Book ReviewsOctober 15, 2024
Book Review: How the Author of Braiding Sweetgrass Imagines a New Economy
Robin Wall Kimmerer changed our ideas of sustainability. Can she do the same for economics?
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ChemistryOctober 15, 2024
The Untold Story of Marie Curie’s Network of Female Scientists
Marie Curie is well known for her chemistry achievements but less so for helping other women succeed in science
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Book RecommendationsSeptember 27, 2024
Science-Fiction Books Scientific American’s Staff Love
Scientific American’s staff share their favorite sci-fi books, from beloved classics to overlooked gems and our modern favorites
Book ReviewsSeptember 17, 2024
Book Review: Cryptography Is as Much an Art as a Science
A delightful course on keeping (and cracking) secrets
Book ReviewsSeptember 17, 2024
Book Review: A Return to the Creepy Tensions of ‘Area X’
In Absolution, Jeff VanderMeer explores the mysteries in his Southern Reach Trilogy
Book ReviewsSeptember 17, 2024
Book Review: How One Weird Rodent Ecologist Tried to Change the Fate of Humanity
A biography of the scientist whose work led to fears of a ‘population bomb’
Book ReviewsSeptember 17, 2024
Book Review: A Bold Profile of the James Webb Space Telescope
In Pillars of Creation, Richard Panek gets up close to the JWST
Book ReviewsSeptember 17, 2024
Book Review: Powerful Myths Shape a Postapocalyptic World
In a postapocalyptic world on the verge of its next crisis, history gets rewritten
Book ReviewsAugust 20, 2024
Review: The Science of Listening Goes Far Beyond the Ears
A new book about the art and science of listening explores our sonic universe
Book ReviewsAugust 20, 2024
Review: How a Group of Women Launched Modern Cosmology
A new biography of astronomer Henrietta Leavitt celebrates meaning making in science
Book ReviewsAugust 20, 2024
Review: Tiny Robots Render People Immortal but Destroy What Makes Us Human
A sweeping novel about a war-torn future explores personhood and identity
Book ReviewsAugust 20, 2024
Review: The Secrets of Creatures That Thrive in the Dark
In Night Magic, darkness is revered, and its secrets are revealed