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Sleep Groove is Why We Sleep meets what if?—an accessible, engaging tour of sleep and circadian science from an expert. With a sleep-wonk’s attention to detail tempered by approachable language and humor, this myth-busting guide to sleep is the perfect introduction to how circadian science...

Pillole di evoluzione umana. Da prendere una alla volta o anche tutte insieme. Per aiutarci a comprendere meglio noi stessi e il posto dell'uomo nella natura. Da Lucy ai Neanderthal, dall'enigmatico Homo naledia Ötzi: attraverso una serie di istantanee scattate nel panorama della paleoantropologia degli ultimi anni, con la guida di uno scienziato-divulgatore, conosceremo i nostri parenti estinti e i tanti antenati che abbiamo nel tempo profondo. Un puzzle complesso e avvincente le cui tessere sono come pagine strappate di un libro da restaurare, quello della nostra preistoria.

21 урок для XXI века — третья книга Юваля Харари, автора изданных на 50 языках мира бестселлеров "Sapiens. Краткая история человечества" и "Homo Deus. Краткая история будущего". В ней сорокатрехлетний профессор истории, которого называют самым ярким мыслителем нашего времени, обратился к проблемам сегодняшнего дня. Что происходит в современном мире и каков глубинный смысл этих событий? Почему либеральная демократия переживает кризис? Как быть с эпидемией фейковых новостей? Как не стать рабами компьютерных алгоритмов? Удастся ли предотвратить экологический коллапс?

A tickle in the back of your throat? A cough that won't let you sleep? A stuffy nose and a constant need to sneeze? When it comes to understanding the common cold, we have all had plenty of first-hand experience. We are all too familiar with the symptoms of the cold virus, having caught and...

From acting as the body’s first line of defence to regulating body temperature, your skin plays a crucial role in your overall health. Join consultant dermatologist Dr Emma Craythorne MBChB FRCP as she reveals the science behind your largest vital organ, showing you how to look after your skin...

Over the centuries, we have learned to peer into what was once invisible. Imaging devices like cameras, telescopes, microscopes, and MRI machines map the world around, beyond, and within us in ways the naked eye could never see. In so doing, these technologies have transformed our understanding...

From split-gill mushrooms to duck-billed platypuses, the spectacular science of sexual reproduction and creation of biodiversity on Earth. Let’s talk about sex. Not boring, human sex, but the endlessly fascinating, varied, and complex forms of reproduction in the rest of the natural world...

À travers l'observation du corps humain dans l'art et son expertise en paléontologie, Juan Luis Arsuaga nous invite à en découvrir les merveilles. À la fois œuvre d'art et machine aux rouages mystérieux, notre organisme nous permet de parcourir des kilomètres, de danser, de tenir un stylo ou un pinceau, d'exprimer des émotions… Des orteils aux muscles du visage, l'auteur en explore les moindres recoins, nous racontant comment et pourquoi notre corps a évolué au fil des millénaires.

Imagina tu rutina diaria desde que sales de casa hasta que termina el día. ¿Con cuántos virus, bacterias y otros patógenos te encontrarás? ¿Cuántos de estos están al acecho y luchan por convertirse en huéspedes de tu cuerpo? Sin lugar a duda, hay enemigos por doquier que lo intentan, pero pocos salen victoriosos. Actores celulares, mecanismos moleculares, anticuerpos y otros héroes sin capa van apareciendo a lo largo de ¡Estamos rodeados! para enfrentarse a infecciones, bacterias, microbios y un sinfín de enemigos.

It’s time to get your breath back. Since tragic loss brought him to breathwork, Stuart Sandeman has helped thousands of people transform their lives, simply by changing the way they breathe. In Breathe In, Breathe Out, Stuart takes you on a journey to discover a hidden power within you that...

*** Shortlisted for William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2013 *** Is Usain Bolt a superhuman one-off? Are sports stars like Paula Radcliffe and Tiger Woods born or made? Could we all be Olympians if we trained hard enough? And is the answer to be found by looking at Alaskan huskies? In this...

One of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2025 A Goodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Fall Book From the New York Times bestselling author of Stiff and Fuzz, a rollicking exploration of the quest to re-create the impossible complexities of human anatomy. The body is the most complex machine...

Blending cutting-edge science with gripping storytelling, award-winning data journalist and competitive amateur athlete Henry Abbott reveals that we are on the cusp of a new era in sports medicine, built around the science of ballistic movements—leaping and landing—and the unique fingerprint of your body's physics. Abbott's inspiring narrative tells the story of sports scientist Dr. Marcus Elliott and the Peak Performance Project (P3), who use technology to study how athletes move and why they get hurt.

Este libro descubre la más sucia, sorprendente y festiva intimidad de los seres vivos. Ahí fuera se vive una orgía permanente en la que los chimpancés disfrutan de sus penes con espinas y los patos, de sus enormes sacacorchos; donde los pájaros se ponen los cuernos sin remordimiento alguno y las ranas se hacen las muertas para escapar de los pretendientes más insistentes; en el que los hongos tienen tres, cuatro o hasta miles de sexos, algunos peces cambian de sexo y otros llevan los genitales de sus examantes pegados a sus escamas; donde los zánganos eyaculan tan fuerte que revientan.

Sacred Red Liquid: The History and Mystery of Blood is a captivating journey into the most vital substance coursing through our veins. From its biological wonders to its profound cultural, historical, and symbolic significance, this book uncovers blood's multifaceted role in shaping humanity.

Werden wir bald für immer leben? Wir erleben eine Revolution in der Biologie: Unsterblichkeit, einst eine schwache Hoffnung, war noch nie so greifbar für uns. Der Nobelpreisträger für Chemie Venki Ramakrishnan berichtet über die jüngsten Durchbrüche in der wissenschaftlichen Forschung und...

In The Other Big Bang, the evolutionary and developmental biologist Eric S. Haag explores the two-billion-year history of sex, from the first organisms on Earth to contemporary humans.

Dein Reim-basierter Einstieg in Zellen, Gewebe, Haut, Muskeln, Knochen, Nerven und mehr. Willst du endlich verstehen, wie der Körper funktioniert – ohne stundenlang zu pauken?

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The FastDiet and “one of the world’s leading journalists covering nutrition and health” (Dr. Valter Longo, director of the University of Southern California Longevity Institute) presents a “well written, well researched, and very practical”...

In Faster, Higher, Stronger, veteran journalist Mark McClusky brings listeners behind the scenes with a new generation of athletes, coaches, and scientists whose accomplishments are changing our understanding of human physical achievement and completely redefining the limits of the human body.