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Artificial Intelligence - Modern Magic or Dangerous Future? by Yorick Wilks
Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
Artificial intelligence has long been a mainstay of science fiction and increasingly it feels as if AI is entering our everyday lives, with technology like Apple's Siri now prominent, and self-driving cars almost upon us. But what do we actually mean when we talk about 'AI'? Are the sentient machines o ...Show more
Astrobiology - The Search for Life Elsewhere in the Universe by Rhodri Evans
Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
Are we alonein the Universe, or are there as many planets supporting life as there arestars in the sky? It's one ofthe most important and fascinating questions human beings can ponder, andastrobiology is the emerging field of science that tries to answer it. AstronomerRhodri Evans gives an expert over ...Show more
Behavioural Economics - Psychology, Neuroscience, and the Human Side of Economics by David Orrell
Category: Business | Series: Hot Science Ser.
The controversial science that claims to have revolutionised economics.
Biomimetics: How Lessons from Nature can Transform Technology by Brian Clegg
Category: Homosapiens | Series: Hot Science Ser.
An exploration of the transformative ways in which nature has inspired the technological advancement of humankind.
CERN and the Higgs Boson - The Global Quest for the Building Blocks of Reality by James Gillies
Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
The Higgs boson is the rock star of fundamental particles, catapulting CERN, the laboratory where it was found, into the global spotlight. But what is it, why does it matter, and what exactly is CERN? In the late 1940s, a handful of visionaries were working to steer Europe towards a more peaceful futur ...Show more
Cosmic Impact - Understanding the Threat to Earth from Asteroids and Comets by Andrew May
Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
Is Earth really doomed to be destroyed by a cosmic catastrophe? Cosmic Impact, in Icon's burgeoning Hot Science series, has the answers.As end-of-the-world scenarios go, an apocalyptic collision with an asteroid or comet is the new kid on the block, gaining respectability only in the last decade of the ...Show more
Dark Matter and Dark Energy by Brian Clegg
Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
All the matter and light we can see in the universe makes up a trivial 5per cent of everything. The rest is hidden. This could be the biggest puzzle that science has everfaced. Since the 1970s,astronomers have been aware that galaxies have far too little matter in them toaccount for the way they spin ar ...Show more
Destination Mars : The Story of Our Quest to Conquer the Red Planet by Andrew May
Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
Mars is back. Suddenly everyone - from Elon Musk to Ridley Scott to Donald Trump - is talking about going to the Red Planet. When the Apollo astronauts walked on the Moon in 1969, many people imagined Mars would be next. However NASA's Viking 1, which landed in 1976, was just a robot. The much-anticipat ...Show more
Gravitational Waves: How Einstein's spacetime ripples reveal the secrets of the universe by Brian Clegg
Category: Science | Series: Hot Science
Until then, investigation of the universe had depended on electromagnetic radiation: visible light, radio, X-rays and the rest. But gravitational waves - ripples in the fabric of space and time - are unrelenting, passing through barriers that stop light dead.At the two 4-kilometre long LIGO observatorie ...Show more
Hacking the Code of Life - How Gene Editing Will Rewrite Our Futures by Nessa Carey
Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
The cutting-edge science that will revolutionise the way we prevent disease.
Origins of the Universe - The Cosmic Microwave Background and the Search for Quantum Gravity by Keith Cooper
Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
The quest to find a theory of quantum gravity that could potentially explain everything.
Outbreaks and Epidemics by Meera Senthilingam
Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
The latest title in Icon's Hot Science series, exploring the cutting edge of science and technology. For centuries mankind has waged war against the infections that, left untreated, would have the power to wipe out communities, or even entire populations. Yet for all our advanced scientific knowledge, o ...Show more