This is an excellent little book that crystallises ideas about the influence and impact of human actions on natural catastrophes into a thoughtful and informative narrative, concluding - and rightly so - that there is no such thing as a natural disaster.

Some disabled people might face something as simple as the lack of a ramp leading to a tornado shelter. In this provocative book, Ilan Kelman argues that the true disaster is not caused by natural phenomena, but by human choices which leave people unprepared and at terrible risk. This attitude distracts us from the real causes of disasters: humanity’s decisions, as societies and as individuals.The Pgak’yau people in northern Thailand must survive solastalgia (mental distress from forced environmental change).

He explores the science – and ethics – of genetic engineering and its potential to create ‘designer babies’. In ‘Firmament’, atmospheric scientist and science communicator Simon Clark offers a rare and accessible tour of the ins and outs of the atmosphere and how we know what we know about it. Despite environmental destruction impacting mental health and wellbeing, connecting science, art, and action helps heal and improve. Sanne Blauw travels the world to unpick our relationship with numbers and demystify our misguided allegiance, from Florence Nightingale using statistics to petition for better conditions during the Crimean War to the manipulation of numbers by the American tobacco industry and the ambiguous figures pedalled during the EU referendum. Find out about the benefits of membership, and how we can help you achieve and maintain Chartered status.Taking us from the everyday numbers that govern our health and wellbeing to the statistics used to wield enormous power and influence, ‘The Number Bias’ counsels us to think more wisely.