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  • The Most Perfect Thing by Tim Birkhead

    The Most Perfect Thing by Tim Birkhead

    Inside (and Outside) a Bird’s Egg
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    Sayani Sarkar
    Mar 15
    Testosterone Rex by Cordelia Fine

    Testosterone Rex by Cordelia Fine

    The romp of Testosterone is a cultural myth. Ask fruit flies.
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    Sayani Sarkar
    Feb 19
    The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine by Sophie Strand

    The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine by Sophie Strand

    Ecology and myths come together in a retrospection of alternate masculine narratives
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    Sayani Sarkar
    Jan 7
    Why We Are Restless by Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey

    Why We Are Restless by Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey

    Disenchanted with modern life? French intellectuals might have few answers (or not)
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    Sayani Sarkar
    Dec 12, 2022
    The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf

    The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf

    The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science
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    Sayani Sarkar
    Dec 7, 2022
    Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith

    Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith

    Subjective experience and its evolution from cephalopods to humans
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    Sayani Sarkar
    Dec 6, 2022
    Dark and Magical Places by Christopher Kemp

    Dark and Magical Places by Christopher Kemp

    The art and science of navigation
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    Sayani Sarkar
    Nov 16, 2022
    How To Read Foucault by Johanna Oksala

    How To Read Foucault by Johanna Oksala

    An introduction to Foucault’s oeuvre
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    Sayani Sarkar
    Nov 14, 2022
    How to Be Authentic by Skye C. Cleary

    How to Be Authentic by Skye C. Cleary

    Beauvoir and the quest for authenticity in modern world
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    Sayani Sarkar
    Aug 1, 2022
    The Babel Message by Keith Kahn-Harris

    The Babel Message by Keith Kahn-Harris

    A witty journey through languages via Kinder Joy Eggs
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    Sayani Sarkar
    May 31, 2022
    A Report to an Academy by Mahi Grand

    A Report to an Academy by Mahi Grand

    An ape metamorphoses into a human. But is he still an ape? A Kafka story as a graphic novel.
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    Sayani Sarkar
    May 17, 2022
    The Atlas of Disappearing Places by Christina Conklin and Marina Psaros

    The Atlas of Disappearing Places by Christina Conklin and Marina Psaros

    Anthropocentric actions, changing coastlines, declining marine health, and future of the planet
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    Sayani Sarkar
    Mar 8, 2022
    Lives of Weeds by John Cardina

    Lives of Weeds by John Cardina

    What is “weediness” of a plant? A closer look at our weed friends and their importance in ecosystems
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    Sayani Sarkar
    Mar 8, 2022
    Jungle by Patrick Roberts

    Jungle by Patrick Roberts

    Natural history of tropical forests
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    Sayani Sarkar
    Mar 7, 2022
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