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Nature and Science October 2026 |
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Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body
by Andrew D. Huberman
Neuroscientist and Stanford professor Andrew Huberman offers practical, science-based strategies to improve sleep, exercise, stress management, nutrition, focus, learning, and personal growth. Using simple, research-backed “protocols,” Huberman explains how small daily habits and targeted techniques can enhance mental and physical health, boost performance, and help you reach your full potential.
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The Ghost of the Mountains: Unraveling the Secrets of the Snow Leopard
by Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi
A captivating memoir by snow leopard scientist Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi, chronicling his efforts to study and protect these elusive big cats in the Himalayas. Blending adventure, conservation, and personal reflection, the book explores the challenges facing this fragile ecosystem and the importance of community-based wildlife protection in a rapidly changing world. Try this next: Among the Great Apes by Paul Raffaele or The Last Rhinos by Lawrence Anthony.
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Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts for Navigating the Universe
by Neil Degrasse Tyson
Prepare for liftoff with a sweeping new book on the universe from the world's most celebrated astrophysicist, brimming with wit, authority, and laugh-out-loud humor. Filled with 5,000 tantalizing facts and more than 300 charts, maps, and photographs, this book offers a dazzling look at the cosmos from our home planet to the farthest reaches of outer space. This alluring treasury of 5,000 facts will take you there and back again, learning and laughing all the way. With an eye-popping design and bold illustrations, Lost in Space takes on humanity's exploration of the universe--telescopes, space missions, planets, moons, exoplanets, stars, galaxies, and more--backed by signature scientific know-how and a large dose of hilarity.
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| The Beasts of the East: The Fall and Rise of America's Eastern Wilderness by Andrew MooreAfter three centuries of urbanization and subdivision, many areas of the Eastern United States are finally undergoing habitat restoration, claims environmental writer Andrew Moore. His hopeful and captivating survey of wild lands east of the Mississippi features re-introduced bison, elk, and eastern red wolves. While Moore’s tone is optimistic, he cautions that while megafauna make headlines, full restoration requires efforts toward habitat integration and biodiversity. Try this next: Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals by Christopher J. Preston. |
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| Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash by Alexander ClappA journalist based in Greece travels far and wide to uncover the filthy secrets of the garbage business. Alexander Clapp’s exposé reveals the eco-conscious “recycling” programs of wealthy northern hemisphere nations to be something a bit shadier: e-waste, plastics, and other disposables are often exported to countries in the Global South, where toxic waste poisons ecosystems and local labor is exploited. |
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Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe
by Keith O'Brien
The staggering story of an unlikely band of mothers in the 1970s who discovered Hooker Chemical's deadly secret of Love Canal--exposing one of America's most devastating toxic waste disasters and sparking the modern environmental movement as we know it today. Sweeping and electrifying, Paradise Falls brings to life a defining story from our past, laying bare the dauntless efforts of a few women who--years before Erin Brockovich took up the mantle-- fought to rescue their community and their lives from the effects of corporate pollution and laid foundation for the modern environmental movement as we know it today.
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| Trash Talk: An Eye-Opening Exploration of Our Planet's Dirtiest Problem by Iris GottliebWriter and illustrator Iris Gottlieb shares their fascination with trash by examining our relationship with it throughout history. Today, the trash industry is designed to keep our waste isolated from wealthier segments of society, so that many people never have to give it much thought. Gottlieb contrasts this with pre-industrial civilizations, in which people lived in proximity to waste sites and repaired many of the items that we dispose of today. Packed with the author’s illustrations, Trash Talk will have readers looking at trash in an entirely new way. |
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Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash
by Elizabeth Royte
A brilliant exploration into the soiled heart of the American trash can. Into our trash cans go dead batteries, dirty diapers, bygone burritos, broken toys, tattered socks, eight-track cassettes, scratched CDs, banana peels … But where do these things go next? In a country that consumes and then casts off more and more, what actually happens to the things we throw away?
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