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Nature and Science August 2025 |
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| More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to... by Adam BeckerMany of today’s tech industry leaders advance wildly optimistic visions of a future in which people will live on Mars, become immortal, and exist in simulation. Interrogating these scenarios with real science, journalist Adam Becker runs through the multitude of reasons why they aren’t achievable, and why we wouldn’t want them to be. Try this next: Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis. |
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| Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance by Laura DelanoLaura Delano shares her experiences as an over-prescribed psychiatric patient. After being diagnosed with several psychiatric “conditions” starting in her teens, Delano came to the stark realization in her late twenties that the combination of psychotropic drugs that she was taking was causing a cascade of interrelated symptoms. Unshrunk is an emotionally powerful cautionary tale, suitable for readers who enjoyed Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne. |
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On Muscle : the Stuff that Moves Us and Why It Matters
by Bonnie Tsui
The bestselling author of Why We Swim presents a mind-expanding exploration of muscle, from our ancient obsession with the ideal human form to the modern science of this amazing and adaptable tissue, that will change how you think about what moves us through the world.
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| Slither: How Nature's Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World by Stephen S. HallScience writer Stephen S. Hall has been fascinated by snakes since childhood, and his enthusiasm comes through in this sweeping overview of all things herpetological. Hall covers topics including people’s fear of snakes, snake venom, locomotion, evolutionary history, religious symbolism, and the ease with which snakes adapt to their surroundings. An enticing choice for snake lovers (and haters!). |
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| Dimming the Sun: The Urgent Case for Geoengineering by Thomas RamgeTechnologist Thomas Ramge advances the provocative argument for slowing global warming through short-term geoengineering projects, like human-made clouds that would temporarily dampen the greenhouse effect. Ramge contends that such measures, though widely criticized, could buy valuable time, considering the high stakes of environmental disasters. For more perspectives on climate change, try Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation To Build a Sustainable Planet by Hannah Ritchie. |
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Is a River Alive?
by Robert Macfarlane
The best-selling author of Underland: A Deep Time Journey explores the concept of rivers as living entities, weaving together travel writing, natural history and reporting from Ecuador, India and Canada to illuminate the interconnectedness of humans and rivers.
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| Nine Minds: Inner Lives on the Spectrum by Daniel TammetEssayist and memoirist Daniel Tammet, a writer who is himself on the autism spectrum, focuses on the lives of nine autistic individuals, highlighting the diversity of their various talents. It’s a sweeping and inspiring own voices journey that “captures the unique modes of autistic thought with sensitivity and lyrical flair” (Publishers Weekly). For fans of: We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation by Eric Garcia. |
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Superagency : What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future
by Reid Hoffman
Hoffman presents an optimistic vision of an AI-driven future, emphasizing its potential to enhance individual agency and societal outcomes while addressing challenges such as disinformation and job displacement; the book advocates for the inclusive and adaptive use of AI to foster positive change in education, healthcare, and personal empowerment
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