Nature, Science & Ecology

In the summer of 1869, John Muir set out from California's Central Valley with a flock of sheep and trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. His journals describe the summer he spent in what would become Yosemite National Park.

What you fuel your body with is at the core of your health and thisis even more true with the brain. Eat the right foods and you can profoundly affect your cognitive function now and in the future.The Brain Boost Diet Planis a 4-week diet to cleanse and renew your brain.

When facing challenges, unpleasant tasks, and contentious issues such as homework, screen time, food choices, and bedtime, children often act out or shut down, responding with reactivity instead of receptivity. This is what New York Times bestselling authors Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson call a No Brain response.

The Healthy Brain makes the compelling case that most peoples brains are underperforming because they are undernourished. As the most metabolically active organ of the body, the brains nutritional needs are ten times higher than those of any other organ. That means the brain is the first organ to falter when it is improperly fed.

In Practical Thinking de Bonos theme is everyday thinking, how the mind actually works not how philosophers think it should.

Two distinguished authors, renowned anthropologist Lionel Tiger and pioneering neuroscientist Michael McGuire, elucidate the perennial questions about religion: What is its purpose? How did it arise? What is its source? Why does every known culture have some form of it?

An engaging and enlightening (The Wall Street Journal) argument that innovation and progress are often achieved by revisiting and retooling ideas from the past rather than starting from scratchfrom Guardian columnist and contributor to The Atlantic, Stephen Poole.