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Category Archives: Book review

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Genetics Got You Down? Try This Pick-Me-Up

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Jeffrey Perkel

What’s in Your Genes? is delightfully fun.
By Jeffrey M. Perkel
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Posted in Book review, Everything else | Tagged Beatrice the Biologist, book review, Jeffrey Perkel, Katie McKissick

Anecdotes and Evidence in Pregnancy

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Adrienne Roehrich

Where’s the evidence in what to expect when you’re expecting?
By Adrienne M. Roehrich Continue reading →

Posted in Book review, Pregnancy 101 | Tagged Emily Oster, evidence, Evidence-based parenting, pregnancy

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The Girls of Atomic City

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Chris Gunter

Part of WWII you knew nothing about

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Posted in Book review, Notable women | Tagged atomic city, book review, Chris Gunter, Denise Kiernan, girls in STEM, women in STEM

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A tour of physics, Angry Birds style

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Matthew R Francis

A kid-friendly guide to “Furious Forces.”

by Matthew R. Francis Continue reading →

Posted in Book review, Physics | Tagged Angry Birds, Matthew Francis, physics, video games

Scientific realities trump paleofantasies

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Matthew R Francis

Marlene Zuk’s Paleofantasy: what we (don’t) know about our ancestors

by Matthew R. Francis Continue reading →

Posted in Book review, Everything else | Tagged anthropology, genetics, Marlene Zuk, Matthew Francis, paleo diet, Paleofantasy, paleolithic

Chasing tornadoes is an old habit

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Jeffrey Perkel

We’ve been running after them for centuries.

by Jeffrey Perkel Continue reading →

Posted in Book review, Everything else | Tagged book review, fire tornado, hurricane, Jeffrey Perkel, storm chasers, storm chasing, tornado, twister

"Gulp" by Mary Roach

A tour of digestion from nose to um…tail

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Matthew R Francis

Mary Roach’s Gulp Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Book review, Everything else, Health | Tagged digestion, digestive tract, diseases, GI tract, gulp, human anatomy, Mary Roach, Matthew Francis

Walnuts, willful murder, & World Book Night

Posted on April 24, 2013 by DXS Contributor

Walnuts and murder and chemistry, oh my.

by Ray Burks Continue reading →

Posted in Book review, Chemistry, Everything else | Tagged juglone, Louise Penny, Ray Burks, walnut tree, World Book Night

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A “Brontosaurus” for you

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Matthew R Francis

Brontosaurus may be gone, but dinosaurs belong to all of us.

By Matthew Francis Continue reading →

Posted in Book review, Everything else | Tagged book review, dinosaurs

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