All Books articles – Page 16

Podcast
Elements of Power by David Abraham – Book club

2016-03-10T00:00:00Z

This month we learn of the problems that arise from mining rare metals in David Abraham’s The Elements of Power
Review
Starch-based blends, composites and nanocomposites

2016-03-09T00:00:00Z

Green chemistry breakdown
Review
Early responses to the periodic system

2016-03-04T00:00:00Z

Bringing history to the table
Review
The boy who played with fusion: extreme science, extreme parenting and how to make a star

2016-02-24T00:00:00Z

Pip-boy 3000
Review
Junk DNA: a journey through the dark matter of the genome

2016-02-19T00:00:00Z

Sifting through the trash
Review
Adventures in the Anthropocene: a journey to the heart of the planet we made

2016-02-16T00:00:00Z

End of an era
Podcast
Adventures in the Anthropocene by Gaia Vince – Book club

2016-02-12T00:00:00Z

This month we consider the dawning of a new epoch as we discuss Gaia Vince’s Adventures in the Anthropocene
Review
The food lab: better home cooking through science

2016-02-10T00:00:00Z

Compound cookbook
Review
Dangerous diaries: exploring risks and rewards in fabrication

2016-02-01T00:00:00Z

The devil is in the detail
Review
The birth of the pill – how four pioneers reinvented sex and launched a revolution

2016-01-22T00:00:00Z

Pill pioneers
Review
The story of western science – from the writings of Aristotle to the big bang theory

2016-01-15T00:00:00Z

Scientific odyssey
Review
Atomic – the first war of physics and the secret history of the atom bomb, 1939–49

2016-01-08T00:00:00Z

Arms race
Podcast
Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe – Book club

2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Our book club podcast considers simple language in science as we discuss Randall Munroe’s new book, Thing explainer.
Review
Christmas gift guide 2015

2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

Our roundup of the books you’ll want this Christmas
Review
I, superorganism – learning to love your inner ecosystem

2015-12-17T00:00:00Z

Microscopic empire
Review
Thing explainer – complicated stuff in simple words

2015-12-16T00:00:00Z

All the small things
Review
50 chemistry ideas you really need to know

2015-12-11T00:00:00Z

Need-to-know basis
Review
Science in Wonderland – the scientific fairy tales of Victorian Britain

2015-12-08T00:00:00Z

Through the looking glass
Review
Why does asparagus make your wee smell?

2015-12-04T00:00:00Z

Pungent prose
Review
Swallow this – serving up the food industry’s darkest secrets

2015-12-01T00:00:00Z

Hard to stomach