New eBook: Is Extreme Weather the New Normal?

The Climate Crisis Heats Up

From increasingly severe storms to collapsing coral reefs to the displacement of Syrian citizens, in this eBook we examine the effects of Earth’s changing climate on weather systems, ecosystems and human habitability and what this means for our future.

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Return to Reason: The Science of Thought Why do facts fail to change people’s minds? In this eBook, we examine how we form our beliefs and maintain them with a host of cognitive biases, the difference between intelligence and thinking rationally and some solutions for how to overcome these obstacles both in reasoning with others and in dealing with our own prejudices.

Ask the Experts: Chemistry In this installment of the Ask the Experts series, Chemistry, our professors, scientists and researchers tackle reader questions about the substances that compose all matter, their properties and how they interact and change.

Wonders of the Cosmos “Cosmos” comes from a Greek word for an orderly and systematic universe. In this eBook, we present the newest, most riveting discoveries about our cosmic home, from what we know of the origins of the universe and the cartography of space to the most bizarre phenomena and the search for life.

The Science of Diet & Exercise Evidence is starting to reveal that what you eat is as important as how much you eat and that caloric burn stays virtually constant, regardless of activity. The eight articles in this collection present the most recent research examining the details of the metabolic process.

Physics: New Frontiers Movies like The Matrix present some pretty wild ideas about how the universe could work, but these imaginings seem downright tame compared with the mind-bending science now coming out of physics and astronomy. In this eBook, we look at the strange and fascinating discoveries shaping (and reshaping) the field today.

Fragile Brain: Neurodegenerative Diseases Brain disease such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are increasing in incidence as the population ages. In this eBook, we examine these and other conditions involving the damage and loss of neurons, including other forms of dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and multiple sclerosis (MS).

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