 human enterprise in a way of trying to understand things. And, you know, I feel super lucky that I've been given a chance to cover this beat. The name of the book is Transient and Strange. Nell, thanks so much for taking a few minutes to talk about it. Oh, thank you. Thanks for having me on the show. Nell Greenfield Boyce covers science for NPR. Her first book is Transient and Strange, Notes in the Science of Life. That conversation first aired this past winter on Ozarks at Large.