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Quantum Universe
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles, Kevin Kenerly, Mia Gaskin, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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Strange and probabilistic, physics at the smallest scales is driving innovation and research into the nature of reality. In this audiobook, we examine the latest mind-bending studies in quantum mechanics, including theoretical mysteries such as entanglement, real-world applications, innovations in communications and computing, and more.
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Quantum Universe
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles, Kevin Kenerly, Mia Gaskin, David Stifel
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 08-03-21
- Language: English
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Ask the Experts: The Human Body and Mind
- The Ask the Experts Series, 3
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
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Have you ever wondered why humans lost their body hair? Curious about what causes a hangover? Or what makes that popping sound when we crack our knuckles? What about the oft-cited maxim that we only use 10 percent of our brains? Professors, scientists, and biologists provide answers that are at once accurate, understandable, and sometimes just plain funny.
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Ask the Experts: The Human Body and Mind
- The Ask the Experts Series, 3
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Series: Ask the Experts
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 10-06-20
- Language: English
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Secrets of the Brain
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
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The sense of position and movement is often called the sixth sense; the brain’s connection to the immune system might be a seventh. In this audiobook, we examine the diverse functions of the brain beyond the five senses, including the glymphatic system for maintaining brain health, the processes behind intuition, and new research raising questions about “brain death.”
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A very good read.
- By Meah on 02-28-22
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Secrets of the Brain
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 12-29-20
- Language: English
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Genetic Engineering
- Progress and Controversy
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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Genetic engineering, which refers to the direct manipulation of DNA, became a reality in the 1970s. In this audiobook, we take a look at how far the field has come, starting with a revolutionary gene-editing tool called CRISPR that’s taking the research world by storm. We then examine how CRISPR and other approaches are being investigated to treat disease, the fantastic-sounding research being done in synthetic biology, controversial efforts in modifying crops and saving species, as well as the numerous ethical issues raised in these areas.
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All good topics
- By Joseph Verbeek on 06-06-23
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Genetic Engineering
- Progress and Controversy
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 12-15-20
- Language: English
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Fact or Fiction
- Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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Did NASA really spend millions creating a pen that would write in space? Is chocolate poisonous to dogs? Does stress cause gray hair? These questions are a sample of the urban lore investigated in this audiobook, Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths. Drawing from Scientific American’s “Fact or Fiction” and “Strange But True” columns, we’ve selected 58 of the most surprising, fascinating, useful, and just plain wacky topics confronted by our writers over the years.
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funny
- By jim on 03-19-24
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Fact or Fiction
- Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 08-04-20
- Language: English
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A Question of Time
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
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Is time an illusion? Is time travel possible? Could time end? In this audiobook, A Question of Time, we take an interdisciplinary look at the fourth dimension, exploring the latest thinking on the nature of time and the ways it dominates our physical and mental worlds.
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Semi-successful Discussion Difficult for this Layman
- By Tom on 07-02-21
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A Question of Time
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 08-25-20
- Language: English
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The New Science of Sex and Gender
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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Vital research is starting to challenge long-standing assumptions about gender identity and biological sex, such as work that indicates the brain is a “mosaic” of traits rather than a “male” and “female” brain. Growing knowledge of the genetic complexities of sexual determination is changing the way the medical community treats intersex individuals, and in this audiobook, The New Science of Sex and Gender, we not only examine the latest studies in biology, medicine, and psychology but also, more importantly, their bearing on healthcare, identity, and access.
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New research
- By Amazon Customer on 12-29-22
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The New Science of Sex and Gender
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 01-12-21
- Language: English
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Ask the Experts: Physics and Math
- The Ask the Experts Series, Book 1
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
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For going on two decades, Scientific American’s “Ask the Experts” column has been answering reader questions on all fields of science. We’ve taken your questions from the basic to the esoteric and reached out to top scientists, professors, and researchers to find out why the sky is blue or whether we really only use 10 percent of our brains. Now, we’ve combed through our archives and have compiled some of the most interesting questions (and answers) into a series of books.
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enlightening
- By DnTA on 02-07-23
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Ask the Experts: Physics and Math
- The Ask the Experts Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Series: Ask the Experts
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 12-22-20
- Language: English
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The Higgs Boson
- Searching for the God Particle
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
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One of the biggest discoveries in physics, the quest for the Higgs boson demonstrates the value of a good theory. In July 2012, a Higgs-like particle was found near the energies scientists predicted. Now, armed with better evidence and better questions, the scientific process continues. In this audiobook, we’ve gathered our best reporting to explain that process - the theories, the search, the discovery, and the ongoing questions.
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Kudos to those who assembled this
- By pondo on 12-07-20
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The Higgs Boson
- Searching for the God Particle
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 10-27-20
- Language: English
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The Science of Creativity
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Ann Richardson
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
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Creativity was long thought to be a gift from the muses, a special quality of a select minority of people. Fortunately, more recent studies have debunked this belief and have shown promise for techniques to help us all boost our creative potential. Nature gives some people a genetic edge, but nurture has a large role in developing creative genius. In this audiobook, we look at this difficult-to-define quality from all angles: where creativity comes from, lessons we can learn from creative geniuses, and how to cultivate creativity.
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awesome about the concepts of creativity
- By John Haggerty on 06-08-22
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The Science of Creativity
- Narrated by: Ann Richardson
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 12-15-20
- Language: English
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Love, Sex, and Science
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
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Love - in both the abstract and the up-close-and-personal - has always provided limitless inspiration for artists, writers, and musicians, but scientists are just as fascinated by these affairs of the heart, though they seldom sing about it. In Love, Sex, and Science, our editors take a step back, analyzing romance using tools like fMRI studies instead of a paint brush or guitar. The writers examine a variety of topics, starting with the perceived sex differences between men and women discussed in Section 1 - are we really as different as Mars and Venus?
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Informative
- By Mucarolibre on 08-02-23
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Love, Sex, and Science
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 07-07-20
- Language: English
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Understanding Addiction
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
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Addiction is costly on many levels to the individuals affected, their families, and society as a whole, but science may soon be able to offer treatment options to make the road to recovery a little smoother. First, we investigate why and how people succumb to a veritable prison of the mind as sections one and two delve respectively into the psychology and the neurochemistry behind addiction. Subsequent sections break out addictive substances individually: recreational drugs, prescription drugs, alcohol, and nicotine. Finally, section seven examines new avenues for overcoming addiction.
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Jam packed with facts
- By kiante phelps on 04-09-24
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Understanding Addiction
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 12-01-20
- Language: English
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Becoming Human
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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We humans are a strange bunch. We have self-awareness and yet often act on impulses that remain hidden. How did we get here? What is to become of us? To these age-old questions, science has in recent years brought powerful tools and reams of data, and in this audiobook, Becoming Human, we look at what this data has to tell us about who we are.
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Very informative.
- By Omas on 12-06-22
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Becoming Human
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 10-13-20
- Language: English
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The Microbiome
- Your Inner Ecosystem
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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We harbor roughly the same number of microbes as we have cells. This complex ecosystem is crucial to our health, affecting many processes including immunity, child development, and bone density regulation. Research in this area has exploded, and in this audiobook, we highlight some of the most exciting work on how the microbiome develops, its influence on brain and behavior, and implications in both contributing to and treating various disorders.
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Interesting but probably outdated
- By Vivid on 09-25-22
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The Microbiome
- Your Inner Ecosystem
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 11-17-20
- Language: English
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Evolution
- The Human Odyssey
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Kate Mulligan
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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In this audiobook, The Human Odyssey, we explore the evolution of those characteristics that make us human. The first section looks at our family tree and why some branches survived and not others. Swings in climate are emerging as a factor in what traits succeeded and failed; meanwhile, DNA analyses show that Homo sapiens interbred with other human species, which played a key role in our survival.
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Great selection of human evolution articles (2016)
- By Sulpicia on 11-13-20
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Evolution
- The Human Odyssey
- Narrated by: Kate Mulligan
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 09-15-20
- Language: English
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His Brain, Her Brain
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
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Boy or girl? Even before a person is born, that’s the first thing everyone wants to know - underscoring just how much value human societies of all types place on gender. In His Brain, Her Brain, we take a closer look at the anatomical, chemical, and functional differences in the brains of men and women - as well as some surprising similarities. For instance, studies of infants find few differences in cognitive skills between boys and girls; but there is no denying that boys love trucks, whereas girls prefer dolls.
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Interesting! To say the least.
- By joshua on 02-25-22
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His Brain, Her Brain
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 09-08-20
- Language: English
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Mind over Mood
- Understanding Anxiety and Depression
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Mack Sanderson, Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
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Anxiety and depression are two of the most common conditions affecting mental health and overall quality of life, but there are tools for managing them. In this audiobook, we’ll explore how depression shows up in the brain, different manifestations of depression and anxiety, various talk therapies, technological innovations, lifestyle interventions, and more.
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Misleading Title
- By Michael on 06-22-22
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Mind over Mood
- Understanding Anxiety and Depression
- Narrated by: Mack Sanderson, Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 08-17-21
- Language: English
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Exoplanets
- Worlds Without End
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
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In the two decades since astronomers first discovered the existence of a planet outside of our solar system, “exoplanetology” has become the hottest specialty in astrophysics. Scientists young and old, inspired by the thought of finding either another habitable world or the Holy Grail of space exploration - life itself - flocked to be part of this burgeoning field. With so much brainpower on hand, it’s no wonder that investigative techniques advanced more quickly than anyone would have thought.
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Exoplanet research is exciting and now possible
- By Vladimir A. on 01-11-23
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Exoplanets
- Worlds Without End
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 12-15-20
- Language: English
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Ask the Experts: Chemistry
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
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In this installment of the Ask the Experts series, Chemistry, our professors, scientists, and researchers tackle reader questions about the substances that compose all matter, their properties, and how they interact and change. Queries range from elementary questions, such as why some elements change color over a flame, to how chemistry works in everyday life, to how certain substances affect the body and more.
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Very interesting
- By Amazon Customer on 11-07-23
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Ask the Experts: Chemistry
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Series: Ask the Experts
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 09-01-20
- Language: English
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The New Science of Healthy Aging
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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Understanding why we age and how to prevent age-related physical and mental decline can help us to live in the moment and enjoy our health at any age. In this audiobook, we explore the latest thinking in why we age, strategies to help maintain good health, as well as research into the limits of human longevity.
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Great collection of articles
- By Kestrel on 06-15-22
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The New Science of Healthy Aging
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 11-24-20
- Language: English
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