What We Are Reading Today: ‘Strange Glow’ by Timothy J. Jorgensen

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Updated 05 October 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Strange Glow’ by Timothy J. Jorgensen

More than ever before, radiation is a part of our modern daily lives. We own radiation-emitting phones, regularly get diagnostic x-rays, such as mammograms, and submit to full-body security scans at airports. 

But how much do we really know about radiation? And what are its actual dangers? An accessible blend of narrative history and science, “Strange Glow” describes mankind’s extraordinary, thorny relationship with radiation, including the hard-won lessons of how radiation helps and harms our health.


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Insects of Britain and Europe’

Updated 18 November 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Insects of Britain and Europe’

Authors: Thomas C. John, Peter Mullen, and Paul D. Brock

Featuring more than 3,000 species and 5,500 color photographs, “Insects of Britain and Europe” is the most detailed and exquisitely illustrated photographic field guide to cover all the insect orders of Europe.

Easy to navigate, clear, accessible and authoritative, the guide focuses on the species most likely to be encountered and the easiest to identify.

It pairs more than 300 state-of-the-art color plates with concise information on diagnostic features, habitat, distribution and flight periods, helping lead any reader toward identification.