In Networking for Nerds, Alaina Levine offers tips on why and how to network to both early-career and established scientists and engineers.
Advance copy: Backstories on books by NASW members
As Raphael Rosen explains in Math Geek, mathematics permeates everyday life, from the shapes of broccoli to the bunching of buses on their routes.
Brooke Borel’s Infested, a true undercover exposé, may boost your respect for the lowly bed bug.
Weeds, salamanders, humans, and other species keep evolving in response to modern chemicals, sometimes rapidly, and with adverse consequences, Emily Monosson reports in Unnatural Selection: How We Are Changing Life Gene by Gene.
Emma Hitt Nichols shares tactics and techniques she developed to help people trained in the sciences jumpstart a freelance writing career.
Having two children who were picky eaters sparked John McQuaid’s exploration of the history and nature of our gustatory preferences.
Before trying to repair his sailboat, Jonathan Waldman had given little thought to rust. He soon learned why the Pentagon calls rust “the pervasive menace.”
News from Iceland is both cool and hot, as Alexandra Witze discovered while exploring the history and impact of the eruption of the island’s Laki volcano more than 200 years ago.
As genomic science fiction becomes science fact, Dennis Meredith explores in fiction the ramifications of developing genetically engineered pets, including exotic crosses, like cogs, dats, and hamakeets, and an alluring iridescent blue cat.
In the U.S. today, remains of some 40,000 individuals have yet to be identified. In The Skeleton Crew, Deborah Halber explores a subculture of amateur detectives, who strive to solve cold cases. Many do their legwork on the Internet. As one reviewer noted, it’s DIY CSI.