Alien Biology

Now a CW Original Series The Der Spiegel number #1 blockbuster bestseller about an intelligent life force that takes over the oceans and exacts revenge on mankind! Whales begin sinking ships. Toxic eyeless crabs poison Long Island’s water supply. Around the world, countries are beginning to...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER How a force that’s hard to name, but which we all feel, is reshaping what it means to be human In Against the Machine, “furiously gifted” (The Washington Post) novelist, poet, and essayist Paul Kingsnorth presents a wholly original—and terrifying—account of...

“With wit and brio, Frank separates current nonsense about aliens from the serious and fascinating search for extraterrestrial life.” —Carlo Rovelli, New York Times bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics From astrophysicist Adam Frank, a little book on the biggest questions...

A clinical psychiatrist explores the effects of DMT, one of the most powerful psychedelics known. A behind-the-scenes look at the cutting edge of psychedelic research. Provides a unique scientific explanation for the phenomenon of alien abduction experiences. From 1990 to 1995 Dr. Rick...

“Eunice Wong’s measured pacing and mellow tones perfectly complement Nayler’s provocative exploration of memory, minds, and consciousness.” - Booklist "The theme of the nature of consciousness is equal parts intriguing, thrilling, and eerie. Best of all, it's always compellingly narrated...

From Michael Crichton, the #1 bestselling author of Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain, comes a devilishly clever, breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems, and genetic ownership shatters our assumptions. Welcome to our genetic world. Fast, furious, and out of control...

Richard Dawkins transformed our view of God in his blockbuster, The God Delusion, which sold millions of copies in English alone. He revolutionized the way we see natural selection in the seminal bestseller The Selfish Gene. Now, he launches a fierce counterattack against proponents of...

More than 6,000 exoplanets have been confirmed orbiting distant suns. NASA's Europa Clipper launched in October 2024 and is en route to a moon with more liquid water than all of Earth's oceans combined. The James Webb Space Telescope is reading the atmospheres of rocky worlds right now, detecting carbon dioxide and water vapor at distances that seemed impossible a decade ago. Mars Sample Return will bring actual Martian rock to Earth's best laboratories within this decade. The most consequential era in the search for life has already begun, and for most curious adults the actual science ...

An intriguing new scientific theory that explains what life is and how it emerges. What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of consciousness and the existence of matter. All the definitions we have fall short. None help us understand...

An elegant, text-only edition of the New York Times bestseller that’s been hailed as the definitive authority on…everything by Richard Dawkins. Richard Dawkins, bestselling author and the world’s most celebrated evolutionary biologist, has spent his career elucidating the many wonders of...

ALIENS ON EARTH The Terrifying Creatures Hidden in Our Oceans You don’t need to search the stars to find alien life. The most terrifying creatures on Earth are already here—lurking in the deepest parts of our oceans. Far below the sunlight, where pressure can crush steel and darkness never ends, strange lifeforms survive in ways that seem impossible. Fish with transparent heads. Squid with glowing eyes. Worms that eat bones. Creatures so bizarre they look like they came from another planet. In Aliens on Earth, descend into the mysterious world of the deep sea and discover the real ...

In these lively and fascinating essays, scientists from around the world weigh in on the latest advances in the search for intelligent life in the universe and discuss just what that might look like. Since 2000, science has seen a surge in data and interest on several fronts related to E.T...

They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . Alien Clay is a thrilling tale of alien encounter – from the acclaimed Arthur C. Clarke Award-winner Adrian Tchaikovsky. ‘Unputdownable’ – Stephen Baxter, author of Proxima Professor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study...

Watch the video at: https://youtu.be/x32qp8IWBj0 What if the most universal force in the galaxy isn't gravity or light… but the bond between a spacer and their pet? Discover a breathtaking new universe where hard science fiction meets undeniable heart. Super Earth Pets explores a cosmos where the laws of biology and geology may change across lightyears, but the ancient loyalty of a domestic companion remains absolute. Two Worlds. Two Different Elements. One Unbreakable Bond. For fifteen thousand years, humanity’s rise from the dirt of Earth was guided by the loyal shadows of man’s ...

This engaging memoir reveals the true story of the Search for ExtraterrestrialIntelligence (SETI), and discloses what we may very soon discover. Chronicling the program’s history with insight and humor, SETI senior astronomer Seth Shostak assures us that if there is sentient life in the universe, we are within decades of picking up its signal.

A New York Times–bestselling astrophysicist and a Nobel laureate describe the quest to discover how and where the universe breathed life into matter For a long time, scientists have wondered how life has emerged from inanimate chemistry, and whether Earth is the only place where it exists...

“Every page of this book makes our shared universe feel larger and more interesting than ever before, a true gift of fascinating science and engrossing storytelling.” —Matt Bell, author of Appleseed A spellbinding exploration of alien life and the cosmos, examining how the possibility of...

Imagine stepping beyond the sky’s edge, where life takes forms that surprise and inspire. Alien Worlds: Biology, Society, and Spirituality Beyond Earth invites you to meet beings and societies formed by worlds nothing like our own. Life there isn’t just getting by—it moves with a rhythm of respect and balance that touches everything. You find creatures shaped by strange places and communities built on cooperation and shared goals. In these stories, technology walks alongside nature. Progress doesn’t fight the world; it works with it. These worlds show life supporting life, each part...

Chapter 3: The Singing Void — Can You Weaponize a Black Hole? Caught between a ruthless corporate executioner and the crushing gravity of a hidden singularity, Marcus and Xylar must play a lethal game of cosmic physics where the only prize is survival. The Discovery: A Monster at the Center of the Storm The Vanguard-6 dives deep into the unmapped territory of the Thorne Core-Blank, only for Marcus and Xylar to discover a terrifying astronomical secret. The three white dwarf stars aren't just forming a stable pocket; they are orbiting a micro-singularity—a dormant, high-density black ...

The Sunday Times (UK) Best Science Book of 2014 A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2014 An NBC News Top Science and Tech Book of 2014 A Politics & Prose 2014 Staff Pick In the sixteenth century, Nicolaus Copernicus dared to go against the establishment by proposing that Earth...