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
19 May 2021
In Silico doesn't look slick, but it is a sharply scripted documentary about an ambitious, billion-euro project to model the intricacies of the human brain – and in just 10 years, says Simon Ings
15 April 2020
Thinking of the brain as a machine may be hampering our progress in understanding how it works, says The Idea of the Brain: A history by Matthew Cobb
19 February 2020
This week, watch Netflix's I Am Not Okay With This, catch up with positive stories about how our brains age, and listen as a podcast reveals the built world
22 January 2020
This week, watch architecture make music, remember the Yanomami and measure your superiority to machines
8 January 2020
This week, meet the technology that could transform health, beachcomb the Anthropocene and discover how syphilis and hysteria illnesses transformed neurology
1 January 2020
Wondering what to read, watch and see this year? Here's our cracking cultural calendar of the most interesting non-fiction, films, games, events and sci-fi in 2020
22 August 2018
Is non-conscious emotion possible, in animals, humans, even robots? This is just one fascinating thought experiment in an authoritative new book on emotions
8 June 2017
The one-man masterpiece 887 uses breathtaking miniatures and skilful sleight of hand to explore the chaotic way our memories work, finds Stewart Pringle
