books

The ancient Greek philosopher was the first scientist.

An Indomitable Beast, What If?, Superintelligence, and Dataclysm

Author Armand Marie Leroi reminisces about the shells that sparked his love of science.

The Myth of Mirror Neurons, Curious, Shadow Medicine, and Doctored

In praise of weird science at the edge of life

Capsule reviewed author Ian Leslie sets up his latest book, Curious, about the human propensity to wonder and learn.

In Chapter 4, “Science fiction, space travel, and the strange science of suspended animation,” author David Casarett describes his brush with adenosine monophosphate and reanimated mice.

Sex on Earth, Wild Connection, The Classification of Sex, and XL Love

In Chapter 6, “Bateman Returns,” author Menno Schilthuizen surveys the battlefield of the evolutionary arms race that has led to, among other things, such excesses as “traumatic sex.”

Understanding our primate ancestors’ relationship with alcohol can inform its use by modern humans.
 

Proof, Caffeinated, A Sting in the Tale, and The Insect Cookbook

In Chapter 3, "On the Inebriation of Elephants," author Robert Dudley considers whether tales of tipsy pachyderms and bombed baboons have any basis in scientific truth.

Beneath maladies of the skin lie psychosocial stigma and pain.

Madness and Memory, Promoting the Planck Club, The Carnivore Way, and The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons

Jane Goodall’s latest book was revised to eliminate plagiarism, which she blames on chaotic note-taking.  

Imagine consciousness traveling at the speed of light.

Cancer Virus, A Window on Eternity, Murderous Minds, and The Extreme Life of the Sea

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku describes his new theory of consciousness.

Judy Mikovits, the controversial researcher who claimed to establish a link between chronic fatigue syndrome and a virus, has coauthored a book set to publish in May.

Reconsidering the uniqueness of life on our planet