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Across the world, an increasing number of people are turning to veganism, changing not just their diets, but completely removing animal products from their lives. For some, this is prompted by concerns over animal ethics; for others, it’s a response to the part played by animal agriculture in the climate crisis or an attempt to improve their own health. Catherine Oliver shows why the veganism movement has become a powerful social, political and environmental force, taking an honest look at how we live and eat

This episode is all about Puranas, Here we'll learn about it. Puranas are the ancient text(Scriptures) written in BHARAT. It is our history and guide for explaining science to everyone. It is a way of teaching laws of science that ordinary people can understand.

There are so many rituals we do since ancient times which have been an inherent part of our tradition and culture but we have always wondered what is the reason or logic behind them? This podcast aims at creating awareness about these traditions and are they myths or do they actually have some significance. Ex. why do we take blessings by touching the feet, why do we ring a temple bell, why do newly married couples use only red saffron and yellow colors in their ceremonies, what is the significance of cremating a body, and what is the logic of wearing kajal! Debunking many myths is Dr. Shisham...

The field of animal rights raises big questions about how humans treat the other animals with which we share the planet. These questions are becoming more pressing as livestock farming exerts an ever-greater toll on the planet and the animals themselves, and we learn more about their capacity to think and experience pain. This book shows why animals ought to have greater rights and what the world might look like if they did.

If you could pose one question to a dolphin, what would it be? And what might a dolphin ask you? For forty years, researcher and author Denise L. Herzing has investigated these and related questions of marine mammal communication. But the dolphins are not the only ones talking, and in this wide-ranging and accessible book, Herzing explores the astonishing realities of interspecies communication, a skill that humans currently lack.

In 2018, lumps of frozen soil, collected from the bottom of the world's first deep ice core and lost for decades, reappeared in Denmark. When geologist Paul Bierman and his team first melted a piece of this unique material, they were shocked to find perfectly preserved leaves, twigs, and moss. That observation led them to a startling discovery: Greenland's ice sheet had melted naturally before, about 400,000 years ago.