Evolution

With senses that often seem alien to us, bees navigate complex decisions about where to find food, when to fight or flee, and how to work together. The Language of Bees invites listeners into the hidden world of bee communication, a realm where creatures less than an inch long use scent, vibration, movement, and sound to cooperate, share information, and survive.

There are few stories more remarkable than the evolution of life on earth. Where did humans come from? Where did life come from? New fields of study, such as molecular biology and astrobiology, are shedding remarkable new light on the origin of life and the origin of sex. In this Very Short...

Understand the modern mismatch that's making you unwell! This book is about the gap between the body you inherited and the life you're actually living. Your body was shaped by ten thousand generations of hunter-gatherers, tuned to sunlight, movement, real food, and a tribe that had your back...

Why did intelligence explode in only ONE species? The answer has eluded science—until now. The Curiosity Gene completes the picture first painted by Darwin himself, tracing curiosity to its violent birth amid primate warfare and revealing it as the missing link behind a 2.3-million-year march from ape to human. That ancient drive is still with us, and understanding its origin gives us a gift.

Solve Earth's ultimate scientific cold case and explore the dramatic mass extinction that erased a prehistoric dynasty. Perfect for deep-dive listening on your commute, this mind-expanding investigation transports you to the late Cretaceous right before catastrophe struck. Step into the shoes of...