Sarah Everts takes readers on an entertaining journey into the world of perspiration, skillfully turning science into poetry.
Acclaimed writer Michael Pollan delves into our deep relationships with three mind-altering plants: opium, coffee and mescaline.
When your subject is the humble but essential toilet, bathroom humor is unavoidable. So expect a few potty jokes in Chelsea Wald’s very interesting Pipe Dreams.
Like Lab Girl on steroids, The Code Breaker paints a detailed picture of how Nobel Prize-winning scientist Jennifer Douda works.
Combining science and technology with the emotional human experience, David W. Brown’s The Mission is a fresh look at the future of space exploration.
John Colapinto delivers exhaustive knowledge about the human voice, aided by a lineup of scholars, scientists, historians, physicians and voice artists.
As Annalee Newitz shows in Four Lost Cities, an ancient city’s fate was determined by complex interactions of politics, the environment and human choices.
Michael E. Mann argues for the necessity and possibility of aggressive, systemic changes. It’s a bracing read—both eye-opening and even fun.
In The Light Ages, Seb Falk uses the story of John Westwyk, a 14th-century monk, to explore the scientific explosion that occurred well before the Renaissance.
Lisa Feldman Barrett’s Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain sheds some light on our most powerful organ and its intriguing processes.
With scalpel-like precision, anthropologist Eben Kirksey carves away at the ethics of new scientific advancements in The Mutant Project.
Terry Virts didn’t want to write another typical astronaut book. Instead, he wanted to make the reader say “Wow!” and to make them laugh.
James Hamblin explains why he stopped showering five years ago and argues that our modern idea of extreme hygiene has gone a little overboard.
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