Environment | The Guardian USMay 2
To give young people wings: The Lost Words duo reunite for book of birds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/02/the-lost-words-authors-jackie-morris-robert-macfarlane-reunite-book-of-birds #Birds #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Wildlife #Conservation #Environment #Books #Culture
To give young people wings: The Lost Words duo reunite for book of birds

Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane give the Guardian exclusive extracts as they aim to open eyes to the wonder of Britain’s declining and endangered species

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Science | The GuardianApr 20
Desmond Morris obituary https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/apr/20/desmond-morris-obituary #DesmondMorris #Culture #Television #AnimalBehaviour #Science #Animals #Books #Zoology #Zoos #Biology #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Painting #Malta #Catholicism
Desmond Morris obituary

Zoologist, author and broadcaster who found fame with his groundbreaking 1967 book The Naked Ape

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Environment | The Guardian USApr 19
‘How much have we missed?’: book tunes in to overlooked world of female birdsong https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/19/hidden-world-of-female-birdsong-book #Birds #Wildlife #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Animals #Environment #Books #Culture
‘How much have we missed?’: book tunes in to overlooked world of female birdsong

Authors set out to correct under-representation of female sounds – and found some surprising revelations

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Science | The GuardianApr 9
Space: the ultimate wardrobe challenge – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2026/apr/09/space-artemis-astronauts-moon-ultimate-wardrobe-challenge-in-pictures #Books #Space #Photography #ScienceAndNatureBooks #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Nasa #Science #ArtAndDesignBooks
Space: the ultimate wardrobe challenge – in pictures

As the Artemis II astronauts return from the moon, we celebrate the science, suits and spirit of endeavour that took them there, all brought together in a colourful new book called Space Journal

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Rebecca Hall obituary

My partner, Rebecca Hall, who has died aged 78, was a woman with many gifts and interests – perhaps too many, to the detriment of her talent as a writer. Rebecca was a prize-winning screenwriter, adapting Klaus Mann’s The Volcano for a film by the German director Ottokar Runze in 1999; a clever poet in her book Fruits of Paradise (1999), a collection of daily thoughts, poems and philosophies; a fearless campaigner, who documented cases of medical malpractice in Indefensible Treatment (1985); and a determined advocate for animals in Animals Are Equal (1980) and Voiceless Victims (1984). Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/08/rebecca-hall-obituary

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Rebecca Hall obituary

Other lives: Writer, campaigner and a determined advocate for animals

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Science | The GuardianApr 3
Original Sin by Kathryn Paige Harden review – are criminals born or made? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/03/original-sin-by-kathryn-paige-harden-review-are-criminals-born-or-made #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Psychology #SocietyBooks #Books #Biology #Society
Original Sin by Kathryn Paige Harden review – are criminals born or made?

A psychologist delves into the genetics of bad behaviour in a book littered with fascinating scientific findings

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Technology | The Guardian USMar 23
We Know You Can Pay a Million by Anja Shortland review – the terrifying new world of ransomware https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/23/we-know-you-can-pay-a-million-by-anja-shortland-review-the-terrifying-new-world-of-ransomware #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Books #Technology #Cybercrime
We Know You Can Pay a Million by Anja Shortland review – the terrifying new world of ransomware

Criminals extorting money online have created huge businesses, complete with branding and HR

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Technology | The Guardian USMar 16
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 GuardianMar 14
‘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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