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Our planet is in the grip of an obesity pandemic.More than a billion people worldwide are overweight and over 600 million are obese. We live in an ...

Each day, headlines warn that baby bottles are leaching dangerous chemicals, nonstick pans are causing infertility, and plastic containers are maki...

An insiders account of the NASA mission that changed our understanding of planets, planetary systems, and the stars they orbitAre we alone in the u...

Roses, jasmine, fuchsia, chrysanthemums, and rhododendrons bloom in gardens across the world, and yet many of the most common varieties have root i...

What is a soul? Are miracles real? When the soul is healed, how does the body respond? Throughout history, there have been countless cases of mirac...

A globe-trotting quest to find blue in the natural world - and to understand our collective obsession with this bewitching colour. Blue is a rar...

Climate change. Nuclear devastation. Bio-hazard. The Large Hadron Collider. What do these things have in common? They all have the potential to end...

National Geographic answers all the questions about how things work--the science, technology, biology, chemistry, physics, and mechanics--in an ind...

A rigorous and scientific analysis of the myriad possibilities of life beyond our planet.Are we alone in the universe? This tantalizing question ha...

For 20 years, Nerd Nite has delivered to live audiences the most interesting, fun, and informative presentations about science, history, the arts, ...

Mathematician and popular science author Eugenia Cheng is on a mission to show you that mathematics can be flexible, creative, and visual. This joy...

'The best book I've read this year ... It's written in such a beautiful way' - Dr Suzi Gage, Book ShamblespodcastThis is an excellent book for anyo...

AS WE TAKE CHARGE OF OUR INDIVIDUAL POWER TO CREATE, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL, AS A SPECIES, TO CHANGE OUR WORLD. Every creation begins as a thought. ...

A brilliant young neuroscientist explains how to preserve our minds indefinitely, enabling future generations to choose to revive usJust as surge...

Sometimes history seems like a laundry list of malevolent monarchs, pompous presidents and dastardly dictators. But are they really the ones in the...

Could ancient giant sharks called megalodons still exist in the deep sea? What should you do if stung by a jellyfish? Can we predict lightning stri...

Could ancient giant sharks called megalodons still exist in the deep sea? What should you do if stung by a jellyfish? Can we predict lightning stri...

Maths 100 Ideas in 100 Words offers the essential facts at your fingertips, satisfying your mathematical curiosity and helping you to understand th...

Since the birth of civilisation, human beings have manipulated other life-forms. We have selectively bred plants and animals for thousands of yea...

'Essential' Adam Rutherford, bestselling author of How to Argue With a Racist'In an area where factual accuracy is often rejected in favour of mor...

WINNER OF THE 2024 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 HIGHLIGHT'Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, history and ...

Offering a summary of the current state of knowledge in autism research, Defining Autism looks at the different genetic, neurological and environme...

This concise, easy-to-read book outlines the basic principles needed to understand the chemical mechanisms of explosion. Written for students with ...

Impressive statistics are thrown at us every day - the cost of health care; the size of an earthquake; the distance to the nearest star; the number...

Progress in genetics today would not be possible without Darwin's revolution, but the mysterious man who laid the rational basis for undermining be...

Bats Sing, Mice Giggle tracks many years of research by hundreds of scientists that reveals how wild animals, as well as pets, have inner, secret l...

'If Michael Palin had been a volcanologist, this is the book he would have written' LITERARY REVIEW'Gripping' THE ECONOMIST 'Wonderful' PETER FRANK...

A Nobel Laureate explains quantum entanglement and teleportation and why Einstein was wrong about the nature of realityWhat is the true nature of r...

'Exceptionally interesting' - Alain de Botton'Fascinating ... You'll never again view your own world in quite the same way. A delight to read' - Ia...

The wolf evolved into the Pekingese, the wildcat into the tabby cat and the auroch into the milk-producing cow. This happened through the process c...