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The Shape of Wonder
By Alan Lightman and Martin Rees
An affable, overly simplistic glimpse into the minds of researchers.
It Could Be Otherwise: Science in the Age of Uncertainty
By Stuart Firestein
Research shows there’s no substitute for research.
The Vanishing Earth: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Extraction
By James Crawford
Our planet’s wounds are gaping but not yet fatal.
Angry bears and fake derrieres help keep us safe.
V Is for Venom
By Kathryn Harkup
Need to off an adversary but hate getting your hands dirty?
The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity
By Robert Wright
Evolution has been building toward something — and we’re not going to like what it is.
An edifying look at efforts to rewild parts of the U.S.
Slither
By Stephen S. Hall
If not Satan, why Satan-shaped?
