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“Fascinating discourse [that] travels through anatomy, paleontology, anthropology, the arts, the zoo, museums, medicine, murder and more. . . . Superb." ―Wall Street Journal A 300-million-year tour of the prominent role of the neck in animal evolution and human culture. Humans give a lot of...

The New York Times bestseller – with a new afterword about early specialization in youth sports – from the author of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. The debate is as old as physical competition. Are stars like Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, and Serena Williams genetic...

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

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. 'A remarkable achievement' - Stephen Fry In 2015 #thedress captured the world's imagination. Was the dress in the picture white and gold or blue and black? It inspired the author to ask: if people in the same time and place can see the same thing...

Join the award-winning series Breasts Unbound for a revealing journey into everyone's favorite organ. Host Florence Williams travels from Houston to Hollywood to the boob-shaped hills of Northern England to share the big and small story of breasts - why we have them, how we view them, and why they sometimes do weird things. Turns out, breasts have a lot to teach us.

Blood carries life, yet the sight of it makes people faint. It is a waste product and a commodity pricier than oil. It can save lives and transmit deadly infections. Each one of us has roughly nine pints of it, yet many don’t even know their own blood type. And for all its ubiquitousness, the few tablespoons of blood discharged by 800 million women are still regarded as taboo: menstruation is perhaps the single most demonized biological event.

Мы наслаждаемся утренним кофе или изысканным ужином, по большому счету ничего не зная о сложном взаимодействии между вкусовыми ощущениями наших рецепторов, запахом, осязанием, зрением и даже нашими ожиданиями, которое и создает то, что мы называем «вкус». Хотя мы сталкиваемся со вкусом по несколько раз в день, мы крайне мало знаем о нем и поэтому просто не замечаем мельчайших деталей того, что едим или пьем. В результате весь богатейший мир вкуса сводится для нас к некоему «фоновому» ощущению.

В человеческом обществе фаллос считается символом могущества и власти, и мы привыкли думать, что у этого представления есть крепкая биологическая основа. Научный журналист Эмили Уиллингем, рассказывая о ритуалах спаривания и пенисах животных, показывает, что у природы на этот орган были совсем другие планы, и создавался он не для того, чтобы его обладатели были наделены какими-либо преимуществами.

Что такое эмоции и зачем они нужны? За столетия изучения этого вопроса ученые так и не нашли на него ответ. Более того, они даже не могут договориться, как этот ответ должен выглядеть. Нейробиолог Дэвид Андерсон убежден, что объективный и эмпирический подход к изучению эмоций может предложить нейронаука. Она позволяет искать ответы на сложные вопросы об эмоциях, раньше считавшиеся неразрешимыми. Долгие годы Андерсон изучал нейронные системы, контролирующие эмоциональное поведение у животных, чтобы понять те же механизмы работы мозга у людей.

Do you feel stuck in a cycle of stress, tension, and racing thoughts? Does your body stay on high alert, even when there’s no real danger? Vagus Nerve Reset is a practical, beginner-friendly guide to calming your body, quieting your mind, and restoring balance—using simple techniques that work with your nervous system, not against it.

Man nutzt es jeden Tag, jede Sekunde, und doch wissen die wenigsten, wie das Gehirn wirklich funktioniert. Dr. Jens Foell, renommierter Wissenschaftler und Wissenschaftskommunikator, entführt in die faszinierende Welt der Neuropsychologie und liefert praktische Ratschläge für den Alltag. Er erklärt, warum das Gehirn einen manchmal anlügt, beschreibt seine erstaunliche Plastizität (also die Fähigkeit, sich grundlegend zu verändern und zu heilen) und geht den Mechanismen nach, die Hoffnungslosigkeit auslösen. Dr.

A beauty and mental health expert exposes how Western society has controlled the narrative on feminine aesthetics, and breaks down the science and psychology of beauty to help women feel more confident. What is beauty? Who gets to determine who is beautiful? What happens when you fall outside of...

E proprio dalla possibile lettura di quei disegni del grande artista rinascimentale ha inizio il viaggio che compie Giulio Maira alla scoperta della bellezza di quel telaio magico che ci rende unici e diversi da tutti gli altri esseri viventi: un organo che non è sede solo dell'intelligenza ma dei nostri sensi e delle emozioni più profonde. Grazie alla sua lunga attività come neurochirurgo, l'autore ha studiato dall'interno misteri e meccanismi del funzionamento della «macchina più complessa dell'universo».

Our ancestors didn't just take the piss They used it too. The human body leaks. It oozes. It sweats and spits. It bursts, it bleeds and it squirts. Over the history of humanity, our bodies have evolved into sophisticated vessels for survival, leaving a long trail of fluids in our wake. Whether...

In The Disease of Belief, physician Kevin Hoffarth takes listeners beyond prescriptions and test results into the deeper patterns shaping biology long before symptoms appear.

Love Your Vulva is a straight-talking, myth-busting guide to female health that answers all the questions you never dared to ask. From discharge to desire, pelvic floors to periods, it is packed with honest advice, expert insights, and zero judgement.

Our understanding of diseases have dramatically changed over human history. Early civilisations believed health and disease were directly caused by the gods. This is why priests and priestesses were also healers and doctors. The ancient Greeks introduced the four humours theory, namely that the body was composed of four fluids: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. Disease and illness were caused by imbalances. Treatment was to rebalance these fluids.

Less a traditional anatomy text than an expansive somatic atlas, Bodyscapes is an astonishing, textured, and interdisciplinary invitation to the wonders of our bodies. A body-based journey of renewal, transformation, and discovery—somatic practices, embodied tools, and meaning-making myth...

Over five million years ago, a group of primates discovered tools. Perhaps it was a large rock, ideal for cracking nuts, or a stick to extract honey from a beehive. Regardless, the future of our planet was changed forever. Slowly, the primate evolved, abandoning the trees for solid ground and four legs for two–and the tools changed with it. Stones were sharpened, then attached to sticks, before stone gave way to bronze, iron, steel.

Anatomy & Physiology II Made Easy continues the proven 3-step system built on brain science that helps you learn faster, remember longer, and actually understand what’s happening inside the body — not just memorize it.