May 19, 2018

REVIEW: Human Errors by Nathan H. Lents

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsevolution / non-fiction / science3 Comments

An illuminating, entertaining tour of the physical imperfections—from faulty knees to junk DNA—that make us human. We humans like to think of ourselves as highly evolved creatures. But if we are supposedly evolution’s greatest creation, why do we have such bad knees? Why do we catch head colds so often—two ... more >

April 13, 2018

REVIEW: Does It Fart? by Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsanimals / health / non-fiction / science6 Comments

Dogs do it. Millipedes do it. Dinosaurs did it. You do it. I do it. Octopuses don’t (and nor do octopi). Spiders might do it: more research is needed. Birds don’t do it, but they could if they wanted to. Herrings do it to communicate with each other. In 2017 ... more >

November 15, 2017

REVIEW x 2: Artemis by Andy Weir

JanineB- Reviews / C+ Reviewscrime thriller / First-Person / murder / mystery / science / Science Fiction / smuggling / space travel4 Comments

Dear Mr. Weir, Almost three years ago, I read and reviewed The Martian. While I didn’t love the book, I appreciated much about it. When I heard that you had a new book, a murder mystery set on the moon and titled Artemis, I requested an ARC so that I ... more >

JaynePublishing NewsLegos / NASA / science / space flight / women3 Comments

Women of NASA Lego set – I saw this news story the other day and got all excited. The $25 kit will go on sale November 1st and features four figurines of “pioneering women of the space agency: the astronauts Sally Ride and Mae Jemison, the astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, ... more >

July 18, 2017

REVIEW: Caesar’s Last Breath by Sam Kean

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsHistory / non-fiction / science2 Comments

The fascinating science and history of the air we breathe It’s invisible. It’s ever-present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story to tell. In Caesar’s Last Breath, New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean takes us on a journey through the periodic table, around ... more >

March 9, 2017

REVIEW: Earth by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen and Linda T. Elkins-Tanton

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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. In Earth, a planetary scientist and a literary humanist explore what happens when we think of the Earth as an object viewable from space. As a “blue marble,” “a blue pale dot,” or, ... more >