This work examines the development, establishment and functioning of Science and Innovation Centres (SICs). The findings reaffirm that science diplomacy is clearly driven by national interests, while further highlighting that the notion of science diplomacy and its governance (actors, rationales and instruments) can only be fully understood by analysing the national context in question.

Uploaded February 2026

These female scientists' achievements made cracks in the glass ceiling, making it easier for later generations of young women to enjoy careers in science. This book pays tribute to their achievements, and considers why many have slipped from our memories.

Uploaded February 2026

This book examines the state of the Arctic today, showing how the region is becoming a space of experimentation for everything from Indigenous governance to subsea technologies. Growing geopolitical competition is accompanying environmental disruption, and countries including Russia, China, and the United States are investing in the Arctic and consolidating their interests in strategic access, resource exploitation, and alliance-building.

Uploaded February 2026

This book contains a collection of Darwin’s letters, covering his formative years. It documents his schooling at Shrewsbury, medical studies in Edinburgh, Cambridge years, and the 1831–1836 voyage of the HMS Beagle.

Uploaded February 2026

This book features more than 100 photos of extraordinary and unconventional crafts from state and tribal fairs, including needlework, basketry, ceramics, crop art, butter sculpture, Nordic Rosemaling, and Spanish Colonial embroidery. In essays that explore the history of crafting at state fairs from the 1840s to present day, contributors reflect on the way fairgrounds connect people through craft.

Uploaded February 2026

A brilliant new voice in science writing—'witty, whip-smart, truly one of our best'(Mary Roach)—shows why playfulness and curiosity are the key to science Why would anyone research how elephants pee? Or study worms who tie themselves into a communal knot? Or quantify the squishability of a cockroach? It all sounds pointless, silly, or even disgusting. Maybe it is. But in The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog, Carly Anne York shows how unappreciated, overlooked, and simply curiosity-driven science has led to breakthroughs big and small.

Uploaded January 2026

With a knack for hilariously vulnerable storytelling, Keira unspools a fascinating tale of her unconventional running career. A victorious tale of coming back in middle age to topple marathon records, from the running world's most beloved underdog, mom of two, and woman voted "most fun follow" on Strava. Keira D'Amato was an all-American runner who used to chase success. But after being injured in her early twenties, she assumed her running career was over, and settled into life as a military spouse and mother of two young children. In her early thirties, she found herself overweight, out of shape, and battling postpartum depression. And six years after that, she broke the American women's record in the marathon at the age of thirty-seven. Keira has created a buzz in the world of professional athletics by taking the road less traveled.

Uploaded January 2026

Trusting Science is a timely exploration of the public's skepticism of science, revealing such skepticism is often due to poor communication rather than denial or hidden agendas. Through historical examples, especially vaccination debates, it emphasizes the importance of explaining scientific evidence, uncertainty, expertise, and biases clearly.

Uploaded October 2025

Are the physical laws of our universe finely tuned, such that life can exist? What does this imply about how our universe formed? Questions like these are examined in Nature's Balancing Act, presented for a wide audience. From the Big Bang to present-day research, ranging from gravitational waves to experiments on antimatter, our physical laws are shown to be slightly off balance, allowing life to exist.

Uploaded October 2025

This book takes a critical look at the dominant model of science: shaped by colonialism, imperialism, a belief in human control over nature, and economic pressures which is in fact deeply political and reductionist. Bringing together decolonial, feminist, and ecological perspectives, we propose more democratic, humble, and pluralistic ways of knowing and researching the world: convivial sciences.

September 2025