検索キーワード： 科学・工学

Bloomsbury presents Waste by Brian Thill, read by Kevin Shen. Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Though we try to imagine otherwise, waste is every object, plus time. Whatever else an object is, it’s also waste—or was...

আপনার কি মনে হয়, যত বেশি নিজের যত্ন নেন, ততই খারাপ লাগে? এই পডকাস্ট জীবপদার্থবিদ্যা, শরীরবিদ্যা আর সাধারণ বুদ্ধির আলোয় ব্যাখ্যা করে, আপনার শরীর আসলে কীভাবে কাজ করে — যাতে আপনি বেশি বছর বাঁচেন, আর সবার আগে ভালোভাবে বাঁচেন। কোনো ...

The definitive account of how a discarded strand of hair found in Thomas Jefferson’s Bible led to a sweeping, multi-year genomic investigation, drawing on technological advances in DNA to finally resolve a 200-year national controversy. “Written with the gravitas of history and the pace of a...

*GLIBA Regional Bestseller* “Narrative history at its best.” —Air Mail The gripping, definitive history of the Hindenburg disaster, the rise of the Nazis, and the road to World War II as never before told On the evening of May 6, 1937, the majestic German zeppelin Hindenburg arrived before...

Bloomsbury presents Brought to You By: How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, and Broke Democracy, written and read by Amy Westervelt. Recommended by BILL McKIBBEN on the EZRA KLEIN SHOW "A book that every citizen needs to read." —JILL ABRAMSON, author of Merchants of Truth A...

Warum bedeutet Wissen Macht? Können wir es zu unserem Wohl einsetzen und damit sogar die Welt retten? Kaum etwas hat das Leben der Menschen so stark verändert wie die wissenschaftliche Revolution. Durch sie entdeckten wir unbekannte Territorien, bekämpften Hunger und Krankheiten und erlangten...

ＡＩ時代、人間が持つ最大の能力は、感情になる！ 感情を抑圧し"他者にあわせる"ストレスフルな現代から、"他者を理解する"感情的知性の未来へ。人間の可能性に話題の脳科学者が迫る。

サイエンス作家・竹内薫氏推薦！ 世界が一変して見える教養書！人気podcastがついに書籍化 「キノコや街路樹など身近な「自然」を入り口に、動植物の生存戦略から人間の経済まで、読者を奥深くへといざなう。

2021年5月、地球に帰還した宇宙飛行士の野口聡一さん。 民間の「スペースX」社が開発した宇宙船で宇宙へ行った初めての日本人として、偉業を成し遂げた。 その野口さんは、毎朝地上からの指示を受け、400km離れた宇宙で仕事をこなしていた――それはまさに"テレワーカー"だろう。

Capybaras possess such a calm and gentle nature that many other animal species treat them as friends—including the birds who ride on their backs. In this episode, we follow a capybara as she lounges in the lagoon and covers herself in mud to repel bugs. And we’ll listen as she collectively parents her pups with the others in her herd, communicating through a complex language of whistles, clicks, and purrs.

なぜ近鉄は、日本最大の私鉄になれたのか――。 その答えは、501キロに及ぶ路線の長さや車両数だけでは見えてこない。 本書を語るのは、駅員・車掌・運転士を経て、広報として近鉄の"顔"を担い続けた元名物広報マン・福原稔浩。

「朝日新聞」書評欄で紹介されました！（評者： 田島木綿子氏） アリの生態に魅せられた、"アリ先生"の研究の日々！ ・7歳から「いきものがかり」 ・ランニング通勤中にエサ集め ・10時間ぶっ通しで観察（トイレは2分） ・アリ語で寝言を言う などなど、ユニークすぎるエピソードが満載。

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Andrew Huberman, host of the world’s leading health and science podcast Huberman Lab and neuroscientist and professor at Stanford School of Medicine, presents an essential guide to improving brain function, enhancing mood and energy, optimizing bodily health and...

From one of the world’s foremost neuroscientists and acclaimed author of Descartes’ Error comes a bold new theory of the origins—and consequences—of human consciousness “Damasio is the closest thing we have in the post-truth era to a great public intellectual.”—Mark Solms, Journal...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A blistering exposé of the new far-right apocalyptic alliance that's on the move around the globe - and how we resist The far right is on the march again – but this time it’s different from anything we’ve seen before. A new...

A scathing investigation into the apocalyptic thinking of the Christian nationalists, tech-bro reactionaries, and populist survivalists who increasingly define the contemporary right—and a recipe for how to fight them. This program is read by the authors. As the planet burns and shared reality...

The global bestselling superstar ‘poet of physics’ returns with a dazzling philosophical exploration of our place in the universe What can we really know about the world around us? Or is there beauty in daring not to know? With clarity and lightness, acclaimed physicist Carlo Rovelli takes...

There are few stories more remarkable than the evolution of life on earth. Where did humans come from? Where did life come from? New fields of study, such as molecular biology and astrobiology, are shedding remarkable new light on the origin of life and the origin of sex. In this Very Short...

This standout creative nonfiction debut explores the lives and histories of plants considered nonnative or invasive as metaphors for the Black experience in America. In Tending the Vines, Ashia S. Ajani illuminates how eight unique plants tell the story of the Black diaspora in America. Each...

Lea Korsgaard’s number-one international bestseller tells the story of the year she spent tracking every species of butterfly in her native Denmark. Suffused with beauty and wonder, The Butterfly Season is a love letter to the natural world and an unforgettable reflection on the precious and...