What We Ask Google

<p><b>A <i>NEW SCIENTIST</i> BEST NEW SCIENCE BOOK MAY 2026</b></p><p><b>'This view from the other side of the search box is both charming and insightful, tapping into a deep well of curiosity.' </b>Tim Harford, author of <i>How to Make the World Add Up</i></p><p><b>Ever wondered what goes through other people s minds our silly questions, inner anxieties, hopes and dreams?</b></p><p>In this hopeful and insightful book, Google Data Editor Simon Rogers explores insights from the world's biggest dataset: an epic snapshot, two decades long and counting, of our collective brain. What it reveals about us might surprise you.</p><ul><li><b>In June the UK sees a spike in searches for how to help a bee </b></li><li><b>London is the top place on earth searching for 'tell the time drunk'</b></li><li><b>Around the world, it s 2am when parents want to know how to get their baby to sleep</b></li><li><b>Searches for 'how to help' are at an all-time high</b></li></ul><p><Br>Brimming with insights that vary from the playful to the profound<i>, What We Ask Google</i> delves into the momentous and the mundane secrets of what we ask when we get the chance to ask anything, offering a surprisingly hopeful picture of humankind.</p><Br><p><b>'In a time when the news is so relentlessly gloomy, this book provides a ray of hope</b>.' <i>Daily Mail</i></p><p><b>'Deserves a place on any bathroom bookshelf' </b><i>Guardian</i></p>