Change the way you see the world - and our place in it'Absolutely enthralling' BILL BRYSON'Stunning' GUARDIAN'Beautifully written and meticulously researched . . . Vivid and powerful' RICHARD DAWKINS'The revelations in this book made me rethink the world' CHRIS PACKHAMFrom evolution to capitalism, ‘survival of the fittest’ has shaped our view of the world. But we got it...

If you had a trillion dollars and a year to spend it for the good of the world and the advancement of science, what would you do? It's an unimaginably large sum, yet it's only around one per cent of world GDP, and about the valuation of Google, Microsoft or Amazon. It's a much smaller sum than the world found to bail out its banks in 2008 or deal with Covid-19.But what could you achieve with $1 trillion?You could solve the problem of the pandemic, for one, ...

Sunday Times Book of the YearThis is a book about what it feels like to be exceptional - and what it takes to get there. Why can some people achieve greatness when others can't, no matter how hard they try? What are the secrets of long life and happiness? Just how much potential does our species have?In this inspirational book, New Scientist Managing Editor Rowan Hooper takes us on a tour of the peaks of human achievement. We sit down with...

If you had a trillion dollars and a year to spend it for the good of the world and the advancement of science, what would you do? It's an unimaginably large sum, yet it's only around one per cent of world GDP, and about the valuation of Google, Microsoft or Amazon. It's a much smaller sum than the world found to bail out its banks in 2008 or deal with Covid-19. But what could you achieve with $1 trillion? You could solve the problem of the pandemic, for one, and eradicate malaria, and mayb...

An awe-inspiring exploration of how symbiosis can change the way we understand our world, ourselves and our futureFrom evolution to capitalism, ‘survival of the fittest’ has shaped our view of the world. But we got it wrong – and our mistake has brought us to the brink.For the history of life on Earth is much more than a story of competition. The natural world has been forged and sustained by small miracles of co-operation between animals and plants, insect...

Sunday Times Book of the YearThis is a book about what it feels like to be exceptional - and what it takes to get there. Why can some people achieve greatness when others can't, no matter how hard they try? What are the secrets of long life and happiness? Just how much potential does our species have?In this inspirational book, New Scientist Managing Editor Rowan Hooper takes us on a tour of the peaks of human achievement. We sit down with...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Steve Brusatte has a rare gift for bringing the distant past vividly and fascinatingly to life' - Bill Bryson'One of the stars of modern palaeontology' – National Geographic'An unqualified success from beginning to end' – New Scientist'An enjoyable tour of evolutionary science' – Financial Times'[This] origin story ...

‘Devastating’ SARA COLLINS‘Part romance, part suspenseful thriller’ THE TIMES‘Beautiful … a stunning debut’ CHRISTIE WATSON‘Moving … The Godfather, seen through a female eye’ GUARDIANAN ELLE MOST ANTICIPATED READ OF 2026.A stunning, page-turning love story of family and fate from the author of the acclaimed memoir, In...

'A triumph... thrillingly entertaining' OBSERVER'A wonderful book' TOM HOLLAND'Marvellous' EMMA SOUTHON'Excellent' THE CRITIC'The greatest orator of the Roman world' THE TIMESA gripping new biography of one of the most influential and fascinating figures in classical history: CiceroWhen the Roman statesman Cicero was mu...

Brought to you by Penguin.A landmark exploration of women-led communities worldwide and what they can teach us about new ways to live, think and govern, from BBC global correspondent Megha Mohan.Society isn’t working for women - or any of us.But what if the rules were different?Imagine a world in which women have all the power. A world in which they work together to shape their societies and...

ONE OF NEW SCIENTIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARIn How Flowers Made Our World, biologist David George Haskell redefines our understanding of flowers, casting them as powerful revolutionaries at the heart of Earth's story.'Flowering plants as you've never seen them before ... Science writing with sensuality, sensitivity and soul.' — Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment'Eye-opening ... [Haskell] i...

**Brought to you by Penguin.From Orwell Prize-winning Daniel Lavelle comes a wild road trip chasing aliens through the UFO heartlands**The US government has been investigating unidentified aerial phenomena in a secret division of the Department of Defence. A former intelligence official urged the US to disclose evidence of UFOs after saying the government possesses ‘intact and partially intact’ alien vehicles. And what about those sightings of Tic Tac, Gimbal, Go Fast and t...