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An Oxford graduate student by day and a scientific activist by night, Nick Anthis isn't letting his Ph.D. research in protein structure get in the way of defending scientific and social progress.

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Science and Politics Create the Perfect Storm in Chris Mooney's Storm World

From the earliest days of hurricane science to the record-breaking 2005 hurricane season, Mooney's Storm World covers the scientific controversies that have fueled today's wild political and scientific debate over the link between hurricanes and global warming.

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Posted on September 25, 2007 7:39 AM • 0 Comments •

The Power of Coal Is as Evident as Ever in Jeff Goodell's Big Coal

In Big Coal, Jeff Goodell offers an insightful and chilling exposé of the coal industry that leaves the reader shocked by our continued reliance on coal but at a loss for what to do about it.

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Posted on September 14, 2006 7:45 AM • 3 Comments •

Where Do Babies Come From? Find the Answer and More in Coming to Life

Nobel Laureate Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard's Coming to Life: How Genes Drive Development is an understated primer that lays out the current state of the art of developmental biology, shocking the reader with just how much we know about how each one of us came to take our unique but fundamentally similar shapes.

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Posted on August 21, 2006 7:45 AM • 7 Comments •