Don’t Miss: A fantastical journey through The Science of Middle Earth
31 August 2022
New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn’t miss
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Planting Clues review: Intriguing tales about plants’ role in crime
31 August 2022
From working out a dead person's last meal to the possible poisoning of the Buddha, a new book from David J. Gibson has some great tales about how plants help solve crimes – and are used to commit them
Don't miss: Maternal artworks, blooming islands and rewarding maths
5 February 2020
This week, catch the last few days of an art show that gives mothers their due, explore a land of orchids and discover how loving maths makes us better people
The odd history of the mulberry tree's ties to silk, music and money
8 January 2020
Mulberry, a book celebrating the marvellous tree, goes beyond its ancient links to silk production to explore its role in everything from the oldest banknotes to modern drugs
Rainforest romanticism is derailing our hunt for new drugs
20 June 2018
The more pristine the forest, the more attractive it looks to conservationists. The reality is more complex, argues an eclectic new book, The Ethnobotany of Eden
Magical regrowth: Kew Gardens opens revamped Temperate House
3 May 2018
Restoring the world’s largest Victorian glasshouse to its former architectural glory at the UK’s famous gardens has also reinvented it for the 21st century
Joseph Hooker: The travelling man who became Emperor of Botany
5 May 2017
Putting his passion on the scientific map took Joseph Hooker on wild adventures – everywhere from the Antarctic to Everest, a London exhibition shows
