Arts
Lessons from Antarctica about Raising Kids in the Climate Crisis
Horror stories from Indigenous writers, a plea for better road ecology, and more books out now
Stories by Amy Brady
Culture
Today’s Deep-Sea Explorers Are Mineral Miners and Ultrawealthy Hobbyists
A new history of the deep ocean, seeking truth through math, a space opera about self-identity, and more books out now
Arts
When a Wildfire Burns a City Built for Extracting Oil
A wildfire rages against the Alberta tar sands, aliens induce existential crises for people (and cats), the hype and potential of MDMA, and more books out now
Conservation
Climate-Friendly Cocktail Recipes Go Light on Ice
It takes a lot of water and energy to make negronis, manhattans and margaritas. Could we do with less ice?
Arts
The Connection between Allergies and Climate Change
Allergies on the rise, the political power of dried plants, your brain on music, and more books out this month
Arts
A Sightseeing Tour of the Universe, Mutated Underground Creatures, Boy Raised by Forest Androids, Gigantic Fish, Perfume's Vitality
Reviews from the editors of Scientific American
Arts
Death, Sex and Aliens: A Surprising History of Slime
Sublime slime, sprawling light pollution, harnessing the bioelectricity in our body, and more books out this month
Arts
If Future Humans Terraformed a New Earth, Could They Get It Right?
A novel that redefines personhood, greed and despair in biotech, arguing for a singular reality, and more books
Arts
How Beavers Shaped America, from Capitalism to Climate Change
The sweeping influence of one weird rodent, an ecological thriller, tender essays on deep-sea creatures, and more books out this month
Arts
Parasites Revealed to Be ‘Unseen Influencers’ of All Ecosystems
A social history of measurements, an anthology of new speculative fiction, and more books
Psychology
Uncertainty Can Speed Up Climate Action, New Book Explains
New books reviewed on the power of doubt, 1970s science-fiction icons, consciousness, interstellar travel, and more
Culture
Octavia E. Butler’s Legacy of Time Travel
Why evolutionary biology and social justice belong together, the Silicon Valley fatalism that’s ruining our planet, and more
Intelligence
If Humans Are the Smartest Animals, Why Are We So Unhappy?
New books on intelligence, medicinal cocktails, galactic history, and more
Diversity
A Playbook for Science Denial, ‘Scientific Phallocracy’ in the Animal Kingdom, and More
Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American
Climate Change
Climate Destroyers Go to Jail, Martian Travel Guide, Bee Interiority, and More
Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American
Arts
Inside an Arctic Expedition, Natural History of Fragrance, Essays on Places in Peril, and More
Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American
Arts
Grayscale Lives in a Future Pandemic, Surveilling Memory, Saving Coral Reefs, and More
Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American
Arts
Earth’s Sonic Diversity, Secret Bird Scents, Pandemic-Inspired Sci-Fi, and More
Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American
Arts
A Reverse Journey through Geologic Time, a Tale of Wild Horses and Interspecies Kinship, and More
Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American
Arts
A Near-Future Plague, the Neuroscience of Navigation, and More
Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American
