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A gleefully nasty deep dive into the biology and psychology of the paradoxically seductive emotion of disgust—from one of the most distinctive voices in science writing Life is gross. We laugh at each other’s farts, we lift the lid on those long-forgotten leftovers to check out that funky...

Why settle for quick dopamine hits when you can experience vibrant joy that lasts? Discover the surprising scientific benefits of shared euphoria, and how these special events can supercharge wellbeing for the long run. You know it when you feel it: that electric, magnetic feeling of being part...

Social media’s “smell queen” reveals the secrets of our most overlooked sense Roses. Rotten eggs. Perfume. Sweat. Smells transport, attract, and seduce us, but they also disgust, unsettle, even anger us. Why do some smells comfort us while others repel us? And what does that reveal about...

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One of our most brilliant, acclaimed novelists turns to nonfiction with a mind-expanding, slyly humorous personal exploration of the scientific imagination. In Lives of the Scientists: or, How to Predict the End of the World, Rivka Galchen offers a profound and playful exploration of the lives...

A compelling examination of our relationship with scientific truth, dogma, and the human need to make meaning in our lives, from an expert in the field Thanks to rigorous work in the fields of psychology and philosophy, Dr. Jess Tracy presents an argument against the standard materialist belief...

The shocking full story of the “human zoos” that exploited thousands of Indigenous people In the 19th century, as colonial expansion exposed previously unknown civilizations to the Western gaze, a small group of entrepreneurs, adventurers, and anthropologists created a new form of...

In this raucous tour of the history and psychology of innovation, one of today’s most entertaining science writers unpacks the five counterintuitive mental moves behind every breakthrough—and offers inspiration for anyone who dreams of inventing something new. Here’s the biggest mystery in...

How AI is transforming the lives of billions of animals—and what we can do about it. Like it or not, AI is rapidly reshaping human life. But what does it mean for other species? In AI, Animals, and Us, researcher Max Taylor explores the surprising world of whale translators, robot dogs...

How history’s most infamous disasters shaped the field of engineering, from the creator of the popular YouTube channel Practical Engineering When a giant bridge collapses, a gas explosion blows up a building, or a major dam bursts, it’s hard not to wonder how things could have gone so...

Being Mortal meets Four Thousand Weeks in this exploration of the human pursuit of immortality that asks what our fear of death might have to teach us—and what we might gain by embracing it. Humans have been seeking a cure for death since time immemorial. From the quest for the fountain of...

Giordano Bruno wurde 1548 zu Nola geboren. Er war ein Universalgelehrter, der an zahlreichen Universitäten Europas unterrichtet hat und immer wieder wurde er aufgrund seiner Ansichten von der katholischen Kirche verfolgt, verteufelt und schließlich am 17ten Februar 1600 auf dem Campo dei Fiori in Rom verbrannt, nachdem er 7 Jahre von der Inquisition in deren Kerkern inhaftiert war. Am selben Platz wurde am 9ten Juli 1889 unter feierlichen und lautstarken Protesten der italienischen Bevölkerung gegen den Vatikan sein Denkmal eingeweiht.

Demise is inevitable. Cells commit suicide. Bodies decompose after death. Stars exhaust their fuel and swell into spectacular blazes, taking entire planets with them. From the microscopic to the cosmic, everything falls apart according to the inexorable rules of time and entropy—and maybe...

Over the last forty years the philosophy of biology has emerged as an important sub-discipline of the philosophy of science. Covering some of science's most divisive topics, such as philosophical issues in genetics, it also encompasses areas where modern biology has increasingly impinged on...

This meeting of science and philosophy tempered by holistic knowledge, gained from deep observation over a millennia, offers a philosophy of peace for our age and reframes astronomy not only as a science but as ethics and law in our heavens. This dialogue places First Nations beliefs as rigorous, enduring knowledge and shares ecological and astronomical insights that could help navigate current climate threats.

The future we were promised is vanishing. Sixty years ago, Star Trek gave us a blueprint for who we could become: a species that outgrew its worst instincts and reached the stars with reason, courage, and conscience. Today, we're further from that future than the day the show first aired—and almost no one is asking why.

Als die Mauer fiel, war Joachim Sauer vierzig, er verbrachte also sein halbes Leben in der DDR. Hier erzählt er erstmals von seinem Aufwachsen in der SED-Diktatur, dem Beginn seiner Forscherkarriere als Quantenchemiker, dem Anpassungsdruck und der Abgrenzung sowie seinem Erleben der deutschen Einheit und dem Glück der Freiheit.

Kreativität gilt als Motor des Fortschritts. Doch sie kann ebenso zerstörerisch wirken. Hinter Betrug, Manipulation, Intrigen und perfiden Verbrechen stecken oft nicht nur rohe Gewalt und Schrecken, sondern erstaunlich viel Kreativität und Innovation. Warum finden Böswillige, Kriminelle und Menschen überhaupt immer neue, unerwartete Wege, um andere zu täuschen, gezielt zu verletzen oder Systeme auszuhebeln?

Unser »Selbst« existiert gar nicht. Das bewusst erlebte Ich wird lediglich von unserem Gehirn erzeugt, und was wir wahrnehmen, ist nichts als »ein virtuelles Selbst in einer virtuellen Realität«. Dies beweisen, so der Philosoph und Bewusstseinsforscher Thomas Metzinger, die Erkenntnisse der aktuellen Forschung. Aber was bedeutet das für unser Menschenbild? Was sind die technologischen und kulturellen Konsequenzen?

The real story of science isn’t a triumphant breakthrough. It’s messy, mysterious, and deeply human. In Lost in Curiosity, award-winning journalist Roberta Kwok pulls back the curtain on what scientific discovery actually looks like… Not a Eureka moment, but a fraught, often chaotic...