New Science Books Argue That Art, the Internet, and Weight‑Loss Drugs Are Quietly Rewiring Our Lives
February’s batch of popular science books leans into big‑picture questions about the universe, the climate and our own bodies, framed as winter‑reading picks in New Scientist’s roundup of the month’s best new titles. Space scientist Maggie Aderin’s memoir “Starchild” anchors the list, weaving her work on satellites and the moon together with the story of raising a daughter and finding wonder in the night sky. Set against January’s offerings, where Daisy Fancourt’s “Art Cure” argued that concert
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