Joanne Manaster

Read Science! host, book lover, biology lecturer, STEM advocate. Increasing your science TBR pile since '08. Mother of 3 scientists and one high school teacher!

[Joanne Manaster @sciencegoddess]

Here’s the first photo in my phone, from more than 10 years old. Like the classic toy, Lite-Brite, but with micropipette tips. Credit to the artist, my then 16yo daughter @MuddyManda ❤️

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@sciencegoddess 🌟 Today is #GivingTuesday, and AGI is fundraising to support the people, programs, and technology needed to ensure that #geoscience continues to guide solutions for our planet. 🌎

#Earth needs all of us. 💙

Please share! ✨ Give now: https://t.co/22Prj4Q3aq

[Joanne Manaster @sciencegoddess]

The latest book by biologist @RRobDunn is included in the top 100 @nytimes books this year. I've enjoyed all his books, and this is in my TBR currently.

The Call of the Honeyguide: What Science Tells Us about How to Live Well with the Rest of Life.

https://t.co/HGb3QV2rAa

[Joanne Manaster @sciencegoddess]

I've enjoyed every book written by @elizkolbert and am excited that today she has a new book out! Life on a Little-Known Planet: Dispatches from a Changing World

https://t.co/TBiYLi8pMh or
https://t.co/3BQ3ez2mXr

[Joanne Manaster @sciencegoddess]

I'm so glad to see a new book by Jonathan C. Slaght! I loved Owls of the Eastern Ice and today we see the release of Tigers Between Empires: The Improbable Return of Great Cats to the Forests of Russia and China.

https://t.co/qRUhXbBC1R or
https://t.co/E066pnvYTK

[Joanne Manaster @sciencegoddess]

For a little escape, I invite you to read about the amusing 2025 Ignobels.

https://t.co/fAeqPmaAxs

[Joanne Manaster @sciencegoddess]

#ProudMomAlert
My youngest son was the lead on this project for his masters project @ColoradoStateU. Check it out.

(He now works with earthquake data)

Satellite data from ship captures landslide-generated tsunami for the first time

https://t.co/vdfRtp8Lnk

[Joanne Manaster @sciencegoddess]

Happy Mother’s Day, especially to this robin mom who had three newly hatched chicks outside my mom’s house today.

Cross fingers for #4 to hatch safely, too!

#birds 🐦 #mothersday

[Joanne Manaster @sciencegoddess]

Congratulations to @itsJason for winning the Biography category of the Pulitzer Prize in 2025 for the book Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life.
As a biologist, I can attest this book deserves this recognition.

https://t.co/QdKT8vCtPk

[Joanne Manaster @sciencegoddess]

And from March 7, we see from Paul Taylor

Fossils: An Essential Guide

https://t.co/IrSerNDfDV

[Joanne Manaster @sciencegoddess]

Let's check out recent #PopSci 📚 releases 🧵

On March 3, from @psychunseen we see

False: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things that Aren't True

https://t.co/I9v3kfq4FL

[Joanne Manaster @sciencegoddess]

On shelves on March 6, we have Steve Nicholls' book,

Steel River: Walking the Trees – A Journey Through Nature in a Human World

https://t.co/RqinGRqME3

[Joanne Manaster @sciencegoddess]

Going back a couple of weeks, from Feb 6, we have @helenlpgordon's

The Meteorites: Encounters with Outer Space and Deep Time

https://t.co/HsezpPi5vp

[Joanne Manaster @sciencegoddess]

Some great new #PopSci 📚 from Feb 25th. 🧵

Up first is @carlzimmer's latest, which I am THIS close to finishing (spoiler--it's excellent):

Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe

https://t.co/jh6hIXLtvM

[Joanne Manaster @sciencegoddess]

Feb 25 brought us a book by @prof_dasgupta,

Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins: Lessons on Belonging from Our DNA

https://t.co/EjKzPpn5rz