Why did magic mushrooms evolve? We may finally have the answer www.newscientist.com/article/2512...

Currently reading Determined - Life Without Free Will by Robert Sapolsky. #PopSci

My top 10 books for 2025

First of my #BooksOf2026 and it’s a cracker. Or should I say a ‘Cricker’! @matthewcobb.bsky.social’s biography of Francis Crick is a propulsive and compelling portrait of a complex figure who towered over 20th century biology. Brims with insight. A superlative achievement.

Great history of science. 5 stars. www.netgalley.com/book/741995/... #TheFirstFemaleFossilHunter #NetGalley @penswordbooks

Your dose of cuteness 🦒🥰🥰🥰 Good morning friends

Not exactly ‘truffle hounds’ Sid is more interested in some ancient deer poo than this lovely Dyers Polypore ! Wonderful velvety cap . . .

Flamingos at dawn #photography

First big book haul in a while. Nice selection I think @karenhao.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social

“The best science books don’t simply present facts or explain theories, they tell stories. They capture the creativity, determination and sacrifices involved in deepening our understanding of the world." said Dr Sandra Knapp FRS, chair of the 2025 judging panel. royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...

We are very happy to announce the six titles shortlisted for the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize, which celebrates the best popular science writing from across the globe. #SciBooks royalsociety.org/news/2025/08...

Current listening: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

Look. At. This. (!). A fungus spore landed on this weevil. Grew inside and caused it to climb to the top of this plant- while the fungus killed it. Consumed its body. Used that energy to shoot up a red fruiting body to release more spores. To zombify more weevils. A mind controlling killer fungus.

Carl called it.

Currently reading The Story of the Human Body by Daniel Lieberman. #PopSci

Here's a newly uncovered fossil that's an evolutionary puzzle. Its plume is not made of feathers. But it's feather-ish. Here's my story (gift link): nyti.ms/40UUlAP

How to modulate biological aging (body-wide, epigenetic) —Obesity accelerates jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... —Exercise slows thelancet.com/action/showP... @thelancet.com

Currently reading A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters by Henry Gee. #PopSci @endofthepier.bsky.social

New acquisition: Going Nuclear by Tim Gregory. How the Atom Will Save the World. #PopSci

It’s a whopper!

Currently reading Platypus Matters, The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals, by Jack Ashby. #PopSci @jackdashby.bsky.social

Currently reading Destroyer of Worlds. The Deep History of the Nuclear Age 1895-1965 by Frank Close. #PopSci

We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.

Currently reading Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social #PopSci

@maxjtelford.bsky.social I think my copy of Tree of Life has a printing error. It starts with a romantasy story before jumping mid-sentence to page 6 of the introduction. Weird!

Nerdy pleasure ... arrived while I was at #TCTeAC. Am I rewarding myself? Maybe 😉

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

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

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.

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

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

Currently reading A Devil’s Chaplain by Richard Dawkins.

Currently reading Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould. #PopSci

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...

This looks fantastic! #booksky

Currently reading The Wood for the Trees by Richard Fortey.

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.

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

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

Currently reading Determined by Robert Sapolsky. #popsci #freewill

Currently reading a beat up ex-library copy of Our Inner Ape by Frans de Waal. Always excited to learn more about the human condition by studying our closest animal relatives. #PopSci

Currently reading Tales from the Ant World by E.O. Wilson.

Currently reading How Life Works by Philip Ball.

Currently reading When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi.

Currently reading The Big Picture by @seanmcarroll #science #PopularScience #nonfiction

Hello! I’m Rod and I love to post about popular science and sci-fi books. Please follow if these topics interest you. #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booksky #science #popularscience #popsci

Intros then. I'm Jon, 🇬🇧, I run a YouTube channel (link in bio) focused on collecting, reading and talking nonsense about science fiction books, old and new. On here I do the same! 📚🚀👽🔫🤖👨‍🚀👾📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #booksky

Recently completed my Iain M Banks collection which makes me happy.

Currently reading The World Before Us by Tom Higham.