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Sound masking for sleep, concentration, and noise blocking. Full-length 10-hour episodes of shaped white noise, pink noise, brown noise, and broadband masking sounds specifically designed to cover unwanted environmental noise. If you live with noisy neighbors, a snoring partner, street traffic, construction, barking dogs, or any disruptive sound that keeps you awake, sound masking provides a consistent audio blanket that reduces the perceived loudness of those interruptions. Your brain stops reacting to the masked sounds, allowing you to fall asleep and stay asleep. Different masking sounds ...

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Real science, explained with jokes. Because once you understand how the universe actually works, it's genuinely hilarious. Every episode, your host dives into one scientific topic (the brain, evolution, physics, chemistry, space, sleep, food, etc.) and explains it properly, with wit, weird analogies, and the kind of surprising facts that make you immediately want to tell someone else. Accurate. Entertaining. Occasionally absurd.

requency 18.98 is where the signal cuts through the static. We explore the unexplained through real investigations, chilling encounters, and firsthand accounts from the edge of the unknown. From haunted locations and paranormal evidence to the people who experience it, we don’t chase ghosts—we listen. Every episode tunes into something deeper… something still broadcasting. We don’t chase ghosts… we listen. Stay tuned… we’re still listening.

Climate Stewardship shares stories from everyday people and shows how their actions enhance the resilience of communities and ecosystems across ten distinct bioregions. Climate science that justifies these actions is woven throughout, making it easy to learn about Earth's complex systems. The...

feMINisT^n – Der Podcast für Job & Karriere von Frauen in MINT. Du bist brilliant. Du lieferst. Aber irgendwie läuft es trotzdem nicht – und alle sagen: "Du musst nur..." Nein. In diesem Podcast spreche ich mit Frauen in MINT über das, was niemand laut sagt: Wie Systeme funktionieren, die ursprünglich nie für uns gebaut wurden. Keine Girlboss-Rhetorik. Keine leeren Erfolgsversprechen. Stattdessen: Ehrliche Gespräche über Machtdynamiken, berufliche Optionen und die Frage: Was willst DU eigentlich? Firmenwechsel mit Strategie. Gründung mit Realitätscheck. Bleiben, aber anders. Oder ...

Step aboard R/V Skagerak and explore the ocean with researchers fresh from expeditions at sea. From Greenland to the Baltic Sea, Expedition Skagerak reveals the forces that shape the ocean and the technologies driving new discoveries – Science in Motion. Created by the Skagerak Facility at the University of Gothenburg with Medieteknik, and funded by Gustav Adolf Bratts Föreläsningsfond.

Embark on an eye-opening journey into the multifaceted world of one of the most vilified plant in the history of humanity. From its pre-historical roots to its groundbreaking future, this book explores the complexities and possibilities of the cannabis plant. Ever wondered about the significance...

A "normal" Caribbean hurricane travels from east to west, but Lenny was anything but normal. Spawned south of Cuba in 1999, this late-season storm defied all predictions by moving steadily east toward the Leeward Islands. Eventually building almost to Category 5 strength, Lenny squatted for two days between the Virgin Islands and St. Martin, whipping the ocean with 155 mile-per-hour winds and sixty-foot seas.

Bloomsbury presents Forget Me Not written and read by Sophie Pavelle. WINNER OF THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION AND LONGLISTED FOR THE JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATION. 'Enchanting… a joy to read.' JOANNA LUMLEY 'Vibrant and vital.' CHRIS PACKHAM 'Forget Me...

Where has our planet come from, and what lies beneath its surface? How have we come to understand its past and present environments, and what does its future look like? Thanks to scientists who study its rocks, fossils, and landscapes, we know that Earth history spans over four and a half billion years. But there is still much more to discover.

While hiking on a solo vacation in a remote, uninhabitable region of Arizona, Zachary Anderegg happened upon Riley, an emaciated puppy clinging to life, at the bottom of a 350-foot canyon. In a daring act of humanity that trumped the deliberate savagery behind Riley’s presence in such a place, Zak single-handedly orchestrated a rescue. What didn’t come out in the initial burst of publicity this story received is that Zak and Riley’s destinies were intertwined long before they improbably found each other.

Bloomsbury presents Cornerstones by Benedict Macdonald, read by Joshua Picton. FINALIST IN THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2022/2023 – WRITTEN BY THE WAINWRIGHT-CONSERVATION-PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF REBIRDING. Transform your understanding of the natural world forever and discover the...

Bloomsbury presents The Gentle Art of Tramping by Stephen Graham, read by Mike Grady. 'An absolute gem of a book' Alastair Humphreys First published in 1926, The Gentle Art of Tramping is as relevant now as then. Tramping is an approach: to nature, to humankind, to nations, to beauty, to life...

A tale of some of the most amazing creatures ever to grace this tiny planet - unearth how the science fiction of the Jurassic World franchise inspired the evolution of dinosaur science.

The uplifting Sunday Times No.1 bestselling memoir from Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, the Supervet. It has been 35 years since Noel Fitzpatrick graduated as a veterinary surgeon, and that 22-year-old from Ballyfin, Ireland, is now one of the leading veterinary surgeons in the world. The journey to...

At 28,251 feet, K2 might be almost 800 feet shorter than Everest, but it’s a far harder climb. It will kill you on the way up and the way down. Mick Conefrey guides us through the early story of the legendary mountain and the extraordinary attempts that led up to its first ascent in 1954 - these are tales of riveting drama and unimaginable tragedy.

Sloths are the slowest mammals on earth. They can hardly see. They live in rainforests among jaguars, pumas, and countless other predators. Yet they survive. And they do it by being so incredibly slow, and living a life covered in algae. In this episode, we hang with a sloth in the jungle of Costa Rica as he spends a month digesting one single leaf, and we see the symbiosis and collaboration that surrounds him.

A riveting exploration of how microbes are transforming the way we see nature and ourselves - and could revolutionize agriculture and medicine. Prepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. Good health - for people and for plants - depends on Earth's smallest creatures. The Hidden Half of Nature tells the story of our tangled relationship with microbes and their potential to revolutionize agriculture and medicine, from garden to gut.

‘It didn’t matter that they were now three miles beyond their target site, that communications were dropping out and that they were running low on fuel. All that mattered to Neil as he searched for a safe spot to land was that boulders littered the surface below. “Thirty seconds,” called mission control. In truth, the flight controllers were now no more than spectators, just like everybody else. No more needed to be said. It was down to Armstrong