The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023Award winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022. What's most compelling about a scientific story is the way it challenges us to think about the concepts we take for granted, writes guest editor Carl Zimmer in his introduction. The essays in this years Best American Science and Nature Writing probe at the ordinary and urge us to think

A chance meeting years later reconnects Walter

the staff of Gandhi Research Foundation of Jalgaon found a deteriorating and damaged diary at Kasturba Ashram

grounded in the most current scientific research

Jessie goes even further

and YouTube to emerging forces in digital media

and accessory enthusiasts

rich with insights into how to live our lives more intimately with God

Thank you isn't just for learning manners

Lost in that narrative is the work of the scores of well-intentioned individuals who played a part in shaping modern India

survivors and recent high school graduates Matt Simpson and Cole Hewitt are still navigating their guilt and trying to move beyond the shadow of their town's grief

recreated the space in a popular exhibit—Sara Berman's Closet—in Tribeca

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