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This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.
John McAfee’s Last Stand. By Joshua Davis. Published by Conde Nast.
Reviewed by Veronique Greenwood
January 3, 2013
Continue reading “Fear and More Fear in Central America: An Ebook Look at John McAfee”
This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.
When I’m 164. By David Ewing Duncan. Published by TED Books.
Reviewed by Annalee Newitz
December 26, 2012
Continue reading “Do we really need to get personal about longevity enhancement?”
This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.
Electric Shock. By Cynthia Graber. Published by Matter.
Reviewed by Seth Mnookin
December 19, 2012
Continue reading “Behind the scenes with “Electric Shock,” Matter’s new ebook on regeneration”
The New York Times, December 5, 2012
In the rain forests of Costa Rica lives Anelosimus octavius, a species of spider that sometimes displays a strange and ghoulish habit.
From time to time these spiders abandon their own webs and build radically different ones, a home not for the spider but for a parasitic wasp that has been living inside it. Then the spider dies — a zombie architect, its brain hijacked by its parasitic invader — and out of its body crawls the wasp’s larva, which has been growing inside it all this time.
This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.
I’m Starved For You (Positron). By Margaret Atwood. Published by Byliner.
Reviewed By Veronique Greenwood
November 29, 2012
Continue reading “The Serial Ebook: Margaret Atwood’s Positron”