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An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
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An Immense World

By Ed Yong ,

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Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
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Honeybee

By Candace Fleming , Eric Rohmann (illustrator) ,

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Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
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Determined

By Robert M. Sapolsky ,

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The Idea of the Brain: The Past and Future of Neuroscience
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The Idea of the Brain

By Matthew Cobb ,

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Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
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Why Fish Don't Exist

By Lulu Miller ,

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The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
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The Genetic Lottery

By Kathryn Paige Harden ,

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Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
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Hidden Valley Road

By Robert Kolker ,

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The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
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The Book of Eels

By Patrik Svensson ,

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Immune: A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive
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Immune

By Philipp Dettmer ,

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Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
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Written in Bone

By Sue Black ,

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Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Stay Healthy, and Lose Weight
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Burn

By Herman Pontzer ,

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Mimic Makers: Biomimicry Inventors Inspired by Nature
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Mimic Makers

By Kristen Nordstrom , Paul Boston (illustrator) ,

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The Cheating Cell: How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer
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The Cheating Cell

By Athena Aktipis ,

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Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live
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Breaking the Age Code

By Becca Levy ,

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Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
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Transformer

By Nick Lane ,

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Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
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Exercised

By Daniel Lieberman ,

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So Simple a Beginning: How Four Physical Principles Shape Our Living World
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So Simple a Beginning

By Raghuveer Parthasarathy ,

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Father Time: A Natural History of Men and Babies
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Father Time

By Sarah Blaffer Hrdy ,

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The Body
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The Body

By Bill Bryson ,

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The Beak Book
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The Beak Book

By Robin Page ,

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Animal Architects
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Animal Architects

By Amy Cherrix , Chris Sasaki (illustrator) ,

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What Is the Coronavirus Disease Covid-19?
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What Is the Coronavirus Disease Covid-19?

By Michael Burgan , Who HQ , Manuel Gutierrez (illustrator)

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Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old
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Ageless

By Andrew Steele ,

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Who Will It Be? How Evolution Connects Us All
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Who Will It Be? How Evolution Connects Us All

By Paola Vitale , Rossana Bossù (illustrator) ,

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The Incurables
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The Incurables

By Stevie Claxton ,

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The DNA Book
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The DNA Book

By DK , DK ,

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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

By Lisa Feldman Barrett ,

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Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
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Breathless

By David Quammen ,

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The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of How We Are Connected and Why That Matters
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The Self Delusion

By Tom Oliver ,

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Tree Story: The History of the World Written in Rings
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Tree Story

By Valerie Trouet ,

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Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct
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Mom Genes

By Abigail Tucker ,

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The Remarkable Life of the Skin: An Intimate Journey Across Our Largest Organ
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The Remarkable Life of the Skin

By Monty Lyman ,

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Pump: A Natural History of the Heart
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Pump

By Bill Schutt ,

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The Good Virus: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage
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The Good Virus

By Tom Ireland ,

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Anglerfish: The Seadevil of the Deep
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Anglerfish

By Elaine M. Alexander , Fiona Fogg (illustrator) ,

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If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals about Human Stupidity
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If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal

By Justin Gregg ,

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Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse
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Silent Earth

By Dave Goulson ,

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The Great Re-Think: A 21st Century Renaissance
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The Great Re-Think

By Colin Tudge ,

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The Snail with the Right Heart: A True Story
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The Snail with the Right Heart

By Maria Popova , Ping Zhu (illustrator) ,

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Disputed Inheritance: The Battle over Mendel and the Future of Biology
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Disputed Inheritance

By Gregory Radick ,

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Up Your Nose
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Up Your Nose

By Seth Fishman , Isabel Greenberg (illustrator) ,

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A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet, and Disease
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A Silent Fire

By Shilpa Ravella ,

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The Shallows
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The Shallows

By Holly Craig ,

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Physical Models of Living Systems: Probability, Simulation, Dynamics
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Physical Models of Living Systems

By Philip Nelson ,

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The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal About Aliens--and Ourselves
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The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy

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The Logic of Life: A History of Heredity
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The Logic of Life

By Francois Jacob ,

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Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic
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Blight

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You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation
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You Bet Your Life

By Paul A Offit ,

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Unrooted: Botany, Motherhood, and the Fight to Save An Old Science
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Unrooted

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Superpod: Saving the Endangered Orcas of the Pacific Northwest
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Superpod

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The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society
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The End of Gender

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The Deadliest Diseases Then and Now
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The Deadliest Diseases Then and Now

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The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women
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The Better Half

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The Only Constant: A Guide to Embracing Change and Leading an Authentic Life
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The Only Constant

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Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity
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Jellyfish Age Backwards

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How Life Works: A User's Guide to the New Biology
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How Life Works

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Womb
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Womb

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Earth's Incredible Oceans
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Earth's Incredible Oceans

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The Inner Clock
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The Inner Clock

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The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
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The Genesis Machine

By Amy Webb , Andrew Hessel ,

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Why We Die
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Why We Die

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What Is Life?
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What Is Life?

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Everything Evolves
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Everything Evolves

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Families Can
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Families Can

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Infinite Life
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Infinite Life

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Egg
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Egg

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A Lab of One's Own
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A Lab of One's Own

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