Read

Michael Lannoo, whose own adventures have carried him to both polar and tropical regions, turns historian to celebrate the muckier side of biology in ( University of Chicago Press ).

Visit

TechHub London is the venue for a discussion titled Power in the Digital Age on 14 August . Kicking around today’s biggest issues will be Areeq Chowdhury of digital politics think tank WebRoots Democracy and Carl Miller , author of the forthcoming book .

Listen

Annie Minoff, co-host of Science Friday’s fantastic Undiscovered podcast, will join two authors to discuss great science writing at the American Writers Museum in Chicago on 16 August. The second series of Undiscovered will be released any day now .

Last chance

The exhibition My Monster : The human animal hybrid at Melbourne’s RMIT Gallery has proved one of the more adventurous celebrations of ‘s bicentenary. Catch works like Julia deVille’s, shown above, before the show closes on 18 August.

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