What We Are Reading Today: Magic Words by Jonathan Berger

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Updated 04 October 2023
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What We Are Reading Today: Magic Words by Jonathan Berger

New York Times bestselling author Jonah Berger’s  cutting-edge research reveals how six types of words can increase your impact in every area of life-from persuading others and building stronger relationships, to boosting creativity and motivating teams, says a review published on goodreads.com.

“In Magic Words,” Berger gives you an inside look at the new science of language and how you can use it.

Technological advances in machine learning, computational linguistics, and natural language processing, combined with the digitization of everything from cover letters to conversations,  have yielded unprecedented insights.


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Elephants and Their Fossil Relatives’

Updated 12 January 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Elephants and Their Fossil Relatives’

Authors: Asier Larramendi Aand Marco P. Ferretti

Today, only three species of elephants survive—the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus).

However, these modern giants represent just a fraction of the vast and diverse order Proboscidea, which includes not only living elephants but also their many extinct relatives.

Over the past 60 million years, proboscideans have evolved and adapted across five continents, giving rise to an astonishing variety of forms.