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Every human body carries a secret cargo: a huge population of microorganisms living in the mouth, on the skin, in the gut. They help digest our foo...

During the second decade of human life, the body and brain undergo a profound and complex transformation, with emotions and intellect changing as r...

Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs. From an evolutionary perspective, this is an illogical development...

How to Live in Space is the ultimate guide to your future life in space. Physicist and astronomer Colin Stuart takes you through the training proc...

Scientific advances have transformed the world. However, science can sometimes get things wrong, and at times, disastrously so. Understanding the b...

Scientific advances have transformed the world. However, science can sometimes get things wrong, and at times, disastrously so. Understanding the b...

With its groundbreaking research into the existence of extraterrestrials We Are Not Alone changed forever the scientific communitys debate on life ...

All eyes are on Mars. NASA's new lander, InSight, has touched down on the red planet, and in two years Mars 2020 rover will depart Cape Canaveral b...

One day, humans will travel to Mars... This book tells you everything you would need to know about a trip to the red planet. From essential prepar...

Who has the answer to the world's fuel problems? How can we bring ruined land back to life? Where do roboticists turn when they try to engineer a h...

Quantum Theory contains the seminal works of quantum theory from the early years of the 20th Century, representing breakthroughs in science that ra...

Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs. From an evolutionary perspective, this is an illogical development...

Science: 50 in 500 Words discusses the most groundbreaking ideas of 50 of the most important scientists who have shaped the world as we know it. ...

In this pioneering book Rupert Sheldrake shows how science helps validate seven practices on which all religions are built, and which are part of o...

In the Pre-Cambrian era there were no image-forming eyes, and organisms just had basic light receptors to tell the difference between light and dar...

Chasing Science at Sea immerses readers in the world of those who regularly go to sea - aquanauts living underwater, marine biologists seeking unse...

''Brilliant and fundamental, this is the necessary book about our prime global emergency'' Ian McEwan The news is full of hotly debated and diver...