For as long as we have looked to the skies, the question of whether life on Earth is the only life to exist has been at the core of the human experience, driving scientific debate and discovery, shaping spiritual belief, and prompting existential thought across borders and generations. And yet, the idea of extraterrestrial intelligence has been largely seen as a joke, banished to the realm of fantasy and conspiracy. Now, for the first time, the full...

"In Think Like a Girl, award-winning psychologist, researcher, and TEDx speaker Dr. Alloway presents powerful myth-busting research about how the female brain is different, why this matters, and ten tactical ways women can leverage these differences as strengths to level up in both their personal and professional lives"--

A Nobel Prize-winning scientist who is suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's is invite to a prestigious conference in Geneva to meet a enigmatic neuroscientist who has developed technology that could change medicine forever and also save her life.

"A choose your own path style story that guides the reader through the very real job of being a teuthologist"--

"With the launch of the Falcon 1 rocket in 2008, Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first private company to build a low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. And that milestone carried major implications: Silicon Valley, not NASA, was suddenly cemented as the epicenter of the new Space Age. Start-ups and the wealthy investors behind them began to realize that the universe-ungoverned and infinite-was open for business. Welcome to the wild west of aerospace...

"Anne und Philipp sind aufgeregt! Sie können einen Tag mit Leonardo da Vinci verbringen! In seiner Werkstatt zeigt ihnen der große Meister Zeichnungen fantastischer Geräte. Eine Erfindung liegt dem Genie besonders am Herzen: seine Flugmaschine. Die Geschwister tun alles, um Leonardos Traum vom Fliegen zu erfüllen, doch wird ihnen dieses Wunder gelingen?

The Super Outbreak of 1974 was the most intense tornado outbreak on record, tearing a vicious path of destruction across thirteen states, generating 148 tornadoes from Alabama to Ontario, damaging thousands of homes, and killing more than 300 people. Meteorologist Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" Fujita spent ten months studying the outbreak's aftermath in the most extensive aerial tornado study ever conducted, and through detailed mapping and leaps of scientific...

Journalist Kenneth Miller weaves science with history to tell the story of four outsider academics who carried the study of sleep from fringe discipline to mainstream obsession. In the 1920s Nathaniel Kleitman founded the world's first dedicated sleep lab, with breakthrough experiments in 1938. Kleitman mentored Eugene Aserinsky who discovered REM sleep, and William Dement, who became known as the father of sleep medicine. Dement, in turn, mentored...

"In 1841, a quiet, curious boy who stuttered when nervous committed to become a surgeon--a profession then more feared than respected. Through study, persistence, and careful research, Joseph Lister connected unsanitary conditions to infections. Despite others scoffing at the idea of washing their hands before operating, Lister slowly changed the way all surgeons work, saving countless lives.