Works by two NASW authors, Patchen Barss, and Rebecca Boyle, made the New Yorker’s Best Books of 2024 list, newyorker.com/best-books-2024. Backstories: nasw.org/member_article…, nasw.org/member_article… National Association of Science Writers (NASW) #SciWriBooks

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NASW author Ferris Jabr’s book Becoming Earth is on the Tucson Festival of Books Best Books of 2024 list. Jabr is one of 8 NASW authors who will speak at the 2025 TFoB, Mar 15-16, at the U Arizona. See NASW’s Advance Copy blog nasw.org/member_article… National Association of Science Writers (NASW) #SciWriBooks

In Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History, Olivia Campbell describes the scientists’ harrowing journeys to freedom and later success. Backstory: nasw.org/member_article… National Association of Science Writers (NASW) #SciWriBooks

NASW author Vince Beiser’s book Power Metal “chronicles the author’s fascinating visits to people at myriad global mine sites,” Mark Mills notes in his Wall Street Journal review, wsj.com/arts-culture/b…. Backstory: nasw.org/member_article… National Association of Science Writers (NASW) #SciWriBooks

Do huge sharks, bigger than a school bus still exist? Learn the facts in Megalodons, Mermaids, and Climate Change: Answers to Your Ocean and Atmosphere Questions by NASW Member Ellen Prager & Dave Jones. Backstory: nasw.org/member_article… Ellen Prager National Association of Science Writers (NASW) #SciWriBooks

Principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity (DEI) are as American as apple pie, NASW Member Carlos Hoyt and Minna Ham assert in Diversity Without Divisiveness: A Guide to DEI Practice for K-12 Educators. Learn more: nasw.org/member_article… National Association of Science Writers (NASW) #SciWriBooks

Questions aren’t just for scientists,” Jessica Fries-Gaither tells readers aged 3-5 in Wild Wonderings: Scientists and Their Questions. She helps children turn their observations into questions and seek answers. Backstory: nasw.org/member_article… National Association of Science Writers (NASW) #SciWriBooks

A teenager leading a birding tour in a Minnesota peat-moss bog finds a mummified Viking boy in one of 8 stories that slide from reality to science fiction in NASW member Marie Zhuikov’s book, The Path of Totality. Backstory: nasw.org/member_article… National Association of Science Writers (NASW) #SciWriBooks

We really can die of a broken heart,” Mary-Frances O'Connor reports in The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing. She explains the science of grief reactions and tactics that aid recovery. nasw.org/member_article… National Association of Science Writers (NASW) #SciWriBooks

Shut down your screens. Go outside at night. Tag along as Leigh Ann Henion attends a bat outing & a moth festival in Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark. nasw.org/member_article… Leigh Ann Henion National Association of Science Writers (NASW).org #SciWriBooks

“The Covid-19 pandemic made the ocean of gases surrounding us visible.” Carl Zimmer writes in Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe. It took months to recognize Covid-19’s airborne transmission. nasw.org/member_article… Carl Zimmer National Association of Science Writers (NASW) #SciWriBooks

Prolonged space travel harms astronaut health, Dennis Meredith asserts in Earthbound: The Obstacles to Human Space Exploration & the Promise of Artificial Intelligence. His proposed alternative? AI robotic space probes. nasw.org/member_article… National Association of Science Writers (NASW) #SciWriBooks

Mainstream science is not always objective, neutral, or singularly truthful, Ambika Kamath & Melina Packer write in Feminism in the Wild: How Human Biases Shape Our Understanding of Animal Behavior. nasw.org/member_article… Ambika Kamath.bsky.social National Association of Science Writers (NASW) #SciWriBooks

In Wild in Seattle: Stories at the Crossroads of People and Nature, David B. Williams explores urban stalactites, seals and sea lions, a winter-active fungus known locally as “hair ice,” & more. Backstory: nasw.org/member_article… #SciWriBooks

Jennie Erin Smith spent 7 years in Colombia following a study of a large family with a high frequency of early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease to write Valley of Forgetting: Alzheimer's Families and the Search for a Cure. Backstory: nasw.org/member_article… National Association of Science Writers (NASW) #SciWriBooks

How do we make everyday choices? Do our choices enhance our lives? In What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change, Emily Falk explores the brain systems at work in making—and improving—our daily decisions. See nasw.org/member_article… Communication Neuroscience Lab National Association of Science Writers (NASW) #SciWriBooks

Real-world zombies live in virtually all habitats where terrestrial invertebrates dwell, Mindy Weisberger reports in Rise of the Zombie Bugs: The Surprising Science of Parasitic Mind Control. Learn more: nasw.org/member_article… National Association of Science Writers (NASW) #SciWriBooks

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Dragonflies are acrobats of the air. Bats are the only mammals that can fly. Rebecca E. Hirsch explores the functions of wings in insects, birds, seeds, and even airplanes for kids aged 4-8 in _Wonder Wings: Guess Who's Flying. Backstory: nasw.org/member_article… #SciWriBooks