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Why animals talk
by Kershenbaum, Arik
A leading zoologist explores animal communication and its true meaning. Illustrations.
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The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
by Thomas R. Cech
Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Thomas R. Cech explains RNA, covering its amazing properties, exciting early developments, modern day advances (CRISPR, mRNA vaccines), and possible future uses in this "lively and entertaining" (Wall Street Journal) debut. For fans of: Siddhartha Mukherjee's The Song of the Cell; Katalin Kariko's Breaking Through.
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Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water
by Amorina Kingdon
Synthesizing past knowledge with new research, this "exquisite debut" (Publishers Weekly) lyrically discusses the importance of sound to marine animals, how sound acts differently in the water, the perils of human-made noise on life beneath the waves, and more. Further Reading: Karen Bakker's The Sounds of Life; David George Haskell's Sounds Wild and Broken.
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Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered...
by Edward Dolnick
Science writer Edward Dolnick presents an “engrossing confluence of science and history” (Kirkus Reviews), discussing the stimulating conversation among scientists in the early 19th century about the origin of dinosaur bones that were turning up all over the world. Readers smitten by dinosaurs and discoveries would also like: Stephen Brusatte’s The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs; R.D.E. MacPhee’s End of the Megafauna.
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Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
by Ferris Jabr
Science journalist Ferris Jabr’s debut looks at the symbiotic nature of life on Earth and its connection to the planet itself. His intriguing perspective envisions pollution and climate change as illnesses troubling a planetary organism in a “beautifully written, exquisitely detailed” (Booklist) read. For more environmental popular science, try: Karen Pinchin’s Kings of Their Own Ocean; Greg King’s The Ghost Forest.
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Adventures in Volcanoland: What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves
by Tamsin Mather
Taking readers to volcanoes in Pompeii, Nicaragua, Hawaii, and more, Oxford scientist Tamsin Mather reflects on her own life as she ponders intriguing questions in each chapter, such as: Whey do volcanoes erupt in different ways? What messages do volcanic gases carry from the deep? Further reading: Clive Oppenheimer's Mountains of Fire; Robin George Andrews' Super Volcanoes; Jess Phoenix's Ms. Adventure.
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Light
by Arcand, Kimberly
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The light eaters
by Schlanger, Zoèe
An award-winning environment and science reporter immerses us in the awe-inspiring and complex world of green life, challenging our very understanding of agency, consciousness and intelligence by examining the latest epiphanies in botanical research and the tremendous biological creativity it takes to be plant. Illustrations.
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Before it's gone
by Vigliotti, Jonathan
A veteran journalist embarks on a poignant American odyssey, tracing the human toll of climate change that is no longer just a warming future, guiding readers across our current wildfire-ravaged landscapes, hurricane-battered coasts and vanishing ecosystems.
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