Books

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.
Birds r us!
Parrots are the evolutionary mirror image of humans, who are actually birds without feathers, argues ecologist Antone Martinho-Truswell.
Spaghetti, anyone?
American neurologist Jeff Hawkins takes an intriguingly new approach to the brain.
Journeys in science
India’s accomplishments as seen through the prism of 30 distinguished men and women of science.
Risky business
The challenges that humanity faces are easily detailed. But what about the solutions?