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Quickie with Steve: Global Warming and Ocean Currents; News Items: Infrared Contact Lenses, Trees Respond to Solar Eclipse, Affective Polarization, The Brain's Motor Switchboard, New Dwarf Planet Candidate; Discussion: The Effect of Science Fiction; Your Questions and E-mails: HHS Cancels Vaccine Contract; Science or Fiction

Revenge often feels sweet, but what price do we pay for seeking it out? Researcher James Kimmel, Jr. proposes a radical theory: our desire for vengeance operates like an addiction in the brain. This week, how “revenge addiction” plays out in our everyday lives — and on a global scale. Hidden Brain is about to go on tour! Join us as Shankar shares seven key insights he's learned from the show over the past decade. To see if we're coming to your city, and to purchase tickets, go to hiddenbrain.org/tour.

Dr. Mindy dives into autophagy, that amazing natural way our cells clean house. While fasting is a top way to kickstart it, this episode shares three delicious foods that can actually give autophagy a boost even when you're not fasting: pineapple (thanks to bromelain), turmeric (with its powerful curcumin), and green tea (packed with EGCG). These goodies can help with things like keeping your arteries clear, making your skin glow, and maybe even fighting off certain cancers. Embrace the magic of autophagy with 3 game-changing foods! To view full show notes, more information on our guests, ...

Unlock the Secrets of the Quantum World—No PhD Required! Are you fascinated by the mysteries of the universe but overwhelmed by complex scientific jargon? "Quantum Physics for Beginners" by Adrian Kepler is your clear and engaging gateway into one of the most mind-blowing fields of modern science. Whether you're a curious mind, a science enthusiast, or a complete newcomer, this beginner-friendly guide explains the fundamentals of quantum physics in a way that’s both understandable and exciting.

Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. Is a River Alive? is a joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law. Macfarlane takes listeners on three unforgettable journeys teeming with extraordinary people, stories, and places: to the miraculous cloud-forests and mountain streams of Ecuador, to the wounded creeks and lagoons of India, and to the spectacular wild rivers of Canada.

Master the FAR/AIM with Confidence: Your Complete Aviation Study Guide! Struggling with complex aviation regulations? Feeling overwhelmed by the FAR/AIM requirements? This comprehensive audiobook is your key to mastering aviation rules and regulations with ease! Designed by experienced pilots and flight instructors, this guide breaks down complex concepts into clear, digestible segments. Whether you're preparing for your checkride, studying for exams, or updating your knowledge, we've got you covered!

Across millennia, cultures and civilizations have envisioned the ability to revisit the past, glimpse the future, or even rewrite fate. From ancient mythologies to modern science fiction epics, the allure of time travel persists as one of humanity’s most profound and enduring fascinations.

Tonight’s guest, Norm Sollie, grew up in Washington State and due in large part to that, he developed a strong fascination with Sasquatch at an early age. Growing up, he spent a lot of time outdoors, but it wasn’t until 1980 that he went out for the sole purpose of looking for Sasquatch. On that outing, he experienced what was quite likely Sasquatch activity, but he didn’t see one. Fast forward to 2010, he had signed up for a spiritual retreat, just 40 miles outside of Chicago. Sasquatch wasn’t on his mind, due to how close he was from Chicago, but that didn’t stop him from having a ...

THE FASTEST, SUREST WAY TO CRUSH THE EPA 608 EXAM—EVEN IF YOU'RE WORKING 60 HOURS A WEEK Worried about failing the EPA 608 exam? Struggling to balance long work hours, family life, and study time? This guide is your shortcut to passing on your first try—without wasting precious hours on confusing theory or endless reading. Built for hardworking HVAC techs and apprentices like you, the EPA 608 Study Guide gives you a clear, proven plan to master every section, eliminate test anxiety, and finally secure your certification—and the better career that comes with it. Inside, you’ll get: ...

Inevitably, life on Earth will come to an end, whether by climate disaster, cataclysmic war, or the death of the sun in a few billion years. To avoid extinction, we will have to find a new home planet, perhaps even a new solar system, to inhabit. In this provocative and fascinating book, Christopher Mason argues that we have a moral duty to do just that.

From the 1948 US edition: This is the story of the most publicized jungle animal that ever lived. In his best-selling Man-Eater's of Kumaon, Jim Corbett told of his battles with many man-eating tigers. In this book he tells a sustained and climactic story of his hard-won battle with a single leopard. Leopards very rarely become man-eaters, but those few that do are the peers of the man-eating tigers in ferocity and possess an even greater cunning.

"Carbon Credits: From Origin to Present and Future Applications" is a definitive guide that bridges environmental science, global policy, and frontier technology to demystify the evolving world of carbon markets. Written by industry expert Ron Legarski, this book offers a rigorous and accessible journey through the lifecycle of carbon credits—from their roots in international agreements to the cutting-edge role of AI, blockchain, and decentralized verification systems. Structured with clarity and depth, this book examines regulatory frameworks, verification protocols, emissions trading ...

Almost all environmental books treat the environmental crisis as though humans are in charge of nature, rather than part of it. The Earth and I is the first book to put all preconceived notions aside and to ask, naïvely: Who are we really? What is our relationship to the earth? How is it possible that we, out of all the millions of species, have come to destroy our common home? The answers are surprising and have far-reaching implications for those searching for solutions.

In Forest Euphoria, Kaishian shows us this making of a scientist and introduces readers to the queerness, literal and otherwise, of all the life around us. Fungi, we learn, commonly have more than two biological sexes—and some as many as twenty-three thousand. Some intersex slugs mutually fire calcium carbonate “love darts” at each other during courtship.

If you're injuring someone, you should stop—and pay for the damage you’ve caused. Why, this book asks, does this simple proposition, generally accepted, not apply to climate change? In Climate Justice, a bracing challenge to status-quo thinking on the ethics of climate change, renowned author and legal scholar Cass Sunstein clearly frames what’s at stake and lays out the moral imperative: When it comes to climate change, everyone must be counted equally, regardless of when they live or where they live.

Get ready to embark on an intriguing subject unknown to the majority of the general public. A fact that will profoundly change human interactions and our democratic foundations: the possibility of remotely monitoring the electrical activity of the brain through the transmission and reception of electromagnetic waves which interact directly with the human mind of any individual on the planet. Thus, reading the content of thoughts, listening to vocalized thoughts and seeing visual thoughts from visual memories at any time of the day and in any part of the globe becomes possible. This sets ...

When longtime AI expert and journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good guys. Founded as a nonprofit with safety enshrined as its core mission, it was meant, its leader Sam Altman told us, to act as a check against more purely market forces. In exhilarating prose and with unparalleled access to those closest to Sam Altman, Hao recounts the meteoric rise of OpenAI and shows us the sinister impact that this industry is having on society.

The roots of today's environmental catastrophe run deep into humanity's past. Through this unprecedented reading of Homer's Iliad, the award-winning classicist Edith Hall examines how this foundational text both documents the environmental practices of the ancient Greeks and betrays an awareness of the dangers posed by the destruction of the natural landscape. Underlying Homer's account of brutal military operations, alliances, and cataclysmic struggle is a palpable understanding that the direction in which humanity was headed could create a world that was uninhabitable.

Leading archaeogeneticist Johannes Krause and journalist Thomas Trappe investigate what DNA can tell us about how we got where we are and what our future might be. They show how the first humans were defeated again and again and suffered fatal setbacks, and how Homo sapiens succeeded in conquering continents, overcoming natural borders, and bringing other species under its control. But the genetic blueprint that enabled us to get to the place where we are today had one flaw: it didn't factor in planetary boundaries.

In this episode, Mark talks with Ray Howanski, CEO of the AMTA. They talk about the origins of AMTA, the big ideas behind modeling instruction, and how the modeling community has changed over time. They talk about the plans that are ahead for AMTA, including a new website and easier ways to connect teachers to one another. They finish with talking about efforts to include data science in the modeling framework and to keep science involved in the larger discussion of data science in education. Guest Ray Howanski Ray Howanski worked for Ridley School District teaching Chemistry and Biology for ...