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In 1818, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein introduced readers to the concept of raising the dead through scientific procedures. Few, however, realised that Shelley's story has a strong basis in fact, and the subject of arguably the greatest Gothic novel ever written was the serious pursuit of some of the most brilliant minds of the time. In this book, Andy Dougan embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of the concept of re-animation and related issues, focusing...
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George is dying of pancreatic cancer, and turns to a cutting-edge cure that seems to bend the laws of nature. Using hyperbolic metamaterials, the strange surfaces that can cloak objects or hide events, George seeks to remove his disease, but removes much more.
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Dans un monde en constante évolution, la nécessité de rester informé et éduqué sur une variété de sujets n'a jamais été aussi cruciale. La culture générale ne se résume pas à un simple étalage de connaissances lors d'un dîner mondain ; elle constitue plutt le socle d'une compréhension profonde et nuancée du monde qui nous entoure. Elle nous permet de prendre des décisions éclairées, de développer notre pensée critique et, surtout,...
4) Subliminally Exposed: Shocking Truths About Your Hidden Desires in Mating, Dating and Communicating
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Beauty is raw, powerful, and often dangerous, but when refined, harnessed, and mastered, it can be incredibly influential. Just as there is a good reason why all humans find sugar to be sweet and a growling beast intimidating, there is an evolutionary logic to why our appearances allow us to communicate and manipulate each other at a subconscious level. Who you choose to mate, befriend, or work with often pivots on a few critical yet subliminal decisions...
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Dr. Monica Gray stumbles onto a virus that accelerates cancer growth. Cancer patients who contract the virus face certain death within weeks. Monica Gray and her medical partner, Adam Two, the surgical AI, race to create a treatment to save their patients.
Monica and Adam have created a new procedure for excising the cancerous tissue and directly treating the surrounding cells with a vaccine that can stop the spread of both the virus and the cancer....
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Plongez dans les mystères fascinants de l'intelligence humaine avec 'L'Énigme de l'Intelligence Humaine'. Ce livre captivant explore les multiples dimensions de l'intelligence, de son évolution à travers les siècles aux dernières frontières de la recherche en neurosciences. Découvrez les différentes approches pour mesurer l'intelligence, en remettant en question les normes établies et en plaidant en faveur d'une compréhension plus nuancée.Explorez...
7) Crossroads
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2050. The world has changed.
But for better or worse?
Using up-to-the-minute scientific research and expert predictions, Dr. Hicham Naim, author, healthcare strategist, and cofounder of Health Tech Without Borders, takes us to two potential futures: one, a utopia of societal progress underpinned by universal access to holistic care and tailored preventative medicine-the other a hell of our own making.
This groundbreaking new book explores...
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Description:"Biotechnology: Crafting a Sustainable Future" is a comprehensive and illuminating exploration of the dynamic intersection between biotechnology and sustainability. Authored by experts at the forefront of the field, this book serves as a beacon guiding readers through the transformative potential of biotechnological innovations in crafting a future that is not only sustainable but also environmentally conscious, socially equitable, and...
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A London researcher was the first to assert that the combination measles-mumps-rubella vaccine known as MMR caused autism in children. Following this "discovery," a handful of parents declared that a mercury-containing preservative in several vaccines was responsible for the disease. If mercury caused autism, they reasoned, eliminating it from a child's system should treat the disorder. Consequently, a number of untested alternative therapies arose,
...10) Sénior
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El primer ensayo para entender los desafíos de la nueva longevidad
Las personas mayores de 65 años serán el 21% de la humanidad en el 2050. Este ensayo ofrece una nueva perspectiva del conflicto intergeneracional que se nos avecina ante el aumento de la esperanza de vida, el declive demográfico y el decreciente rol de los jóvenes. A través de la investigación directa, del análisis de los avances científicos más punteros en medicina y del...
11) Off the Grid
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The story takes place in a South American country, which is another geopolitical arena in the struggle for total hegemonic control of the world between the United States and China/Russia. Taking a break from work, the main characters decide to set out on a perilous trek through uncharted territory in the local mountains. There, they find themselves shut off from the Western Civilization, in an unkown valley where they finally find what they were looking...
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« Médecin de famille » L'expression en dit beaucoup plus qu'on ne l'imagine. Cette figure est chargée de symboles, de souvenirs d'enfance, d'émotions intenses et d'expériences de vie marquantes. Elle véhicule son poids d'histoire et de réalité contemporaine. Et, parce que l'expression est riche, il est difficile d'en faire le tour en quelques mots ou quelques pages.
Marc Zaffran raconte ici comment la médecine générale est devenue,...
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An inside look at how patients living with terminal illness created one of the country's first medical marijuana collectives
Marijuana as medicine has been a politically charged topic in this country for more than three decades. Despite overwhelming public support and growing scientific evidence of its therapeutic effects (relief of the nausea caused by chemotherapy for cancer and AIDS, control over seizures or spasticity caused by epilepsy or MS,...
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Embark on a journey to discover about the heart, how it malfunctions and how we can help it function normally. Your aim should be to become smart enough to answer some vital questions: To become Heart-Smart.
Within you will learn enough to answer questions about:
· Heart attacks,
· Dying suddenly,
· Blackouts,
· Palpitations,
· Angina, and
· Heart failure.
Heart disease may be a formidable adversary, but doesn't have to remain a silent...
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Nature is no longer the leading cause of death; society is. This makes health care one of the most important political issues today. This book looks at the reasons behind the declining condition of our bodies, as governments across the world choose to neglect the health of the majority of their citizens.
Using hard data taken from service users, Lee Humber constructs a sharp analysis that gets to the heart of inequality in health care today,...
16) Crisis Without End: The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Catastrophe
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Expert essays provide the first comprehensive analysis of the long-term health and environmental consequences of the Fukushima nuclear accident.
On the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts were brought together at the prestigious New York Academy of Medicine by Helen Caldicott, the world's leading spokesperson for the antinuclear...
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The birth of Dolly -- the world's first clone -- placed in our hands the secret of creation. Few discoveries have so altered our notion of what it means to be human, or presented such a Gordian knot of ethical, spiritual, and scientific questions. Noted science journalist Gina Kolata broke the news nationally in The New York Times and was the first reporter to speak with Dr. Ian Wilmut, the embryologist who cloned Dolly. Now Kolata reveals the story...
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As per the marriage agreement between Earth and Neron, Voranian aliens can marry human women, but our species can't reproduce. Historically, Voranian women have served as surrogates to carry children of the single dads in Voran.The renowned Voranian Professor Thormus is working on a method that would allow the human women married to Voranian men to carry their husbands' children. Of all the women on Earth, the professor selects me as the subject for...
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This book describes an adaptable biothreat assessment process to complement overall bio risk management programs, incorporating threat management and the unique natures of biological assets. Further, this book examines the nexus between public health, international security, and developing technologies, building a case for augmenting biosecurity to levels beyond the laboratory constraints. With the face of biological and biomedical sciences changing,...
20) Different Minds
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Magic realism, science fiction, and romance converge in a Lebanese author's novel about a woman's journey of the heart, mind, and soul. Cassandra Kelly is still grappling with her mother's death. Attending university has only made it more difficult for the shy and withdrawn Cassandra to cope. She's ridiculed by one male student, and all but invisible to the man she desires from afar. Then, Cassandra's life takes a startling turn-when she plans to...
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