Biotechnology

This is the most comprehensive and authoritative exploration of DNA's impact - practical, social, and ethical - on our society and our world....

A long life in a healthy, vigorous, youthful body has always been one of humanity's greatest dreams....

De animales a dioses, augura un mundo no tan lejano en el cual nos veremos enfrentados a una nueva serie de retos....

Germs Gone Wild reveals the expansion of America’s biodefense research labs and the culture of deception surrounding hundreds of facilities that have opened since 9/11....

The cheapest, simplest, most effective way of manipulating DNA ever known, CRISPR may well give us the cure to HIV, genetic diseases, and some cancers....

A gripping journey of discovery, The Catalyst moves from the early experiments that first hinted at RNA's spectacular powers, to Cech's own paradigm-shifting finding that it can catalyze cellular reactions, to the cutting-edge biotechnologies poised to reshape our health.

The first audiobook of its kind, The Kaggle Book assembles in one place the techniques and skills you'll need for success in competitions, data science projects, and beyond....

Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes....

Rich with fascinating insights into cutting-edge science and technology, On the Future is a provocative and inspiring look at the future of humanity and science from world-renowned scientist and best-selling author Martin Rees....

In the fall of 1980, Genentech, Inc., a little-known California genetic engineering company, became the overnight darling of Wall Street, raising over $38 million in its initial public stock offering....

A lo largo del último siglo, la humanidad ha logrado lo imposible frenando la hambruna, la peste y la guerra....

New York Times bestselling author and former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb provides a glimpse of a promising future that is quickly approaching: a world with cures for chronic illnesses and cancers....

An anthropologist visits the frontiers of the next scientific revolution to ask: Whose values are guiding gene editing experiments, and what are the implications for humanity? Listen to find out more....

The coming Augmented Age promises a level of disruption, behavioral shifts, and changes that are unparalleled....

The fascinating and frequently astounding story of how the massive enterprise to restructure the genetic core of the world's food supply came into being....

The first audiobook of its kind, Mind Wars covers the ethical dilemmas and bizarre history of cutting-edge technology and neuroscience developed for military applications....

Part history, part cutting-edge science, part philosophy, Life’s Ratchet takes us from ancient Greece to the laboratories of modern nanotechnology to tell the story of our quest for the machinery of life....

Beginning in the 1970s, several scientific breakthroughs promised to transform the creation of new medicines. As investors sought to capitalize on these Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, the biotech industry grew to thousands of small companies around the world....

A pioneering neuroscientist shows how the long-sought merger of brains with machines is about to become a paradigm-shifting reality.....

Supertrends: 50 Things You Need to Know About the Future is about how efficient futurists work and how we can expect the world to evolve in terms of demographics, general economics, technologies, business models, resources, environment, and lifestyles....

Embark on an enlightening journey through the realm of regenerative medicine with 'Heal Smarter: 6 Key Questions for Regenerative Medicine Success.'

Este é um audiolivro de agricultura para filósofos e um audiolivro de filosofia para agricultores. Como nenhum de nós pode se abster de pensar ou de comer, todos deveríamos ser filósofos e agricultores em alguma medida....

Hay una revolución en marcha, una tecnología prodigiosa que nos va a permitir curar enfermedades, derrotar virus y tener hijos más sanos. A su cabeza está la reciente premio Nobel Jennifer Doudna y sus colegas, protagonistas del nuevo libro de Walter Isaacson....

Can Biotechnology Abolish Suffering? is a collection of essays by utilitarian philosopher David Pearce. The essays deal with a variety of subjects, including the abolition of suffering through biotechnology and negative utilitarianism among many other topics....

What does a mammoth smell like? Do dinosaurs bob their heads as they walk, like today’s birds? Do aurochs low like cows? You may soon find out....