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Most of us are aware of the hive mind—the power of bees as an amazing collective. But do we know how uniquely intelligent bees are as individuals? In The Mind of a Bee, Lars Chittka draws from decades of research, including his own pioneering work, to argue that bees have remarkable cognitive abilities. He shows that they are profoundly smart, have distinct personalities, can recognize flowers and human faces, exhibit basic emotions, count, use simple tools, solve problems, and learn by observing others. They may even possess consciousness. 

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.

In this fascinating, refreshingly clarifying book about food, food myths, and how sloppy science perpetuates misconceptions about food, a medical doctor on his way to a conference gets drawn into conversations that answer many questions.

What is life? Many scientists believe life can be reduced to ‘mechanistic’ factors, such as genes and information codes. Yet there is a growing army of scientists, philosophers and artists who reject this view. The gene metaphor is not only too simplistic but deeply misleading. If there is a way to reduce life to a single principle, that principle must acknowledge the creativity of life, turning genetic determinism on its head.

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.   

'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...

The instant New York Times bestseller “Excellent…Outstanding for its breadth of research, the liveliness of the writing, and the depth of humanity it conveys.” – Wall Street Journal One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science...

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...

生物と無生物の境界で揺れ動くミクロの侵入者が、いかにして細胞を操り、進化の歴史を書き換えてきたのかという究極の生命の謎を解き明かします。朝の通勤電車の中や夜のリラックスした時間に耳を傾けるだけで、見...

「地球外生命体は存在するのか」という宇宙の壮大な謎を、古代の神話から最新の天文学による探査まで紐解き、私たちの存在意義を根本から問い直すスリリングな知的探求の旅が今始まります。夜空を見上げてふと孤独...

難解な人体科学の専門用語を捨て去り、何気ない呼吸や歩行の裏側で休むことなく連携する、細胞や器官という精巧な生命システムの驚くべき物語を鮮やかに描き出します。慌ただしい通勤電車の中や一日の疲れを癒す静...

私たちの体でひっそりと暮らす目に見えない同居人、マイクロバイオームの不思議な世界を旅して、あなた自身の体を愛おしく感じるやさしい科学入門体験を。通勤中の慌ただしい時間や就寝前の静かなリラックスタイム...

Symbiosis, the sustained and intimate associations between unrelated life forms, is now recognized as a ubiquitous phenomenon, one that has shaped evolution since the origin of life and that continues to affect all species. This overview of symbiosis starts with a quick history of relevant early discoveries and researchers, and considers why symbiosis was so long neglected as a respectable topic of biological research and why it was a controversial topic. Today, symbiosis is widely appreciated as being everywhere in nature and as a pervasive influence on ecological communities.

All of us would like to live longer, or to slow the debilitating effects of age. In How We Age, Coleen Murphy shows how recent research on longevity and aging may be bringing us closer to this goal. Murphy, a leading scholar of aging, explains that the study of model systems, particularly simple invertebrate animals, combined with breakthroughs in genomic methods, have allowed scientists to probe the molecular mechanisms of longevity and aging.

From Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene, The Song of The Cell is the third book in this extraordinary writer's exploration of what it means to be human-rich with Siddhartha Mukherjee's revelatory and exhilarating stories of...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Wonderful, mind-broadening... a journey to alternative realities as extraordinary as any you'll find in science fiction' - The Times, Book of the Week Humans have three or four colour-detecting cones in their retinas. Mantis shrimp have 16. In fact, their eyes seem to...

This revised edition of Human Nature begins a new phase in the most important intellectual controversy of this generation: Is human behavior controlled by the species' biological heritage? Does this heritage limit human destiny?

With characteristic pungency and simplicity of style, the author of Sociobiology challenges old prejudices and current misconceptions about the nature-nurture debate.

总是吃得不少却依然疲惫不堪？告别盲目节食，用科学的日常饮食重启能量代谢，唤醒身体深处的细胞修复力。在这个节奏飞快的时代，与其在各种流行食谱中陷入迷茫与焦虑，不如回到身体最小的运作单位，弄清每一口食物...

原因不明のだるさや体重の乱れといった不快なサインを、腸内のマイクロバイオームを育む植物性食品の力で根本から穏やかに解決へと導く実践的な健康メソッドです。毎日の通勤電車に揺られる時間や家事の合間に耳を...

誰もが直面する加齢への不安を、からだが紡ぎ出す自然な変化のプロセスとして優しく紐解き、確かな知識で安心と希望へ導く画期的な科学入門です。鏡に映る自分や身近な家族の姿にふと戸惑いを覚えたとき、このオー...