DISCOVER MORE
Reality check p32
HOW TO REDUCE YOUR CARBON
FOOTPRINT WHEN YOU FLY
AVAILABLE ON BBC IPLAYER
In this episode of The News Explained, BBC
environment reporter Laura Foster explains
how you can keep your ight’s carbon
footprint to a minimum.GLOBAL BUSINESS: FLYING GREEN
Can airlines go green? Is the future of air
travel electric, biofuel, or something else?
Listen to this episode of weekly
documentary Global Business on the BBC
World Service.A SCIENTIST’S GUIDE TO LIFE:
HOW TO SMELL NICE
Dr Chris Callewaert, also known as Dr
Armpit, o ers a scientist’s guide to dealing
with body odour.
bit.ly/how_to_smell_niceEat yourself happy p48
THE DIET MYTH
BY PROF TIM SPECTOR
(£8.99, ORION PUBLISHING)
In this book from Prof Tim Spector, find out
more about the science behind the food you
eat. Discover why so many diets fail, why
some people never put on weight and
others just keep ge ing fa er. Clue: it’s all
down to your gut microbes.I CONTAIN MULTITUDES
BY ED YONG
(£10.99, VINTAGE)
This award-winning book from Ed Yong
takes you on a trip through the world ofmicrobes. Find out how they protect us
from disease, alter our behaviour and help
us digest our food.THE MICROBES WITHIN US
Did you enjoy Ed Yong’s book? In this
fascinating talk from the Royal Institution,
he explores the microbes swarming around
your body.
bit.ly/microbes_talkMichael Mosley p55
THE DOCTOR WHO GAVE UP DRUGS
In these two clips from the BBC series
The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs, Dr Chris Van
Tulleken finds out more about the e ect of
cold water on the body, and takes a patient
with depression on an outdoor swim.
bit.ly/soothing_swim
bit.ly/shock_to_euphoriaSamantha Alger
interview p58
POLLINATOR PARTNERSHIP
Bee researcher Samantha says that
Pollinator Partnership is the ‘go-to’ place
for information on pollinators these days. It
is the largest non-profit in the world
dedicated to protecting pollinators.
pollinator.orgA STING IN THE TALE: MY ADVENTURE S
WITH BUMBLEBEES
BY DAVE GOULSON
(£8.99, VINTAGE)
Though once native to our shores, the
short-haired bumblebee is now extinct inSQUEEZE EXTRA JUICE OUT OF THE TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE OF
BBC SCIENCE FOCUS WITH THESE BOOKS, WEBSITES AND SHOWSRADARFOR MORE, FOLLOW US@SCIENCEFOCUSthe UK. Wri en by the founder of the
Bumblebee Conservation Trust, this book
dives into the past, present and future of
the species.How to smash an
asteroid p64
HERA: OUR PLANETARY DEFENCE
MISSION
In this rather dramatic video, astrophysicist
and Queen guitarist Brian May reveals more
about the Hera mission and how it will
study the impact site on Didymoon.
bit.ly/hera_missionTHE DOUBLE ASTEROID REDIRECTION
TEST (DART)
Here, Andy Rivkin and Andy Cheng of the
DART project tell us more about the mission
to smash into an asteroid.
bit.ly/dart_missionShould you upgrade
your brain? p72
ARTIFICIAL YOU
BY SUSAN SCHNEIDER
(£20, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS)
In her new book, out on 1 October,
philosopher and cognitive scientist Susan
Schneider explores the ways in which our
minds and identities could be a ected by
future technology.Reality checkp32
HOW TO REDUCE YOUR CARBON
FOOTPRINT WHEN YOU FLY
AVAILABLE ON BBC IPLAYER
In this episode ofThe News Explained, BBC
environment reporter Laura Foster explains
how you can keep your ight’s carbon
footprint to a minimum.
GLOBAL BUSINESS: FLYING GREEN
Can airlines go green? Is the future of air
travel electric, biofuel, or something else?
Listen to this episode of weekly
documentaryGlobal Business on the BBC
World Service.
A SCIENTIST’S GUIDE TO LIFE:
HOW TO SMELL NICE
Dr Chris Callewaert, also known as Dr
Armpit, o ers a scientist’s guide to dealing
with body odour.
bit.ly/how_to_smell_nice
Eat yourself happyp48
THE DIET MYTH
BY PROF TIM SPECTOR
(£8.99, ORION PUBLISHING)
In this book from Prof Tim Spector, find out
more about the science behind the food you
eat. Discover why so many diets fail, why
some people never put on weight and
others just keep ge ing fa er. Clue: it’s all
down to your gut microbes.
I CONTAIN MULTITUDES
BY ED YONG
(£10.99, VINTAGE)
This award-winning book from Ed Yong
takes you on a trip through the world of
microbes. Find out how they protect us
from disease, alter our behaviour and help
us digest our food.THE MICROBES WITHIN US
Did you enjoy Ed Yong’s book? In this
fascinating talk from the Royal Institution,
he explores the microbes swarming around
your body.
bit.ly/microbes_talkMichaelMosley p55
THE DOCTOR WHO GAVE UP DRUGS
In these two clips from the BBC series
The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs, Dr Chris Van
Tulleken finds out more about the e ect of
cold water on the body, and takes a patient
with depression on an outdoor swim.
bit.ly/soothing_swim
bit.ly/shock_to_euphoriaSamantha Alger
interviewp58
POLLINATOR PARTNERSHIP
Bee researcher Samantha says that
Pollinator Partnership is the ‘go-to’ place
for information on pollinators these days. It
is the largest non-profit in the world
dedicated to protecting pollinators.
pollinator.orgA STING IN THE TALE: MY ADVENTURE S
WITH BUMBLEBEES
BY DAVE GOULSON
(£8.99, VINTAGE)
Though once native to our shores, the
short-haired bumblebee is now extinct inSQUEEZE EXTRA JUICE OUT OF THE TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE OF
BBC SCIENCE FOCUS WITH THESE BOOKS, WEBSITES AND SHOWSRADARFOR MORE, FOLLOW US@SCIENCEFOCUSthe UK. Wri en by the founder of the
Bumblebee Conservation Trust, this book
dives into the past, present and future of
the species.How to smash an
asteroidp64
HERA: OUR PLANETARY DEFENCE
MISSION
In this rather dramatic video, astrophysicist
and Queen guitarist Brian May reveals more
about the Hera mission and how it will
study the impact site on Didymoon.
bit.ly/hera_missionTHE DOUBLE ASTEROID REDIRECTION
TEST (DART)
Here, Andy Rivkin and Andy Cheng of the
DART project tell us more about the mission
to smash into an asteroid.
bit.ly/dart_missionShould you upgrade
your brain?p72
ARTIFICIAL YOU
BY SUSAN SCHNEIDER
(£20, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS)
In her new book, out on 1 October,
philosopher and cognitive scientist Susan
Schneider explores the ways in which our
minds and identities could be a ected by
future technology.