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I highly recommend Ross Piper’s coffee-table guide to the animal kingdom. It’s visually stunning and beautifully written. Best of all, it really is the whole animal kingdom. The vertebrates are just a tiny portion of it. Feast your eyes on the true breadth of the kingdom that we’re a part of.

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What would a post-antibiotic world really mean? It’s a LOT worse than you think. Maryn Mckenna explores the answer for medicine, agriculture & more in this superb story.

Phil