Titoli in Biologia

 El ojo desnudo reconstruye una historia de nuestro conocimiento de la visión y de la luz y nos ofrece la explicación de por qué vemos como vemos y cómo hemos alcanzado a comprender fenómenos que van mucho más allá de lo que nuestros sentidos nos permiten detectar. 

A staple of the summer season is those dreaded mosquito bites you seem to get out of nowhere, but why does it seem like only you get them and others don’t? Explore the fascinating world of our creepy crawly friends like snails, flies, bees, spiders, and even autonomous insect robots in this best-of collection from Seeker, available for the first time in audio.

There are more than 200,000 known species in the ocean, but there is thought to be more than two million more that remain undiscovered. Humans have only explored five percent of Earth’s oceans, so what else could be lurking deep beneath the surface? In this bite-sized, curated collection, Seeker dives in to explore the deepest parts of the oceans, how they get polluted, and how scientists discovered a hidden ocean in the most unusual place. 

We all remember the "P" word we dreaded hearing about as adolescents...puberty. Sweaty, sticky, and pimply, we all go through puberty at some point in our lives, but why? Listen in as Seeker takes you on a scientific roller coaster ride of all things puberty like acne, hormones, body odor and more in this curated audio collection. 

Sex - it's not just for humans! Dive into this wacky but scientific exploration of all things sex. Get answers to all of the random questions you might never have thought to ask yourself.

Explore the fascinating life of fireflies, including information about their body parts and structure, their habitat and how it supports them, and their unique way of communicating.  

How did life begin? It is perhaps the most important question science has ever asked. Over the centuries, the search for an answer has been entwined with some of science's most revolutionary advances, including van Leeuwenhoek's microscope, Darwin's theory of evolution, and Crick and Watson's unveiling of DNA.

In Strange New Worlds, renowned astronomer Ray Jayawardhana brings news from the front lines of the epic quest to find planets—and alien life—beyond our solar system. Only in the past two decades, after millennia of speculation, have astronomers begun to discover planets around other stars—thousands in fact. Now they are closer than ever to unraveling distant twins of the Earth. In this book, Jayawardhana vividly recounts the stories of the scientists and the remarkable breakthroughs that have ushered in this extraordinary age of exploration.

Siroccos, Santa Anas, chinooks, monsoons...the wind has as many names as moods. Few other forces have so universally shaped the lands and waters of the earth, the plants and animals, the patterns of exploration, settlement, and civilization. Few other phenomena have exerted such a profound influence on the history and psyche of humankind. Wind touches all of us every day of our lives, yet remarkably little has been written about it except as a component of the weather.

Smallpox, the only infectious disease to have been eradicated, was one of the most terrifying of human scourges. It covered the skin with hideous, painful boils, killed a third of its victims, and left the survivors disfigured for life. In this riveting, often terrifying look at the history of smallpox, Jonathan B. Tucker tells the story of this deadly disease, the heroic efforts to eradicate it worldwide, and the looming dangers it still poses today.

The latest and most bitterly contested battle in the culture war is the controversy over Darwin and intelligent design. But much of what you've heard about it is wrong. Jonathan Wells, a battle-hardened veteran with doctorates in biology and theology, sets the record straight.

The zombie has had a bit of a renaissance over the last decade. Hollywood churns out films like World War Z and TV shows like The Walking Dead, and communities throughout the country hold zombie runs and races. So what’s driving the zombie obsession? Where did the fear of this creature originate? In this audiobook, The Real Zombies of Nature, we look at the myth of the zombie versus real instances of zombification in the natural world and engage in some scientific speculation about what would happen if myth ever became reality.

Understanding why we age and how to prevent age-related physical and mental decline can help us to live in the moment and enjoy our health at any age. In this audiobook, we explore the latest thinking in why we age, strategies to help maintain good health, as well as research into the limits of human longevity. 

We harbor roughly the same number of microbes as we have cells. This complex ecosystem is crucial to our health, affecting many processes including immunity, child development, and bone density regulation. Research in this area has exploded, and in this audiobook, we highlight some of the most exciting work on how the microbiome develops, its influence on brain and behavior, and implications in both contributing to and treating various disorders.

La consciencia humana es lo que nos hace ser unos seres vivos excepcionales. Gracias a ella sabemos que existimos, tenemos idea de que hay un pasado y un futuro. Permite que creamos en cosas que no vemos y hasta nos dota de esperanza para pensar en una vida más allá de la muerte. Este libro indaga en lo que entendemos por consciencia desde un punto de vista científico, filosófico y cultural. ¿Dónde reside nuestra consciencia? ¿Cómo afecta a cada ser humano? Estas y muchas preguntas más se abordan en esta obra.

Un libro imprescindible en la línea de Sapiens, de Yuval Noah Harari. Un ensayo que mezcla las humanidades, con la filosofía moral y la ciencia. Una investigación que aporta una visión amplia y humana de lo que significa ser humano. Los humanos son los animales más curiosos, emocionales, imaginativos, agresivos y desconcertantes del planeta. Pero, ¿nos conocemos realmente bien a nosotros mismos?

Synthetic Biology: Life’s Extraordinary New Worlds is an introduction to synthetic biology for non-scientists, covering the exciting field that is transforming health care, agriculture, environmental science, and many other areas. Using the molecules of life to answer scientific questions and manipulate life for human benefit, synthetic biology encompasses a wide range of applications—from gene editing and metabolic engineering to food synthesis and green technologies.

Las ideas más peregrinas tienen hoy que adoptar una vestidura "científica" para obtener credibilidad. No son ahora extrañas las "pruebas" de abducciones extraterrestres o de poderes telepáticos o los "documentos" que respaldan que el Holocausto nunca ocurrió. Schermer se interna en ese mundo de profetas y visionarios, fundamentalistas religiosos e "historiadores" racistas, y nos ofrece un análisis de sus credos y métodos, que desmonta pieza a pieza, aplicando nada más que el pensamiento científico.

Where does DNA come from? What is consciousness? How did the eye evolve? Drawing on a treasure trove of new scientific knowledge, Nick Lane expertly reconstructs evolution's history by describing its 10 greatest inventions - from sex and warmth to death - resulting in a stunning account of nature's ingenuity.

Under the Sea Wind is a classic wilderness adventure to which all nature writing is compared. The hero of Under the Sea Wind is soon seen to be life itself, that quicksilver prize granted, for a brief time only, to the clever and the fortunate.