Showing results for "Knowledge" in Biological Sciences

Fifty years ago, neuroscientists thought that a mature brain was fixed like a fly in amber, unable to change. Today, we know that our brains and nervous systems change throughout our lifetimes. This concept of neuroplasticity has captured the imagination of a public eager for self-improvement - and has inspired countless Internet entrepreneurs who peddle dubious "brain training" games and apps. In this book, Moheb Costandi offers a concise and engaging overview of neuroplasticity for the general listener.

This stunning cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and Black botanical mastery offers up lessons from the natural world shared through the stories of long-lived trees. The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. Pecan trees were domesticated by an...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A dazzling journey across the sciences and humanities in search of deep laws to unite them." —The Wall Street Journal One of our greatest scientists—and the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for On Human Nature and The Ants—gives us a work of visionary importance that...

Three of the most important words in science are I don't know. Not knowing implies a universe of opportunities—the possibility of discovery and surprise. Our understanding of science has advanced immeasurably over the last 500 years, yet many fundamental mysteries of existence persist: How did our universe begin? How big is the universe? Is time travel possible? What’s at the center of a black hole? How did life on Earth arise? Are we alone? What is consciousness, and can we create it?

Over 500,000 years ago, a single gene mutated. It spread over time, becoming critical in the journey transforming our earliest ancestors into fully modern humans, capable of navigating the entire planet and beyond. Then just a few thousand years ago, humans gradually outsourced knowledge to writing, and we displaced art and music from the heart of learning. This is the extraordinary story of the discovery of a supergene that makes us uniquely human.

Peter Bandettini covers the essentials of fMRI, providing insight and perspective from his nearly three decades of research. He describes other brain imaging and assessment methods; the sources of fMRI contrasts; the basic methodology, from hardware to pulse sequences; brain activation experiment design strategies; and data and image processing. A unique, stand-alone chapter addresses major controversies in the field, outlining 26 challenges that have helped shape fMRI research.

The beginning of the modern contraceptive era began in 1882, when Dr. Aletta Jacobs opened the first birth control clinic in Amsterdam. The founding of this facility, and the clinical provision of contraception that it enabled, marked the moment when physicians started to take the prevention of pregnancy seriously as a medical concern. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Donna Drucker traces the history of modern contraception, outlining the development, manufacturing, and use of contraceptive methods from the opening of Dr. Jacobs' clinic to the present.

Why do we vividly recall a traumatic childhood event but forget where we left our keys five minutes ago? How can a scent take us back fifty years while a colleague's name eludes us? In this compact introduction, two leading psychological researchers describe memory—how it works and why it sometimes doesn't; how it can be tricked, trained, or improved; and what changes with time. In a manner as engaging as it is informative, Fergus Craik and Larry Jacoby explain the strengths and weaknesses of memory.

Cada invento o medicamento al que hemos accedido durante la historia de la humanidad, partió siempre de un proceso de hipótesis e investigación. Sin ese paso previo el mundo que conocemos hoy, probablemente, no sería el mismo. Desde los medicamentos de venta libre hasta convertir la niebla en agua potable o la evolución de las metodologías educativas son el resultado de investigaciones titánicas, décadas de trabajo y, algunas veces, eventos inesperados (o suerte). Súmese a Knowledge Commons donde nos sentamos con investigadores de diferentes universidades del mundo para conocer esas ...

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जीवन में सफल होने का एकमात्र सूत्र आत्मविश्वास है। इस बात को गांठ बांध लें कि जब तक कोई व्यक्ति खुद से कोई काम नहीं करता, उसे खुद पर विश्वास नहीं होगा। हर व्यक्ति को कामयाबी हासिल करने के लिए सबसे पहले खुद पर आत्मविश्वास होना ...

Towards Knowledge is a Latent Knowledge podcast series where we interview industry and academic leaders about research in the real world — from career development to the most pressing philosophical questions in today’s changing research landscape.

John Muir was an early proponent of a view we still hold today—that much of California was pristine, untouched wilderness before the arrival of Europeans. But as this book demonstrates, what Muir was really seeing when he admired the grand vistas of Yosemite and the gold and purple flowers carpeting the Central Valley were the fertile gardens of the Sierra Miwok and Valley Yokuts Indians, modified and made productive by centuries of harvesting, tilling, sowing, pruning, and burning.

Welcome to Conglomerate Knowledges, hosted by EcoArtist SE Bachinger. In this enlightening podcast series, we explore diverse interviews and methods aimed at rekindling our connection with the more-than-human world. Join us on a journey to rediscover kinship with nature, offering remedies for species loneliness and other afflictions of contemporary life. Through engaging conversations and practical strategies, we strive to foster a deeper understanding and appreciation for our planet, nurturing a collective effort to save it. Tune in and embark on a transformative exploration towards healing ...

Join the R2P Academy team for in-depth and candid discussions on best practices, current concepts, and discussions on relevant topics in the world of physical therapy and rehabilitation.The host for the Strength In Knowledge Podcast is Dr. Zach Baker, the Chief Clinical Officer at Rehab 2 Perform and member of the R2P Academy.

Research over the last few decades shows that many of us – sufferers of chronic pain and health practitioners alike – are victims of a trick of the nervous system. Where we believe that pain has its root in a damaged body, it is the brain that prolongs the hurting after the body has healed. Paul Biegler, a science journalist and former doctor who has been on his own pain journey, investigates the true source of chronic pain – our brain’s so-called neuroplasticity – and emerging therapies that take advantage of that neuroplasticity to rewire the brain and end the suffering.

Join me on a quest, to Forage For Knowledge that will unearth the secrets of the natural world all around us. Helping us evolve and become increasingly more self sufficient and content.

Welcome to the INTRO episode of the podcast named 'Scholar's Knowledge to Wisdom,' hosted by Ruby from Punjab, India. Why you should listen to this podcast: As a host with a Science background, research experience as a Project fellow, and since 2020 being back to back participating in National and International conferences with a learner-centered approach - came across article of scholar dropout by Telegraph India that reports 37% PhD dropouts in 2015-2016 and then there is hardly any data that shows yearly scholar dropout. In addition, according to a recent publication in the 2022 ...

Alaina and Grant take a journey through the wondrous depths of 1993's seaQuest DSV. Meeting at the intersection of childhood nostalgia and the pressures on production, we fit a bygone era of tv sci-fi into history and our hearts. Yes, this is about the show with the talking dolphin.Art by BeedropsMusic by Devin Nelson

Time rules our lives. We wake, eat, work, and sleep on the clock. Our days unfold in a standardized symphony of alarm clocks, school buzzers, and meeting timers. Meanwhile, global positioning satellites measure time in millionths of seconds, and financial trades circle the planet at the speed of light. Time-keeping is among the greatest accomplishments of the human species – but somewhere along the way, we made a fundamental miscalculation: we began to mistake our clocks for time itself. Deep Time is a new series all about the natural ecologies of time from To The Best Of Our Knowledge ...