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We are about to cross a critical threshold in the history of our species. Everything is about to change. Soon we will live surrounded by AIs. They will carry out complex tasks-operating businesses, producing unlimited digital content, running core government services and maintaining infrastructure. This will be a world of DNA printers and quantum computers, engineered pathogens and autonomous weapons, robot assistants and abundant energy. It represents nothing less than a step change in human capability. We are not prepared.

Ageing - not cancer, not heart disease - is the world’s leading cause of death and suffering. We accept as inevitable that as we get older our bodies and minds begin to deteriorate, and we are increasingly likely to be struck by dementia or disease. Ageing is so deeply ingrained in human experience that we never think to ask: is it necessary?

No one has done more to transform our understanding of trees than the world-renowned scientist Suzanne Simard. Raised in the forests of British Columbia, where her family has lived for generations, Professor Simard did not set out to be a scientist. She was working in the forest service when she first discovered how trees communicate underground through an immense web of fungi, at the centre of which lie the Mother Trees: the mysterious, powerful entities that nurture their kin and sustain the forest.

How much light is too much light? Satellite pictures show our planet as a brightly glowing orb, and in our era of constant illumination, light pollution has become a major issue. The world’s flora and fauna have evolved to operate in the natural cycle of day and night. But in the last 150 years, we have extended our day—and in doing so have forced out the inhabitants of the night and disrupted the circadian rhythms necessary to sustain all living things, including ourselves.

One of the most complicated and advanced computers on Earth can't be purchased in any store. This astonishing device, responsible for storing and retrieving vast quantities of information that can be accessed at a moment's notice, is the human brain. How does such a dynamic and powerful machine make memories, learn a language, and remember how to drive a car? What habits can we adopt in order to learn more effectively throughout our lives? The answers to these questions are merely the tip of the iceberg in The Learning Brain.

このラジオは、普段野生生物の調査を仕事にしている会社員が、自分たちの体験談やそれを通じて感じたことを発信し、生物の魅力を伝えていくラジオでございます！ ※一発録りなので、間違ったことや不確かなことを言ったりすることもあると思います。気づいたときはコメントで修正入れます。 【メインパーソナリティー】 〇川村（生物部部長） 専門は淡水魚類。生物分類技能検定1級(魚類専門分野)、技術士(環境部門：自然環境保全) 〇...

あらゆる分野のゲストを招き、サイエンスっぽいディープでマニアな話を届けるポッドキャスト。 研究に夢中な大学院生やトコトン趣味を突き詰めている方まで、好きな事を好きなだけ語る人の話が聴けます。 第3回 Japan Podcast Awards 推薦作品 【プロフィール】 研究者レン from サイエントーク：おしゃべりな野良研究者。企業研究職として働く化学博士。化学を習得すれば何でも作れるのでは？と考えて研究者の道へ。 サイエンスをエンタメ...

In this uniquely all-encompassing book about fungi, mycologist Keith Seifert looks at a variety of different types of fungi, including those that are invisible to the naked eye, and those that live in relationship to humans, agriculture, animals, forests, cities, and more.

More than any other modern scientists, Stephen Jay Gould has opened up to millions the wonders of evolutionary biology. His genius as an essayist lies in his unmatched ability to use his knowledge of the world, including popular culture, to illuminate the realm of science.

生き物たちは、驚くほど人間に似ている。ネズミは冷たい雨に濡れた仲間を助けるためにわざわざ出かけるし、アリは女王のためには自爆だっていとわない。カケスは雛を育てるために集団で保育園を運営しているし、ゾウは亡くなった家族のために葬儀を行う。

How does the brain work? How different is a human brain from other creatures' brains? Is the human brain still evolving? In this fascinating book, Michael O'Shea provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research, and gives a sense of how neuroscience addresses questions about the relationship between the brain and the mind.

不安に思うことの９割は起こらないというけれど、逆に言うと１割は起こるということ。 不安になった時に何度でも確認できるポッドキャストプログラム。 最初の５分で言いたいことをまとめていますので、不安でたまらない方は最初だけでもお聴きください。 DJは光邦、取材キャスターは日下純。専門家や経験検者から取材の模様をわかりやすくお伝えします。

地球が誕生して４６億年。その長い歴史の中で、人類よりずっと前に誕生していたのが、そう、虫です。しかし、人類の大先輩でもある虫は、見た目、行動、発する音など様々な理由から、いつも人間から毛嫌いされています。でも、虫達は本当に毛嫌いされるだけの存在なのでしょうか？ そんな疑問を解決すべく、敏腕虫弁護士が今立ち上がります！舞台は虫達が主役の虫裁判所。 ”裁判蝶”の判決やいかに！？虫裁判いよいよ開廷です！ 【...

街を歩きながら、足元に広がる草花の世界を探ります。カメラが捉えた草花の姿をきっかけに、その名前や特徴、季節の移ろいを知る楽しさをお話しするポッドキャストです。 草花たちの隠れた物語。その魅力を一緒に探ってみませんか？ パーソナリティ フォトクリエイターとして街を歩きながら草花を撮影している Leaf が、散歩の途中で出会った草花の魅力や、そこから感じた日々の発見をお届けします。 エピソード長さ：1エピソード約10...

Suzanne Simard is a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence; her TED talks have been viewed by more than 10 million people worldwide. In this, her first book, now available in audio, Simard brings us into her world, the intimate world of the trees, in which she brilliantly illuminates the fascinating and vital truths—that trees are not simply the source of timber or pulp, but are a complicated, interdependent circle of life.

A tale of some of the most amazing creatures ever to grace this tiny planet - unearth how the science fiction of the Jurassic World franchise inspired the evolution of dinosaur science.

We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over the other? Every act of human behaviour has multiple layers of causation, spiralling back seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, even centuries, right back to the dawn of time and the origins of our species. In the epic sweep of history, how does our biology affect the arc of war and peace, justice and persecution? How have our brains evolved alongside our cultures?

A deft mixture of memoir and history, modern biology and behavior, In Search of Memory brings listeners from Kandel's childhood in Nazi-occupied Vienna to the forefront of one of the great scientific endeavors of the 20th century: the search for the biological basis of memory. Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel intertwines the intellectual history of the powerful new science of the mind - a combination of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and molecular biology - with his own personal quest to understand memory.

National Geographic Ocean unveils the power and significance of our planet's watery essence: the fundamental importance of the ocean in shaping Earth's climate and chemistry, as well as its vital role in supporting a multitude of life-forms, including our own human race. World-renowned oceanographer Sylvia Earle guides listeners with her lyrical style and inspiring wisdom, describing the evolution, beauty, and impact of our ocean; the challenges it faces, such as climate change, plastic, and overfishing; and the myriad ways we can help protect it.

What is human consciousness, and how is it possible? This question fascinates thinking people from poets and painters to physicists, psychologists, and philosophers. From Bacteria to Bach and Back is Daniel C. Dennett's brilliant answer, extending perspectives from his earlier work in surprising directions, exploring the deep interactions of evolution, brains, and human culture.