Reviews
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Paleontology
Hunting fossils in England
On Monmouth Beach, just west of the center of Lyme Regis, amateur and professional collectors have been making discoveries for more than two centuries.
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Genetics
Life at the Speed of Light
Biology has come a long way from the days of mixing things in petri dishes and hoping something interesting happens. In his new book, Venter introduces readers to a future of precise biological engineering.
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Science & Society
Tracking fireballs for science
Watching a meteor race across the night sky is a romantic experience. And now it can be a scientific one as well.
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Cosmology
From Dust to Life
In about 300 pages, this book sums up the history of all that matters — or at least everything made of matter — from the Big Bang to life on Earth.
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Microbes
Me and my microbiome
Tina Hesman Saey tries out new services offering clients a peek at their own bacteria.
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Psychology
Moral Tribes
Emotion, Reason and the Gap Between Us and Them by Joshua Greene.
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Neuroscience
The Aesthetic Brain
How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art by Anjan Chatterjee.
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Science & Society
Best science to see and hear
Science Studio bills itself as “a collection of the best science multimedia on the web.
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Psychology
The Tell
The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths About Who We Are by Matthew Hertenstein.
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Particle Physics
Higgs boson tale wins book prize
The Particle at the End of the Universe by Sean Carroll.
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Space
Making the most of zero gravity
Astronaut and author Chris Hadfield discusses life in, and after, space.
By Andrew Grant