Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog

''York is a witty, whip-smart, lithely engaging science storyteller, truly one of our best''
Mary Roach, author of Stiff and Fuzz

A playful examination of how science''s silliest research leads to crucial breakthroughs and enduring insights.

Why would anyone research how elephants pee? Or study worms who tie themselves into a communal knot? Or quantify the squishability of a cockroach?

Carly Ann...