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At a time when many people around the world are living into their 10th decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever undertaken offers some welcome news for the new old age: Our lives continue to evolve in our later years and often become more fulfilling than before. Begun in 1938, the Grant Study of Adult Development charted the physical and emotional health of over 200 men, starting with their undergraduate days. The now-classic Adaptation to Life reported on the men's lives up to age 55 and helped us understand adult maturation.

Well-heeled American corporations have long had a financial stake in undermining scientific consensus and manufacturing uncertainty. In The Triumph of Doubt, former Obama and Clinton official David Michaels details how corrupt science becomes public policy - and where it's happening today. 

We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life, supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and the humble peppercorn drove the Age of Discovery, so did coffee beans help fuel the Enlightenment and cottonseed help spark the Industrial Revolution. And from the fall of Rome to the Arab Spring, the fate of nations continues to hinge on the seeds of a Middle Eastern grass known as wheat.

Brave Lives offers a captivating collection of stories about historical figures who left their mark on the world through both their successes and failures. As highlighted in the Preface, the author aims to create a vibrant mosaic of the Brave Life‚one that recognizes the Divine Goodness in all things, striving through both praise and criticism to embody the spirit of the light of the world. Join us on this inspiring journey, narrated by Kristin Hand.

Airplanes is a documentary podcast exploring the evolution of flight — from the Wright Brothers’ first takeoff to the modern jet age. Each episode uncovers the stories behind aviation’s greatest triumphs and darkest crashes, revealing how innovation, ambition, and failure shaped the skies. Blending history, engineering, and human drama, Airplanes examines the technology that keeps us flying, the investigations that follow every disaster, and the relentless pursuit of safety that turned tragedy into progress. It’s the story of how we learned to fly — and what it means every time we ...

Every triumph has its trials. In every journey, one must learn how to navigate and overcome adversity. Those are the moments that make life meaningful. Truths and Triumphs highlights hometown heroes making an impact in their own circles. Together, we reveal their stories and what keeps them striving.

Der Astrophysiker von heute hat die normale Erfahrungswirklichkeit längst hinter sich gelassen. Er denkt nach über schwarze Löcher und schwarze Energie, über die Zustände vor dem Urknall, über Paralleluniversen und die Stringtheorie. Oft genug gerät er ins Spekulieren und verlässt den Boden seriöser naturwissenschaftlicher Forschung. Der Astrophysiker Professor Harald Lesch, LMU München, erläutert in drei Teilen diese Abgründe der modernen Astrophysik.

Amanda Lewis was an overachieving, burned-out book editor most familiar with trees as dead blocks of paper. A dedicated "indoorswoman," she could barely tell a birch from a beech. But that didn't stop her from pledging to visit all of the biggest trees in British Columbia, a Canadian province known for its rugged terrain and gigantic trees.

When Richard Branson founded Virgin Galactic in 2004, his goal was simple: to offer paying customers a trip to space by the end of the decade. Seventeen years, countless delays, and one catastrophic crash later, his space tourism dream may finally be on the verge of becoming a reality. New Yorker journalist Nicholas Schmidle knows that story intimately. He spent nearly four years embedded with Virgin Galactic at its California hangar, meeting the individuals working to make commercial space travel possible.