Scientific American

Kick off Scientific American’s first-ever Summer Reading Challenge with book recommendations from our editors, including mind-bending fiction, ecohorror and fascinating nonfiction. Host Rachel Feltman and editor Bri Kane share some of the titles on their summer reading lists and offer tips for tackling our science-themed book bingo challenge.

Intro & Reading Challenge Overview — 0:00 Bri Kane & Sublimation Buddy Read — 1:54 Summer Reading Recommendations — 3:13 David Haskell: How Flowers Made Our World — 4:41 Grassland Restoration with David Haskell — 6:09 Rachel's Book Picks — 7:56 Credits — 9:58

Recommended Reading: The alien stories Scientific American editors keep coming back to https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-24-alien-books-scientific-american-recommends/ 10 best dinosaur books, according to a paleontologist https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/10-dinosaur-science-books-recommended-by-a-paleontologist/

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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Marielle Issa and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.