Triumphant images of women who climbed to new heights
23 July 2025
Mountaineering Women: Climbing through history tells the stories of more than a dozen female climbers who have conquered the world's greatest peaks
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Provocative new book says we must persuade people to have more babies
9 July 2025
The population is set to plummet and we don't know how to stop it, warn Dean Spears and Michael Geruso in their new book, After the Spike
Weary parents shouldn't miss this science-backed guide to raising kids
21 May 2025
Most parenting manuals end up gathering dust on my bedside table, but Melinda Wenner Moyer's Hello, Cruel World! isn’t one of them
An elegant account of how one ancient language went global
23 April 2025
Hunting the origin of 40 per cent of the languages spoken today is a huge feat, but Laura Spinney's new book makes an excellent job of it
Gripping story reveals race to crack world's oldest script, cuneiform
9 April 2025
Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering – until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, in Joshua Hammer's The Mesopotamian Riddle
Our drive for adventure and challenge has ancient origins
2 April 2025
Why are some people drawn towards exploration and challenge – even to the point of extreme danger? Alex Hutchinson's bracing new book unpicks the complex reasons
A controversial book about human diversity shows how biology unites us
26 March 2025
From race and IQ to sex and gender, Herman Pontzer's new book Adaptable is an ambitious and enjoyable exploration of how understanding ourselves better can help us bridge divides
From doomy prophecies to epic dystopias, we are suckers for end times
26 February 2025
Despite facing real existential threats like climate change, we remain too fascinated by the end of the world, argues a new book
The story of ancient Mesopotamia and the dawn of the modern world
12 February 2025
Ancient Mesopotamia comes alive in Moudhy Al-Rashid's must-read, millennia-spanning history, cleverly wrought from tablets written in the world's oldest script
Chilling news adds fresh meaning to 2018 Arctic horror drama
30 October 2024
A new study amplifies the horror of an excellent series about the doomed Franklin expedition. The Terror is a worthy tribute to the lost sailors, says Bethan Ackerley
