Authors Adam Corner and Jamie Clarke suggest a fresh approach to engaging the public in to taking action against climate change.

Samuel Lickiss reviews an unsettling exploration of science and history in our oceans’ mysterious depths.

Ian Sillett reads about a momentous clash between two intellectual giants in 1922

70 years after Hiroshima, Fatema Kassamali on a book that documents how German physicists reacted, unaware they were being bugged

Rachel David reviews Sean Martin’s ‘A Short History of Disease’

Neil Stoker gorges on a new book of Hubble images, and wonders how these extraordinary pictures have changed us

Take a leap into 2052 and explore the terrifying genetic control under which the human race has befallen with Holly Cave’s first ever sci-fi book..

Who’s watching you when you surf the internet? Anne Petzold explores in Dataclysm, Christian Rudder’s new book

Eleanor Magson delves into the world of neuroanatomy in Henry Marsh’s fantastic new book.

50 Visions of Mathematics promises accessibility, relevance and beauty; Darius Nikbin checks it out.

“In the darkness of the womb our brains are soaked in a cocktail of sex hormones.” Bentley Crudgington reviews a book on the complexities and science of gender.

Dr Hotez charts the neglected tropical diseases that need new treatments …

A fantasy book full of imagination, real science theories and philosophical discussions …

When a mission is too dangerous for humans, call in the robots …

Daniel Pick’s look at the Nazi experience is strong on history but weaker on psychology …

An emerging new field that links concepts of biology to the expression of design – and vice versa …

Peter Atkins’ new book ‘Reactions’ turns out to be disappointing, with the target audience not being entirely obvious …

How are today’s researchers gambling away their credibility? Are physicists getting too far away from the practical world? …

This Peter Atkins’ book tells readers they don’t have to go to a lab to see chemistry in action, chemistry is all around us …

When it comes to the story of the universe, Giles Sparrow trusts the only thing that truly seems fitting for such a cosmic story: photographs …

In her book ‘Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal’, Mary Roach explores the ins-and-outs of our ins-and-outs …

Emily Anthes writes about the implications of biotech in her book ‘Frankenstein’s Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech’s Brave New Beasts’ …

Ever wondered how to think like Sherlock Holmes? Maria Konnikova’s book explains …

The release of a book to accompany David Attenborough’s spectacular television series means the journey into the depths of Africa doesn’t have to end …

Review of ‘Strong in the Rain’ by Lucy Birmingham and David McNeill — On 11 March 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck Japan …

UK Conference of Science Journalists 25 June 2012 The Royal Society, London “I think every writer, every journalist, every scholar, should tell you where he’s coming from before he tells you what he knows.” This is how Jay Rosen, associate professor of journalism at NYU, began his keynote speech. He went on to detail what […]

The Universe Explained to My Grandchildren – explained to my fifteen-year-old sister RRP: £6.00 Publisher: Salammbo Press Target audience: children/young adult Hello little sister. Today I will talk to you about the Canadian astrophysicist Hubert Reeves’s new book, The Universe Explained to My Grandchildren. Pray tell, dear sister, why should you wish to talk to me about […]

World Wide Mind: The coming Integration of Humanity, Machines, and the Internet by Michael Chorost World Wide Mind is a book out to convince us that the next step for humanity is a collective mind. Michael Chorost has a theory that the Internet will one day be part of our brains. Through it the minds […]

The story of Henrietta Lacks, the African American woman whose cancer cells gave rise to the famous HeLa cellline is not a story about the glories of medicine; it is instead about racism, science and the price of poverty. HeLa cells are the most commonly used cell lines in medical research. They orginally came from […]

John Gray, he of ‘Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus’ fame, has a new book out. It’s been out for two months here in the UK, but today the book get’s its US launch. Ben Good gives his thoughts on Gray’s most recent effort… Death and Taxes. Attempt to cheat one and you […]