Informative, surprising and hilarious, New Scientist tackles questions about the animal kingdom from readers in the magazine's popular 'Last Word' column. This book brings together the best of the bunch: Why do millipedes have so many...

Ever wondered what's going on inside your head?You are your brain. Everything that makes you you, and all your experiences of the world, are somehow conjured up by 1.4 kilograms of grey matter inside your skull. That might seem...

A voyage through the mind to discover what consciousness really is, and what we can learn when it goes awry. von New Scientist

WHY GENERAL RELATIVITY LEAVES UNFINISHED BUSINESS WITH THE COSMOSA little over a century ago, a young Albert Einstein presented his general theory of relativity to the world and utterly transformed our understanding of the universe. He...

Think of a number between one and ten. No, hang on, let's make this interesting. Between zero and infinity. Even if you stick to the whole numbers, there are a lot to choose from - an infinite number in fact. Throw in decimal fractions...

Sometime in the future the intelligence of machines will exceed that of human brain power. So are we on the edge of an AI-pocalypse, with superintelligent devices superseding humanity, as predicted by Stephen Hawking? Or will this herald...

THE MIND-BENDING WORLD OF QUANTUM THEORYQuantum theory is our very best description of the microscopic world of atoms and their constituents. It has given us lasers, computers and nuclear reactors, and even tells us how the sun shines...

WHAT MAKES YOU, YOU? The brain has long been a source of fascination. In 1819, the radical thinker and surgeon William Lawrence put it like this: "It is strongly suspected that a Newton or Shakespeare excels other mortals only... by...

Witzig, absurd und ungewöhnlich: wissenschaftliche Kuriositäten, die uns die Welt aus neuer Perspektive zeigen. Wie lange kann man nur von Bier leben? Warum ist es am Südpol kälter als am Nordpol? Wie viele Organismenarten leben auf dem...

The Universe Next Door von New Scientist

A debunking of misconceptions about the nature of the human body as distinct from animal bodies, as presented by the team at "New Scientist". von New Scientist

Why the Universe Exists von New Scientist