Showing results for "The Silent" in Biological Sciences

In the tradition of Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking environmental classic Silent Spring, an award-winning entomologist and conservationist explains the importance of insects to our survival, and offers a clarion call to avoid a looming ecological disaster of our own making. Drawing on thirty...

The definitive, inside account of the Trump Administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic from White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator and Coronavirus Task Force member, Dr. Deborah Birx. In late February 2020, Dr. Deborah Birx—a lifelong federal health official who had worked at...

In forests, fields and even gardens, there is a constant exchange of information going on. Animals and plants must communicate with one another to survive, but they also tell lies, set traps, talk to themselves and speak to each other in a variety of unexpected ways. In Nature Is Never Silent, behavioural biologist Madlen Ziege reveals the fascinating world of nonhuman communication. In charming, humorous and accessible prose, she shows how nature’s language can help us to understand our own place in the natural world a little better.

Join bestselling true-crime author and investigative journalist Wensley Clarkson as he takes us beyond the headlines and speaks to experts who have helped to solve the most gruesome, most chilling and most shocking crime scenes through forensic science. How do you identify a serial killer? What are the tell-tale signs of guilt? Can we now solve the unsolvable? In this podcast you are about to hear how the silent witness is often the one who screams the loudest.

This 6-part podcast mini-series, organized and supported by Bayer, is intended for healthcare professionals practicing in the US. Our aim is to raise awareness of the importance of early diagnosis and appropriate management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with type 2 diabetes in order to slow progression of CKD and reduce the risk of premature cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.