Oxford University Press; £9.99 James Lovelock, an English scientist, devoted the second half of his long life to exploring the idea of Gaia: that the Earth and the life that evolved on it worked in ...

This year hasn’t been a great one for the environment, so a book about the long history of environmental damage may be a hard sell. However, this isn’t just a litany of woe. It unpicks the ways ...

The experimental cognitive psychologist and popular science writer, Steven Pinker delves into the intricacies of human interactions in his latest book, ‘When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: ...

Best-selling writer Bill Bryson has “interrupted” his retirement to update A Short History of Nearly Everything. The popular ...

The popular science writer, whose new book is “Replaceable You,” has steadily offered an embarrassment of trivia while going deep on our insides, outsides and more. Credit... Supported by By Sadie ...

On this week’s episode of the podcast, Roach tells the host Gilbert Cruz how she comes up with her ideas and what keeps drawing her back to the bizarre, hilarious bits of trivia that the human body ...