A Nobel Prize-winning scientist reveals biology's most transformative achievements in decades--a narrative that reads like a Double Helix for the dawning of the RNA age.

Delving into the heart of cellular function and the role of RNA in genetic expression, The Catalyst invites readers on a journey through the microscopic world where life's deepest secrets are being unlocked. Tom Cech masterfully intertwines the story of scientific discovery with the broader implications of RNA research, which has the potential to revolutionize our understanding of health and disease.

Why grassroots data activists in Latin America count feminicide—and how this vital social justice work challenges mainstream data science. What isn’t counted doesn’t count. And mainstream institutions systematically fail to account for feminicide, the gender-related killing of women and girls, including cisgender and transgender women.

Against this failure, Counting Feminicide brings to the fore the work of data activists across the Americas who are documenting such murders—and challenging the reigning logic of data science by centering care, memory, and justice in their work. Drawing on Data Against Feminicide, a large-scale collaborative research project, Catherine D’Ignazio describes the creative, intellectual, and emotional labor of feminicide data activists who are at the forefront of a data ethics that rigorously and consistently takes power and people into account.

Counting Feminicide showcases the incredible power of data feminism in practice, in which each murdered woman or girl counts, and, in being counted, joins a collective demand for the restoration of rights and a transformation of the gendered order of the world.

We Loved It All: A Memory of Life by Lydia Millet is an intimate evocation of the glory of nature, our vexed position in the animal kingdom, and the difficulty of adoring what we destroy. In her first work of nonfiction, acclaimed novelist Lydia Millet offers a genre-defying tour de force that makes an impassioned argument for people to see their emotional and spiritual lives as infinitely dependent on the lives of nonhuman beings.

Drawing on a quarter-century of experience as an advocate for endangered species at the Center for Biological Diversity, Millet offers intimate portraits of what she calls “the others”―the extraordinary animals with whom we still share the world, along with those already lost. Humans, too, fill this book, as Millet touches on the lives of her world-traveling parents, fascinating partners and friends, and colorful relatives, from diplomats to nut farmers―all figures in the complex tapestry each of us weaves with the surrounding world.

Written in the tradition of Annie Dillard or Robert Macfarlane, We Loved It All is an incantatory work that will appeal to anyone concerned about the future of life on earth―including our own.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Habit, a fascinating exploration of what makes conversations work, and how we can all learn to be Supercommunicators at work and in life.

Come inside a jury room as one juror leads a starkly divided room to consensus. Join a young CIA officer as he recruits a reluctant foreign agent. And sit with an accomplished surgeon as he tries, and fails, to convince yet another cancer patient to opt for the less risky course of treatment. In Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg blends deep research and his trademark storytelling skills to show how we can all learn to identify and leverage the hidden layers that lurk beneath every conversation.

Communication is a superpower and the best communicators understand that whenever we speak, we're actually participating in one of three conversations: practical (What's this really about?), emotional (How do we feel?), and social (Who are we?).

In the end, he delivers a simple but powerful lesson: With the right tools, we can connect with anyone.

In Read Write Own, tech visionary Chris Dixon presents a potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the internet—and how that affects us all. This book is a critical examination of the internet's evolution and a vision for a better future powered by blockchain networks.

Dixon provides a compelling narrative of the internet's history, describing its early promise of a decentralized and democratic network, and how it shifted towards centralization by corporations such as Apple, Google, and Facebook. Read Write Own marks the emergence of the 'read-write-own' era, also known as web3, where blockchain technology empowers communities rather than solely corporations.

With his twenty-five-year career in the software industry, Dixon separates the blockchain movement from cryptocurrency speculation, emphasizing the former's potential for fostering creativity, entrepreneurship, and comprehensive digital ecosystems. This book is a must-read for internet users, business leaders, creators, and entrepreneurs looking to understand the past and navigate the future of the internet.