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Nature and Science February 2024
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The 5 resets : rewire your brain and body for less stress and more resilience
by Aditi Nerurkar
"Dr. Nerurkar illuminates why our everyday attempts at being "resilient"--like multitasking, sleeping less, and undergoing huge lifestyle overhauls--aren't beneficial to our stressed brains. Instead, she prescribes practical, real-world solutions for ourmodern-day perils that are time efficient, cost-free, and can be applied to anyone's life. The five mindset shifts, along with fifteen proven techniques, offer you a road map to change your relationship with stress, bring your biology back into balance, and feel calmer right now"
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The deadly rise of anti-science : a scientist's warning
by Peter J. Hotez
In this eyewitness account of how the anti-vaccine movement grew into a dangerous and prominent anti-science element in American politics, the renowned scientist, donning his famous bowtie, opens our eyes to the dangers of anti-science and offers solutions for combatting science denial and saving lives in the process.
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The fast : the history, science, philosophy, and promise of doing without
by John G. H. Oakes
Based on extensive historical, scientific, and cultural research and reporting, The Fast illuminates the numerous facets of this act of self-deprivation. John Oakes interviews doctors, spiritual leaders, activists, and others who guide him through this practice--and embarks on fasts of his own--to deliver a book that supplies readers curious about fasting with profound new understanding, appreciation, and inspiration.
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Of time and turtles : mending the world, shell by shattered shell
by Sy Montgomery
"When acclaimed naturalist Sy Montgomery and wildlife artist Matt Patterson arrive at Turtle Rescue League, they are greeted by hundreds of turtles recovering from injury and illness. Endangered by cars and highways, pollution and poachers, these turtles--with wounds so severe that even veterinarians would have dismissed them as fatal--are given a second chance at life. The League's founders, Natasha and Alexxia, live by one motto: Never give up on a turtle. But why turtles? What is it about them that inspires such devotion?"
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Road rocks Ontario : over 250 geological wonders to discover
by Nick Eyles
Ontario's rich geologic history is illustrated here by short descriptions of more than 200 field sites ranging from Timmins in the north to Windsor in the south. These include the Sleeping Giant near Thunder Bay; Agawa Canyon; the Sudbury meteorite crater; Niagara Escarpment; the Falls and Gorge; numerous caves, the mineral-rich Bancroft area; and the high lakeshore cliffs at Scarborough Bluffs. Some sites are sacred to First Nations and are associated with spectacular rock art.
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