Must-Have Genes for the Fall Season
I just started reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (2010), the book any well-read genetics fan willContinue Reading
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4 Ways to Start Enjoying Particle Physics
I’ve enjoyed many particle physics readers. You know what I’m talking about: storybooks that put you on the ground floor of theContinue Reading
Not for the Faint of Heart: Animals Books for October
Warning: Do not read if you are squeamish about innards, scared of being controlled by parasites and other real lifeContinue Reading
Illustrated Space Books for NASA’s Birthday
Happy 60th birthday, NASA! Naturally, every pop science book publisher wants to publish their outer space books in October thisContinue Reading
3 Books for Bedtime
I was once visited by a monster. I had just woken up, facing the wall, and I saw the shadowContinue Reading
6 September Books About Space
At this year’s World Science Festival, I attended numerous lectures and panels about outer space, most notably World Science U’sContinue Reading
The Enhanced Human
If humans consist of genetic code, then is that code hackable? Can we hack genetic code at a pre-embryonic stageContinue Reading
The Cold Has Stopped the Clock
Many moons ago, I wrote a short story inspired by a sentence Henry David Thoreau had written in his journal:Continue Reading
100 Years of Feynman
Today marks the 100th birthday of Richard Feynman. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist, born May 11, 1918 and died 1988, authoredContinue Reading
Mars Exploration Is Coming Back
The actor Brian Blessed recently made a much anticipated appearance on the comedy video podcast Richard Herring’s Leicester Square TheatreContinue Reading
