Books

Ross Barnett: Why should we be interested in prehistoric animals that aren’t dinosaurs? © Getty Images

Ross Barnett Why should we be interested in prehistoric animals that aren’t dinosaurs?

Is there any science in astrology?

Alexander Boxer

Could a lot of monkeys write Shakespeare? © Jason Anscomb/Rawshock design

Everyday science

Could a lot of monkeys write Shakespeare?

Robin Ince: the books that made me

The books that made me Robin Ince

The Bone Wars: how a bitter rivalry drove progress in palaeontology © Frederick Gutekunst (Public domain)

The Bone Wars How a bitter rivalry drove progress in palaeontology

The mystery of language: how children learn to speak their mother tongue © Getty Images

Everyday science

The mystery of language How children learn to speak their mother tongue

There’s a lot more to being human than you think © Getty Images

The Science of Being Human There’s a lot more to being human than you think

Ada Lovelace: a mathematician, a computer scientist and a visionary © Getty Images

Everyday science

Ada Lovelace A mathematician, a computer scientist and a visionary

Orthorexia The perils of eating too clean

Dr Nikki Stamp

Linguistics: 7 language science books to help you finally understand what comes out of your mouth © Getty Images

Everyday science

Linguistics 7 brilliant books about language science

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Look inside a dinosaur’s skull with these pictures from the pop-up book Tyrannosaurus Rex

Archimedes: inventor of war machines and calculus (almost) © Getty Images

Everyday science

Archimedes Inventor of war machines and calculus (almost)

Element in the room: chemical elements with mistakes in their names © Getty Images

Everyday science

Element in the room Chemical elements with mistakes in their names

SETI team-up with planet-finding mission could herald breakthrough in search for alien life © Getty Images

SETI team-up with planet-finding mission could herald breakthrough in search for alien life

Brian Switek: How did bones evolve? © Getty Images

Brian Switek How did bones evolve?