The Thicket Of Life
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The Tree of Life is more of a thicket, Beth Walters learns in David Quammen's fascinating new book
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This Scientific Life
Our contributors hail from all over the sciences — and all over the world. We’ll share what brought us to science, why we stay, and what makes us (occasionally) want to run away. There will be eureka moments, scientific screw-ups, advice to youngsters, peers, and elders, as well as whimsical stories about space exploration, fruit fly cognition, and how a neuron can live its best life.
Sex, Lies, and Women
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Elizabeth Harris is fascinated by Wednesday Martin's iconoclastic view of female monogamy, but questions her conclusions
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Kate Storey-Fisher tours the miraculous but disturbing world of robot judges and self-driving cars in Hannah Fry's new book
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Tanvi Butola squirms at the thought of countless microbes colonizing her home -- but Rob Dunn's engaging new book may convince her to throw out the Lysol
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György Buzsáki couldn't put down László Barabási’s latest on how to succeed in business (or art or science), but the recipe is not what he'd hoped
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Lauren Oakes' ecological memoir leaves Mariyah Saiduddin sad but hopeful
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