Showing results for "I" in Biological Sciences

Gerald Durrell's last book, The Aye-Aye and I, records his final animal-collecting expedition, a trip to Madagascar in 1990, and his efforts to save the elusive and mythical lemuroid known as the Aye-Aye. Prompted by the country's radical deforestation and slash-and-burn agriculture, Durrell, his wife, and their team of zoologists embark on a mission to capture and conserve the species - distinguished by its "giant, chisel-like teeth", "round, hypnotic eyes", and large "spoon-like ears".

Lydia Denworth presents insights from studies of everything from at-risk kids in Head Start to noisy cocktail party conversation, from songbirds to signal processing, and from the invention of the telephone to sign language. Weaving together tales from the centuries-long quest to develop the cochlear implant and simultaneous leaps in neuroscientific knowledge against a tumultuous backdrop of identity politics, I Can Hear You Whisper shows how sound sculpts our children’s brains and the life changing consequences of that delicate process.

“I was tired of speed. I wanted to live tree time.” So writes Sumana Roy at the start of How I Became a Tree, her captivating, adventurous, and self-reflective vision of what it means to be human in the natural world.

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.

Blue Collar ICs is a roundtable podcast hosted by seasoned interventional cardiologists who work on the front lines of cardiovascular care. The show delivers honest, experience-driven conversations about real cases, complications, evolving technologies, and the decisions that matter when the stakes are high. From complex coronary and peripheral interventions to stroke prevention, structural heart, and cath-lab realities, the focus stays on practical medicine—not polished theory. Equal parts education, storytelling, and unfiltered debate, Blue Collar ICs pulls back the curtain on how ...

Le origini della nostra specie (Homo sapiens) sono, allo stato dell'arte, argomento di discussione di due scuole di pensiero dominanti e contrapposte: evoluzionismo da una parte e tradizione religiosa creazionista dall'altra.

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A list of the attributes that define a mammal is a ragbag of things - fur, live birth, three bones in the middle ear, a brain whose two halves are robustly joined together.... But this curious collection of features contain the roots of all the biology that makes us what we are: monkeys with massive brains who parent extensively, enjoy sport and think lots. Which is to say, what makes us mammals makes us human.

En 2016, se publicaron los resultados de un experimento sorprendente. A un grupo de ratones les cambiaron todas sus bacterias intestinales por otras de personas con depresión. Al cabo de unos días, los ratones se deprimieron. La depresión se puede trasplantar… en ratones. Estudios como este demuestran la estrecha relación entre nuestros microbios (la microbiota) y nuestras células. Cuando ese equilibrio se altera y disminuyen el número y diversidad de los microorganismos, tenemos un problema.

Velkommen til Beecast - en verden, hvor alting er forbundet i bevægelse. Mit navn er Tanja Lykke og i denne podcast ønsker jeg at dele mit syn på den forandrerlige verden, som vi står i. Som jeg ser det, står vi overfor et stort paradigmeskifte - vi går fra at leve som maskine til at leve som vand. Det er en kæmpe transformation, men også en fortryllende rejse, der viser os vejen til en kvanteinspireret forståelse af energi og naturens livgivende kræfter. I beecasten udfolder jeg min livsfilosofi - at leve som vand. En bevægelig livsfilosofi, der skærper dine energetiske sanser, ...

When it comes to our health, what constitutes 'normal'? Who decides, and where do they draw the line? Is 'normal' the same for everyone? And if you don't tick the box marked 'normal', do you need treatment or are you simply different? In these 34 episodes, science writer and broadcaster Vivienne Parry attempts to answer these questions and work out what 'normal' means with regard to our bodies and minds.

Jenny ”Jenkamichiko” bjuder in inspirerande gäster - okända som kända röster - till samtal om hur de har hittat sin röst och tagit sin plats i livet. Teman och filosofiska aspekter som bygger på Jennys debutbok ”Hitta din röst” och som samtalen kan handla om: mod, drömmar, people-pleasing, energitjuvar och energigivare, rädslor, bryta mot normer, högkänslighet, gränssättning, integritet, entreprenörskap, självledarskap, skapande, estetiska uttryck, kreativitet, psykisk ohälsa, att våga göra en förändring och göra sin grej. Vill du delta? Mejla: jenkamichiko@...

An adrenaline-fueled travel memoir of life in the wild among the planet’s most ferocious and fascinating predators. Over the last forty years, bestselling science-fiction writer Alan Dean Foster has journeyed around the globe to encounter nature’s most fearsome creatures. His travels have taken him into the heart of the Amazon rain forest on the trail of deadly tangarana ants, on an elephant ride across the sweeping green plains of central India in search of the elusive Bengal tiger, and into the waters of the Australian coast to come face-to-face with great white sharks. Packed with pulse-pounding adventure and spiked with rapier wit, Predators I Have Known is a thrilling look at life and death in the wild.

Here’s a summary of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy in English:War and Peace is a sweeping novel set during the Napoleonic Wars in early 19th century Russia. It follows the lives of several aristocratic families, especially the Rostovs, Bolkonskys, and Bezukhovs, as they navigate love, war, and personal growth.The story centers on three main characters:Pierre Bezukhov, an awkward but idealistic young nobleman who inherits a fortune and struggles to find meaning in life.Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, a proud and disillusioned war hero who grapples with his desires and losses.Natasha Rostova, a lively ...

An award-winning science writer discovers she’s faceblind and investigates the neuroscience of sight, memory, and imagination—while solving some long-running mysteries about her own life. Science writer Sadie Dingfelder has always known that she’s a little quirky. But while she’s made...

The body is central to our sense of identity. Bodily awareness, says scientist-writer Moheb Costandi, is key to self-consciousness. In Body Am I, Costandi examines how the brain perceives the body, how that perception translates into our conscious experience of the body, and how that experience contributes to our sense of self. Along the way, he explores what can happen when the mechanisms of bodily awareness are disturbed, leading to such phenomena as phantom limbs, alien hands, and amputee fetishes.

This podcast series introduces i-MPACT, a multifaceted program which aims to improve the care of patients treated with immunotherapy, while providing a better understanding of the pathophysiology associated with immune-related adverse events. Each episode features an interview with a leading expert discussing proactive, longitudinal care, as well as the potential for irAEs following treatment with immunotherapy and current toxicity management strategies.

In queste sei puntate vogliamo raccontare la complessità dei cambiamenti in atto su più fronti - antropologico, ambientale, climatico, geopolitico e non solo - attraverso una lettura che sappia restituire la tridimensionalità delle trasformazioni in questione evidenziandone gli elementi di connessione e interdipendenza: in che modo le strategie globali di resilienza climatica si legano allo sviluppo economico diseguale? Quale rapporto esiste tra le evoluzioni nel mercato del lavoro e l'emersione di nuove forme di soggettività? Come ripensare i temi della migrazione di fronte a processi non...

En av dina viktigaste organ är hjärnan. I hela ditt liv förändras den. Allt du tar dig för förändrar din hjärnas struktur. Just därför har vi också förmågan att påverka den. Mer än vad vi tror! Det är därför inte omöjligt för någon att börja tänka på ett helt nytt sätt. Med andra ord: bli en banbrytare. Förändra världen genom tankarna.

I’m a Witch: A Walking Journal of Life, Magic, and Stories in Seattle! Walk the streets of Seattle with Tony James — A flamboyant city witch, karaoke host, musician, performer, and local producer. A Jack of all trades! A Cornish College of the Arts graduate with a BFA in Acting with a Performing Arts emphasis, Tony brings 38+ years of performance, storytelling, interviewing, and spontaneous magic to every episode.I’m a Witch is a raw, unfiltered walking journal where music, drag, burlesque, art, and urban witchcraft collide. Through spontaneous encounters and “Bewitching Breaks,” ...