Books

The nose knows more than we thought

The connection between queer love and the power to imagine a more sustainable future

Censoring what children read deprives them of reality and the chance to feed their curiosity and develop empathy

In End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland, the title is flipped, but cyberpunk pleasures remain

Oak trees have genetic flexibility that allows them to solve ecological problems. But even they will need our help to survive climate change

A science photo book probes the colors we can see—and even “forbidden” colors we can’t

In Absolution, the fourth novel in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach saga, scientists try to know the unknowable

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?