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Books! Also, science, reason, humanism and progress. Molecular biology PhD student.
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Nice to get another mention in "The New York Times": "Our Favorite Books for Every Type of Dad: Looking for a Father’s Day gift? Try one of these recent releases..." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/b... (BTW, "A Crack in Everything" is a unisex book - not just for blokes!) @headofzeus.bsky.social

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Currently reading about how the vertebrate eye is wired backwards giving us blind spots and an increased likelihood of detached retinas by reading Human Errors by Nathan H Lents. #popsci

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It's publication day of my first book: The Tree of Life. The tree of life is a time machine that can take us back 4 billion years to meet our most distant ancestor. It is the magic that lets us tell the origin stories, beginning with this ancient relative, of everything from mushrooms to man.

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@adamrutherford.bsky.social have you read any recent popular science books that you recommend?

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Currently learning about life on the quantum level by reading Life on the Edge by Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden #popsci

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Currently reading A Devil’s Chaplain by Richard Dawkins.

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Currently reading Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould. #PopSci

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New paper from the lab: Our teeth arose as sensory organs on the outside of the body of ancient jawless fish.!! Congrats to Yara Haridy and the team! Background and video: phys.org/news/2025-05... Open Access Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... News and Views: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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This looks fantastic! #booksky

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Currently reading The Wood for the Trees by Richard Fortey.

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Died (alas!) on this day in 1629, in The Hague, Jacques de Gheyn, who drew everything and painted some things as well. Here, insects & flowers.

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Currently reading Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind by Richard Fortey. #popsci

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Currently reading The Genetic Book of the Dead by Richard Dawkins.

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Currently reading Determined by Robert Sapolsky. #popsci #freewill

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