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The Honey Trap
by Dana L. Church; read by Janet Metzger
In The Honey Trap, scientist and author Dana Church unravels the complexities of human interactions with our winged friends and demonstrates how dangerously selfish our thinking can be. It's a wake-up call for humanity to embrace sustainable practices and protect these vital pollinators before it's too late. Learn More
How Data Happened
by Chris Wiggins and Matthew L. Jones; read by Eric Jason Martin
A sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world. Learn More
How Technological Advances Change Human Food
edited by Matteo Bordiga and Baojun Xu; read by Hal Smith
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Diet is key to understanding the past, present, and future of our species. Much of human evolutionary success can be attributed to our ability to consume and preserve a wide range of foods. Technological advances changed the types of foods we eat. With this consideration, How Technological Advances Change Human Food weaves together various themes, starting with human evolution, moving on to methods of food preservation, and continuing with the evolution of cooking methods. Issues relating to sustainability are also reported, including green food processing, vertical farming, and edible insect farming. Learn More
How the World Flows
by Albert Folch; read by Mike Cooper
F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available December
How the World Flows acts like a microscope that pulls the listener into the barely noticeable, Lilliputian world of fluids at small scales—the microfluidic world—and answers the question "What is microfluidics?" in non-technical language. Learn More
How to Bake Pi
Eugenia Cheng; read by Tavia Gilbert
A groundbreaking popular book that uses cooking to shed light on the heart of mathematics. Learn More
How to Be a Good Creature
by Sy Montgomery; read by Sy Montgomery
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National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals—her friends—who have profoundly affected her in this stunning, poetic, and life-affirming memoir. Learn More
How to Make a Killing
by Tom Mueller; read by Melissa Kay Benson
How did a lifesaving medical breakthrough become a for-profit enterprise that threatens many of the people it's meant to save? Learn More
How to Make a Killing
by Tom Mueller; read by Melissa Kay Benson
How did a lifesaving medical breakthrough become a for-profit enterprise that threatens many of the people it's meant to save? Learn More
How To Think About AI
by Richard Susskind; read by Richard Susskind
Revealing the unfolding story of Artificial Intelligence, Richard Susskind presents a short non-technical guide that challenges us to think differently about AI. Susskind brings AI out of computing laboratories, big tech companies, and start-ups—and into everyday life. Learn More
A Human Algorithm
by Flynn Coleman; read by Flynn Coleman
A groundbreaking narrative on the urgency of ethically designed AI and a guidebook to reimagining life in the era of intelligent technology. Learn More
Human Errors
by Nathan H. Lents; read by LJ Ganser
A rollicking, deeply informative tour of humans' four billion year long evolutionary saga, Human Errors both celebrates our imperfections and offers an unconventional accounting of the cost of our success. Learn More
Human-Centered AI
by Ben Shneiderman; read by Barry Abrams
F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available November
A human-centered approach to artificial intelligence will ensure human control over powerful and helpful future mobile devices and services. Learn More
Humans versus Nature
by Daniel R. Headrick; read by David Stifel
Humans versus Nature tells a history of the global environment from the Stone Age to the present, emphasizing the adversarial relationship between the human and natural worlds. Learn More
Hyperspace
by Michio Kaku; read by Tim Lounibos
The first book-length exploration of the most exciting development in modern physics, the theory of ten-dimensional space. The theory of hyperspace, which Michio Kaku pioneered, may be the leading candidate for the Theory of Everything that Einstein spent the remaining years of his life searching for. Learn More
I Feel You
by Cris Beam; read by Susan Ericksen
A cogent, gorgeous examination of empathy, illuminating the myths, the science, and the power behind this transformative emotion. Learn More
Imagined Life
by James Trefil & Michael Summers; read by Paul Boehmer
Scientists Trefil and Summers bring listeners on a marvelous experimental voyage through the possibilities of life—unlike anything we have experienced so far—that could exist on planets outside our own solar system. Learn More
The Impatient Dr. Lange
by Seema Yasmin; read by Seema Yasmin
The first book about Lange and his contributions to the fight against HIV, The Impatient Dr. Lange is a powerful tribute to one of the greatest scientists, activists, humanitarians, and social entrepreneurs in the world of HIV/AIDS. Learn More
Impossible Monsters
by Michael Taylor; read by Michael Langan
"Vivid with a Mesozoic bestiary" (Tom Holland), this on-the-ground, must-listen narrative weaves together the chance discovery of dinosaurs and the rise of the secular age. Learn More
In Praise of Walking
by Shane O'Mara; read by Liam Gerrard
In this captivating book, neuroscientist Shane O’Mara invites us to marvel at the benefits walking confers on our bodies and brains, and to appreciate the advantages of this uniquely human skill. Learn More
In the Name of Sharks
by François Sarano; read by Malcolm Hillgartner
Drawing on the latest scientific research on the biology and ethology of sharks and their exceptional characteristics, this book aims to break through the barrier of prejudice and to pay homage to their true nature. Learn More
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