
Building blocks
Nick Lane's book shines a light on the energy cycle that all organisms use and on puzzles such as the origin of life.
It's a no-brainer
An 'artificial brain' can never match the real thing for complexity and intelligent processing of stimuli. Nor should we want it to.
Old body, new science
Daniel M. Davis zeroes in on technological developments that lead to scientific breakthroughs, and the tools that scientists use.