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Are we ethically ready to set up shop in space?

Enlarge / Orbiting space station from 2001: A Space Odyssey.Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images Off-Earth will amaze you: On nearly every page,...

The return of Flat Earth, the grandfather of conspiracy theories

EnlargeMartin Wimmer Off the Edge is not a book about conspiracy theories, exactly. It does get there, but really it is a...

Biotechnology is creating ethical worries—and we’ve been here before

EnlargeTEK IMAGE / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Matthew Cobb is a zoologist and author whose background is in insect genetics and the history...

A little taste of everything that’s out there

Enlarge If the spectacular images from the NASA James Webb Space Telescope have you hankering to learn more about what’s Out There—or...

Learning physiology by looking at the poisons that shut it down

EnlargeAdam Gault Neil Bradbury is a physiology professor whose first book, A Taste for Poison, uses tales of poisons and poisoners as a...

It’s a good time to learn the immune system—and this is the book for it

Enlarge If ever there was a moment to brush up on your knowledge of the immune system, this is that moment. (OK,...

Autism affects the microbiome, not the other way around

Enlarge / False color image of bacteria on a human tongue.STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/ Getty Images An altered microbiome has been associated with—and thereby...

Searching for solutions to a crisis decades in the making

EnlargeMakiko Tanigawa / Getty Images Island Press is “the nation’s leading publisher on environmental issues.” In its latest release, Thicker than Water,...

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