🦣 Resurrected Species

Stories exploring the wonder and peril of bringing extinct creatures back to life, where scientific ambition collides with ecological consequence.

Extinction

by Douglas Preston • 2024

At a resort of resurrected beasts, a vanished couple leads a detective to a deadlier secret.

4.06

26k+

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🕵️ Detective Protagonist

Extinction 90%

At a resort of resurrected beasts, a vanished couple leads a detective to a deadlier secret.

by Douglas Preston 2024

4.06

26k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🕵️ Detective Protagonist

The Lost World

by Michael Crichton • 1995

Behind Jurassic Park lies an island of wild dinosaurs that have been breeding unchecked for years.

3.88

184k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 💾 Techno Thriller 🗺️ Lost World Adventure

The Lost World 89%

Behind Jurassic Park lies an island of wild dinosaurs that have been breeding unchecked for years.

by Michael Crichton 1995

3.88

184k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering 💾 Techno Thriller 🗺️ Lost World Adventure

Dinosaurs

by David E. Fastovsky • 2009

The textbook that treats dinosaurs as animals, not monsters, and follows them into the sky.

4.21

193

🦕 Paleontology 🦴 Fossil Record 🦖 Dinosaur Biology

Dinosaurs 88%

The textbook that treats dinosaurs as animals, not monsters, and follows them into the sky.

by David E. Fastovsky 2009

4.21

193 ratings

🦕 Paleontology 🦴 Fossil Record 🦖 Dinosaur Biology

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

by Steve Brusatte • 2018

Dinosaurs were underdogs for 30 million years. Then two mass extinctions handed them the planet.

4.21

42k+

🦴 Paleontology 🧬 Evolutionary Biology ☄️ Mass Extinctions

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs Summary

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs 88%

Dinosaurs were underdogs for 30 million years. Then two mass extinctions handed them the planet.

by Steve Brusatte 2018

4.21

42k+ ratings

🦴 Paleontology 🧬 Evolutionary Biology ☄️ Mass Extinctions

Jurassic Park

by Michael Crichton • 1990

A storm knocks out a park of cloned dinosaurs' defenses, leaving visitors trapped with predators.

4.13

1.1M+

🧬 Genetic Thriller 🎢 Theme Park Catastrophe 🦖 Dinosaur Horror

Jurassic Park 88%

A storm knocks out a park of cloned dinosaurs' defenses, leaving visitors trapped with predators.

by Michael Crichton 1990

4.13

1.1M+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Thriller 🎢 Theme Park Catastrophe 🦖 Dinosaur Horror

Darwin's Radio

by Greg Bear • 1999

A dormant virus stirs in our genome, turning pregnancy into the engine of human evolution.

3.73

17k+

🧬 Hard Science Fiction 🦠 Ancient Virus Awakens 🧫 Genetic Transformation

Darwin's Radio 87%

A dormant virus stirs in our genome, turning pregnancy into the engine of human evolution.

by Greg Bear 1999

3.73

17k+ ratings

🧬 Hard Science Fiction 🦠 Ancient Virus Awakens 🧫 Genetic Transformation

At the Water's Edge

by Carl Zimmer • 1998

Getting onto land was a 390-million-year project. Going back took whales just 15 million.

4.09

2k+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Paleontology 🔬 Macroevolution

At the Water's Edge 87%

Getting onto land was a 390-million-year project. Going back took whales just 15 million.

by Carl Zimmer 1998

4.09

2k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Paleontology 🔬 Macroevolution

God's Junk Drawer

by Peter Clines • 2025

A professor must save a prehistoric valley from the tyrant who rules it: his long-lost sister.

4.07

4k+

🦕 Lost World Survival 👽 Alien Technology 🫂 Found Family

God's Junk Drawer 87%

A professor must save a prehistoric valley from the tyrant who rules it: his long-lost sister.

by Peter Clines 2025

4.07

4k+ ratings

🦕 Lost World Survival 👽 Alien Technology 🫂 Found Family

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party

by Edward Dolnick • 2024

Before Darwin, bizarre fossils had already cracked the God-ordained universe wide open.

3.74

3k+

🎩 Victorian Science 📜 History Of Science ⛏️ Fossil Hunting

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party 87%

Before Darwin, bizarre fossils had already cracked the God-ordained universe wide open.

by Edward Dolnick 2024

3.74

3k+ ratings

🎩 Victorian Science 📜 History Of Science ⛏️ Fossil Hunting

Congo

by Michael Crichton • 1980

An expedition hunts Congo diamonds and finds itself hunted by a new species of killer ape.

3.64

180k+

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🐒 Creature Feature 🐅 Hostile Wildlife

Congo 87%

An expedition hunts Congo diamonds and finds itself hunted by a new species of killer ape.

by Michael Crichton 1980

3.64

180k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🐒 Creature Feature 🐅 Hostile Wildlife

The Greatest Show on Earth

by Richard Dawkins • 2009

From radioactive rocks to lizards that grew new heads in 37 years: the evidence for evolution.

4.16

56k+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🎯 Natural Selection 🦴 Fossil Record

The Greatest Show on Earth 87%

From radioactive rocks to lizards that grew new heads in 37 years: the evidence for evolution.

by Richard Dawkins 2009

4.16

56k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🎯 Natural Selection 🦴 Fossil Record

Relic

by Douglas Preston • 1995

Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.

4.05

116k+

🦎 Creature Feature 🧬 Science Horror 📋 Institutional Cover-Up

Relic 87%

Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.

by Douglas Preston 1995

4.05

116k+ ratings

🦎 Creature Feature 🧬 Science Horror 📋 Institutional Cover-Up

Once a Wolf

by Bryan Sykes • 2019

The wolf-to-dog story is not about campfires. It's about a hunting partnership 30,000 years old.

3.48

328

🐺 Canine Domestication 🧬 Ancient Dna ❤️ Human-Animal Bond

Once a Wolf 87%

The wolf-to-dog story is not about campfires. It's about a hunting partnership 30,000 years old.

by Bryan Sykes 2019

3.48

328 ratings

🐺 Canine Domestication 🧬 Ancient Dna ❤️ Human-Animal Bond

Star Wars

by Joe Schreiber • 2010

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

3.46

9k+

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants

Star Wars 87%

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

by Joe Schreiber 2010

3.46

9k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants

Humans are not from Earth

by Ellis Silver • 2013

Sunlight burns you, chronic illness is universal, and 223 human genes appear nowhere else on Earth.

3.72

807

🛸 Ancient Astronauts 🏺 Forbidden Archaeology 🦠 Panspermia Theory

Humans are not from Earth 87%

Sunlight burns you, chronic illness is universal, and 223 human genes appear nowhere else on Earth.

by Ellis Silver 2013

3.72

807 ratings

🛸 Ancient Astronauts 🏺 Forbidden Archaeology 🦠 Panspermia Theory

The Sixth Extinction

by Elizabeth Kolbert • 2014

The planet's fifth mass extinction killed the dinosaurs. We are the cause of the sixth.

4.15

80k+

🦴 Mass Extinction 🌿 Biodiversity Loss 📜 Environmental History

The Sixth Extinction 87%

The planet's fifth mass extinction killed the dinosaurs. We are the cause of the sixth.

by Elizabeth Kolbert 2014

4.15

80k+ ratings

🦴 Mass Extinction 🌿 Biodiversity Loss 📜 Environmental History

The Great Zoo of China

by Matthew Reilly • 2014

A herpetologist is invited to China's secret dragon zoo on the day the creatures break free.

3.78

17k+

🎢 Theme Park Gone Wrong 🦖 Creature Thriller 🏭 Secret Facility

The Great Zoo of China 87%

A herpetologist is invited to China's secret dragon zoo on the day the creatures break free.

by Matthew Reilly 2014

3.78

17k+ ratings

🎢 Theme Park Gone Wrong 🦖 Creature Thriller 🏭 Secret Facility

Life Ascending

by Nick Lane • 2009

Evolution's hardest problems, from life's origin to death itself, all have a chemical answer.

4.13

5k+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔄 Evolutionary Transitions 🌋 Origin Of Life

Life Ascending 86%

Evolution's hardest problems, from life's origin to death itself, all have a chemical answer.

by Nick Lane 2009

4.13

5k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔄 Evolutionary Transitions 🌋 Origin Of Life

Forbidden Archeology

by Michael A. Cremo • 1993

Modern human fossils appear in Miocene strata. For over a century, science has looked away.

4.05

1k+

🦴 Paleoanthropology 🏺 Alternative Archaeology 🌍 Human Origins

Forbidden Archeology 86%

Modern human fossils appear in Miocene strata. For over a century, science has looked away.

by Michael A. Cremo 1993

4.05

1k+ ratings

🦴 Paleoanthropology 🏺 Alternative Archaeology 🌍 Human Origins

Watchers

by Dean Koontz • 1987

A haunted veteran saves a golden retriever with unnatural intelligence as a monster hunts them both.

4.19

173k+

👹 Creature Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🐕 Man And Dog Bond

Watchers 86%

A haunted veteran saves a golden retriever with unnatural intelligence as a monster hunts them both.

by Dean Koontz 1987

4.19

173k+ ratings

👹 Creature Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🐕 Man And Dog Bond

The Anomaly

by Michael Rutger • 2018

A YouTuber awakens an ancient machine in a Grand Canyon cave, trapping his crew with monsters.

3.77

13k+

🦴 Archaeological Horror ⚙️ Ancient Technology 🩸 Survival Horror

The Anomaly 86%

A YouTuber awakens an ancient machine in a Grand Canyon cave, trapping his crew with monsters.

by Michael Rutger 2018

3.77

13k+ ratings

🦴 Archaeological Horror ⚙️ Ancient Technology 🩸 Survival Horror

The Atlantis Gene

by A.G. Riddle • 2013

A geneticist's cure triggers evolution, and a shadow cabal will kill billions to control it.

3.79

82k+

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Human Evolution

The Atlantis Gene 86%

A geneticist's cure triggers evolution, and a shadow cabal will kill billions to control it.

by A.G. Riddle 2013

3.79

82k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Human Evolution

The Ancestor's Tale

by Richard Dawkins • 2004

Evolution traced backward, from human to the first cell: a pilgrimage through shared ancestry.

4.15

29k+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology ⏳ Deep Time 🔄 Convergent Evolution

The Ancestor's Tale 86%

Evolution traced backward, from human to the first cell: a pilgrimage through shared ancestry.

by Richard Dawkins 2004

4.15

29k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology ⏳ Deep Time 🔄 Convergent Evolution

Search for the Golden Moon Bear

by Sy Montgomery • 2002

One golden bear, unknown to science. The search for the first new bear species in a century.

3.83

127

🐾 Wildlife Conservation 🔬 Field Biology 👣 Cryptozoology

Search for the Golden Moon Bear 86%

One golden bear, unknown to science. The search for the first new bear species in a century.

by Sy Montgomery 2002

3.83

127 ratings

🐾 Wildlife Conservation 🔬 Field Biology 👣 Cryptozoology

Symbiont

by Mira Grant • 2014

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

3.71

8k+

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris

Symbiont 86%

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

by Mira Grant 2014

3.71

8k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris

Climbing Mount Improbable

by Richard Dawkins • 1996

Eyes evolved from scratch forty times. Each time the path was a staircase, not a leap.

4.11

10k+

👁️ Convergent Evolution 🪜 Gradual Adaptation 🐝 Coevolution

Climbing Mount Improbable 86%

Eyes evolved from scratch forty times. Each time the path was a staircase, not a leap.

by Richard Dawkins 1996

4.11

10k+ ratings

👁️ Convergent Evolution 🪜 Gradual Adaptation 🐝 Coevolution

The Rescue Effect

by Michael Mehta Webster • 2022

Species have hidden backup systems that kick in under stress. The best conservation helps them work.

3.94

🔬 Conservation Biology 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🌡️ Climate Adaptation

The Rescue Effect 86%

Species have hidden backup systems that kick in under stress. The best conservation helps them work.

by Michael Mehta Webster 2022

3.94

52 ratings

🔬 Conservation Biology 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🌡️ Climate Adaptation

The Animal Kingdom

by Peter Holland • 2011

DNA reveals the animal kingdom's true family tree: insects dominate, humans are a recent arrival.

3.99

240

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🌳 Phylogenetics 🧫 Evo-Devo

The Animal Kingdom 86%

DNA reveals the animal kingdom's true family tree: insects dominate, humans are a recent arrival.

by Peter Holland 2011

3.99

240 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🌳 Phylogenetics 🧫 Evo-Devo

The Tower

by Colin Wilson • 1987

Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.

4.02

509

🧠 Psychic Dystopia 🕷️ Giant Spiders 🏭 Engineered Society

The Tower 86%

Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.

by Colin Wilson 1987

4.02

509 ratings

🧠 Psychic Dystopia 🕷️ Giant Spiders 🏭 Engineered Society

Creation

by Adam Rutherford • 2013

Life emerged once from chemistry. Now we write new genetic code and build cells from scratch.

3.97

762

🌍 Origin Of Life 🧪 Synthetic Biology 🧬 Genetic Engineering

Creation 86%

Life emerged once from chemistry. Now we write new genetic code and build cells from scratch.

by Adam Rutherford 2013

3.97

762 ratings

🌍 Origin Of Life 🧪 Synthetic Biology 🧬 Genetic Engineering

Bloodline

by James Rollins • 2012

The president's pregnant daughter is taken. Her captors want the child: a genetically altered heir.

4.25

25k+

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🏛️ Ancient Conspiracy 🐕 Military Working Dog

Bloodline 86%

The president's pregnant daughter is taken. Her captors want the child: a genetically altered heir.

by James Rollins 2012

4.25

25k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🏛️ Ancient Conspiracy 🐕 Military Working Dog

The Story of Birds

by Steve Brusatte • 2026

How feathers, beaks, and song evolved from the dinosaurs that survived Earth's worst day.

4.61

549

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🐦 Bird Evolution 🦴 Paleontology

The Story of Birds 86%

How feathers, beaks, and song evolved from the dinosaurs that survived Earth's worst day.

by Steve Brusatte 2026

4.61

549 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🐦 Bird Evolution 🦴 Paleontology

Your Inner Fish

by Neil Shubin • 2008

Your wrist is a fish fin, your hiccup a gill. The body's 3.5-billion-year fossil record, decoded.

4.04

29k+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Comparative Anatomy ⏳ Deep Time

Your Inner Fish 86%

Your wrist is a fish fin, your hiccup a gill. The body's 3.5-billion-year fossil record, decoded.

by Neil Shubin 2008

4.04

29k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Comparative Anatomy ⏳ Deep Time

All Tommorows

by C.M. Kosemen • 2006

Humanity colonizes the stars, until godlike aliens reshape them into a galaxy of nightmares.

4.16

11k+

🧬 Speculative Evolution 🌌 Cosmic Horror 💀 Body Horror

All Tommorows 86%

Humanity colonizes the stars, until godlike aliens reshape them into a galaxy of nightmares.

by C.M. Kosemen 2006

4.16

11k+ ratings

🧬 Speculative Evolution 🌌 Cosmic Horror 💀 Body Horror

Evolution

by Carl Zimmer • 2001

One idea explains elaborate plumage, the fossil record, and why antibiotics stop working: evolution.

4.11

5k+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🎯 Natural Selection 🦴 Paleontology

Evolution 86%

One idea explains elaborate plumage, the fossil record, and why antibiotics stop working: evolution.

by Carl Zimmer 2001

4.11

5k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🎯 Natural Selection 🦴 Paleontology

Fledgling

by Octavia E. Butler • 2005

Waking in a cave with no memory, a daylight vampire discovers her skin is a death sentence.

3.79

40k+

🧬 Biological Vampires ☀️ Daylight Vampire 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist

Fledgling 86%

Waking in a cave with no memory, a daylight vampire discovers her skin is a death sentence.

by Octavia E. Butler 2005

3.79

40k+ ratings

🧬 Biological Vampires ☀️ Daylight Vampire 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist

The Next Species

by Michael Tennesen • 2015

Five mass extinctions cleared the board. The sixth is us, and evolution is picking the survivors.

3.71

310

🦴 Mass Extinctions 🌍 Anthropocene 🦜 Biodiversity Loss

The Next Species 86%

Five mass extinctions cleared the board. The sixth is us, and evolution is picking the survivors.

by Michael Tennesen 2015

3.71

310 ratings

🦴 Mass Extinctions 🌍 Anthropocene 🦜 Biodiversity Loss

Darwin's Children

by Greg Bear • 2004

Their daughter is evolution's next step. The government calls her a threat. They call her family.

3.66

6k+

🧬 Hard Sf Biology 🦎 Speculative Evolution 😢 Persecuted Children

Darwin's Children 86%

Their daughter is evolution's next step. The government calls her a threat. They call her family.

by Greg Bear 2004

3.66

6k+ ratings

🧬 Hard Sf Biology 🦎 Speculative Evolution 😢 Persecuted Children

Children of Strife

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2026

A planet tormented by five quarrelsome gods meets its unlikely savior: a monster capable of empathy.

4.26

5k+

🧠 Uploaded Consciousness 🕷️ Uplifted Animals 👑 Godlike Beings

Children of Strife 86%

A planet tormented by five quarrelsome gods meets its unlikely savior: a monster capable of empathy.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2026

4.26

5k+ ratings

🧠 Uploaded Consciousness 🕷️ Uplifted Animals 👑 Godlike Beings

What Evolution Is

by Ernst W. Mayr • 2001

An architect of modern evolutionary theory shows his work: fossils, genes, and islands all converge.

4.02

4k+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🎯 Natural Selection 🌿 Speciation

What Evolution Is 86%

An architect of modern evolutionary theory shows his work: fossils, genes, and islands all converge.

by Ernst W. Mayr 2001

4.02

4k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🎯 Natural Selection 🌿 Speciation

The Lost World - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Penguin Books]

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1912

Trapped on an Amazon plateau, four explorers face dinosaurs, ape-men, and a traitor to escape.

3.93

73k+

🦖 Prehistoric Expedition 🔬 Rival Scientists 🌴 Amazon Jungle

The Lost World - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Penguin Books] Summary

The Lost World - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Penguin Books] 86%

Trapped on an Amazon plateau, four explorers face dinosaurs, ape-men, and a traitor to escape.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1912

3.93

73k+ ratings

🦖 Prehistoric Expedition 🔬 Rival Scientists 🌴 Amazon Jungle

Domesticated

by Richard C. Francis • 2015

Selecting for tameness remakes body, brain, and behavior. The same force may have shaped us.

3.98

594

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🐄 Domestication Science 🏗️ Niche Construction

Domesticated 86%

Selecting for tameness remakes body, brain, and behavior. The same force may have shaped us.

by Richard C. Francis 2015

3.98

594 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🐄 Domestication Science 🏗️ Niche Construction

The Ocean's Menagerie

by Drew Harvell • 2025

Ocean invertebrates spent eons perfecting adaptations that now inspire new drugs and materials.

3.87

254

🐠 Marine Biology 🐙 Invertebrates 🌿 Biomimicry

The Ocean's Menagerie 86%

Ocean invertebrates spent eons perfecting adaptations that now inspire new drugs and materials.

by Drew Harvell 2025

3.87

254 ratings

🐠 Marine Biology 🐙 Invertebrates 🌿 Biomimicry

The Origin of Species

by Charles Darwin • 1859

How one blind, patient mechanism produced every species on Earth, from orchids to humans.

4.01

123k+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 📜 Scientific Classics 🏛️ Victorian Science

The Origin of Species 86%

How one blind, patient mechanism produced every species on Earth, from orchids to humans.

by Charles Darwin 1859

4.01

123k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 📜 Scientific Classics 🏛️ Victorian Science

Hollow Kingdom

by Kira Jane Buxton • 2019

After the humans turn into monsters, a crow and his dog fight to save Seattle's abandoned pets.

3.83

31k+

🐦 Animal Point Of View 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🫂 Found Family

Hollow Kingdom 86%

After the humans turn into monsters, a crow and his dog fight to save Seattle's abandoned pets.

by Kira Jane Buxton 2019

3.83

31k+ ratings

🐦 Animal Point Of View 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🫂 Found Family

Ghosts

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith • 2017

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

4.25

9k+

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society

Ghosts 86%

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2017

4.25

9k+ ratings

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society

Human Evolution

by Bernard Wood • 2005

Seven million years of dead ends and cousins: human evolution is a bush, not a ladder.

3.62

837

🦴 Paleoanthropology 🔍 Human Origins 🪨 Fossil Evidence

Human Evolution 86%

Seven million years of dead ends and cousins: human evolution is a bush, not a ladder.

by Bernard Wood 2005

3.62

837 ratings

🦴 Paleoanthropology 🔍 Human Origins 🪨 Fossil Evidence

Darwin's Doubt

by Stephen C. Meyer • 2013

The Cambrian explosion produced complex animals without ancestors. The math points to a designer.

4.19

2k+

🧠 Intelligent Design 🦠 Cambrian Explosion 🦴 Paleontology

Darwin's Doubt 86%

The Cambrian explosion produced complex animals without ancestors. The math points to a designer.

by Stephen C. Meyer 2013

4.19

2k+ ratings

🧠 Intelligent Design 🦠 Cambrian Explosion 🦴 Paleontology

A Brief History of Earth

by Andrew H. Knoll • 2021

Earth's four-billion-year story: how rock spawned life, and why that knowledge now falls to us.

3.94

5k+

🌍 Earth History 🧬 Origin Of Life 🔀 Plate Tectonics

A Brief History of Earth 86%

Earth's four-billion-year story: how rock spawned life, and why that knowledge now falls to us.

by Andrew H. Knoll 2021

3.94

5k+ ratings

🌍 Earth History 🧬 Origin Of Life 🔀 Plate Tectonics

A Crack in Creation

by Jennifer A. Doudna • 2017

The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.

4.13

7k+

🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Scientific Discovery

A Crack in Creation 86%

The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.

by Jennifer A. Doudna 2017

4.13

7k+ ratings

🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Scientific Discovery

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