Science

The eruption of Mount St. Helens was one of the largest eruptions in human history, devastating in its economical damage…

We all have an idea of what we want our life to be like, dreams we want to pursue and goals we want to accomplish, and…

Have you ever wondered if you can get drunk off water? Or how you'd go about turning Earth into a literal sandwich? If…

History, literature, and botany meet in this charming tour of how humans have relied on plants to nourish, shelter,…

In We Have No Idea, Jorge Cham, PhD., and particle physicist Daniel Whiteson hilariously explain some of the biggest…

Impress your friends, stump your bartender, and crush the pub trivia competition! With over 500 absurdly true facts on…

Reaching true enlightenment may seem like a daunting task, but The Science of Enlightenment helps guide people of all…

Feeling crampy? Irritable? Exhausted? Like your uterus is trying to reach up and throttle you with your own fallopian…

Eye catching, minimalist illustrations of monkeys and their habitat compliment facts about monkeys and our own lineage.…

The father of modern-day electricity and considered by some to be the ultimate “mad scientist,” Nikola Tesla filed…

Psychology—the study of the mind—has a history going back to Ancient Greece. Key concepts are explained here briefly…

Who knew that bee orchids trick insects into having sex with them, avocado flowers are female one day and male the next,…

A charmingly illustrated and educational book, New York Times best seller Women in Science highlights the…

The guide to help you discover what's really keeping you awake at night. Harriet Griffey takes a scientific yet…

Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe’s iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about…

Pregnancy is all too often trivialized in a patriarchal society. Doulas Lauren Mitchell, Mary Mahoney, and Miriam Zoila…

The connection between how our brains work and the political landscape is one that is vital to understand. Now author…

Shanahan reveals the exceptionality of figs in a way that will forever change the way you perceive these peculiar fruit.…

When Borstel wrote this, he was studying to be a cardiologist. This book is a meditation on his studies, written in an…

Despite the difficulty of quantum physics, this book is able to cover a lot of basic theories with clarity. This is a…

In the 1940s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) needed quick-thinking mathematicians, it recruited…

Part travelog, part science lesson, this book takes readers from the driest deserts of Chile to the genetic wasteland of…

A quick and handy reference guide to various subjects and issues relating to the human body. This novel book covers…

The “song of increase” is the most joyful emanation produced by a colony of bees. It declares that the hive is…

Waiting in lines seems to have become a daily chore - one that no one actually likes to do. This book explores the…

Are trees social beings? In this international bestseller, forester and author Peter Wohlleben convincingly makes the…

A fascinating book about the science and evolutionary biology of female bodies. Gets deep into the science of all the…

The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In…