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A prize-winning journalist upends our centuries-long assumptions about migration through science, history, and reporting - predicting its lifesaving power in the face of climate change.

In recent years, malaria has emerged as a cause célèbre for voguish philanthropists. Bill Gates, Bono, and Laura Bush are only a few of the personalities who have lent their names - and opened their pocketbooks - in hopes of curing the disease. Still, in a time when every emergent disease inspires waves of panic, why aren’t we doing more to eradicate one of our oldest foes? And how does a parasitic disease that we’ve known how to prevent for more than a century still infect 500 million people every year, killing nearly 1 million of them?

Neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran is internationally renowned for uncovering answers to the deep and quirky questions of human nature that few scientists have dared to address. His bold insights about the brain are matched only by the stunning simplicity of his experiments - using such low-tech tools such as cotton swabs, glasses of water, and dime-store mirrors.

Today ten times more tigers live in captivity than survive in the wild. For over five decades, K. Ullas Karanth has been engaged in the struggle to bring wild tigers back from the brink in India, their last remaining wild stronghold. He tells the story of the tiger itself—its incredible biology, its critical role in shaping natural ecosystems of Asia, and the unique place it holds in our collective imagination. Among Tigers is the story of how we wound up with fewer than 5,000 wild tigers, and how, with focused efforts, we can grow that population ten times or more in a few decades.

Welcome to my first podcast , I hope you enjoy listening to it!

The startling memoir of a young woman shaped by two dramatically disparate worlds Born in Britain, Saira Shah was inspired by her father's dazzling stories to rediscover the now lost life their forebears knew for 900 years within sight of orchards, snow-topped mountains, and the minarets of...

The Don’t Be Triggered (DBT) podcast cuts through the chaos with straight talk, real science and a healthy dose of humor from board-certified oncologist, Dr. Neel Shah. In each episode, Dr. Neel Shah and his expert guests—trainers, doctors, nutritionists, and more—break down what actually matters when it comes to your health. No fear tactics, no guilt trips…just clear, doable advice you can actually use. Getting healthier shouldn’t feel like an impossible checklist. Let’s laugh a little, learn a lot and take the pressure off—one myth-busting episode at a time.

A delightful guide to harnessing the rhythms of nature for self-care. We could all learn a thing or two about living in balance from our friends in the plant and animal kingdom. Take, for example, the jellyfish, one of the most energy-efficient animals in the world, moving through the ocean by...

Soulful Salam, where spirituality meets everyday life, Join me on a trans-formative journey of exploring faith, self-discovery and meaningful connections.

This is Jiya Shah from 7C of St Kabir School. Welcome to my first podcast Episode about Carbon Footprint. Enjoy Listening !!

A podcast inspiring a connection between people and nature through bite-size storytelling. My name is Shameer Shah, host of the Nature Kicks Podcast. I am an experienced outdoor leader and guide, photographer and conservationist. My mission is to hike, cycle or whatever it takes to find the natural hidden gems of British nature so that I can bring you on my journey with the most beautiful photographs and storytelling. I want to bring out the voice of nature and the great outdoors to inspire people to get out into the heart of nature. Instagram: @shameer_shah YT: @ShameerShahProject

The EarthSci Show (TES) is a podcast for those bold enough to explore the unexplored. Student Aryan Shah sits down to challenge Earth's most prominent questions in the field of Earth Sciences with those who know them the best.

We are Dipalee Jukes, Era Shah and Malika Kapasi and we are all inextricably linked by being female, south asian engineers. We all work in the UK construction industry and up until recently, we felt like complete outliers in our professions. Reason being, we quite literally couldn’t see other people who looked like us at work. When the three of us met for the first time at London Build 2021, we instantly connected and had a shared passion and purpose to use our platforms to serve other women. Fast forward several months, a podcast was born, combining our love of engineering, female ...

On Not Dying is an anthropological, historical, and philosophical exploration of immortality as a secular and scientific category. Based on an ethnography of immortalist communities - those who believe humans can extend their personal existence indefinitely through technological means - and an examination of other institutions involved at the end of life, Abou Farman argues that secular immortalism is an important site to explore the tensions inherent in secularism.

In this exploration of the concept of the gene, Jonathan Slack looks at the discovery, nature, and role of genes in both evolution and development. Explaining the nature of genetic variation in the human population, how hereditary factors were identified as molecules of DNA, and how certain specific mutations can lead to disease, Slack highlights how DNA variants are used to trace human ancestry and migration, and can also be used by forensic scientists to identify individuals in crime.