Category: Book Reviews
one of the benefits of not being a parent myself is not having to decide at what ages my kids get to read about - and ask me to explain - penis-stabbing insects
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Category: Artists & Art
in the 1760s, Honore Fragonard - cousin of the famous rococo painter - was stripping, dying, and drying bodies into anatomical sculptures that still survive today. A new book explores his world
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Category: Book Reviews
Ok, what are the people at Quirk Books on? I have to say, I love the cover of the book, and the typographical trailer is cute - but isn't this just blatant meme abuse? Quirk explains The Meowmorphosis thus. ....
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Category: Book Reviews
vintage eye candy from Vesalius to Schmiedel
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Category: Book Reviews
It's the very last installment of Zombiefest - one more book review, this time for one I heartily recommend! Daniel Drezner, a professor of international politics at Tufts, prefaces his new book about zombies with an unexpected vignette -...
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Category: Book Reviews
Feminijas vs. zombies. And sushi.
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Category: Artists & Art
Photos of predators and prey that play on our sympathies
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Category: Book Reviews
Psychologist Robert Kurzban would totally give me an F in his class, but I agree with his hilarious new book anyway
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Category: Books & Essays
A handful of books selected for excellence in bridging medicine and literature appear to be the antithesis of beach-lit escapism.
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Category: Books & Essays
Just in: Carl Schoonover's Portraits of the Mind, which I reviewed a few weeks ago, gets the New York Times Science section treatment. Check out their video interview with Carl; his account of the book's genesis illustrates the benefits that...
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