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Nature and Science April 2024
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The hunger habit : why we eat when we're not hungry and how to stop
by Judson Brewer
An internationally renowned addiction psychiatrist offers a proven step-by-step program, grounded in cutting-edge neuroscience, that will help us understand what's going on in our brains so we can heal the guilt and frustration we experience around eating—and heal our relationship with food and our bodies.
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| Otter Country: An Unexpected Adventure in the Natural World by Miriam DarlingtonNature writer Miriam Darlington (The Wise Hours) spends a year traveling across the UK to learn about otters in this lyrical account. For fans of: Jean Spracklands' Strands; Kathleen Jamie's Sightlines; or Helen Macdonald's H is for Hawk. |
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Single at heart : the power, freedom, and heart-filled joy of single life
by Bella DePaulo
In richly engaging, evidence-based text, a Harvard-educated professor and researcher—and the leading expert on single life—addresses misconceptions about single life head on, spotlighting, celebrating and supporting those who plan to stay single and sharing research, case studies, anecdotes and more to help family members and friends understand.
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The mindful body : creating chronic health in an age of possibility
by Ellen J. Langer
"A groundbreaking account of the power of our thoughts to improve our health-by the "mother of mindfulness" and first female tenured professor of psychology at Harvard When it comes to our health, too many of us think that a medical diagnosis describes astatic or worsening condition. We then live our lives as though our ailments-our stiff knees or frayed nerves or failing eyesight-can only change in one direction: for the worse. Ellen J. Langer's life's work proves the fault in that logic. She has spent more than forty years testing the limiting effects of our negative assumptions as well as the healing power of being mindful-present in the moment and not distracted by memories or projections into the future. In The Mindful Body she unpacks her findings and boldly demonstrates how our thoughts and perspectives have the potential to shape our well-being for the better. Taking us into Langer's trailblazing Harvard lab, The Mindful Body recounts many of her colorful experiments to illustrate the influence of expectation and belief on how our bodies function, how we heal, and even how we age. The Mindful Body returns the control over our bodies back to us and reveals that a true understanding of health begins with our mindset"
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The future of us : the science of what we'll eat, where we'll live, and who we'll be
by Jay Ingram
"Where will we live? How will we get around? What will we look like? These are just some of the questions bestselling author and popular science broadcaster Jay Ingram answers in this exciting examination of the science and technologies that will affect every aspect of human life. In these pages, Ingram explores the future of our technological civilization. He reports on cutting-edge research in organ and limb regeneration, advances in prosthetics, the merging of the human and the synthetic, and gene editing. Vertical farming and lab-grown food might help feed millions and alleviate pressure on the planet. Cities could accommodate green space and the long-awaited flying car. Finally, he speculates on the future of artificial general intelligence, even artificial superintelligence, as well as our place on Earth and in the universe"
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