Sascha Bub

1 week ago | science.org | Sang Lee |Sascha Bub |Anna Papp |Allessandra DiCorato

ILLUSTRATION: ADA ZEJUN SHENAn astronaut hides her queer identity to protect her career. A museum researcher is detained while returning from international travel. A biologist grapples with extinction as war breaks out in Ukraine. A physicist confronts the off-Earth options for humanity. These themes, any of which might have been plucked from current headlines, are explored by the authors of this year’s summer reading selections—all of which are works of fiction.