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Weird Life: The Search for Life That Is Very, Very Different from Our Own by David Toomey
Organisms in extreme environments — from bacteria deep under the ocean floor to imagined creatures on distant moons — challenge definitions of life. W.W. Norton & Co., 2013, 268 p., $25.95
- Particle Physics
Heart of Darkness
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Invisible Universe (Science Essentials) by Jeremiah P. Ostriker and Simon Mitton.
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Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot by Peter Crane
An ancient tree lineage has survived and made its way into humans’ lives through medicine, art and as a popular street tree, yet is now endangered in the wild. Yale Univ., 2013, 384 p., $40
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Red Rover: Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity by Roger Wiens
The scientist in charge of Curiosity’s ChemCam instrument gives a behind-the-scenes tour of the Mars robot. Basic Books, 2013, 233 p., $25.99
- Planetary Science
Faint Young Sun
Scientists struggle to understand how early Earth stayed warm enough for liquid water.
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- Health & Medicine
The Human Brainome Project
Obama announces ambitious plan to develop new tools for exploring neural circuitry.
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- Life
Infants, whether mice or human, love to be carried
Being toted around calms and quiets babies of both species.
- Microbes
Some like it acidic
In a higher-carbon world of altered oceans, a shelled plankton species may flourish.
- Life
Coelacanth is not closest fishy relative of terrestrial animals
Genes of “living fossil” do reveal changes needed to live on dry land.
