Author van Tulleken argues that UPF cannot be regarded as real food and presents several reasons why we should all stop consuming it. An ever-growing body of evidence based on dozens of rigorous studies has established that UPF has a detrimental effect on humans, being associated with a heightened occurrence of cancers, cardiovascular conditions, hypertension, liver disorders, obesity, mental ill-health, metabolic diseases and all-cause mortality.
Wagner puts forward a number of reasons why evolutionary scenarios may at first sight appear impenetrable but goes on to explain that seemingly capricious behaviour can readily be accounted for on the basis of discoveries made by his team. Above all, an indispensable requirement for any kind of evolution to take place is that a supportive environment first be established and that prevailing local conditions then remain close to optimal throughout the entire evolutionary process.
In his book emerging from the Alchemy Research Project, which also produced two exhibitions, David Brafman outlines a brief history of alchemy mainly through its connections to art.
The author of this book, Ross Clark, is a professional journalist whose writings have appeared in The Times, The Daily Mail and The Spectator among other publications. In this, his fourth book, he argues that the consequences of climate change are not as dire as they are often made out to be and that adopting a more pragmatic approach could make our future situation quite manageable.
Our genetic make-up is widely assumed to be the sole operating manual for everything that happens to us from the moment of conception to our eventual demise. This book questions the wisdom of this notion.
This third book by Lewis Dartnell, a professor engaged in astrobiology research at the University of Westminster, London, highlights the role of our human constitution in determining the distinctive features of the contemporary world, with a special focus on the decisive part played by the characteristic weaknesses and strengths of the human protagonists.
There are real wars going on in the world as I write this review, so it seems wrong to refer to a 1990s kerfuffle among academics of different faculties as ‘the science wars’, but it appears that’s what the events around the Sokal affair are now called. A physicist called Alan Sokal had managed to publish a fake paper in a social sciences journal, with the intention of ridiculing postmodernists who described science as a social construct, as opposed to the gradual revelation of the ultimate truth.
Andrew Pontzen, a professor of cosmology at University College London, UK, has long been fascinated by the role of computers in giving us new knowledge of our world. In this, his first book, he presents the story of some of the advances in computer technology that have afforded us penetrating insights into the nature and essence of physical reality.
The author, Jonathan Kennedy, is a lecturer in global public health at Queen Mary University in London, UK, and this is his first book. He presents here several cogent arguments to support his contention that a radical revision is now overdue in our understanding of the human story to date.
Although precise statistics are not available, it has been estimated that between 30 and 40% of the world’s population is afflicted with some form of allergy. Moreover, the number of allergy sufferers is continuing to rise. And Millions of people are unfortunately affected to a degree severe enough to have a major impact on their health. This book sets out to assemble what is known about allergies: their history, diagnosis, treatment and what they may reveal about emerging human susceptibilities in an ever-changing world.