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Brought to you by Penguin. In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5% of the...

C'è una storia che ascoltiamo da un po' di tempo, e descrive la più grande superpotenza del pianeta come in balìa di un irrimediabile declino. È la narrazione di un paese che balla sull'orlo del precipizio, dove la radicalizzazione non è arrestata, le differenze fra conservatori e progressisti si sono allargate e le donne hanno persino perso il diritto a interrompere una gravidanza. Eppure sta succedendo anche altro.

C'è una linea immaginaria eppure realissima, una ferita non chiusa, un luogo di tutti e di nessuno di cui ognuno, invisibilmente, è parte: è la frontiera che separa e insieme unisce il Nord del mondo, democratico, liberale e civilizzato, e il Sud, povero, morso dalla guerra, arretrato e antidemocratico. È sul margine di questa frontiera che si gioca il grande gioco del mondo contemporaneo.

In The End of Life as We Know It, best-selling author Michael Guillen takes a penetrating look at how the scientific community is pushing the boundaries of morality. The End of Life as We Know It takes us into laboratories and boardrooms where these troubling advances are taking place and asks the question no scientists seem to be asking: What does this mean for the future of humanity?

This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how "the good life" in America came to be equated with the a home of one's own surrounded by a grassy yard and located far from the urban workplace. Integrating social history with economic and architectural analysis, and taking into account such factors as the availability of cheap land, inexpensive building methods, and rapid transportation, Kenneth Jackson chronicles the phenomenal growth of the American suburb from the middle of the 19th century to the present day.

In 1977 a group of scientists, artists and writers gathered in a house in Ithaca, New York to work on the most important mixtape ever conceived. It wasn’t from one person to another - it was from Earth to the cosmos. When NASA sent Voyagers 1 and 2 on a grand tour of the outer planets, they knew the ultimate fate of these plucky probes would be to drift forever in the unimaginable void of interstellar space.

If humans and their private wealth have made such a mess of Earth, who can say we won’t do the same in space? In The Consequential Frontier, business and technology journalist Peter Ward is raising this vital question before it’s too late. Interviewing tech CEOs, inventors, scientists, lobbyists, politicians, and future civilian astronauts, Ward sheds light on a whole industry beyond headline-grabbing rocket billionaires like Bezos and Musk and introduces the new generation of activists trying to keep it from rushing recklessly into the cosmos.

From the Baltic to the South China Sea, newly assertive authoritarian states sense an opportunity to resurrect old empires or build new ones at America's expense. Hoping that US decline is real, nations such as Russia, Iran, and China are testing Washington's resolve by targeting vulnerable allies at the frontiers of American power. The Unquiet Frontier explains why the United States needs a new grand strategy that uses strong frontier alliance networks to raise the costs of military aggression in the new century.

Discover the stories of 12 women who heard the call to settle the West and who came from all points of the globe to begin their journeys. As a slave Clara watched helplessly as her husband and children were sold, only to be reunited with her youngest daughter as a free woman six decades later. As a young girl, Charlotte hid her gender to escape a life of poverty and became the greatest stagecoach driver who ever lived. As a Native American, Gertrude fought to give her people a voice and to educate leaders about the ways and importance of America's native people.

Since astronauts first ventured into space in the early 1960s, the human race has been thinking about the bigger picture: Could we ever live in space? Where would we plant our new roots? Explore the ways engineers, researchers, and astrophysicists are pushing our scientific limits every day to get us closer to living on another planet.

AI + The New Human Frontier: Reimagining the Future of Time, Trust + Truth by Erica Orange, a renowned futurist, offers a compelling exploration of generative AI's potential to enhance human creativity rather than replace it. This pivotal book navigates how AI tools will help shape the human experience, and aid in augmenting human ingenuity and imagination.

In 1856-57 Frederick Law Olmsted took a saddle trip through Texas to see the area and report on its lands and peoples. His description of the Lone Star State is one of the most outstanding books about the American West ever published. Based on firsthand observation and backed by research, Olmsted's text captures the customs and cultures of the Texans in an engaging way.

"Space, the Frontier Right in Front of Us" is from the Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Natalie Angier and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Humans in the Loop sheds a light on thought leaders in various verticals of data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Once every two weeks, we share our interviews with leading experts from around the world, where we explore how solving a machine and deep learning problem helps achieve business goals and foster innovation. Tune in to stay in the loop with the latest groundbreaking ideas on the AI/ML landscape. You can shape this podcast by helping us pick our next guest by joining our community slack and voting! Twitter: @activeloopai Podcast & Activeloop Community Slack: ...

Art T. Burton sifts through fact and legend to discover the truth about one of the most outstanding peace officers in late 19th-century America - and perhaps the greatest lawman of the Wild West era. Fluent in Creek and other Southern native languages, physically powerful, skilled with firearms, and a master of disguise, Bass Reeves was exceptionally adept at apprehending fugitives and outlaws, and his exploits were legendary in Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Frederick Jackson Turner stands out as one of the most influential historians in the United States, renowned for his groundbreaking frontier thesis. This compelling theory posits that American democracy was significantly shaped by the presence of an undeveloped frontier from the nations founding until the 1880s. Turner introduced his ideas in the seminal essay The Significance of the Frontier in American History, published just three years after the frontier was officially closed in 1890. He continued to expand upon the frontier thesis, exploring themes such as sectionalism and the Midwests ...

"Fashion's Newest Frontier: The Disabled and the Displaced" is from the July 20, 2016 Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Vanessa Friedman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

La frontiera dei diritti e la disobbedienza. Il braccio di ferro tra il ministro e i sindaci in sei articoli di Repubblica: L'identità in crisi dei populisti, di Enrico Franceschini; Dietro al Colle, la sfida delle due Italie, di Stefano Folli; Decreto Salvini, la sicurezza immorale e la disobbedienza civile, di Massimo Giannini; Dietro la rivolta dei Comuni la paura di una nuova bomba sociale, di Alessandra Ziniti; I sindaci e la via maestra della Consulta, di Stefano Folli; Sulle donne in fuorigioco la politica si sveglia tardi, di Gigi Riva.

While countless books focus on the men who shaped American history, the contributions of women are equally remarkable and often overlooked. This compelling collection features mini-biographies of women from diverse backgrounds and eras, each chapter unveiling the unique stories of those who comforted, fought, nurtured, and transformed their communities. Join us as we explore the unsung heroines of the American frontier. (Summary by Stav Nisser)

"North Korea Is Newest Frontier for a Daredevil Investor" is from the Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Penn Bullock and narrated by Fleet Cooper.