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detail from the cover of The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger
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Seeds of Story

Vegetable Neighborhoods, Clan Wars, and Hunting Strategies: Zoë Schlanger’s The Light Eaters

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17th century etching depicting Hercules fighting the Lernaean Hydra
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Who Wants to Live Forever?

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Illustration of a giant oarfish
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SFF Bestiary

Meet the OG Sea Serpent: The Giant Oarfish

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Photo of bioluminescent coral
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SFF Bestiary

Creatures of the Abyss: An Exercise in Science-Fictional Thinking

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L to R Anson Mount as Capt. Pike, Celia Rose Gooding as Uhura, Christina Chong as Laían and Jess Bush as Chapel all recently transformed into vulcans in season 3 , Episode 8 of Strange New Worlds
Featured Essays
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Is Biology Destiny?

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Engraving of whaling boats attacking a pod of sperm whales from Thomas Beale's The Natural History of the Sperm Whale (Art by W.J. Linton)
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 A Deep Dive Into the World of the Sperm Whale

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Detail from the cover of Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
Books
Seeds of Story

Underground Brains and Talking Trees: Exploring the Mysteries of Fungi in Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life

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science and the fantastic

On the Origins of Modern Biology and the Fantastic: Part 18 — Nalo Hopkinson and Stem Cell Research

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Use of Weapons book cover
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science and the fantastic

On the Origins of Modern Biology and the Fantastic — Part 17: Iain M. Banks and Genetic Engineering

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Screenshot of Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back
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science and the fantastic

On the Origins of Modern Biology and the Fantastic: Part 15 — Star Wars and Polymerase Chain Reaction

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science and the fantastic

On the Origins of Modern Biology and the Fantastic: Part 14 — Octavia Butler and the War on Cancer

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science and the fantastic

On the Origins of Modern Biology and the Fantastic: Part 13 — Ursula K. Le Guin and Lynn Margulis

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