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Here’s the shortlist for the 2026 Women’s Prize For Non-Fiction.

Here’s the shortlist for the 2026 Women’s Prize For Non-Fiction.

By James Folta | March 25, 2026

On a Bet, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Invented the Way We Still Identify Plants

On a Bet, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Invented the Way We Still Identify Plants

Jessica Riskin on the 18th-Century French Botanist Who Changed Biology Forever

By Jessica Riskin | March 25, 2026

The Origin of Our Species: How Grains and Grasses Fed (and Still Feed) Humankind

The Origin of Our Species: How Grains and Grasses Fed (and Still Feed) Humankind

David George Haskell In Praise of a Versatile, Life-Giving Plant

By David George Haskell | March 25, 2026

Astrofiction: Seven Novels With Astronaut Protagonists

Astrofiction: Seven Novels With Astronaut Protagonists

Cecile Pin Recommends Samantha Harvey, Eliana Ramage, Taylor Jenkins Reid, and More

By Cecile Pin | March 24, 2026

We Have Too Little Time (and This Makes Us All Too Human)

We Have Too Little Time (and This Makes Us All Too Human)

Rivka Weinberg on the Brevity of Our Beautiful Little Lives

By Rivka Weinberg | March 18, 2026

Terry Tempest Williams on the Plight of the Monarch Butterfly

Terry Tempest Williams on the Plight of the Monarch Butterfly

“Who are we as a species if we allow monarch butterflies, a living symbol of metamorphosis, to cease to exist?”

By Terry Tempest Williams | March 3, 2026

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The Secret Life of the Awabi Abalone

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What Growing Up On Mars Would Do to the Human Body

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By Scott Solomon | February 20, 2026

How the Feeble Human Biped Came to Dominate the Natural World

How the Feeble Human Biped Came to Dominate the Natural World

Roland Ennos on the Anthropological Explanations Behind Homo Sapiens Rise to the Top of the Animal Kingdom

By Roland Ennos | February 18, 2026

The Trump administration is illegally gutting NASA’s largest research library.

The Trump administration is illegally gutting NASA’s largest research library.

Meet the team fighting to save our scientific knowledge.

By Brittany Allen | February 13, 2026

What Science Reveals About the Many Facets of Desire

What Science Reveals About the Many Facets of Desire

Tom Bellamy on the Neurochemical Reactions That Drive Love, Obsession and Longing

By Tom Bellamy | February 13, 2026

Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with “reframing” rejection?

Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with “reframing” rejection?

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How Do Good Ideas Happen?

How Do Good Ideas Happen?

George Newman on How Motivation and Imitation Are Key to Creative Endeavors

By George Newman | January 29, 2026

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