Books

Lessons from the people making forest ecosystems more resilient

Vince Beiser’s tour of the “Electro-Digital Age” puts resource extraction at the center

A history of citrus fruits, from the Han Dynasty to the modern orange juice industry

In The Dispossessed, a physicist is caught between societies

Robin Wall Kimmerer changed our ideas of sustainability. Can she do the same for economics?

Marie Curie is well known for her chemistry achievements but less so for helping other women succeed in science

Scientific American’s staff share their favorite sci-fi books, from beloved classics to overlooked gems and our modern favorites

In a postapocalyptic world on the verge of its next crisis, history gets rewritten

In Pillars of Creation, Richard Panek gets up close to the JWST

A biography of the scientist whose work led to fears of a ‘population bomb’

A delightful course on keeping (and cracking) secrets

In Absolution, Jeff VanderMeer explores the mysteries in his Southern Reach Trilogy