When my children were born, I decided to build them a library. It’s no Alexandria. Just a few white bookcases packed with tattered books. But it contains a multiverse of possible futures for my kids.

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The well-publicized commercial successes of science books for the lay, or trade, market--going all the way back to The Double Helix by James Watson (New York, Atheneum Publishers, 1968), and through ...

One of my closest friends is a neuroscientist, investigating how brain cells develop and how they search for and choose other brain cells to connect with. Her research can sound intimidating, but when ...

Opinion thrives on confidence. Evidence thrives on proof. This list brings together science-backed books that dismantle ...

It’s that time of the year when you’re making your list, checking it twice, for gifts that spark a love of science for the kids in your life. Ira talks with Mahnaz Dar, young readers’ editor at Kirkus ...

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