Scientific American: The Higgs at Last?

Making the Future: Occupations, Interventions, Empire and Resistance

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 5 mins)
• By Noam Chomsky
• Narrated By Peter Johnson

Making the Future presents more than 50 concise and persuasively argued commentaries on U.S. politics and policies, written between 2007 and 2011. Taken together, Chomsky's essays present a powerful counter-narrative to official accounts of the major political events of the past four years: the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; the U.S. presidential race; the ascendancy of China; Latin America's leftward turn; the threat of nuclear proliferation in Iran and North Korea; Israel's invasion of Gaza and more.

Physics in Mind: A Quantum View of the Brain

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 46 mins)
• By Werner R. Loewenstein
• Narrated By Walter Dixon

No one can escape a sense of awe when reflecting on the workings of the mind: we see, we hear, we feel, we are aware of the world around us. But what is the mind? What do we mean when we say we are “aware” of something? What is this peculiar state in our heads, at once utterly familiar and bewilderingly mysterious, that we call awareness or consciousness? In Physics in Mind, eminent biophysicist Werner R. Loewenstein argues that to answer these questions, we must first understand the physical mechanisms that underlie the workings of the mind.

Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 21 mins)
• By Frank Close
• Narrated By Dennis Holland
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

In Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction , best-selling author Frank Close provides a compelling and lively introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the universe. The book begins with a guide to what matter is made up of and how it evolved, and goes on to describe the fascinating and cutting-edge techniques used to study it.

Science News, 12-Month Subscription

• NONE (1 hr)
• By Science Service
• Narrated By Mark Moran

Turn to Science News for the latest coverage of biology, astronomy, the physical sciences, behavioral sciences, math and computers, chemistry, and earth science. Since its debut in 1922, the publication has been known for its sharp writing and up-to-date coverage of the latest scientific research. Science News is committed to providing reports on scientific and technical developments that the layman will find interesting and easy to digest.

Science News is available in audio exclusively at Audible.

The Age of Entanglement: When Quantum Physics was Reborn

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 8 mins)
• By Louisa Gilder
• Narrated By Walter Dixon

A brilliantly original and richly illuminating exploration of entanglement, the seemingly telepathic communication between two separated particles - one of the fundamental concepts of quantum physics.