Articles and Reviews
I write reviews and articles whenever I can; most recently The Guardian and Independent have been the main outlets.
Review of Marlene Zuk, Paleofantasy, in The Guardian, 27 April 2013.
Review of Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Anatomies in the Independent, 4 April 2013.
Review of Adam Rutherford, Creation:The Origin of Life/Creation: The Future of Life in the Guardian, 27 March 2013
Review of Jared Diamond, The World Until Yesterday in The Independent, 5 January 2013.
Review of Rick Stroud, The Phantom Army of Alamein and Jonathan Dimbleby, Destiny in the Desert in the Guardian, 22 December 2012.
Review of John Darwin, Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain, in The Independent, 22 December 2012.
Review of Ray Monk, Inside the Centre: The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer in The Independent, 10 November 2012.
Review of Thor Hanson, Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle in The Guardian, 20 September 2012.
Review of Jean-Claude Ellena, The Diary of a Nose in The Independent, 25 August 2012.
Review of Tim Spector, Identically Different in The Guardian, 8 August 2012.
Review of Jim Holt, Why Does the World Exist? in The Independent, 21 July 2012.
Review of Peter Pringle, Experiment Eleven: Deceit and Betrayal in the Discovery of the Cure for Tuberculosis in The Guardian, 29 June 2012.
Review of Callum Roberts, The Ocean of Life in The Independent, 16 June 2012.
Review of Philip Ball, Curiosity: How science became interested in everything in The Guardian, 9 June 2012.
Review of Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, Why Nations Fail, The Independent, 26 May 2012.
Review of Magna Science's Giants of the Infinitesimal Exhibition, The Times Eureka, 3 May 2012.
Review of Jenifer Glynn, My Sister Rosalind Franklin, The Guardian, 2 May 2012.
Review of the Wellcome Collection exhibition Brains: The Mind as Matter in The Guardian, 14 April 2012.
Review of Gabrielle Walker's Antarctica in The Guardian, 16 March 2012.
Review of George Dyson's Turing's Cathedral in The Independent, 24 February 2012.
Review of Peter Watson's The Great Divide in The Independent, 17 February 2012.
Review of David Rothenberg, Survival of the Beautiful, The Guardian, 10 February, 2012.
Science books of the year, The Independent, 25 November 2011.
Review of Richard Hamblyn, The Art of Science, The Guardian, 28 October 2011.
Review of Robert Trivers, Deceit and Self-Deception: fooling yourself the better to fool others, The Independent, 14 October 2011.
Review of Nessa Carey, The Epigenetics Revolution, The Guardian, 19 August 2011.
Review of Michael Brooks, Free Radicals, and Litmus: Short Stories from Modern Science, The Independent, 5 August 2011.
Review of Mark Lynas, The God Species, The Guardian, 20 July 2011.
Review of Chris Stringer, The Origin of our Species, The Guardian, 15 June 2011.
Guardian Books Podcast: Arts and Science, one culture, 13 May 2011.
Butterfly Effect, New Statesman, 16 May 2011. (link given but not working when I tried)
Review of Tim Radford, The Address Book, The Guardian, 7 April 2011.
Review of David Eagleman, Incognito, The Guardian, 30 April 2011.
Masters of Disguise, Scientific American, May 2011.
The Beginning of Infinity, The Independent, 1 April 2011.
Hidden Persuaders, The Times, 23 March 2011. (behind Murdoch's paywall)
Top 10 Books on Colour, guardian.co.uk, 16 March 2011.
The Heart of the Matter, The Independent, 18 February 2011.
Children of Light, The Independent, 4 February 2011.
Evolution: The Missing Links, The Times, Eureka, 3 February 2011. (to read online, you have to subscribe to The Times)
Life on the Ice isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be, Daily Mail, 7 January 2011.
The Best Books for Christmas: Science and Nature, The Independent, 26 November 2010.
Where good ideas come come, The Independent, 8 October 2010.
Black and white and read all over, Daily Mail, 17 September 2010.
The Artifical Ape, The Guardian, 4 September 2010.
Spider Silk, The Independent, 6 August 2010.
All of a Flutter - article about butterflies and Butterfly World, St Albans, The Times, Eureka, 1 July 2010.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Independent, 25 June 2010.
The Case for Working with your Hands, The Guardian, 22 May 2010.
Climate Science's Chinese Whispers, The Independent, 23 April 2010.
Defining Moment: Douglas Engelbart, Financial Times, 10 April 2010.
The Language of Life, The Guardian, 20 March 2010.
A piece on What Darwin Got Wrong, a book by philosopher Jerry Fodor and cognitive scientist Massimi Piatelli-Palmarini attacking the Modern Synthesis of Darwinian evolutionary thought. The Independent, 29 January 2010.
The Coral Thief, The Independent, 8 January 2010.
Quantum Leaps, The Independent, 7 January 2010.
A Reader's Guide to the Art of Science. The Times, 3 December 2009
Book of a Lifetime: The Periodic Table by Primo Levi. The Independent, 6 November 2009
Not a Chimp by Jeremy Taylor. The Independent, 16 July 2009
The Art Instinct by Dennis Dutton. The Independent, 1 May 2009
The Vanishing Face of Gaia by James Lovelock. The Guardian, 21 February 2009
The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes. The Independent, 26 September 2008
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing by Richard Dawkins. The Independent, 16 May 2008
Review of Marlene Zuk, Paleofantasy, in The Guardian, 27 April 2013.
Review of Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Anatomies in the Independent, 4 April 2013.
Review of Adam Rutherford, Creation:The Origin of Life/Creation: The Future of Life in the Guardian, 27 March 2013
Review of Jared Diamond, The World Until Yesterday in The Independent, 5 January 2013.
Review of Rick Stroud, The Phantom Army of Alamein and Jonathan Dimbleby, Destiny in the Desert in the Guardian, 22 December 2012.
Review of John Darwin, Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain, in The Independent, 22 December 2012.
Review of Ray Monk, Inside the Centre: The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer in The Independent, 10 November 2012.
Review of Thor Hanson, Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle in The Guardian, 20 September 2012.
Review of Jean-Claude Ellena, The Diary of a Nose in The Independent, 25 August 2012.
Review of Tim Spector, Identically Different in The Guardian, 8 August 2012.
Review of Jim Holt, Why Does the World Exist? in The Independent, 21 July 2012.
Review of Peter Pringle, Experiment Eleven: Deceit and Betrayal in the Discovery of the Cure for Tuberculosis in The Guardian, 29 June 2012.
Review of Callum Roberts, The Ocean of Life in The Independent, 16 June 2012.
Review of Philip Ball, Curiosity: How science became interested in everything in The Guardian, 9 June 2012.
Review of Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, Why Nations Fail, The Independent, 26 May 2012.
Review of Magna Science's Giants of the Infinitesimal Exhibition, The Times Eureka, 3 May 2012.
Review of Jenifer Glynn, My Sister Rosalind Franklin, The Guardian, 2 May 2012.
Review of the Wellcome Collection exhibition Brains: The Mind as Matter in The Guardian, 14 April 2012.
Review of Gabrielle Walker's Antarctica in The Guardian, 16 March 2012.
Review of George Dyson's Turing's Cathedral in The Independent, 24 February 2012.
Review of Peter Watson's The Great Divide in The Independent, 17 February 2012.
Review of David Rothenberg, Survival of the Beautiful, The Guardian, 10 February, 2012.
Science books of the year, The Independent, 25 November 2011.
Review of Richard Hamblyn, The Art of Science, The Guardian, 28 October 2011.
Review of Robert Trivers, Deceit and Self-Deception: fooling yourself the better to fool others, The Independent, 14 October 2011.
Review of Nessa Carey, The Epigenetics Revolution, The Guardian, 19 August 2011.
Review of Michael Brooks, Free Radicals, and Litmus: Short Stories from Modern Science, The Independent, 5 August 2011.
Review of Mark Lynas, The God Species, The Guardian, 20 July 2011.
Review of Chris Stringer, The Origin of our Species, The Guardian, 15 June 2011.
Guardian Books Podcast: Arts and Science, one culture, 13 May 2011.
Butterfly Effect, New Statesman, 16 May 2011. (link given but not working when I tried)
Review of Tim Radford, The Address Book, The Guardian, 7 April 2011.
Review of David Eagleman, Incognito, The Guardian, 30 April 2011.
Masters of Disguise, Scientific American, May 2011.
The Beginning of Infinity, The Independent, 1 April 2011.
Hidden Persuaders, The Times, 23 March 2011. (behind Murdoch's paywall)
Top 10 Books on Colour, guardian.co.uk, 16 March 2011.
The Heart of the Matter, The Independent, 18 February 2011.
Children of Light, The Independent, 4 February 2011.
Evolution: The Missing Links, The Times, Eureka, 3 February 2011. (to read online, you have to subscribe to The Times)
Life on the Ice isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be, Daily Mail, 7 January 2011.
The Best Books for Christmas: Science and Nature, The Independent, 26 November 2010.
Where good ideas come come, The Independent, 8 October 2010.
Black and white and read all over, Daily Mail, 17 September 2010.
The Artifical Ape, The Guardian, 4 September 2010.
Spider Silk, The Independent, 6 August 2010.
All of a Flutter - article about butterflies and Butterfly World, St Albans, The Times, Eureka, 1 July 2010.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Independent, 25 June 2010.
The Case for Working with your Hands, The Guardian, 22 May 2010.
Climate Science's Chinese Whispers, The Independent, 23 April 2010.
Defining Moment: Douglas Engelbart, Financial Times, 10 April 2010.
The Language of Life, The Guardian, 20 March 2010.
A piece on What Darwin Got Wrong, a book by philosopher Jerry Fodor and cognitive scientist Massimi Piatelli-Palmarini attacking the Modern Synthesis of Darwinian evolutionary thought. The Independent, 29 January 2010.
The Coral Thief, The Independent, 8 January 2010.
Quantum Leaps, The Independent, 7 January 2010.
A Reader's Guide to the Art of Science. The Times, 3 December 2009
Book of a Lifetime: The Periodic Table by Primo Levi. The Independent, 6 November 2009
Not a Chimp by Jeremy Taylor. The Independent, 16 July 2009
The Art Instinct by Dennis Dutton. The Independent, 1 May 2009
The Vanishing Face of Gaia by James Lovelock. The Guardian, 21 February 2009
The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes. The Independent, 26 September 2008
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing by Richard Dawkins. The Independent, 16 May 2008
