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Throughout the world, mental capacity is declining, especially among young people, while depression rates are rising dramatically. Meanwhile, one in forty men and women suffers from Alzheimer's, and the age of onset is falling rapidly. But the causes are not being eliminated, qui...

"Following the death of her former husband, Cam, fifty-four-year-old Eleanor has moved back to the New Hampshire farm where they raised three children to care for their brain-injured son, Toby, now an adult. Toby's older brother, Al, is married and living in Seattle with his wife...

Learn about the latest research and discoveries into the life sciences, biology, and ecology. Each of the 37 segments gives a quick overview and summary of a particular issue that has been investigated by advanced researchers in leading U.S. universities and institutions, and can...

"For readers of Kolbert's Under a White Sky and Merlin Sheldrake's Entangled Life, to all those who love science books about the brain The effects of climate change on our brains are a public health crisis that has gone largely unreported. Based on six years of research, award-wi...

"Following the death of her former husband, Cam, fifty-four-year-old Eleanor has moved back to the New Hampshire farm where they raised three children to care for their brain-injured son, Toby, now an adult. Toby's older brother, Al, is married and living in Seattle with his wife...

Terraform hones the predictive capacity of science fiction and seeks new, vivid, and visceral ways to depict the future we're hurtling toward, translating the decay and anxiety that surround us into something else, something unexpected, something that burns like a beacon and upen...

"At once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way make us human. In this compelling narrative, O'Connor seeks out neuroscientists, anthropologists and master navigators to understand how navigation ultimately gave us our humanity. Biologists have been try...

Learn about the latest research and discoveries into the physical sciences and earth science, and the geological and meteorological challenges, problems, and mysteries of our time. Each of the 37 segments gives a quick overview and summary of a particular issue that has been inve...

"A timely, revelatory first look at the greatest moral crisis humanity faces -- the impact climate change has on children -- by a pediatrician in the fastest-warming city in America. Wildfires, hurricanes, and heat waves make headlines. But what is happening in Debra Hendrickson'...

From hunting and gathering to GMOs and ultra-processed foods, this expansive tour of human history rewrites the story of our species and points the way to a better future. The history of Homo sapiens is usually told as a story of technology or economics. But there is a more funda...

"Hope is more than a feeling -- it can change the world! Discover how new science and ancient knowledge can help us face an uncertain world. All over the world, kids are struggling with grief, anxiety and fear about the climate crisis, war, and a future that seems out of their co...

"For readers of Kolbert's Under a White Sky and Merlin Sheldrake's Entangled Life, to all those who love science books about the brain The effects of climate change on our brains are a public health crisis that has gone largely unreported. Based on six years of research, award-wi...

"The human brain evolved to prioritize short-term rewards over long-term needs. But while this behavioral architecture served our ancestors well, it is maladaptive in the face of a slow-moving climate crisis. Luckily, brains can change. Dr. Ann-Christine Duhaime shows how we can ...

"It's March 2034, six months after D.C. police detective Jen Lu and Chandler, her sentient bio-computer and wannabe tough guy implanted in her brain, cracked the mystery of Eden. The climate crisis is hitting harder than ever: a mega-hurricane has devastated the eco-system and wa...

In The Hidden World of Networks, mathematician Anthony Bonato reveals how network theory underlies everything from social media and cryptocurrency to brain function and climate systems. Through engaging examples-from political tweets to reality TV-Bonato shows how simple connecti...

"As the looming consequences of climate change increasingly dominate our visions of the future, media coverage and public discourse often focus on how an altered climate will inevitably -- and unevenly -- reshape human life across the globe. Amid predictions of mass displacement,...

Say "algae" and most people think of pond scum. What they don't know is that without algae, none of us would exist. There are as many algae on Earth as stars in the universe, and they have been essential to life on our planet for eons. Algae created the Earth we know today, with ...

"Welcome to the not-too-distant future: Japan, having vanished from the face of the earth, is now remembered as "the land of sushi." Hiruko, its former citizen and a climate refugee herself, has a job teaching immigrant children in Denmark with her invented language Panska (Pan-S...

"From COVID-19 to runaway technology to climate change, we are currently living in an apocalyptic state. And it's nothing new: As a species we've been surviving -- and evolving from -- apocalypses for as long as we've walked the Earth. So, we're capable of dealing with them, surv...