What’s It Like to be Chased by a Cassowary? Fascinating Answers to Perplexing Questions
The Most Informative and Entertaining Explainers from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald
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Ever wondered what happens to us as we die? Or how the Esky became an Aussie cultural icon? Or why we have leap years? Then look no further - and even if you haven't wondered, you'll want to find out. This anthology is a diverse collection of explainers by some of the finest writers from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. It tackles quintessentially Australian topics (where does the term 'mate' come from?) as well as questions being grappled with around the world (what will our homes be powered by in the future?).
Inquisitive readers love the explainer columns for their strong and surprising storytelling, deeply researched reporting and inventive illustrations. They have become some of the most popular content articles in The Age and Herald, and reader requests have inspired explainers about exploring everything from think tanks to tennis racquets, from quantitative easing to why cicadas sing at dusk.
Explainers offer a rich understanding of how and why - rather than just who, what, when and where. Within these pages you will find an absorbing and illuminating selection of some of the most popular explainers, as well as never before published pieces especially written for this book. There are surprising facts about all aspects of life and information about all kinds of investigations from throughout history and around the world. Prepare to be enlightened, enthralled and educated - you'll never ponder how to evade that rampaging cassowary again!
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- Narrado por: Bryan Walsh, Corey Carthew
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 80
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End Times is a compelling work of skilled reportage that peels back the layers of complexity around the unthinkable - and inevitable - end of humankind. From asteroids and artificial intelligence to volcanic supereruption to nuclear war, veteran science reporter and TIME editor Bryan Walsh provides a stunning panoramic view of the most catastrophic threats to the human race.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Important topic ruined by needless political blather
- De J. Gordon en 08-29-19
De: Bryan Walsh
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Tomorrowland
- Our Journey From Science Fiction to Science Fact
- De: Steven Kotler
- Narrado por: Tom Parks
- Duración: 8 h y 58 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 430
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 363
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New York Times, Wired, Atlantic Monthly, Discover bestselling author Steven Kotler has written extensively about those pivotal moments when science fiction became science fact...and fundamentally reshaped the world. Now he gathers the best of his best, updated and expanded upon, to guide listeners on a mind-bending tour of the far frontier, and how these advances are radically transforming our lives.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Covers a lot of different topics in many industries
- De ErnieA en 06-27-15
De: Steven Kotler
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Until Proven Safe
- The History and Future of Quarantine
- De: Nicola Twilley, Geoff Manaugh
- Narrado por: Kristen DiMercurio
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Quarantine is our most powerful response to uncertainty: it means waiting to see if something hidden inside us will be revealed. It is also one of our most dangerous, operating through an assumption of guilt. In quarantine, we are considered infectious until proven safe. Until Proven Safe tracks the history and future of quarantine around the globe, chasing the story of emergency isolation through time and space - from the crumbling lazarettos of the Mediterranean, built to contain the Black Death, to an experimental Ebola unit in London, and from the hallways of the CDC.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent writing, timely and informative
- De MSE en 07-24-21
De: Nicola Twilley, y otros
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The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated
- The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late
- De: Thom Hartmann, Neale Donald Walsch - associate editor
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 18 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 81
While everything appears to be collapsing around us - ecodamage, genetic engineering, virulent diseases, water shortages, global famine, wars - we can still do something about it and create a world that will work for us and for our children's children. The inspiration for Leonardo DiCaprio's feature documentary movie The 11th Hour, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight details what is happening to our planet, the reasons for our culture's blind behavior, and how we can fix the problem.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the Most Important Books of our Time
- De Jana en 04-24-20
De: Thom Hartmann, y otros
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Age of Discovery
- Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance
- De: Ian Goldin, Chris Kutarna
- Narrado por: Mark Meadows
- Duración: 11 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 45
Age of Discovery explores a world on the brink of a new Renaissance and asks: how do we share more widely the benefits of unprecedented progress? How do we endure the inevitable tumult generated by accelerating change? How do we each thrive through this tangled, uncertain time? From gains in health, education, wealth and technology to crises of conflict, disease and mass migration, the similarities between today's world and that of the 15th century are both striking and prophetic: we have been here before.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A monotonous text disguised as casual reading.
- De Rob en 07-29-16
De: Ian Goldin, y otros
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Imaginable
- How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything - Even Things That Seem Impossible Today
- De: Jane McGonigal
- Narrado por: Jane McGonigal
- Duración: 16 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 81
The COVID-19 pandemic, increasingly frequent climate disasters, a new war—events we might have called “unimaginable” or “unthinkable” in the past are now reality. Today it feels more challenging than ever to feel unafraid, hopeful, and equipped to face the future with optimism. How do we map out our lives when it seems impossible to predict what the world will be like next week, let alone next year or next decade? What we need now are strategies to help us recover our confidence and creativity in facing uncertain futures.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous content, INSUFFERABLE narration!
- De Kelly en 05-24-22
De: Jane McGonigal
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Pandora's Seed
- The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
- De: Spencer Wells
- Narrado por: Spencer Wells
- Duración: 6 h y 40 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 169
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 68
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This new book by Spencer Wells, the internationally known geneticist, anthropologist, author, and director of the Genographic Project, focuses on the seminal event in human history: mankind's decision to become farmers rather than hunter-gatherers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Short and unfocused, but often quite interesting.
- De Alan en 06-23-10
De: Spencer Wells
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The Science of Fear
- Why We Fear the Things We Should Not - and Put Ourselves in Great Danger
- De: Daniel Gardner
- Narrado por: Scott Peterson
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,016
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 674
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 678
From terror attacks to the War on Terror, bursting real-estate bubbles to crystal meth epidemics, sexual predators to poisonous toys from China, our list of fears seems to be exploding. And yet, we are the safest and healthiest humans in history. Irrational fear is running amok, and often with tragic results. In the months after 9/11, when people decided to drive instead of fly - believing they were avoiding risk - road deaths rose by 1,595. Those lives were lost to fear.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A rational assessment of the world we live in
- De K Head en 08-29-09
De: Daniel Gardner
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Resilience
- Why Things Bounce Back
- De: Andrew Zolli, Ann Marie Healy
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 11 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 85
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 73
Katrina. Haiti. BP. Fukushima. The Great Recession. Those are just a few of the catastrophic disruptions the world has endured in recent years. As we try to respond to such crises, key questions arise: What causes one system to break under great stress and another to rebound? How much change can a complex system absorb while still retaining its purpose and function? What characteristics make it adaptive to change? Provocative and eye-opening, Resilience sheds light on the nature of change.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Totally Misleading Title
- De Doug en 07-18-12
De: Andrew Zolli, y otros
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Abundance
- The Future Is Better Than You Think
- De: Steven Kotler, Peter H. Diamandis
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 170
Space entrepreneur turned innovation pioneer Peter H. Diamandis and award-winning science writer Steven Kotler document how progress in artificial intelligence, robotics, digital manufacturing synthetic biology, and other exponentially growing technologies will enable us to make greater gains in the next two decades than we have in the previous 200 years.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Perhaps multiply his time estimates by 10
- De Rick en 11-06-21
De: Steven Kotler, y otros
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Adapt
- Why Success Always Starts with Failure
- De: Tim Harford
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 277
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In this groundbreaking work, Tim Harford shows us a new and inspiring approach to solving the most pressing problems in our lives. Harford argues that today’s challenges simply cannot be tackled with ready-made solutions and expert opinions; the world has become far too unpredictable and profoundly complex. Instead, we must adapt. Deftly weaving together psychology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, physics, and economics, along with compelling stories of hard-won lessons learned in the field, Harford makes a passionate case for the importance of adaptive trial-and-error....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Hidden Agenda
- De Lawrence en 05-20-13
De: Tim Harford
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Drinking Water
- A History
- De: James Salzman
- Narrado por: Lee Hahn
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 492
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 434
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 436
When you turn on the tap or twist the cap, you might not give a second thought to where your drinking water comes from. But how it gets from the ground to your glass is far more complex than you might think. Is it safe to drink tap water? Should you feel guilty buying bottled water? Is your water vulnerable to terrorist attacks? With springs running dry and reservoirs emptying, where is your water going to come from in the future? In Drinking Water, Duke professor James Salzman shows how drinking water highlights the most pressing issues of our time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hard not to be affected by this book
- De Neuron en 11-16-13
De: James Salzman
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The Second Book of General Ignorance
- Everything You Think You Know Is (Still) Wrong
- De: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
Just when you thought that it was safe to start showing off again, John Lloyd and John Mitchinson are back with another busload of mistakes and misunderstandings. Here is a new collection of simple, perfectly obvious questions you'll be quite certain you know the answers to. Whether it's history, science, sports, geography, literature, language, medicine, the classics, or common wisdom, you'll be astonished to discover that everything you thought you knew is still hopelessly wrong.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's all stuff from QI
- De Bonnie Kennedy en 04-07-21
De: John Lloyd, y otros
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The Ghost Map
- De: Steven Johnson
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 8 h y 38 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,395
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,009
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,004
This is a thrilling historical account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London and a brilliant exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionized the way we think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It was okay until the end
- De Matthew Groom en 12-04-08
De: Steven Johnson
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Apocalypse Never
- Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All
- De: Michael Shellenberger
- Narrado por: Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 12 h y 18 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 3,013
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,592
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,582
Michael Shellenberger has been fighting for a greener planet for decades. He helped save the world’s last unprotected redwoods. He co-created the predecessor to today’s Green New Deal. And he led a successful effort by climate scientists and activists to keep nuclear plants operating, preventing a spike of emissions. But in 2019, as some claimed "billions of people are going to die", contributing to rising anxiety, including among adolescents, Shellenberger decided that he needed to speak out to separate science from fiction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Environmentalist with integrity!
- De Wayne en 07-01-20
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Now I Know
- The Revealing Stories Behind the World's Most Interesting Facts
- De: Dan Lewis
- Narrado por: Jeremy Arthur
- Duración: 6 h y 7 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 814
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 722
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 718
Did you know that there are actually 27 letters in the alphabet, or that the U.S. had a plan to invade Canada? And what actually happened to the flags left on the moon? Even if you think you have a handle on all things trivia, you're guaranteed a big surprise with Now I Know. From uncovering what happens to lost luggage to New York City's plan to crack down on crime by banning pinball, this book will challenge your knowledge of the fascinating stories behind the world's greatest facts.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Scientifically inaccurate
- De Sara en 12-04-20
De: Dan Lewis
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Warnings
- Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes
- De: Richard A. Clarke, R.P. Eddy
- Narrado por: L.J. Ganser
- Duración: 12 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Warnings is the story of the future of national security, threatening technologies, the US economy, and possibly the fate of civilization. In Greek mythology Cassandra foresaw calamities, but was cursed by the gods to be ignored. Modern-day Cassandras clearly predicted the disasters of Katrina, Fukushima, the Great Recession, the rise of ISIS, and many more. Like the mythological Cassandra, they were ignored. There are others right now warning of impending disasters, but how do we know which warnings are likely to be right?
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4 out of 5 stars
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On prediction, catastrophe and mitigation
- De S. Yates en 02-28-18
De: Richard A. Clarke, y otros
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Climate Shock
- The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet
- De: Gernot Wagner, Martin L. Weitzman
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 4 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 53
Wagner and Martin Weitzman explore in lively, clear terms the likely repercussions of a hotter planet, drawing on and expanding from work previously unavailable to general audiences. They show that the longer we wait to act, the more likely an extreme event will happen. A city might go underwater.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Nuance, balance, risk management.
- De John Christens en 11-23-23
De: Gernot Wagner, y otros