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In Then I Am Myself the World, Christof Koch explores the only thing we directly experience: consciousness. At the book's heart is integrated-information theory, the idea that the essence of consciousness is the ability to exert causal power over itself, to be an agent of change. Koch investigates the physical origins of consciousness in the brain and how this knowledge can be used to measure consciousness in natural and artificial systems.

This book explores the underlying nature of the Seven Deadly Sins, their neuroscientific and psychological basis, their origin in our genes, and how certain medical disorders may give rise to them. We meet individuals whose physical and psychological conditions have given rise to these sins, where brain injury or psychological experiences have given rise to “immoral” actions, how illness has simply exposed what lies within us. We see how the origins of the definition of these traits as sins lie in evolutionary imperatives to preserve the tribe, to ensure the wellbeing of our societies.

Across the world, invasive species pose a danger to ecosystems. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity ranks them as a major threat to biodiversity on par with habitat loss, climate change, and pollution. Tackling this isn't easy, and no one knows this better than Hugh Warwick, a conservationist who loathes the idea of killing, harming, or even eating animals. Yet as an ecologist, he is acutely aware of the need, at times, to kill invasive species whose presence harms the wider environment.

A podcast about everything nature and wildlife

Investigadores de día, monologuistas de noche, los miembros del grupo Big Van saben reírse de sí mismos. Físicos, ingenieros, bióquímicos, matemáticos..., lo que les une es la ciencia, pero también el buen humor. Recorren con su furgoneta los escenarios más variopintos de España y algunos otros países tratando de explicar algunos de los hermosos "secretos" científicos. Y como la acogida del público ha sido tan abrumadora, han decidido contarlos también en este libro.

"Nodago Gaynako" (L'appel des éleveurs) est un podcast innovant dédié à la santé animale et à la gestion pastorale, spécialement conçu pour les communautés pastorales du Sahel. Initié par une équipe pluridisciplinaire comprenant des membres de l'APESS, de la PIL-Dagana, de l'ISRA-LNERV, de l'ILRI, et du CIRAD, ce projet veut répondre aux besoins d'informations pratiques et accessibles pour les éleveurs mobiles au Sénégal, au Sahel et en Afrique de l'Ouest S'appuyant sur des constats, tels que l'usage croissant mais encore limité des technologies numériques en milieu pastoral ...

Presently in the 21st century, the evolution of spoken and written language has been reduced to the dialogue of the deaf. The response to comprehend… to resolve… to trust has zero significance. Allure’s Letters is a destination where the collective consciousness has the ability to come into attunement. Through the utilization of sound waves from my voice and others, there will be a birth of creation, an exploration of intimacy, an acknowledgment of beauty, growth in wealth, and grounding you.. me in the now.

Hoof Beats transforms our understanding of both horses and humanity's ancient past and asks us to consider what our relationship with horses means for the future of humanity and the world around us.

The Monarch Butterfly Migration focuses a wider lens on the effects of climate change and the tensions between advocacy and scientific accuracy. This book reminds us to notice the natural wonders in our own backyards.

"Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable." So begins Thomas Nagel's classic 1974 essay "What is it Like to be a Bat?" Nagel's essay initiated the now widespread attention to consciousness as a central problem for philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience; it also influenced the recognition of the consciousness of nonhuman creatures as an important subject of study.

Listen to climate change in Alaska through place-based narrative. Ice and Fire is a podcast that uses audio storytelling to share glacier change as the global climate warms. Season one emphasizes the significance glacier melt, and connects listeners to distant glaciers rapidly responding to anthropogenic climate change through dialogue with researchers, traditional knowledge-bearers, and by sharing audio of ice-melt in real time.