Viruses that Shaped Human Evolution
It’s COVID season and everyone’s got viruses on the brain, but I bet you don’t know just how true thatContinue Reading
a pop science book club
It’s COVID season and everyone’s got viruses on the brain, but I bet you don’t know just how true thatContinue Reading
If you’re stuck at home, what you need is some reading material that will make your world feel a littleContinue Reading
Are you struggling to adjust to feelings of isolation while social distancing? In a recent episode of the Stay atContinue Reading
In The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin writes, “The difference in mind between man and the higher animals, great as itContinue Reading
In the 1890s, Ivan Pavlov learned that he could condition dogs to salivate in anticipation of food whenever he rangContinue Reading
Jennifer Doudna, co-discoverer of CRISPR and co-author of A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to ControlContinue Reading
The Scopes Monkey Trial seemed ridiculous when I first learned about it in school. How could the majority of theContinue Reading
Stellar Engineering by Greg Matlof and C Bangs Stellar Engineering looks at Kepler’s data studying exoplanets and speculation surrounding alienContinue Reading
If you’re anything like me, you couldn’t possibly become a scientist because there’s no way you could narrow your interestsContinue Reading
Losing Earth: A Recent History by Nathaniel Rich The New York Times Magazine devoted an entire issue to Nathaniel Rich’s groundbreakingContinue Reading