**'York is a witty, whip-smart, lithely engaging science storyteller, truly one of our best'Mary Roach, author of Stiff and FuzzA 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 Anne York shows how unappreciated, overlooked and simply curio...

Create Show-Stopping Cookies Using Simple Royal Icing TechniquesThe Crafted Cookie is a beginner cookie artist’s dream come true. Through countless courses and videos, Anne Yorks has taught thousands of home bakers how to make cookie decorating simple and fun. Here, she covers everything you’ve ever wanted to know about creating cute and whimsical cookies that taste as good as they look.With accessible step-by-step tutorials for 50 creative designs...

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? It all sounds pointless, silly, or even disgusting.Maybe it is. But in The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog, Carly Anne York shows how unappreciated, overlooked, and simply curiosity-driven ...