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We've all been there. One minute you're fast asleep, and in the next you're tumbling from dreams of deserts and demons, into semi-consciousness, mo...

From racing wind up cars to making music with a homemade guitar, Science Lab will excite and inspire curious young minds.Science Lab is packed with...

FULLY UPDATED FOR 2019 We cannot live without water. But with 7.5 billion people competing for this single unevenly-distributed resource, the plan...

Experiment with the refraction of light through a prism Set up a color circle with flowers Build a rainbow instrument Experience darkness ...

On July 20, 1969, humanity paused with attention locked to television and radio broadcasts as the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission dramatically ...

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo missions to the moon, this collection features 50 key artifacts from the Smithsonian archives from t...

In his highly anticipated sequel to The Elements, Theodore Gray demonstrates how the elements of the periodic table combine to form the molecules t...

'A wonderful book... Delightfully varied... As with all the best science writing, this book doesn't just give answers, it also asks interesting que...

Titled The Fear Factor in the USA''A riveting ride through your own brain'' - Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of OriginalsWINNER of t...

Plate tectonics is a revolutionary theory on a par with modern genetics. Yet, apart from the frequent use of clichés such as 'tectonic shift' by ec...

Have you ever wondered how the ideas for some things come about? Surprisingly it is often as much down to chance as a single person's brilliance. ...

How do you know when you've studied enough to pass an exam?Should you accept the testimony of an eyewitness?How do you know when to trust a doctor'...

This amazing book from the famous Naked Scientists offers a fun way to introduce science to children, with 50 simple experiments that produce spect...

AS FEATURED IN SEASPIRACY An Observer Book of the Year 2017 A Sunday Times must read A New York Times Bestseller Endorsed by His Holiness the D...

From breakfast toast to evening wine, yeast is the microscopic thing that we cannot live without. We knew what yeast did as an invisible brewer and...

''Made me go Hydrogen Argon, Hydrogen Argon, Hydrogen Argon.'' Rufus HoundAs featured in Best stocking-filler books of 2017 - The Guardian''Witty a...

What does your dog really think about you? To find out, Gregory Berns became the first neuroscientist to persuade dogs to lie in an MRI machine wi...

Our relentless drive to create makes us unique among living creatures. What is special about the human brain that enables us to innovate? Why don't...

Highly commended at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2019Are we living in an age of unprecedented anxiety, or has this always been a pro...

New York Times bestselling author Charles Graeber tells the astonishing story of the group of scientists working on a code that can enable the huma...

Even the most enthusiastic of maths students probably at one time wondered when exactly it would all prove useful in real life. Well, maths reaches...

The applications of Artificial Intelligence lie all around us; in our homes, schools and offices, in our cinemas, in art galleries and - not least ...

Stefan Gates asks and answers all the questions about farts, so that you don''t have to. What is a fart? Do all creatures fart? Why do farts smell?...