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On the Future of Species

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Bloomsbury presents On the Future of Species by Adrian Woolfson, read by Peter Noble.'Visionary and exhilarating ... A work of astonishing scope and imagination' TIM COULSON'The book we need right now ... Essential reading' TOM ELLIS'A brilliantly crafted, sweeping exposition with profound insights' TIM WHITEImagine a future where we grow houses rather than build them. Where smartphones are li... ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents On the Future of Species by Adrian Woolfson, read by Peter Noble.'Visionary and exhilarating ... A work of astonishing scope and imagination' TIM COULSON'The book we need right now ... Essential reading' TOM ELLIS'A brilliantly crafted, sweeping exposition with profound insights' TIM WHITEImagine a future where we grow houses rather than build them. Where smartphones are li...
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Bee Speaker

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Bloomsbury presents Bee Speaker by Adrian Tchaikovsky, read by Rod Hallett, Gabrielle Nellis-Pain, and Adrian Tchaikovsky.Nominated for Best Audiobook: Science Fiction & Fantasy at The Speakies (The British Audio Awards).From the Arthur C. Clarke award winner, Adrian Tchaikovsky, comes the third instalment of the DOGS OF WAR science fiction series, a future where genetically engineered “Bioforms” ... Read more

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The Human Mind

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Brought to you by Penguin.Are you a human? Do you have a mind? Then this book is for you.'The story of the human mind as told by psychology's best storyteller' DANIEL GILBERTNothing is more familiar and yet less understood than the human mind. It defines the experience of being human, and yet its workings contain some of the deepest mysteries ever encountered. Written by one of the world's ... Read more

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Arrival the Fittest

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“Natural selection can preserve innovations, but it cannot create them. Nature’s many innovations—some uncannily perfect—call for natural principles that accelerate life’s ability to innovate, its innovability.”Darwin’s theory of natural selection explains how useful adaptations are preserved over time. But the biggest mystery about evolution eluded him. As genetics pioneer Hugo de Vries put it, ... Read more

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Human Flourishing in an Age of Gene Editing

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International uproar followed the recent announcement of the birth of twin girls whose genomes had been edited with a breakthrough DNA editing-technology. This technology, called clustered regularly interspaced short palindrome repeats or CRISPR-Cas9, can alter any DNA.The potential uses of CRISPR-Cas9 and other gene editing technologies are unprecedented in human history. By using these ... Read more

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International uproar followed the recent announcement of the birth of twin girls whose genomes had been edited with a breakthrough DNA editing-technology. This technology, called clustered regularly interspaced short palindrome repeats or CRISPR-Cas9, can alter any DNA.The potential uses of CRISPR-Cas9 and other gene editing technologies are unprecedented in human history. By using these
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Ancestors in Our Genome

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10 hours 2 min

In Ancestors in Our Genome, molecular anthropologist Eugene E. Harris presents us with a complete and up-to-date account of the evolution of the human genome and our species. Written from the perspective of population genetics, and in simple terms, the book traces human origins back to their source among our earliest human ancestors, and explains many of the most intriguing questions that genome ... Read more

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The Genome War

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The long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science—the race to map the human genome.On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced that he was forming a private company that within three years would unravel the complete genetic code ... Read more

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What Causes Lighter and Darker Skin

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Why We Die

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The Wolf Within

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The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being

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11 hours 15 min

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Invisible Empire: The Natural History of Viruses

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Unabridged

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Viruses are the world's most abundant life form, and now, when humanity is in the midst of a close encounter with their immense power, perhaps the most feared. But do we understand viruses? Possibly the most enigmatic of living things, they are sometimes not considered a life form at all. Everything about them is extreme, including the reactions they evoke. However, for every truism about viruses, ... Read more

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Viruses are the world's most abundant life form, and now, when humanity is in the midst of a close encounter with their immense power, perhaps the most feared. But do we understand viruses? Possibly the most enigmatic of living things, they are sometimes not considered a life form at all. Everything about them is extreme, including the reactions they evoke. However, for every truism about viruses,
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The Forever Witness

How DNA and Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder

by Edward Humes ...

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10 hours 26 min

“Thought-provoking true-crime thriller…the book raises urgent questions of balancing public and private good that we’ll likely be dealing with as long as the title implies.”—Wall Street JournalA relentless detective and a civilian genealogist solve a haunting cold case—and launch a crime-fighting revolution that tests the fragile line between justice and privacy.In November 1987, a young couple ... Read more

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“Thought-provoking true-crime thriller…the book raises urgent questions of balancing public and private good that we’ll likely be dealing with as long as the title implies.”—Wall Street JournalA relentless detective and a civilian genealogist solve a haunting cold case—and launch a crime-fighting revolution that tests the fragile line between justice and privacy.In November 1987, a young couple
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Origin

A Genetic History of the Americas

by Jennifer Raff ...

Narrated by Jennifer Raff, Tanis Parenteau, Yvonne Russo ...

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9 hours 12 min

From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how humans migrated to the Americas.ORIGIN is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete genomes. ORIGIN provides an overview of these new histories ... Read more

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From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how humans migrated to the Americas.ORIGIN is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete genomes. ORIGIN provides an overview of these new histories
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Crypt

Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond

by Alice Roberts ...

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9 hours 42 min

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLERCHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2024'Compulsive . . . A wonderful display of how modern archaeology can bring hidden histories to life' Daily Telegraph'Gripping . . . I found it hard to put down' Evening Standard'Another really good book from archaeologist Alice R... ... Read more

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Epigenetic Conversation

Lifestyle as a Genetic Conductor

by Azhar ul Haque Sario ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Unabridged

6 hours

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Rewrite your biological clock and command your genetic destiny through lifestyle epigenetics. Your calendar is lying; time doesn't wear us down equally. Inside your cells, a silent conversation occurs. This book teaches you its language. We decode the mystery of aging, exploring your DNA's dark matter to reveal why some bodies rust while others ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Rewrite your biological clock and command your genetic destiny through lifestyle epigenetics. Your calendar is lying; time doesn't wear us down equally. Inside your cells, a silent conversation occurs. This book teaches you its language. We decode the mystery of aging, exploring your DNA's dark matter to reveal why some bodies rust while others
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The Secret of Life

Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix

by Howard Markel ...

Narrated by Donald Corren ...

Unabridged

15 hours 5 min

An authoritative history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians.James Watson and Francis Crick’s 1953 discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do it—and whywere they the ones who succeeded?In truth, the ... Read more

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An authoritative history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians.James Watson and Francis Crick’s 1953 discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do it—and whywere they the ones who succeeded?In truth, the
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The Building Blocks of Human Life: Understanding Mature Cells and Stem Cells

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Unabridged

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Every human is composed of an amazing assortment of cells and tissues that carry out myriad functions necessary for sus- taining life. In clear, concise language, Professor John K. Young of the Howard University College of Medicine takes audiences through the microscope on a fascinating journey of discovery into the world of cells and tissues, where a complex scheme of activity is taking place all ... Read more

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Every human is composed of an amazing assortment of cells and tissues that carry out myriad functions necessary for sus- taining life. In clear, concise language, Professor John K. Young of the Howard University College of Medicine takes audiences through the microscope on a fascinating journey of discovery into the world of cells and tissues, where a complex scheme of activity is taking place all
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Het DNA-mysterie

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Narrated by Yannick de Waal ...

Unabridged

6 hours 2 min

Annefleur vindt foto’s van een jongen die wel haar broer móét zijn. Ruben wordt op Schiphol tegengehouden door de douane: eerder die dag heeft iemand anders ingecheckt die sprekend op hem lijkt. Jaimy ontdekt dat hij familie heeft waar hijniets van weet. Hoe zijn deze drie jongeren met elkaar verbonden? Ze gaan op zoek naar elkaar en naar de waarheid, maar wie kunnen ze vertrouwen? ... Read more

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Annefleur vindt foto’s van een jongen die wel haar broer móét zijn. Ruben wordt op Schiphol tegengehouden door de douane: eerder die dag heeft iemand anders ingecheckt die sprekend op hem lijkt. Jaimy ontdekt dat hij familie heeft waar hijniets van weet. Hoe zijn deze drie jongeren met elkaar verbonden? Ze gaan op zoek naar elkaar en naar de waarheid, maar wie kunnen ze vertrouwen?
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Lifespan

Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To

by Matthew D. LaPlante, David Sinclair ...

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Unabridged

11 hours 55 min

Audio Bonus! Includes exclusive conversations with the authors!A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Brilliant and enthralling.” —The Wall Street JournalA paradigm-shifting book from an acclaimed Harvard Medical School scientist and one of Time’s most influential people.It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to bel... ... Read more

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On the Future of Species

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The Human Mind

Arrival the Fittest

Human Flourishing in an Age of Gene Editing

Ancestors in Our Genome

Genetics For Dummies

The Genome War

What Causes Lighter and Darker Skin

Why We Die

The Wolf Within

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Explaining Life Through Evolution

The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being

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