BOOK REVIEWThe Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Humanby Siddhartha Mukherjee 2022 About the AuthorSiddhartha Mukherjee is the author of The Gene: An Intimate History, a #1 New York Times bestseller; The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction; and … Continue reading The Song of the Cell

BOOK REVIEWThe Mind of a Beeby Lars Chittka 2022 About the AuthorLars Chittka is professor of sensory and behavioral ecology at Queen Mary University of London. He is the coeditor of Cognitive Ecology of Pollination. About the Book“Thanks to Lars Chittka’s captivating account of bees’ thinking and feeling, I now look with fresh eyes at … Continue reading The Mind of a Bee

BOOK REVIEWThe Primacy of Doubt: From Quantum Physics to Climate Change, How the Science of Uncertainty Can Help Us Understand Our Chaotic Worldby Tim Palmer 2022 About the AuthorTim Palmer, FRS, CBE is a Royal Society Research Professor in the department of physics at the University of Oxford. He pioneered the development of operational ensemble … Continue reading The Primacy of Doubt

BOOK REVIEWJellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevityby Nicklas Brendborg 2023 About the AuthorNicklas Brendborg is a PhD student of molecular biology at the University of Copenhagen and is one of the most promising research talents in the field. He was featured young scientist at the Novo Nordisk International Talent Program and was awarded the … Continue reading Jellyfish Age Backwards

BOOK REVIEWLife's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Aliveby Carl Zimmer 2022 About the AuthorCarl Zimmer writes the Matter column for The New York Times and has frequently contributed to The Atlantic, National Geographic, Time, and Scientific American. He has won the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Science Journalism Award … Continue reading Life’s Edge

BOOK REVIEWDarwin and the Art of Botany: Observations on the Curious World of Plantsby James T. Costa & Bobbi Angell 2023 About the AuthorsBobbi Angell is a scientific illustrator, printmaker, instructor, and gardener. Drawing neotropical plants for botanists at New York Botanical Garden and other institutions led to her interest in Charles Darwin, recognizing species … Continue reading Darwin and the Art of Botany

BOOK REVIEWIs Consciousness Everywhere?Essays on PanpsychismEdited by Philip Goff and Alex Moran 2022 About the EditorsPhilip Goff is a British author, philosopher, and Associate Professor at Durham University whose research focuses on philosophy of mind and consciousness. Alex Moran is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. … Continue reading Is Consciousness Everywhere?