Presents a collection of the year's best essays written by American authors that discuss topics in science and nature.

Presents fictional and non-fictional stories written by American authors that discuss topics in science and nature.

Presents a collection of nature and science essays published in American periodicals in 2014.

"This is one of the most exciting times in the history of science," New York Times-bestselling author Sam Kean proclaims in his introduction to The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018. "Things aren't perfect by any means. But there are more scientists making more discoveries in more places about more things than ever before." The twenty-six pieces assembled here chart the full spectrum of those discoveries. From the outer reaches of space,...