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The deep sea is the last, vast wilderness on the planet. For centuries, myth-makers and storytellers have concocted imaginary monsters of the deep,...

This no-nonsense guide to one of our most enduring mysteries presents a short history of the strangest encounters, looks carefully at explanations ...

As featured on Sunday Brunch and Woman's Hour 'A really interesting proper analysis of the ins and outs of love. A kind of marvellous feat.' Richa...

What is the relationship between the number of films Nicolas Cage appears in and the number of deaths by drowning in swimming pools?How in 18...

Financial Times Book of the Year Telegraph Top 50 Books of the Year Guardian Bo...

Have you ever wondered what your body is really like on the inside? Have you ever asked yourself how it all works? Perhaps you have read about it, ...

A new look at the first few seconds after the Big Bangand how research into these moments continues to revolutionize our understanding of our unive...

Algorithms are probably the most sophisticated tools that people have had at their disposal since the beginnings of human history. They have transf...

Systems biology came about as growing numbers of engineers and scientists from other fields created algorithms which supported the analysis of biol...

A fun, entertaining exploration of the ideas and people behind the growth of trigonometryTrigonometry has a reputation as a dry, difficult branch o...

What does the Hippocratic oath actually say? Who originally discovered antibiotics? And is it true that technology now allows reconstructive surger...

This whistlestop guide teaches you everything you need to know about the fascinating science of genetics! Genetics is the study of heredity, and re...

Does an authentic Andy Warhol painting need to be painted by Andy Warhol? Why do audiences feel outraged when they find out that scenes from their ...

We are much more connected to nature and each other than it seems. We perceive ourselves as autonomous, discrete individuals with an unchanging inn...

William Shakespeare found dozens of different ways to kill off his characters, and audiences today still enjoy the same reactions - shock, sadness,...

A fierce, honest, elegant and often hilarious debunking of the great fallacies that drive modern medicine. By the award-winning author of The Way ...

What does it take to be an inventor? Judging by the ingenious individuals who have come into The Life Scientific studio in the last eight years, th...

Shortlisted for the 2020 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books Creating an element is no easy feat. It''s the equivalent of...

In this groundbreaking book, New York Times-bestselling author Steven Kotler draws on cutting edge research and first-hand reporting as he explores...

ARE YOU A VIRTUOUS CYBORG? You do everything on your smartphone and love it - you are, now and forevermore, a cyborg. But how would you know if ...

How does magic in J. K. Rowlings universe work? Finally, the scientific secrets are revealed! The story of the boy who lived has brought the idea o...

Science has a reputation as the most logical and rational of human pastimes but this has not always been the case. From the inventor Nikola Tesla,...

Humans spend more time in or on the water than ever before; we love the beach. But for many people, getting in the water provokes a moments hesitat...

When viewed from a quiet beach, the ocean, with its rolling waves and vast expanse, can seem calm, even serene. But hidden beneath the sea's waves ...

The contentious history of the idea of the black holethe most fascinating and bizarre celestial object in the heavens For more than half a century,...

A fierce, honest, elegant and often hilarious debunking of the great fallacies that drive modern medicine. By the award-winning author of The Way ...

From the No. 1 bestselling author of What If? - the man who created xkcd and explained the laws of science with cartoons - comes a series of brilli...

Why nothing may hold the key to the next era of theoretical physics

'Daring, learned and humane ... A revelatory restoration of wonder' Stephen Greenblatt. We no longer think, like the ancient Chinese did, that the ...

There are deep and fascinating links between heavy metal and quantum physics. No, really!While teaching at the University of Nottingham, physicist ...

A brand-new book from the award-winning SUNDAY TIMES journalist Brian Appleyard.Simplicity has become a brand and a cult. People want simple lives ...

Covering 13.8 billion years in some 100 pages, a calculatedly concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of ...

We evolved to eat berries rather than bagels, to live in mud huts rather than condos, to sprint barefoot rather than play footballor did we? Are ou...

A lively and unconventional exploration of our senses, how they work, what is revealed when they dont, and how they connect us to the world Over th...