Her Discovery Wasn’t Alien Life, but Science Has Never Been the Same

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With TV cameras pointed at her, Felisa Wolfe-Simon began speaking at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2, 2010. “I’ve discovered — I’ve led a team that has discovered — something that I’ve been thinking about for many years,” Dr. Wolfe-Simon said. She was at that time a visiting researcher with the U.S. Geological […]


Here Are the Titles Selected for the 4th Year of the Science + Literature Program

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Today, the National Book Foundation (NBF) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have announced the titles selected for the fourth year of the Science + Literature program, which is made possible by a three-year $525,000 renewal grant from the Sloan Foundation. Each year since its inception, the program has honored three books—one fiction, one nonfiction, […]


17 of the Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Books of 2024 ‹

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You’ve probably figured out by now that the Lit Hub staff reads a lot of literary fiction—but we also read a lot of weird shit. I’m talking odd novellas full of magical realism, I’m talking chunky sci-fi epics, I’m talking swords and sorcery and bloody monsters in the woods. So in addition to our big list of […]