Books & Arts in 2016

Sara Reardon is moved by a play about the toll of infant sex-assignment surgery.

Barbara Kiser reviews five of the week's best science picks.

Andrew Steptoe applauds a cogent exploration of Britain's groundbreaking longitudinal birth-cohort studies.

Brian J. Enquist reflects on a blueprint to guide the recovery of life on Earth.

Barbara Kiser reviews five of the week's best science picks.

Kevin Padian assesses a study on how animals came to fly, wade, creep and glide.

Victoria Nourse reviews a study on a historic US misuse of biology, the case of Buck v. Bell.

Philip Ball enjoys two explorations of light, spanning wonders from Newton's spectrum to the aurora borealis.

Kyle Shelton applauds a study that probes the parlous state of US infrastructure.

Barbara Kiser reviews five of the week's best science picks.

Marian Turner reviews the memoir of émigré virologist and millionaire philanthropist Jan Vilcek.

Michael Blanton enjoys a history of cosmology focused on large-scale structure in the 'spongy' Universe.

Barbara Kiser reviews five of the week's best science picks.

Thomas Schnalke extols the dual genius of pathology sculptor and abstract artist Adolf Fleischmann.

Ewen Callaway finds smart design fostering collaboration at London's biology super-lab.

Matt Ridley reassesses Richard Dawkins's pivotal reframing of evolution, 40 years on.

Philip Ball browses remnants of the celebrated library of mathematician and occultist John Dee.

Barbara Kiser reviews five of the week's best science picks.

Rick Rylance applauds a study on the lean new model for research teamwork.

Fatimah L. C. Jackson weighs up a study on the cultural politics of genetic testing among African Americans.