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Enzymes are the astonishing tiny molecular machines that make life possible. Each one of these small proteins speeds up a single chemical reaction inside a living organism many millionfold. Working together, teams of enzymes carry out all the processes that collectively we recognize as life, from making DNA to digesting food. This Very Short Introduction explains the why and the how of speeding up these reactions - catalysis - before going on to reveal how we have evolved these catalysts of such extraordinary power and exquisite selectivity.

Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society and White Horse Book Shop Literary Prize 'This is one of those special books . . . Even if it were only a book about eels, it would be wonderful.' Sunday Times ‘What a joy! Patrick Svensson’s sinuous weaving of natural history, philosophy...

Mushrooms and fungi will change your life—and save the planet. Paul Stamets, the world’s preeminent mushroom and fungi expert, is joined by leading ecologists, doctors, and explorers such as Michael Pollan, Dr. Andrew Weil, Eugenia Bone, Fantastic Fungi director Louie Schwartzberg, and many more. Together these luminaries show how fungi and mushrooms can restore the planet’s ecosystems, repair our physical health, and renew humanity’s symbiotic relationship with nature.

The image most of us have of whalers includes harpoons and intentional trauma. Yet eating commercially caught seafood leads to whales’ entanglement and slow death in rope and nets, and the global shipping routes that bring us readily available goods often lead to death by collision. We—all of us—are whalers, marine scientist and veterinarian Michael J. Moore contends. But we do not have to be.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This is the official OpenStax Biology 2e audiobook, produced by Audileo, an authorized OpenStax Technology Partner. Biology 2e is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements of a typical two-semester biology course for science majors. The text...

In recent decades we have come to realize that the microbial world is hugely diverse, and can be found in the most extreme environments. Fungi, single-celled protists, bacteria, archaea, and the vast array of viruses and sub-viral particles far outnumber plants and animals. Microbes, we now know...

WE CAME FROM THE SEA From tidal estuaries to tropical reefs, saltwater has been central to evolution; the amniotic fluid of life itself. Vestiges of our salty origins can be found in the physiological makeup of land dwellers today, and marine chemistry still defines the boundaries of existence...

Fatigue has become the background hum of modern life. One in three adults says they feel exhausted most days. Coffee that used to help no longer does. Sleep that used to restore no longer does. And the harder you push, the worse it gets. Dr. Cary Yurkiw has spent decades treating thousands of patients — and watching the same pattern in the people he loves and the doctors he works alongside.

Humans have long observed animals for advanced warnings of danger. What can they tell us about the growing threat of viruses and other infectious organisms in the age of climate change? Coronaviruses jump from bats to chimpanzees to humans. You can give your cat the flu, and pass tuberculosis to an elephant. The scientific term for this –zoonosis – reveals how human and animal lives are inextricably linked. Scientists warn that human destruction of the environment is responsible for the accelerating spillover of animal diseases, posing a global health threat.

From renowned organic chemist Dr. Dan Gubler, a groundbreaking, science-backed program to harnessing specific molecules in food that can help “switch on” healthier processes in your body, supporting everything from metabolism to mood to long-term wellness. Feel more energized, sleep deeply...

From bestselling author David Quammen, a fascinating scientific detective story about how a transmissible cancer first discovered in Tasmanian devils is connected to the discovery that cancer in humans can be treated as a chronic illness, not a fatal one—a radically new approach that promises...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This is the official OpenStax Concepts of Biology audiobook, produced by Audileo, an authorized OpenStax Technology Partner. Concepts of Biology is designed for the typical introductory biology course for nonmajors, covering standard scope and sequence...

Biographie à 24 ans. Que peut-on faire de sa vie, maintenant et à dire ? Pas grand-chose à première vue, mais quand j'y pense, j'ai l'impression d'avoir déjà eu plus de neuf vies. Non, je n'ai jamais été battu ni maltraité, j'ai une famille et un toit sur la tête. Et pourtant, j'aurais...

Wild Gut, a new William Collins book, full description to follow when available...

Bloomsbury presents The Most Perfect Thing by Tim Birkhead, read by Gareth Armstrong 'I think that, if required on pain of death to name instantly the most perfect thing in the universe, I should risk my fate on a bird's egg' Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 1862 How are eggs of different shapes made...

Neste livro de estreia, a cientista brasileira Rossana Soletti apresenta os avanços científicos e os personagens que ajudaram a moldar nosso entendimento sobre a reprodução humana. Escritora de mão cheia, e na melhor tradição da divulgação científica, Soletti oferece um texto saboroso que explora desde os conceitos clássicos sobre de onde viemos até as mais recentes pesquisas a respeito do desenvolvimento embrionário e fetal.

Dr. Steven R. Gundry, New York Times bestselling author of the Plant Paradox series, presents a paradigm-shifting new dietary program to restore and improve brain health and function. There is no modern marvel as impressive as the human brain, with nearly infinite storage capacity and more...

An ecologist reveals why the solution to the climate crisis lies in Earth's oldest inhabitants: microbes. Our planet is in crisis. Scorching temperatures, deadly fires and flooding, and food shortages—the signs are everywhere. Experts warn that the planet is careening toward a point of no...

Brought to you by Penguin. The audiobook edition of Science in the Soul by Richard Dawkins, read by the author, Lalla Ward and Gillian Somerscales. This edition includes a bonus PDF of a bibliography and references. Richard Dawkins - author of The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, and The God...

Learn the secret to whole-body, lifelong health: the teeming world of microbes inside and all around you. Hand sanitizer. Social distancing. Antibiotics. Fending off germs has long been considered one of the cornerstones of good health. But what if better health and more graceful aging actually...