Books

Prof Avi Loeb: Could ‘Oumuamua be our first recorded brush with alien technology? © ESO/M Kornmesser

Prof Avi Loeb: Could ‘Oumuamua be our first recorded brush with alien technology?

Your brain on LSD: a guide through the most mind-blowing psychedelics research © Getty

Your brain on LSD: a guide through the most mind-blowing psychedelics research

Are humans animals? © Getty Images

Are humans animals?

A history of robots, from ancient Greece to 19th Century London © Getty Images

Future Technology

A history of robots, from ancient Greece to 19th Century London

The life-changing and long-lasting influence of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin © Getty Images

The life-changing and long-lasting influence of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

Take a look inside the new Dune graphic novel adapted by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, illustrated by Raúl Allen and Patricia Martín, published by Abrams ComicArts © 2020 Herbert Properties LLC

Take a look inside the new Dune graphic novel

20 of the best wildlife books and nature writing 2020 © Getty Images

20 of the best wildlife books and nature writing 2020

The friendship paradox: You'll never be as popular on social media as your friends © Getty Images

Everyday science

The friendship paradox: You’ll never be as popular on social media as your friends

A graphic introduction to human history © Getty Images

A graphic introduction to human history from Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens

Here’s what could happen if you fell into a black hole © Getty Images

Here’s what could happen if you fell into a black hole

How to solve a cipher © Getty Images

Everyday science

How to solve a cipher

Monogamy and mating: The surprising similarities between birds and humans © Getty Images

Monogamy and mating The surprising similarities between birds and humans

Why are all planets round? © Getty Images

Everyday science

Why are all planets round?

What wildlife can I see on Britain's rocky shores? © Sophie Lake and Durwyn Liley

What wildlife can I see on Britain’s rocky shores?

The best space and astronomy books © Getty Images

15 of the best space and astronomy books 2021