Reviews archive
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Geeks at play
Great science board game gift ideas
H. Dominic Stiles 21 December 2017 -
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Untold stories: science's mental health problem
Chemistry by Weike Wang
Emma Grygotis 8 August 2017 -
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Fiction as environmental lobby
Coffin Road by Peter May
Rebecca Nesbit 22 April 2017 -
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Adventures in cognitive science
Radiant Cool by Dan Lloyd
Kirk Smith 4 February 2017 -
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Cancer cloister
This Living and Immortal Thing by Austin Duffy
Anne Burke 8 May 2016 -
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Dream on
Spindles from Comma Press
Richard P. Grant 10 April 2016 -
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From alchemists to mad scientists: Part III
Writers wrestling with the Bomb
Kirk Smith 27 February 2016 -
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Cold castaways
Everland by Rebecca Hunt
Jennifer Rohn 29 December 2015 -
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Spuds in space
The Martian
Anne Burke 24 November 2015 -
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From alchemists to mad scientists: Part II
Scientists in Victorian lit and beyond
Kirk Smith 16 September 2015 -
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From alchemists to mad scientists: Part I
From Faust to Strangelove by Roslynn D. Haynes
Kirk Smith 11 August 2015 -
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The non-elephant in the room
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Rebecca Nesbit 28 June 2015 -
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Migrating home
Migratory Animals by Mary Helen Specht
Juli Berwald 21 June 2015 -
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Chasing hadrons
A Hole In Texas by Herman Wouk
Steve Caplan 5 April 2015 -
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Scientists at work — on Mars
Rescue Mode by Ben Bova and Les Johnson
Kirk Smith 15 February 2015 -
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Of mice and men
Flowers for Algernon
Richard P. Grant 5 October 2014 -
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Ode to a brother lost
Too Late by Zvi Yanai
Steve Caplan 2 June 2014 -
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Atomium bombs
The wasted potential of a civic structure
Calum MacKichan 27 May 2014 -
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Not science fiction
Gravity
Eva Amsen 18 March 2014 -
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Going bonkers
Bonk: The Curious Coupling Of Sex and Science by Mary Roach
Steve Caplan 31 January 2014 -
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Beyond the 'two cultures'
Is great science great science fiction?
Peter Garrett 2 November 2013 -
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Global warming writ small
Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver
Rebecca Nesbit 22 October 2013 -
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Ecological balancing act
When The Killing's Done by T.C. Boyd
Rebecca Nesbit 1 September 2013 -
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Falling theory, failing family
The Falling Sky by Pippa Goldschmidt
Kirk Smith 14 July 2013 -
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Finding the cure
In His Genes by Robin Stratton
Steve Caplan 9 June 2013 -
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Big bang
The Day Without Yesterday by Stuart Clark
Pippa Goldschmidt 12 May 2013 -
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Creation energy
The God Patent by Ransom Stephens
Kirk Smith 31 March 2013 -
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Unsavory motives
Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
Diana Gitig 23 February 2013 -
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In theory
Live With Lightning by Mitchell Wilson
John T. Lowry 1 January 2013 -
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The bee vanishes
Queen of the Sun
Philip Strange 16 December 2012 -
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Theory of no evolution
Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult
Steve Caplan 9 December 2012 -
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Pack mentality
Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult
Steve Caplan 7 September 2012 -
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The fine print
Chemistry in Theatre: Insufficiency, Phallacy or Both
Jennifer Rohn 27 July 2012 -
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All your basepairs are belong to me
Here is a Human Being by Misha Angrist
Richard P. Grant 14 July 2012 -
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Sister act
Breathing on Glass by Jennifer Cryer
Rebecca Nesbit 6 July 2012 -
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Forward momentum
The Sensorium of God by Stuart Clark
Pippa Goldschmidt 22 April 2012 -
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Stories of discovery
Litmus and Lemistry
Richard P. Grant 18 March 2012 -
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Panic stations
The Fear Index by Robert Harris
Jennifer Rohn 11 March 2012 -
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Sharps and flats
The Score
Richard Wintle 8 January 2012 -
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Seeing red
Blood Work by Holly Tucker
Ian Brooks 2 January 2012 -
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Voyages to uncharted territories
"Mathematics, a beautiful elsewhere"
Henry Joy McCracken 23 December 2011 -
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Running on empty
Petroplague by Amy Rogers
Ian Brooks 28 October 2011 -
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The spread of fear
"Contagion"
Åsa Karlström 9 October 2011 -
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Speechless
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
Hannah Little 4 October 2011 -
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Bare bones
The Giant, O'Brien by Hilary Mantel
Richard Marshall 17 August 2011 -
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Speaking the truth
The Sky’s Dark Labyrinth by Stuart Clark
Pippa Goldschmidt 17 May 2011 -
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I calculated it
Let Newton Be!
Richard P. Grant 7 April 2011 -
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Portable protégé
The Indian Clerk by David Leavitt
Seelye Martin 27 March 2011 -
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X marks the spot
The Unfixed Stars by Michael Byers
Deborah Rowe 13 February 2011 -
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Making waves
Imperfect Solitude by Tom Mahony
Steve Caplan 9 January 2011 -
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Fairy tales from the lab
The Master of Sweet Dreams by Andrew Ivortow
Tania Hershman 4 January 2011 -
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Buried treasure
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
Philip Strange 10 October 2010 -
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Happily ever after?
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Paul Andrews 28 July 2010 -
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Uncomfortable truths
Intuition by Allegra Goodman
Bill Hanage 13 July 2010 -
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Constrained creativity - writers grapple with science
Are Angels OK?
Michael Bycroft 25 April 2010 -
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Songs of the square
Geek Pop Presents: The Science Sessions London
Jennifer Rohn 22 March 2010 -
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Unignorable possibilities
Generosity by Richard Powers
Jon Turney 12 January 2010 -
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See-through science
Luke Jerram's 'Virology' at the Smithfield Gallery, London
Richard P. Grant 10 October 2009 -
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Science is fiction
21 Films by Jean Painlevé
Pamela Marvin 6 October 2009 -
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No sex, please: we're astronauts
Defying Gravity on ABC/CTV
Åsa Karlström 28 September 2009 -
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Creating Darwin
Creation examines the man behind the theory
Richard P. Grant 21 September 2009 -
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Standing on the shoulders of ego
Breaking the Mould: The Story of Penicillin on BBC 4
Jennifer Rohn 2 August 2009 -
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Biological beach read
The Judas Strain by James Rollins
Åsa Karlström 2 August 2009 -
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In need of laughs
Better Off Ted on ABC
Åsa Karlström 3 May 2009 -
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Hell and heliocentricity
Doctor Copernicus by John Banville
Stephen Curry 19 April 2009 -
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Unexpected treasure
Science in Literature (Ed. J. Terpening)
Eva Amsen 29 March 2009 -
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Redemption song
The Pluto Files by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Ian Brooks 22 February 2009 -
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Stuffed with character
The Embalmer's Book of Recipes by Ann Lingard
Kat Arney 11 January 2009 -
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Science engagement for grown-ups
TalkScience@BL.uk
Jennifer Rohn 21 December 2008 -
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Crises and oddities
Eleventh Hour on CBS
Åsa Karlström 21 December 2008 -
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Scientific squabblings
The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes
Bill Hanage 7 December 2008 -
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Understanding ID
Only a Theory by Kenneth Miller
Ian Brooks 18 August 2008 -
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Lemons and lunacy
Lab Rats on BBC3
Stephen Curry 27 July 2008 -
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Reaching for the stars
Kepler by John Banville
Stephen Curry 13 July 2008 -
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Where Einstein left off
Final Theory by Mark Alpert
Anna Davour 15 June 2008 -
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What it all means
The Origins of the Universe for Dummies
Ian Brooks 8 June 2008 -
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A surreal soundtrack for science?
The London Snorkelling Team does 'Pataphysics of Sound at London's South Bank Centre
Matt Day 27 April 2008 -
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Eco-disaster looms
The Doomsday Genie by Frank Ryan
Ian Brooks 13 April 2008 -
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Until I reach you: a search for self
The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
Henry Joy McCracken 6 April 2008 -
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The eyes have it
The Last Enemy on BBC1
Bill Hanage 23 March 2008 -
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Unexpected side-effects
I Am Legend
Jennifer Rohn 6 January 2008 -
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Out-of-body experience
A Test of Survival by Marnie Schulenburg
Richard P. Grant 23 December 2007 -
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Still uneasy bedfellows?
Science meets Poet in the City
Jennifer Rohn 23 September 2007 -
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Dueling meteorologists
Superstorm on BBC1
Jennifer Rohn 22 April 2007 -
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The time is now
Sixty Days and Counting by Kim Stanley Robinson
Andy Sawyer 15 April 2007 -
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Solar flair
Sunshine, directed by Danny Boyle
Stephen Battersby 1 April 2007 -
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Extinction coefficient
A Flock of Dodos
Bill Hanage 4 March 2007 -
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Only human
Novelist Robert J. Sawyer puts real scientists on the page
Gregg Linden 4 February 2007 -
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A touching display
Materials Library at Tate Modern
Jennifer Rohn 28 January 2007 -
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Balanced equations
Hiroshi Sugimoto at the Atalier Brancusi, Paris
Henry Joy McCracken 23 December 2006 -
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Panspermia and all that jizz
On BBC Horizon's continuing downward spiral
Paul Andrews 10 December 2006 -
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The quiet revolution
'Battle of Ideas' at the RCA
Jennifer Rohn 3 December 2006 -
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Silencing the music of the spheres
Galileo by Bertolt Brecht
Jennifer Rohn 12 November 2006 -
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Them's fightin' words
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Bill Hanage 5 November 2006 -
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Enduring love
'The Best Science Book Ever' at the RI
Jennifer Rohn 22 October 2006 -
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Into the lion's den
Steve Fuller at 'Skeptics In The Pub'
Bill Hanage 30 July 2006 -
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Finding the face of science communication
FameLab Final at Cheltenham
Jennifer Rohn 28 June 2006 -
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Camp Energy at Cheltenham
The Survival of the Physicists
Jennifer Rohn 24 June 2006 -
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Feynman checks in
Clever Dick by Crispin Whittell
Jennifer Rohn 31 May 2006 -
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Keeping it in the family
Taboos (When Harriet Met Sally) by Carl Djerassi
Jennifer Rohn 26 February 2006 -
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Faking it: Capgras Syndrome at NEUROfest
Imposters by Justin Warner
Charvy Narain 18 February 2006 -
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Painting with numbers
Proof doesn’t add up but Justin Mullins balances the equation
Alom Shaha 14 February 2006 -
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Order, chaos and landscape gardening
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
Janet Wilson 13 February 2006 -
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Snail tale
Seaside Pleasures by Ann Lingard
Jennifer Rohn 15 January 2006 -
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Terror, triple helices and TV dinners
Threshold on Sky One
Jennifer Rohn 18 November 2005 -
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Is there a scientist in the House?
House, MD on Fox
Bill Hanage 4 September 2005 -
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Playing with fire
Dr Bunhead’s Recipes for Disaster at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Jennifer Rohn 17 August 2005 -
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Past tense
How To Build A Time Machine by Greg McLaren (dir. Steve Brownlie) at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Matt Day 17 August 2005 -
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Science and Art go head-to-head
Review of Phallacy by Carl Djerassi
Jennifer Rohn 23 April 2005 -
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A bit too much information
Review of The Bourbaki Gambit by Carl Djerassi
Erica Cannon 7 March 2005