Read Science! host, book lover, biology lecturer, STEM advocate. Increasing your science TBR pile since '08. Mother of 3 scientists and one high school teacher!
University of Illinois-Urbana
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Here’s the first photo in my phone, from more than 10 years old. Like the classic toy, Lite-Brite, but with micropipette tips. Credit to the artist, my then 16yo daughter @MuddyManda ❤️
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@sciencegoddess 🌟 Today is #GivingTuesday, and AGI is fundraising to support the people, programs, and technology needed to ensure that #geoscience continues to guide solutions for our planet. 🌎
#Earth needs all of us. 💙
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The latest book by biologist @RRobDunn is included in the top 100 @nytimes books this year. I've enjoyed all his books, and this is in my TBR currently.
The Call of the Honeyguide: What Science Tells Us about How to Live Well with the Rest of Life.
amzn.to/49GEECi
I'm so glad to see a new book by Jonathan C. Slaght! I loved Owls of the Eastern Ice and today we see the release of Tigers Between Empires: The Improbable Return of Great Cats to the Forests of Russia and China.
amzn.to/4i1qA8N or
bookshop.org/a/97643/9780374…
I've enjoyed every book written by @elizkolbert and am excited that today she has a new book out! Life on a Little-Known Planet: Dispatches from a Changing World
amzn.to/4nD8Txh or
bookshop.org/a/97643/9798217…
For a little escape, I invite you to read about the amusing 2025 Ignobels.
arstechnica.com/science/2025…
#ProudMomAlert
My youngest son was the lead on this project for his masters project @ColoradoStateU. Check it out.
(He now works with earthquake data)
Satellite data from ship captures landslide-generated tsunami for the first time
cires.colorado.edu/news/sate…
Happy Mother’s Day, especially to this robin mom who had three newly hatched chicks outside my mom’s house today.
Cross fingers for #4 to hatch safely, too!
#birds 🐦 #mothersday
Congratulations to @itsJason for winning the Biography category of the Pulitzer Prize in 2025 for the book Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life.
As a biologist, I can attest this book deserves this recognition.
bookshop.org/a/97643/9781984…
Let's check out recent #PopSci 📚 releases 🧵
On March 3, from @psychunseen we see
False: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things that Aren't True
amzn.to/4fR4939
On shelves on March 6, we have Steve Nicholls' book,
Steel River: Walking the Trees – A Journey Through Nature in a Human World
amzn.to/3YFEi90
And from March 7, we see from Paul Taylor
Fossils: An Essential Guide
amzn.to/3DNpaP5
Some great new #PopSci 📚 from Feb 25th. 🧵
Up first is @carlzimmer's latest, which I am THIS close to finishing (spoiler--it's excellent):
Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe
amzn.to/4bq8jyD
Feb 25 brought us a book by @prof_dasgupta,
Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins: Lessons on Belonging from Our DNA
amzn.to/41fgj0A
Going back a couple of weeks, from Feb 6, we have @helenlpgordon's
The Meteorites: Encounters with Outer Space and Deep Time
amzn.to/4j7plEZ
