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Becoming Human
- Written 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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Becoming Human
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2020-10-13
- Language: English
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Ask the Experts: Chemistry
- Written 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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Ask the Experts: Chemistry
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Series: Ask the Experts
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2020-09-01
- Language: English
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The Science of Memory
- Written by: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
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Why can you vividly recall the day your father took you to your first baseball game many years ago, but you can’t remember where you just put the car keys? The process of how - and what - we remember is a fascinating window into who we are and what makes us tick. In this audiobook, we explore what science can and can’t tell us about memory.
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The Science of Memory
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 2021-02-23
- Language: English
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The Future of Food
- Written by: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
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With global population numbers projected to increase by two billion by 2050, a veritable food crisis is on the horizon. In this audiobook we examine some of the complex factors involved in the coming “food crisis” and the innovative ideas and technologies designed to increase food production sustainably. We also examine current industry methods to increase production and the controversies surrounding them, including not only hot-button issues like genetically modified (or GM) and processed foods but also food safety and the physical effects of the modern diet.
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The Future of Food
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 2021-01-19
- Language: English
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Martin Gardner
- The Magic and Mystery of Numbers
- Written by: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Kate Mulligan
- Length: 7 hrs
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How many people achieve a cult following because of their writing in mathematics? Only a handful, and Martin Gardner is among the most well-known and well-loved. Not only did he present a notoriously difficult subject in an engaging and accessible way, but in doing so, he attracted an incredibly broad readership. His “Mathematical Games” column in Scientific American ran nearly every month for 26 years and was one of the most popular in the magazine’s history.
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Poorly chosen material, inaccessible, poor PDF
- By SD on 2022-03-22
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Martin Gardner
- The Magic and Mystery of Numbers
- Narrated by: Kate Mulligan
- Length: 7 hrs
- Release date: 2020-12-22
- Language: English
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AI and Genius Machines
- Written by: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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In science fiction, artificial intelligence takes the shape of computers that can speak like people, think for themselves, and sometimes act against us. Reality of course is vastly different, though in many ways computers surpass their fictional counterparts. This book reviews work in the field and covers topics from chess-playing to quantum computing. The writers tackle how to make computers more powerful, how we define consciousness, what the hard problems are, and even how computers might be built once the limits of silicon chips have been reached.
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Encompassing book for those who love computers
- By Shane on 2021-02-28
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AI and Genius Machines
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2020-04-21
- Language: English
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Understanding Autism
- Written by: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
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Autism is one of three diagnoses that the DSM-5 includes in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). While our understanding of this condition has grown exponentially, research has been fraught with controversy. Autism appears to be on the rise, depending on how you define it, and its causes more complex than imagined.
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Understanding Autism
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-24
- Language: English
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The Future of Energy
- Written by: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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Since the Industrial Revolution, our civilization has depended on fossil fuels for energy - first it was coal; then petroleum. If business as usual continues, we are looking at a world where sea levels will be high enough to submerge many coastal cities and extreme weather events like 2012’s Hurricane Sandy are the new normal. In this audiobook, The Future of Energy: Earth, Wind, and Fire, we review the energy problem and analyze the options from the mundane to the far out.
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The Future of Energy
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2020-08-18
- Language: English
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His Brain, Her Brain
- Written 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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His Brain, Her Brain
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2020-09-08
- Language: English
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Genetic Engineering
- Progress and Controversy
- Written 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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Lol
- By Brent Smith on 2022-02-27
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Genetic Engineering
- Progress and Controversy
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2020-12-15
- Language: English
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Unlocking Happiness
- Written by: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
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Take control and retrain your brain to achieve a happier, healthier state of mind. In this audiobook, we examine aspects of daily life that affect mood such as perception, social support, and time management and offer approaches shown to boost contentment, including reframing negative events, increasing resilience through self-compassion, and practicing mindfulness.
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WRONG ABOUT HIGH FAT DIET.
- By Jeff Turner on 2023-10-18
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Unlocking Happiness
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2020-12-22
- Language: English
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Return to Reason
- The Science of Thought
- Written by: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
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Why do facts fail to change people’s minds? In this audiobook, we examine how we form our beliefs and maintain them with a host of cognitive biases, the difference between intelligence and thinking rationally, and some solutions for how to overcome these obstacles both in reasoning with others and in dealing with our own prejudices.
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Return to Reason
- The Science of Thought
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-10
- Language: English
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Mysteries of the Mind
- Written by: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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For more than a century, scientists across disciplines have investigated the workings of nature’s most complex organ. Findings from cutting-edge neuroscience are moving us closer to understanding processes like how we make decisions or navigate our environment. In this audiobook, we examine the latest research on cognition, how the brain gives rise to consciousness, and how we can improve mental health.
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Mysteries of the Mind
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-17
- Language: English
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Music & the Brain
- Written by: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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Neuroscientists have shown that music recruits nearly every area of the brain, fostering connections across different regions. In this book, we examine the latest imaging studies and discuss the effects of music on emotion, cognition, sensation, and motor function. This includes an examination of the brain’s anatomy when listening to or creating music, of music’s relationship to learning math and language skills, and of its role in promoting social connections and treating brain disorders and injuries.
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Music & the Brain
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 2020-04-21
- Language: English
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Cyber Hacking
- Wars in Virtual Space
- Written by: Scientific American
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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In Cyber Hacking: Wars in Virtual Space, we peer behind the cyber curtain. First, we look at the hackers - who they are, how they work, their motivations, and methods. The opening article examines hardware - specifically microprocessors and why they are vulnerable to tampering. Then we turn to the internal attacks, the worms and viruses whose resulting damage ranges from merely inconvenient and attention-getting to expensive and dangerous. Next, we take a broad look at issues of privacy and the technology used to gather and track personal information.
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Cyber Hacking
- Wars in Virtual Space
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2020-07-14
- Language: English
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Ask the Brains, Part 1
- Experts Reveal 55 Mysteries of the Mind
- Written by: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
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People behave in strange ways. We sometimes giggle when someone falls down, swear we've been to places we haven't, or continue believing in something despite scientific evidence to the contrary. For more than a decade, Scientific American MIND's long-running feature "Ask the Brains" has addressed questions from their readers on the quirks and quandaries of human behavior, psychology, and neurology. Here, in Ask the Brains, Part 1, they’ve compiled some of the best and most interesting inquiries about the human brain.
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Ask the Brains, Part 1
- Experts Reveal 55 Mysteries of the Mind
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2020-08-25
- Language: English
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New Frontiers in Alzheimer’s
- Written by: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Mack Sanderson, Kate Mulligan, Erica Sullivan, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
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Until recently, one idea has dominated research in treating Alzheimer’s disease: the amyloid hypothesis. Those therapies have repeatedly fallen short, and in this audiobook we take a look at where that hypothesis stands today. We examine recent research into the spectrum of disease causes, including inflammation and immune dysfunction; cutting-edge treatments, including deep-brain stimulation and magnetic resonance - guided focused ultrasound; as well as lifestyle interventions that can help protect from disease.
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New Frontiers in Alzheimer’s
- Narrated by: Mack Sanderson, Kate Mulligan, Erica Sullivan, Traber Burns
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2021-08-03
- Language: English
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Secrets of the Brain
- Written 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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Secrets of the Brain
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 2020-12-29
- Language: English
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9 to 5
- Your Mind at Work
- Written by: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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Many factors - personal, professional, and psychological - combine to affect how we think, feel, and act while on the job, which ultimately affects our productivity and success. In 9 to 5: Your Mind at Work, we look at some of these factors, including the physical office space, how to foster creativity and communication, the psychology of effective leadership, the benefits and importance of diversity, and achieving work-life balance.
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9 to 5
- Your Mind at Work
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2020-03-31
- Language: English
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Designing the Urban Future
- Smart Cities
- Written by: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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After smartphones, smart TVs, smart windows, and other smart products on the horizon, smart cities were the next logical step in trying to create a better, brighter, more sustainable, and economically sound future. A relatively new term, smart cities conjures images of a cooperative, wired, prosperous utopia where citizens of all classes achieve a high quality of life. In this audiobook, we look at the qualities needed for future cities to survive and thrive.
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Designing the Urban Future
- Smart Cities
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 2020-10-20
- Language: English
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