scientific and technical topics to Last Word. New Scientist has produced a series of books compiled from contributions to Last Word. From issue 3228 of 4 May 2019, New Scientist introduced a "slightly updated design, with ... a fresher, brighter feel". A dedicated "Views" section was added between news reports and in-depth features, including readers' letters, comment, and reviews on science, culture and society. Regular columnists were introduced, and columns in the culture pages. The light-hearted "Back Pages" includes the long-standing Feedback and The Last Word, puzzles, and a Q&A section. Online readership takes various forms. Overall global views of an online database of over 100,000 articles are 10.8m by 7m unique users according to Google Analytics, . On social media there are 3.5m+ Twitter followers, 3.5m+ Facebook followers and 100,000+ Instagram followers . Staff and contributors Emily Wilson was appointed editor-in-chief in 2018. Current staff members are listed on page 5 of the magazine. Columnists included Annalee Newitz on novel tech. James Wong on food myths, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein's adventures in space-time and Graham Lawton on environment. Editors of New Scientist Percy Cudlipp (1956–1962) Nigel Calder (1962–1966) Donald Gould (1966–1969) Bernard Dixon (1969–1979) Michael Kenward (1979–1990) David Dickson (1990–1992) Alun Anderson (1992–2000) Jeremy Webb (2000–2008) Roger Highfield (2008–2011) Sumit Paul-Choudhury (2011–2018) Emily Wilson (2018–) Spin-offs New Scientist has published books derived from its content, many of which are selected questions and answers from the "Last Word" section of the magazine and website: 1998. The Last Word. 2000. The Last Word 2. 2005. Does Anything Eat Wasps?. 2006. Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?. (selections from the first two books) 2007. How to Fossilise Your Hamster. 2008. Do Polar Bears Get Lonely?. 2009. How to Make a Tornado: The strange and wonderful things that happen when scientists break free. 2010. Why Can't Elephants Jump?. 2011. Why Are Orangutans Orange?: science questions in picture. 2012. Will We Ever Speak Dolphin?. 2014. Question Everything. Other books published by New Scientist include: The Anti Zoo – 50 freaks of nature you won't see on TV (e-book based on the website's "Zoologger" column) Nothing: Surprising insights everywhere from zero to oblivion. (compilation of articles previously published in the magazine) New Scientist: The Collection (compendiums of articles on specific scientific topics) Volume 1 (2014, 4 issues): The Big Questions The Unknown Universe Guide to a Better You The Human Story Volume 2 (2015, 5 issues): The Human