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- Gaia Vince: humans have caused untold damage to the planet Fri, 25 Sep 15, 5:29pmThe new winner of the Winton prize for science books says humanity has become a geophysical force on a par with earth-shattering asteroids and planet-cloaking volcanoesWe live in epoch-making times...
- Adventures in the Anthropocene by Gaia Vince – review Wed, 23 Sep 15, 9:56pmGaia Vince’s ambitious, all-embracing, compelling journey holds a mirror up to humanity’s epoch to reveal all we have destroyed, but may yet be able to save
- Don’t Trust, Don’t Fear, Don’t Beg review – sobering tale of Greenpeace’s Arctic 30 Wed, 29 Apr 15, 3:59pmA fast-paced account of Greenpeace activists’ ordeal in a Russian jail raises questions about the future of the environmental movement
- The Burning Answer: a User's Guide to the Solar Revolution by Keith Barnham Thu, 22 May 14, 11:00pmCould photosynthesis solve the world's energy problems?Is there anything new to add to a debate that seems to have reached stalemate? The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has spoken again, but does anyone expect...
- The Burning Answer review a scorching diatribe, with a few holes Sun, 18 May 14, 7:00pmKeith Barnham brooks no dissent in his argument for a solar-powered future but his own zeal threatens to undermine itWhy have we yet to make contact with alien civilisations? Perhaps, argues Keith Barnham in The Burning Answer,...
- Top 10 science and tech books for November: from alchemy to Google Sun, 10 Nov 13, 9:00pmThis month's recommended reading list takes in a broad sweep of science, from the early modern period to what we can expect in the futureThe Universal Sense: How Hearing Shapes the MindSeth S HorowitzThe research psychologist...
- The Burning Question by Mike Berners-Lee and Duncan Clark – review Fri, 31 May 13, 9:00pmPeter Forbes on a book showing how the City has already factored burning all available fossil fuels into share pricesHumankind cannot bear very much reality but climate change will not go away: 400 parts-per-million, Prince...
- The Rise of Nuclear Fear by Spencer R Weart – review Tue, 3 Apr 12, 8:55pmBy PD SmithPublished in 1988, just two years after the catastrophic explosion at Chernobyl, Weart's Nuclear Fear remains a classic study of the way imagery has dominated the nuclear debate...
- The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin – review Sun, 16 Oct 11, 10:05amAn enjoyable assessment of our energy needs from an industry insiderForget Lehman Brothers and Greece. The oil-price spike of 2008 caused the crash and the surge in crude markets since the beginning of 2011 is bringing the...
- Science Weekly Podcast: The God Species by Mark Lynas Mon, 18 Jul 11, 9:05amThis week on Science Weekly Alok Jha meets the environmental activist and science writer Mark Lynas. Best known for his award-winning book Six Degrees about the horrific consequences of global warming, he's back with The...