The best new popular science books of February 2026 include titles by Maggie Aderin and Michael Pollan
Space scientist Maggie Aderin has a new book out this monthSteven May…
Can we genetically improve humans using George Church’s famous list?
Biologist George Church maintains a list of potentially beneficial gene variantsDON EMMERT/AFP…
Yawning has an unexpected influence on the fluid inside your brain
There’s more going on when we yawn than we had realisedVIVEK PRAKASH/AFP…
Faecal transplants could boost the effectiveness of cancer treatments
Bacteria in stools could be an unexpected weapon in the fight against…
We’re getting closer to growing a brain in a lab dish
Most brain organoids lack blood cells, limiting their useImago/Alamy A tiny version…
We have a new way to explain why we agree on the nature of reality
We can usually agree what objects look like, but why?Martin Bond /…
Termination shock could make the cost of climate damage even higher
Solar geoengineering could save the ice sheets – but stopping it could…
Bone cancer therapy unexpectedly makes tumours less painful
An artist’s impression of nanomedicine in actionALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Cancer that…
Sea turtles may be more resilient to global warming than we thought
A young loggerhead turtle in the Caribbean Sea near the BahamasWaterFrame/Alamy Sea…
Hybrid megapests evolving in Brazil are threat to crops worldwide
A corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) larva feeding on a cotton plantDebra Ferguson/Design…
