(he/him)
Curious microbiologist outside of academia working to make it possible to launch biotechnology projects from unlikely spaces (hopefully community driven!). Reading sci-fi since I was little (probably started with Monica Hughes) and I try to mix it up with some non-fiction too.
Find me on my main Fediverse account -> scholar.social/@danwchan
This link opens in a pop-up window
A provocative new collection of short stories by the New York Times best-selling and Hugo Award-winning author of Kraken explores …
"Could extinct species like mammoths and passenger pigeons be brought back to life? The science says yes. In [this book], …
What is autism? A lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? …
"For readers of George Saunders, Kelly Link, David Mitchell, and Karen Russell, This Census-Taker is a stunning, uncanny, and profoundly …
What Happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when said bio-terrorism forces humanity to the …
What Is Life? is a 1944 non-fiction science book written for the lay reader by physicist Erwin Schrödinger. The book …
Marta Zaraska: Meathooked (2016)
Explores the world's meat cultures and traditions to share insights into why a craving for animal protein evolved in humans …
The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is …
the idea itself and the implications are very scifi and futurist but the reflection on it seems as much about prediction as it does about the present nature of human society.
Acceptance is a 2014 novel by Jeff VanderMeer. It is the last in a series of three books called the …
Inspired by true events, a graphic novel examines life on the streets of war-torn Iraq, raising questions about the meaning …
