Category: science/nature
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Book Review: Wild Dark Shore, by Charlotte McConaghy
What a stunning read. I read this book right on the heels of Bri Lee’s Seed, and was struck by the similarities in subject matter (Antarctic or quasi-Antarctic seed vaults on the brink of abandonment; two narrators who believe it is immoral to bring children into the world; two incredibly lonely men who feel that…
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Book Review: Vigil, by George Saunders
You know one thing you rarely heard about in the good old U.S.A. anymore? Monsieur Frog? A young fellow dying of appendicitis. At twenty-eight. Like Grandpa’s brother had. Because a road got washed out. And the horse-drawn cart couldn’t make it through. Imagine you go back in time and drop that young guy into the…
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Book Review: A Life on Our Planet, by David Attenborough
“Nature is far from unlimited,” writes acclaimed British broadcaster and biologist David Attenborough. “The wild is finite. It needs protecting.” I picked up this book on a road trip in New Zealand and thought it would be a good fit for an outdoorsy kind of holiday. I quickly realised that if any book deserved to…
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Book Review: Bitch, by Lucy Cooke
Lucy Cooke’s ‘Bitch’ concludes that there is no single definition of what it means to be ‘female’ in nature.
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Book Review: Astrophics for People in a Hurry, by Neil deGrasse Tyson
A more appropriate title for Neil deGrasse Tyson’s brief history of the cosmos might be: Astrophysics for People Who Already Know a Lot About Astrophysics.
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Book Review: “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” by Richard P. Feynman
My high hopes for Richard Feynman’s ‘Surely You’re Joking’ were reduced to two letters: ew.