Biology

What is life? Biologists tackle this question by studying living organisms, their development, anatomy, physiology, molecular and cellular mechanisms, and evolution.
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Book
The Nature and Necessity of Bees

Thor Hanson

Basic Books, 2018

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Becoming Human
Book
A Theory of Ontogeny

Michael Tomasello

Belknap Press, 2019

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Editing Humanity
Book
The CRISPR Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing

Kevin Davies

Pegasus Books, 2020

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Buzz, Sting, Bite
Book
Why We Need Insects

Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson

Simon & Schuster, 2019

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Classify Viruses – The Gain Is Worth the Pain
Article
Viruses hold solutions to a lot of problems, so let’s fund and reward cataloguing, urge Jens H. Kuhn and colleagues.

Eugene V. Koonin et al.

Nature, 2019

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Evolution Unleashed
Article
Is evolutionary science due for a major overhaul – or is talk of “revolution” misguided?

Kevin Laland

Aeon, 2018

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The Vital Question
Book
Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

Nick Lane

W.W. Norton, 2015

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Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Book
Evolution and the Meanings of Life

Daniel C. Dennett

Simon & Schuster, 1996

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How the Mind Works
Book

Steven Pinker

W.W. Norton, 2009

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Too Much of a Good Thing
Book
How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us

Lee Goldman

Little, Brown US, 2015

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