Liz Howe obituary

Ecologist and herpetologist who did much to pioneer the conservation of terrestrial species in Wales

Will Eaves wins Wellcome book prize for fictionalised take on Alan Turing

Murmur, which depicts the mathematician’s ordeal after he was convicted for having a gay lover, is hailed by judges as ‘a future classic’

Big tick energy: how a tiny flea created a revolution in British art

In 1664, scientist Robert Hooke drew a flea and created the first great work of British art. Without it, perhaps, there would be no Stubbs, Constable and Hirst

Mind control, levitation and no pain: the race to find a superman in sport

The US and Soviet Union both believed people could control time, read minds and ignore pain. And, reveals The Men on Magic Carpets, their psychic experiments played out in the sporting arena

The Dinosaurs Rediscovered review – a transformation in our understanding

Colour, speed, how they ate ... our knowledge of dinosaurs has undergone a revolution, as this expert survey makes clear

‘When we dream, we have the perfect chemical canvas for intense visions’

US journalist Alice Robb on her new book about the science of dreams

Dorothy Rowe obituary

Psychologist who believed in listening to patients, and could express complex ideas with brilliant simplicity

Beowulf the work of single author, research suggests

Debate over whether poem was written by multiple authors or one has raged for years

If you can’t embrace regional dialect, you can kiss my chuddies

The Oxford English Dictionary’s inclusion of regional terms shows off what the UK has in common – linguistic ingenuity, says writer and editor Katy Guest

Philosopher Mary Warnock dies aged 94

Lady Warnock laid foundations for special needs teaching and fertility treatment regulations

Ask your mum questions and you may discover… yourself

When Elma van Vliet decided to start asking her mother about her life, the results were remarkable

The Gendered Brain by Gina Rippon review – demolition of a sexist myth

A neuroscientist’s brilliant debunking of the notion of a ‘female brain’ could do more for gender equality than any number of feminist manifestos

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez – a world designed for men

From the ‘one-size-fits-men’ approach to smartphone design to the medical trials that are putting women’s lives at risk … this book uses data like a laser