Meet Kate Mackenzie. She:

works for the T.O.D. (short for TyrannicalOffice Despot, also known as Amy Jenkins,Director of the Human Resources Divisionat the New York Journal)

is sleeping on the couch because herboyfriend of ten years refuses to commit

can't find an affordable studio apartmentanywhere in New York City

thinks things can't get any worse.

They can. Because:

the T.O.D. is making her fire the most popularemployee

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"A nest of baby dinosaurs hatches deep in the forest and the little dinos immediately begin scampering and playing. When a T-Rex threatens the hatchlings, their fierce mother Triceratops scares it away, and the tired babies settle in for a nap."--

Emlen takes us outside the lab and deep into the forests and jungles where he's been studying animal weapons in nature for years, to explain the processes behind the most intriguing and curious examples of extreme animal weapons. As singular and strange as some of the weapons we encounter on these pages are, we learn that similar factors set their evolution in motion. Emlen uses these patterns to draw parallels to the way we humans develop and employ...

"The definitive history of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon agency that has quietly shaped war and technology for nearly sixty years. Founded in 1958 in response to the launch of Sputnik, the agency's original mission was to create "the unimagined weapons of the future." Over the decades, DARPA has been responsible for countless inventions and technologies that extend well beyond the military. Sharon Weinberger gives us...