Books contemplating the human experience and some of humankind’s greatest challenges were among the Science News staff’s favorite reads this year. What were your favorites? Let us know at [email protected].
Leigh Ann Henion
Algonquin Books, $30
As artificial light increasingly illuminates nighttime, a writer makes the case to preserve natural darkness and the ecosystems and life-forms it nurtures, from spotted salamanders to glowworms and bioluminescent fungi.
A science journalist who can’t recognize faces, perceive depth or visualize images in her mind takes readers along on her journey to understand her quirky brain. The hilarious and philosophical memoir is a reminder that our ways of
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