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The Blind Watchmaker, knowledgably narrated by author Richard Dawkins, is as prescient and timely a book as ever. The watchmaker belongs to the 18th-century theologian William Paley, who argued that just as a watch is too complicated and functional to have sprung into existence by accident, so too must all living things, with their far greater complexity, be purposefully designed. Charles Darwin's brilliant discovery challenged the creationist arguments; but only Richard Dawkins could have written this elegant riposte.

In AI Superpowers, Kai-fu Lee argues powerfully that because of these unprecedented developments in AI, dramatic changes will be happening much sooner than many of us expected. Indeed, as the US-Sino AI competition begins to heat up, Lee urges the US and China to both accept and to embrace the great responsibilities that come with significant technological power.

Sir Paul Nurse is one of Britain's greatest living scientists. Here he invites listeners on a journey of discovery of biology's five great building blocks including The Cell, The Gene, Evolution by Natural Selection, Life as Chemistry, Life as Information and then an inspiring piece on how we can change the world with this knowledge. Accessible and easy to listen to, Paul's engaging, personal tone will make listeners light up with excitement as they learn how all living beings are connected.

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【サイエントークとは？】 おしゃべりな研究者レンと普通のOLエマが科学をエンタメっぽく語るポッドキャストです。 学校では教わらない科学の歴史や日常に潜む「なぜ？」という疑問、個性豊かな研究者のストーリーを深堀り！ 世界にあふれる科学の魅力を声で伝えるべく、たまに日常と併せておしゃべりしています。 ▶詳細プロフィールやおたよりは公式サイトへ！ → https://scien-talk.com/ 【パーソナリティ】 研究者レン：おしゃべりな...

In his international bestseller, Kohei Saito argues that while unfettered capitalism is often blamed for inequality and climate change, subsequent calls for “sustainable growth” and a “Green New Deal” are a dangerous compromise. Instead, Saito advocates for degrowth and deceleration, which he conceives as the slowing of economic activity through the democratic reform of labor and production. In practical terms, he argues for the following:

In Brain Rules for Baby, Dr. John Medina shares what the latest science says about how to raise smart and happy children from zero to five. This book is destined to revolutionize parenting. Just one of the surprises: The best way to get your children into the college of their choice? Teach them impulse control. Brain Rules for Baby bridges the gap between what scientists know and what parents practice.

Terrible lizards. That’s what the word dinosaurs means. Yet dinosaurs are not true lizards, and they are not necessarily terrible, either. Paleontologists have overturned many misconceptions, and in Dinosaurs!, we look at what the latest research tells us and what we still have to learn about these endlessly fascinating creatures.

Economic growth isn't working, and it cannot be made to work. Offering a counter-history of how economic growth emerged in the context of colonialism, fossil-fueled industrialization, and capitalist modernity, The Future Is Degrowth argues that the ideology of growth conceals the rising inequalities and ecological destructions associated with capitalism, and points to desirable alternatives to it.

A riveting, fast-paced inside look at one of the most incredible private-sector achievements in history, Moonshot recounts the intensive nine months in 2020 when the scientists at Pfizer, under the visionary leadership of Dr Albert Bourla, made 'the impossible possible' - creating, testing and manufacturing a safe and effective COIVD-19 vaccine that previously would have taken years to develop.

Emotions are inseparable from how we humans think, choose, and act. In Emotional Design, cognitive scientist Don Norman shows how the principles of human psychology apply to the invention and design of new technologies and products. In The Design of Everyday Things, Norman made the definitive case for human-centered design, showing that good design demanded that the user's must take precedence over a designer's aesthetic if anything, from light switches to airplanes, was going to work as the user needed.

The Gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history, from best-selling, prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee. Spanning the globe and several centuries, The Gene is the story of the quest to decipher the master code that makes and defines humans, that governs our form and function. The story of the gene begins in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856, where a monk stumbles on the idea of a 'unit of heredity'.

東日本大震災以降、日本国内では地震をはじめ多くの災害が起こっています。 ここ徳島県でも南海トラフ巨大地震が向こう30年以内に発生する可能性が非常に高くなっており、自分の身は自分で守るといった自助の考えの元、県民一人ひとりが防災意識を高める必要性が謳われてきました。 防災士アナ・土橋琢史によるこのコーナーでは、毎週、徳島大学の先生方に週替わりでご出演いただき、あらゆる視点から防災について語...

Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity...doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. So argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). Odell sees our attention as the most precious - and overdrawn - resource we have.

この番組は、早稲田大学の研究者たちが日々の研究活動を通じて得た深い世界や、社会を理解する視点を広く伝えることを目的としています。 人文科学系、社会科学系の領域を中心に、「知の扉」の手前から扉の向こうへの一歩前進を後押しする、「入門一歩前」を探求します。 学びへの意欲を持続させる社会人、大学院進学を検討する学生、第一線で活躍する研究者など知への好奇心に溢れた方々に向けて、異分野のアプローチから得られる...

ヒトらしさを追求する麻酔科医が比較解剖学と神経超音波解剖学で痛みの診断からリハビリ方法まで痛みからの解放をめざす番組です。

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Epigenetics is the science of living DNA, charting the chemical pathways that spur DNA into action by turning genes on and off. While the Human Genome Project of the early 2000s was hailed as the key to understanding human heredity and disease, that historic effort was just the beginning. It has taken epigenetics to fill in the picture, explaining how the fixed code of our genome is implemented in countless living processes.

Written in simple and accessible language, this nontechnical introduction to cosmology, or the creation and development of the universe, explains the discipline, covers its history, details the latest developments, and explains what is known, what is believed, and what is purely speculative. In addition, the author discusses the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings, and dark matter.

昆虫界を震撼させた伝説の名著、復刊。身近な自然を舞台に、奇怪な人間が奇怪な虫の謎を解く。異常なまでに虫を愛する姿から「裏山の奇人」と綽名される著者。長野の裏山で13年間、誰も気に留めないような小虫を観察・研究し、数々の新発見を成し遂げた。