney Phillips and Ryan Milner make a powerful case that we should treat fake news and conspiracy theories like pollution
Why using rare metals to clean up the planet is no cheap fix
27 January 2021
Demand for rare metals can only increase in the move to a zero-carbon economy. The Rare Metals War by Guillaume Pitron lays out the terrifying cost
10 of the best sci-fi books that you should read in 2021
30 December 2020
Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor, The Expert System’s Champion by Adrian Tchaikovsky and The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers are exciting sci-fi books we're looking forward to in 2021
