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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.

Metabolism, behavior, sleep, mood swings, the immune system, fighting, fleeing, puberty, and sex: these are just a few of the things our bodies control with hormones. Armed with a healthy dose of wit and curiosity, Randi Hutter Epstein takes us on a journey through the unusual history of these potent chemicals and their discovery, from the London laboratory where the concept of hormones was identified to a basement filled with jarred brains to a canine sex lab.

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...

G. Wayne Miller has dramatically and meticulously reconstructed an amazing true story: how a group of renegade Minnesota surgeons, led by Dr. Walt Lillehei, made medical history by becoming the first doctors to operate deep inside the human heart.

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.

The deep-learning revolution has brought us driverless cars, the greatly improved Google Translate, fluent conversations with Siri and Alexa, and enormous profits from automated trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Deep-learning networks can play poker better than professional poker players and defeat a world champion at Go. In this book, Terry Sejnowski explains how deep learning went from being an arcane academic field to a disruptive technology in the information economy.

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.   

Genetic engineering, which refers to the direct manipulation of DNA, became a reality in the 1970s. In this audiobook, we take a look at how far the field has come, starting with a revolutionary gene-editing tool called CRISPR that’s taking the research world by storm. We then examine how CRISPR and other approaches are being investigated to treat disease, the fantastic-sounding research being done in synthetic biology, controversial efforts in modifying crops and saving species, as well as the numerous ethical issues raised in these areas.

私たちの体内で24時間休まず戦い続ける見えない軍隊の驚くべき防衛戦の全貌を解き明かし、健康と生命を守る精緻なサイエンスのミクロの旅へあなたを誘います。毎日の通勤電車の中や夜の静かなリラックスタイムに耳...

Imagine knowing years in advance whether you are likely to get cancer, or having a personalized understanding of your individual genes, organs, and cells. Imagine being able to monitor your body's well-being, or have a diet tailored to your microbiome. The Secret Body reveals how these and other stunning breakthroughs and technologies are transforming our understanding of how the human body works, what it is capable of, how to protect it from disease, and how we might manipulate it in the future.

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...

人間中心の「心」の定義を根底から覆す、まったく異質な知性との遭遇は、毎日の通勤時間を、あなたの生命観に劇的なパラダイムシフトを引き起こす深い思索の旅へと変えてくれます。脳だけに意識があるという思い込...

Human Anatomy & Physiology - Part 2 is a college introductory-level text read in a conversational manner. Within each section key words and concepts are introduced and discussed. The audio format allows students to make the most of their time by giving them the freedom to study by listening.

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.

First published in the 19th century, On the Origin of Species is one of the most important and controversial books ever written on human origins. Darwin's work is the cornerstone of the theory of evolution and is as important today as it was when it was released nearly 160 years ago.

Trasforma la tua stanchezza cronica in benessere profondo comprendendo la vera scienza del sonno e del recupero fisico. Se la routine quotidiana ti lascia svuotato e fatichi a trovare un equilibrio, esplorare il delicato ritmo tra veglia e riposo diventerà il tuo miglior alleato. Un viaggio...

あなたを形作る細胞よりもはるかに多い微生物たちが織りなすミクロの生態系は、免疫や代謝を静かにコントロールし、私たちの心身を根底から支えています。腸や口腔、皮膚といった最も身近な環境で繰り広げられる知...

難解な医学用語の壁を打ち破り、あなたの体内で24時間休まず働く「免疫システム」という最強の防衛チームの驚くべきメカニズムを鮮やかに解き明かします。満員電車に揺られる通勤時間や、一日の疲れを癒す就寝前の...

日々のストレスや漠然とした疲労感を抱えるあなたへ、難解な脳科学をあたたかい日常の風景に落とし込み、心とからだのつながりを解き明かす癒やしのポピュラーサイエンス体験をお届けします。通勤電車の中や夜のリ...

足元の土壌に隠された菌糸ネットワークの秘密を紐解き、目に見えないミクロの生態系が壮大な自然界をどう支えているのかを探求する、スリリングな自然科学の旅へようこそ。通勤中の喧騒を離れたい時や、緑豊かな公...