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I'm an evolutionary biologist who investigates real-time evolution in bacteria. These are my 5 must-read science books.

Tiffany Taylor, professor of microbial ecology and evolution at the University of Bath in the U.K., recommends the books that shaped her career and her outlook on life.

LiveScience

‘They give us better options for preserving nature’: Ed Yong on revealing the hidden lives of animals

The Pulitzer-winning author, who has just won the Royal Society science book prize for An Immense World, reveals how radical empathy uncovers the forces that have driven evolution and teaches us new ways to engage

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Howzell Hall, George Saunders, James Hannaham among LA Times Book Prize finalists

LOS ANGELES — The finalists for the 43rd Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were announced Wednesday, with Rachel Howzell Hall, James Hannaham and George Saunders among the nominees for the annual literary awards.

Los Angeles Times

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Julie Otsuka, Ed Yong win Carnegie Medals for Excellence

Julie Otsuka’s novel “The Swimmers,” in which a group of swimmers collectively narrate their daily routines and what happens when they’re disrupted, has won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction

The Independent UK

Climate allegories in "The Last of Us"

Climate change could trigger humanity's end, much like in HBO’s new drama series, but it won't happen suddenly

Salon

Best science books of 2022

Preventing future pandemics, the secrets of the Higgs boson and the surprising roots of plastic surgery

The Guardian - UK

Power, hope and art: how this year’s Antidote festival is doing things differently

Back for its sixth year, the Sydney Opera House’s Antidote wants to start much-needed conversations about care, hope and our need to bring communities together

The Guardian - AU

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Review: 'An Immense World,' by Ed Yong

NONFICTION: Ed Yong's luminous new book on animal senses expands our understanding of the web of life.

Tribune News Service

The human sensory experience is limited. Journey into the world that animals know

In his new book, An Immense World, science writer Ed Yong explores the diversity of perception in the animal world — including echolocation, magnetic fields and ultraviolet vision.

WEKU

An Immense World by Ed Yong review – the astonishing ways in which animals experience our planet

This magnificent book reveals the strange and mysterious ways that creatures sense their surroundings – pushing our understanding of them to the limit

The Guardian - UK

Dear Donald Trump: America is not OK

Donald Trump keeps writing to me. Yelling at the keyboard is unproductive, so I'm writing back

Salon

COUNTERPOINT: Masks remain an essential tool to protect against COVID

In his recent article in The Atlantic, Ed Yong posed a poignant question: “What does society owe immunocompromised people?”

Tribune News Service

Music, memory and my dad: how songs define and shape us

The Flying Pickets’ Only You unlocks such visceral emotions for Jude Rogers that it can stop her in her tracks. In this extract from her new book, she asks what science lies behind the power of music to make the past vividly present

The Guardian - UK

The great gaslighting: how Covid longhaulers are still fighting for recognition

People with long Covid face an uphill battle convincing skeptics their malady is real – but discrediting uncommon conditions is hardly a new phenomenon

The Guardian - US

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