"What makes a life fulfilling and meaningful? The simple but surprising answer is: relationships. The stronger our relationships, the more likely we are to live happy, satisfying, and overall healthier lives. In fact, the Harvard Study of Adult Development reveals that the strength of our connections with others can predict the health of both our bodies and our brains as we go through life. The invaluable insights in this book emerge from the revealing...

"The world’s largest land mammal could help us end cancer. The fastest bird is showing us how to solve a century-old engineering mystery. The oldest tree is giving us insights into climate change. The loudest whale is offering clues about the impact of solar storms. For a long time, scientists ignored superlative life forms as outliers. Increasingly, though, researchers are coming to see great value in studying plants and animals that exist on the...

The powerful bond between humans and dogs is one that’s uniquely cherished. Loyal, obedient, and affectionate, they are truly man’s best friend. But do dogs love us the way we love them? Emory University neuroscientist Gregory Berns had spent decades using MRI imaging technology to study how the human brain works, but a different question still nagged at him: What is my dog thinking? After his family adopted Callie, a shy, skinny terrier mix,...

"Few were ready when a mysterious respiratory illness emerged in Wuhan, China in January 2020. Politicians, government officials, business leaders, and public-health professionals were unprepared for the most devastating pandemic in a century. Many of the world’s biggest drug and vaccine makers were slow to react or couldn’t muster an effective response. It was up to a small group of unlikely and untested scientists and executives to save civilization....

"In Longshot, investigative journalist David Heath takes readers inside the small group of scientists whose groundbreaking work was once largely dismissed but whose feat will now eclipse the importance of Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine in medical history. With never-before-reported details, Heath reveals how these scientists overcame countless obstacles to give the world an unprecedented head start when we needed a COVID-19 vaccine. The story really...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Around us, we see a level of individual wealth that has never been seen before. Conspicuous consumption of redundant consumer goods has greatly expanded over the past generation. #2 The symptoms of collective impoverishment are all around us. From the late 19th century until the 1970s, the advanced societies of the West were becoming less unequal. But since then,...

King's explanation of Gerhart Hauptmann: Die Ratten, text analysis and interpretation with detailed table of contents and Abitur tasks. In one volume, the new König Explanations offer you everything you need to prepare for a presentation, exam, high school diploma or high school diploma. This saves you tedious research and takes less time to prepare. All important information about the interpretation. - from the detailed table of contents to the...

Este volumen reúne 23 ensayos (uno introductorio general y 22 temáticos) escritos por 30 autores que abordan desde distintas perspectivas y en diversos registros textuales (desde el ensayo libre hasta un formato próximo al artículo académico) problemas centrales de la educación peruana contemporánea con un propósito común: sugerir vías para introducir modificaciones sustantivas que permitan, por un lado, sostener las mejoras observadas en...

You weren't invited by the King when the world was created on Day One, at the dawn of history. Nor this idea was present, too. So why did you fall prey to it? ========================= I began to observe carefully. To look more closely at this concept of retirement. To read every story and write down notes. During this journey, one idea kept surfacing repeatedly, and this idea became flesh and blood with this ebook. You may call me a dreamer, but...

In a groundbreaking study, the authors draw from well-known international studies and personal experiences and testimonials by Filipino subjects on why our children have totally different and distinct behaviors and values in response to modern technology.