NPR: NPR’s Science Desk has assembled a list of some of the year’s most fascinating science reads. The authors represented on NPR’s list pull diverse topics out from their everyday contexts. The Dangerous World Of ButterfliesNewton And The CounterfeiterMy Stroke Of InsightThe End Of OvereatingBorn To RunSome of these books offer page-turning narratives and compelling characters. Others introduce forgotten histories and rituals of unknown cultures that will make you just stop and blink.If you have a favorite science book that you read over the summer, particularly a physics related book, then please tell others about it by entering details in the comment section below.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
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