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Do aliens exist? The enduring mystery of whether we're alone in the universe is a question that continues to drive scientific study into groundbreaking directions. This collection examines the latest thinking in the search for life, from discussing why we haven't found evidence of aliens so far to determining where and how to conduct the search to opening up the possibilities for what otherworldly life could truly look like.

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Secrets of the Mind How the flesh and blood of the brain is able to formulate a self-aware mind remains a mystery. One new area of neuroscience is shedding light on how brain regions interact to give rise to who we are, and in this eBook we explore the latest studies in consciousness, cognition and perception. This includes the neural mechanisms of decision-making, memory formation, navigating social relationships, recognizing faces and much more.

Existence and Other Questions: Selected Works of John Horgan Does free will exist? Is the Schrödinger Equation True? How does matter make a mind? In his Scientific American column, John Horgan takes a scientific approach to exploring mysteries such as these, and in this eBook, we collect some of his most thought-provoking work on consciousness, quantum mechanics, the science of psychedelic drugs and more.

Truth vs Lies How do we navigate the post-truth era, when there is no longer an expectation that politicians or pundits will be honest? In this eBook, we break down the science of deception so that we can protect ourselves against it. We look at human perception and how those perceptions are influenced using technology as well as provide interventions for combating bias and antiscience thinking.

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