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Nature and Science December 2022 |
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Rooted : life at the crossroads of science, nature, and spirit
by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
"Award-winning writer Lyanda Lynn Haupt's highly personal new book is a brilliant invitation to live with the earth in both simple and profound ways. She invokes rootedness as a way of being in concert with the wilderness--and wildness--that sustains humans and all of life"
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| Mother Brain: How Neuroscience is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood by Chelsea ConaboyThe big idea: There's no such thing as a "maternal instinct" -- anyone who becomes a caregiver, whether or not they physically give birth to their child, is subject to dramatic changes in the brain.
Why you might like it: science journalist Chelsea Conaboy reviews the latest research, interviews parents and medical practitioners, and examines the policy implications of myths and misconceptions about parenthood while reflecting on her own experiences as a mother of two. |
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| The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits' Improbable Crusade to Save the... by Renee Dudley and Daniel GoldenWhat it's about: The "elite, invitation-only society" known as the Ransomware Hunting Team, whose members volunteer their hacking skills to assist victims of cybercrime all over the world.
Why you might like it: This "engrossing underdog story" (Publishers Weekly) by ProPublica tech reporter Renee Dudley and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Daniel Golden (The Price of Admission) examines the growing threat of ransomware by profiling the individuals who fight it. |
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| Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and... by Temple GrandinWhat it's about: autistic animal science professor Temple Grandin (The Autistic Brain) talks about visual thinkers, their unique perspective, and what they can offer the world.
Is it for you? Readers who have recently traded Twitter for Mastodon may feel unsettled by Grandin's praise of billionaire Elon Musk.
You might also like: Camilla Pang's An Outsider's Guide to Humans: What Science Taught Me About What We Do and Who We Are. |
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| The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha MukherjeeUnder the microscope: the tiny but immensely powerful cell, the basic structural unit of all living organisms.
Read it for: an accessible overview of cell biology, as well as a historical survey of cytology, which has spawned numerous fields of study and made possible many modern medical breakthroughs.
About the author: Oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies. |
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| How to Speak Whale: A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication by Tom MustillA near-death experience: In 2015, a breaching humpback whale landed on the kayak of nature documentarian Tom Mustill, who subsequently became interested in human-cetacean encounters.
A quest for answers: To better understand his subject, Mustill dove into our shared history with whales, from the bloody past to the more hopeful present, in which scientists use hydrophones, oscilloscopes, and artificial intelligence to decode whale communication.
Did you know? Biologist Roger Payne's 1970 album Songs of the Humpback Whale, a collection of whale song recordings, galvanized the "Save the Whales" movement and helped end commercial whaling? |
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| Fen, Bog, and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the... by Annie ProulxWhat it is: a history of the world's wetlands that explains what they do, why they're in danger, and what this means for the planet.
Why you might like it: In lyrical prose, author Annie Proulx discusses topics including Europe's Iron Age bog bodies, the 16th-century draining of England's fens, the degradation of Canada's Hudson Bay lowlands, and the promise of Georgia's Okeefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
Reviewers say: a "powerful indictment of human complicity in environmental destruction" (The Guardian). |
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