Technology | The Guardian US2d ago
The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby review – the story of the man who changed the world https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/16/the-infinity-machine-by-sebastian-mallaby-review-the-story-of-the-man-who-changed-the-world #BiographyBooks #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Books #AiArtificialIntelligence #Computing #Culture #Technology
The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby review – the story of the man who changed the world

A journalist charts the progress of AI pioneer Demis Hassabis from child chess prodigy to Nobel prize winner

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Science | The Guardian4d ago
‘My ideas are a little revolutionary’: ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/14/my-ideas-are-a-little-revolutionary-ecologist-suzanne-simard-on-intelligent-forests-the-climate-and-her-critics #TreesAndForests #ClimateCrisis #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Environment #Books #Culture #Science #Biology #Plants #Fungi
‘My ideas are a little revolutionary’: ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics

Her research popularised the idea of the wood wide web, but the scientific backlash was brutal. As the author of The Mother Tree returns to the forest in a new book, she discusses her battle to reimagine our relationship with nature

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Science | The GuardianFeb 4
On the Future of Species by Adrian Woolfson review – are we on the verge of creating synthetic life? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/04/on-the-future-of-species-by-adrian-woolfson-review-are-we-on-the-verge-of-creating-synthetic-life #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Books #Culture #Science #Genetics #HistoryBooks
On the Future of Species by Adrian Woolfson review – are we on the verge of creating synthetic life?

A genomic entrepreneur’s guide to the coming revolution in biology raises troubling questions about ethics and safety

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Technology | The Guardian USJan 13
Love Machines by James Muldoon review – the risks and rewards of getting intimate with AI https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/13/love-machines-by-james-muldoon-review-the-risks-and-rewards-of-getting-intimate-with-ai #Books #Culture #PhilosophyBooks #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Chatbots #ScienceAndNatureBooks
Love Machines by James Muldoon review – the risks and rewards of getting intimate with AI

The sociology professor is suitably comfortable with AI helpers that he creates his own – it’s their inventors’ motives and unregulated environment he argues we should be concerned about

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Science | The GuardianDec 17
The Divided Mind by Edward Bullmore review – do we now know what causes schizophrenia? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/17/the-divided-mind-by-edward-bullmore-review-do-we-now-know-what-causes-schizophrenia #Health,mindandbodybooks #Scienceandnaturebooks #Schizophrenia #Psychiatry #Culture #Books
The Divided Mind by Edward Bullmore review – do we now know what causes schizophrenia?

A brilliant history of psychiatric ideas suggests we are on the cusp of a transformation in our understanding of severe mental illness

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Culture | The Guardian USDec 13
‘This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion’: 30 authors on the books they give to everyone https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/13/this-extraordinary-story-never-goes-out-of-fashion-30-authors-on-the-books-they-give-to-everyone #Scienceandnaturebooks #Childrenandteenagers #JeanetteWinterson #RobertMacfarlane #KatherineRundell #KamilaShamsie #MichaelRosen #NikeshShukla #TessaHadley #WilliamBoyd #JonathanCoe #ElifShafak #ColmTóibín #DianaEvans #NinaStibbe #Christmas #MaxPorter
‘This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion’: 30 authors on the books they give to everyone

Colm Tóibín, Robert Macfarlane, Elif Shafak, Michael Rosen and more share the novels, poetry and memoirs that make the perfect gift

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Science | The GuardianDec 3
The best science and nature books of 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/03/best-science-nature-books-2025-sadiah-qureshi-robert-macfarlane-eric-topol #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Scienceandnaturebooks #Bestbooksoftheyear #Environment #Geography #Culture #Science #Books
The best science and nature books of 2025

From the threat of superintelligent AI to the dangers of overdiagnosis; plus the evolution of language and the restless genius of Francis Crick

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USNov 30
Does ‘laziness’ start in the brain? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/30/does-laziness-start-in-the-brain-apathy-motivation #Health,mindandbodybooks #Scienceandnaturebooks #Health&wellbeing #Neuroscience #Lifeandstyle #Psychology #Science #Culture #Books
Does ‘laziness’ start in the brain?

Understanding the surprising mechanism behind apathy can help unlock scientific ways to boost your motivation

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Science | The GuardianNov 9
James Watson obituary https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/09/james-watson-obituary #Scienceandnaturebooks #Historyofscience #Peopleinscience #Nobelprizes #Genetics #Biology #Science #Chicago #USnews #Books
James Watson obituary

Nobel prize-winning biologist whose discovery, with Francis Crick, of the structure of DNA solved the mystery of genetic inheritance

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Science | The GuardianOct 5
Was prehistory a feminist paradise? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/05/was-prehistory-a-feminist-paradise #Scienceandnaturebooks #Archaeology #Culture #Science #Books #Women
Was prehistory a feminist paradise?

Visions of matriarchal utopia may be wishful thinking, but there’s growing evidence of women wielding power

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