Modern Wisdom

Modern Wisdom

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Life is hard. This podcast will help. Lessons from the greatest thinkers on the planet with Chris Wi...

Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation

Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation

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Nanosystems is a foundational book by K. Eric Drexler, published in 1992, that explores the theoreti...

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

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Matthew Walker's comprehensive book explores the vital importance of sleep for physical and mental h...

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Written by Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, this book explores the two systems that drive the way we ...

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

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In this book, Nassim Nicholas Taleb introduces the concept of a 'Black Swan' event – an unpredictabl...

Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home

Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home

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In 'Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home,' Rupert Sheldrake presents evidence for what h...

The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

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In 'The Case Against Reality,' cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues that our perceptions of rea...

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

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Neuroscientist David Eagleman explores the hidden workings of the unconscious mind in 'Incognito,' r...

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The Science of Revenge is a book written by James Kimmel Jr. that delves into the neurological and p...

Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

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In this concise and engaging book, Lisa Feldman Barrett distills decades of neuroscience research in...

How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

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Written by neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, this book challenges conventional wisdom about emoti...

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A non-fiction book by James Nestor that delves into the hidden science behind ancient breathing prac...

Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language

Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language

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A book by Robin Dunbar that explores the social brain hypothesis, proposing that human language evol...

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"Bill Nye the Science Guy" is an American educational science television program created by and star...

Morbid Curiosity: The Psychology of Your Darkest Desires

Morbid Curiosity: The Psychology of Your Darkest Desires

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Written by the guest speaker, Colton Scriber, this book explores the psychological underpinnings of ...

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A podcast that gained significant attention for presenting cases of autistic, non-verbal children re...

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A book by James Lovelock, which introduces the Gaia hypothesis, proposing that living organisms inte...

Marginal Realities: The Paranormal from the Viewpoint of Science

Marginal Realities: The Paranormal from the Viewpoint of Science

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A book by Robert G. Jahn, the former Dean of Engineering at Princeton University and founder of the ...

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A 1944 book by Erwin Schrödinger, the Nobel laureate physicist, that explores the physical aspects o...

The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date

The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date

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A book by Samuel Arbesman that explores how facts and knowledge change over time, much like radioact...

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A book by Werner Heisenberg, a pioneering physicist and one of the key creators of quantum mechanics...

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