I found The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2007 when I was out hiking a couple few weeks ago. An Appalachian Trail hiker left it behind, recommending to whoever came by. I snagged it.
Any anthology will have some hits and misses. At least, in contrast with my frustrating experience with Flash Fiction Forward, all of my favorites from this book are available online, and only two of those are behind paywalls. Score. These were the ones I especially liked:
- In Rome’s Basement by Paul Bennett
- Fishering by Brian Doyle (my top pick)
- Cooking for Eggheads by Patricia Gadsby
- Cyber-Neologoliferation by James Gleick
- The Final Frontier by John Horgan
- How to Get a Nuclear Bomb by William Langewiesche
- The Flu Hunter by Michael Rosenwald
- Ruffled Feathers by John Seabrook
- The Rape of Appalachia by Michael Shnayerson
- Delusions of Space Enthusiasts by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Mark Larson 
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