Wuthering depths: the Brontë country graphic novel about floods and fracking

Yorkshire’s under threat – from extreme weather, extreme pollution and extreme grouse-shooting. The Costa-winning duo behind graphic novel Rain talk us through its deeper meanings

‘Brilliant exposé’ of gender data gap wins Royal Society science book prize

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez, which reveals bias towards men in measures of human life, hailed as vital work

Vaclav Smil: ‘Growth must end. Our economist friends don’t seem to realise that’

The scientist and author on why humanity’s endless expansion must stop.

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell review – puzzled by banalities

Are these lessons on ‘the stranger problem’ and how to engage with other people anything more than statements of the obvious?

Why don’t doctors trust women? Because they don’t know much about us

The medical community have known for a century that women are living in constant pain. They’ve done nothing about it

Malcolm Gladwell: ‘I’m just trying to get people to take psychology seriously’

The Canadian writer made his name bringing intellectual sparkle to everyday subjects, and his new book - about how strangers interact with each other - is no exception

Douglas Adams was right – knowledge without understanding is meaningless

Supercomputers are solving complicated problems but we often don’t know how

The real Mindhunters: why ‘serial killer whisperers’ do more harm than good

The psychological profiling at the heart of Netflix’s acclaimed drama make for great TV but, say experts, it’s better left in the fiction section

Chris Kraft obituary

Nasa’s first flight director who controlled the Apollo moon landings

McMindfulness by Ronald Purser; Mindfulness by Christina Feldman and Willem Kuyken – review

Mindfulness may have become a tool of capitalism, but if it works, does it matter?

Babel by Gaston Dorren review – around the world in 20 languages

A fascinating guide and a celebration of linguistic diversity and bilingualism

Robert Young obituary

Other lives: Psychotherapist and author of books on Darwin and the history of ideas

Michael Pollan worries we don’t know enough to legalise psychedelic drugs

Speaking in Melbourne, the journalist who has become synonymous with the conversation on psychedelics explains why it’s complicated

From Ted Hughes to HG Wells: Jeanette Winterson picks the best books about the moon

Fifty years since Apollo 11 landed, the novelist shares her favourite books and poems about Earth’s mysterious satellite

Cardiologist Eric Topol: ‘AI can restore the care in healthcare’

The doctor, geneticist and author talks about his new book on the future of medicine