検索キーワード： 自然・生態学

'teeming with fascinating and enlightening insights' OBSERVER ‘Plant lovers will find much of interest in Schlanger’s inspiring tale of where her curious mind has led her’ NATURE ‘Captivating’ THE GUARDIAN ‘It’s rare that you read a book that makes you want to grab people to tell...

In his new book, leading neuroscientist Gordon M. Shepherd expands on the startling discovery that the brain creates the taste of wine. This approach to understanding wine's sensory experience draws on findings in neuroscience, biomechanics, human physiology, and traditional enology. Shepherd shows that creating the taste of wine engages more of the brain than does any other human behavior.

The problem of agriculture is as old as civilization. Throughout history, great societies that abused their land withered into poverty or disappeared entirely. Now we risk repeating this ancient story on a global scale due to ongoing soil degradation, a changing climate, and a rising population. But there is reason for hope. David R. Montgomery introduces us to farmers around the world at the heart of a brewing soil health revolution that could bring humanity's ailing soil back to life remarkably fast.

California’s coast redwoods are Earth's tallest living beings, some reaching more than 350 feet high. They can also live for more than 2,000 years, outlasting entire civilizations. In this episode, we spend an evening with an ancient tree. Below ground, its roots tap into a forest-wide network; above ground, its branches harbor life in its many forms.

In many ways, insects are just like us. Elaborate mating rituals, a variety of parenting styles, and a plethora of careers — from architects and engineers, to farmers and ranchers. Like us, they’re able to share complex information essential for survival, significantly impact their environment, and recycle. But insects outdo us in so many respects. They are terrestrial, but some can live underwater.

Called "one of the greatest men alive" by the Times of London, E. O. Wilson proposes an historic partnership between scientists and religious leaders to preserve Earth's rapidly vanishing biodiversity. 

Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. It’s an entire world, a colony full of life. In other words, you contain multitudes. These microscopic companions sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behaviour, and bombard us with their genes. They also hold the key...

In Origins, Frank H. T. Rhodes explores the origin and evolution of living things, the changing environments in which they have developed, and the challenges we now face on an increasingly crowded and polluted planet. Rhodes argues that the future well-being of our burgeoning population depends in no small part on our understanding of life's past, its long and slow development, and its intricate interdependencies.

Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites listeners to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses.   

見渡す限りの不毛な砂が広がる世界最大の砂漠は、かつて生命の息吹に満ちた水と緑の大草原だったという壮大な環境史の謎を紐解きます。静かな夜のリラックスタイムや毎日の通勤中、イヤホン越しに広がるのは、失わ...

何気ない日常の食卓に並ぶ一皿から、壮大な自然史と農業の進化、そして複雑な社会構造を紐解き、あなたの食への価値観を根本から覆す知的探求の旅が始まります。毎日の通勤電車の中や、キッチンで料理をしているひ...

Bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the story of how the brain came to be. 'I found this book amazing' Daniel Kahneman, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & Slow The entirety of the human brain’s 4-billion-year story can be...

The conclusion to one of the most extraordinary and original literary projects in recent years, Summer once again intersperses short, vividly descriptive essays with emotionally raw diary entries addressed directly to Knausgaard's newborn daughter. Writing more expansively and, if it is possible, even more intimately and unguardedly than in the previous three volumes, he mines with new depth his difficult memories of his childhood and fraught relationship with his own father.  

Global warming is perhaps the most dramatic example of what Timothy Morton calls "hyperobjects" - entities of such vast temporal and spatial dimensions that they defeat traditional ideas about what a thing is in the first place. In this book, Morton explains what hyperobjects are and their impact on how we think, how we coexist with one another and with nonhumans, and how we experience our politics, ethics, and art.

Balancing a broad array of archaeological, botanical, and historical evidence, Fruit from the Sands presents the fascinating story of the origins and spread of agriculture across Inner Asia and into Europe and East Asia. Through the preserved remains of plants in archaeological sites, Robert N. Spengler III identifies the regions where our most familiar crops were domesticated and follows their routes as people carried them around the world. Vividly narrated, Fruit from the Sands explores how the foods we eat have shaped the course of human history.

在我们脚下深邃的泥土中，一个庞大且沉默的隐藏世界正通过化学信号与真菌网络进行着永不停歇的生态对话。每当你漫步林间寻求内心的平静时，周围的植物并非静默孤立，它们正在为了生存共享养分、传递危机警报。这是...

環境への罪悪感を手放し、無理のないサステナビリティとエコな暮らしを叶えるための、前向きで心地よいライフスタイル・ガイド。通勤中の満員電車や、リラックスした休日の家事の合間に耳を傾けるだけで、日々の小...

見慣れたただの夜空が、数式を使わないやさしい天文学の知識によって、息を呑むような宇宙のパノラマへと変わる感動を体験してみませんか。夜の静かな散歩や一日の終わりのリラックスタイムに耳を傾けるだけで、頭...

太陽の光が届かない絶対的な暗闇と圧倒的な水圧が支配する極限環境へ潜航し、地球最後の未踏のフロンティアに息づく生命の神秘を解き明かす没入型サイエンス・ドキュメンタリー。喧騒から離れた夜の静寂や、心を落...

一見すると静寂に包まれた森の中で密かに交わされる植物のコミュニケーションを紐解き、目に見えない森林生態系の驚異的なネットワークを鮮やかに解き明かす、圧倒的な没入感に満ちた科学体験をお届けします。休日...