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Are we ethically ready to set up shop in space?

Technology Diana Gitig - March 11, 2023 0

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

Technology Diana Gitig - February 25, 2023 0

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

Technology Diana Gitig - October 29, 2022 0

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

Technology Diana Gitig - August 13, 2022 0

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

Technology Diana Gitig - March 13, 2022 0

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

Technology Diana Gitig - January 23, 2022 0

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

Technology Diana Gitig - November 20, 2021 0

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

Technology Diana Gitig - October 31, 2021 0

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