Science & Technology audiobooks

Strange Company

By: Jean Ryan

Narrated by: Nikiya Palombi

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In Strange Company, a delightful collection of short essays, Jean Ryan brings us closer to the natural world. From lizards to lady bugs, from the inscrutable sloth to the resplendent quetzal, Ryan reveals some of our commonalities with earth's creatures and hints at the lessons we might learn from them.Do lizards fall in love? What do sloths... Read more

The Otters’ Tale

By: Simon Cooper

Narrated by: Saul Reichlin

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Shortlisted for THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2017 ‘The best popular account of the lives of otters written so far’ Richard Shelton, Times Literary Supplement When Simon Cooper bought an abandoned water mill that straddles a small chalkstream in southern England, little did he... Read more

Head Strong

By: Dave Asprey

Narrated by: Dave Asprey & Rob Shapiro

Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

From the creator of Bulletproof Coffee and author of the bestselling The Bulletproof Diet comes a revolutionary plan to upgrade your brainpower—in two weeks or less.For the last decade, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dave Asprey has worked with world-renowned doctors and scientists to uncover the latest, most innovative methods for making humans... Read more

You Were Not Born to Suffer

By: Blake Bauer

Narrated by: Blake Bauer

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

In this life-changing audiobook Blake D Bauer explains why depression, addiction, physical illness, unfulfilling work and relationship problems are caused by years of hiding your true emotions, denying your life purpose and living in fear.

Having already helped thousands of people around the world find lasting solutions that conventional... Read more

The Mystery of Sleep

By: Meir Kryger, MD

Narrated by: Rudy Sanda

Length: 12 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

We spend a third of our lives in bed, but how much do we really understand about what happens when we go to sleep? What's the right amount? Why do we experience jet lag? Is snoring normal? Enter Dr. Meir Kryger, a world authority on the science of sleep, with a comprehensive guide to the science of slumber that combines detailed case studies and... Read more

Mercies in Disguise

By: Gina Kolata

Narrated by: Andrea Gallo

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times science reporter Gina Kolata follows a family through genetic illness and one courageous daughter who decides her fate shall no longer be decided by a genetic flaw. The phone rings; the doctor has the results. "Are you ready Amanda?" The two people Amanda Baxley loves the most had begged her not to be tested. But she had to find... Read more

The New Allergy Solution

By: Dr. Clifford Bassett

Narrated by: Ryan Gesell

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

One of America’s top allergy doctors offers a revolutionary, full-body approach to diagnosing, preventing, and treating allergies—in many cases, for good.
 
 Millions of Americans currently suffer from allergies, and the rate is growing. Climate change, globalization, air pollution, and oversanitization of the environment in the early years of... Read more

Fool's Paradise

By: John Gierach

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

If John Gierach is living in a fool's paradise, then it's a paradise that his regular readers will recognize and new fans will delight in discovering. Laced with the inimitable blend of wit and wisdom that have made him fly-fishing's foremost scribe, Fool's Paradise chronicles the fishing life in all its glory (catching your biggest fish ever)... Read more

The Greatest Story Ever Told--So Far

By: Lawrence M. Krauss

Narrated by: Lawrence M. Krauss

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

From award-winning physicist, public intellectual, and the bestselling author of A Universe from Nothing Lawrence Krauss, comes “a masterful blend of history, modern physics, and cosmic perspective that empowers the reader to not only embrace our understanding of the universe, but also revel in what remains to be discovered” (Neil deGrasse... Read more

The Aliens Are Coming!

By: Ben Miller

Narrated by: Ben Miller

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Actor and bestselling science writer Ben Miller takes readers to the cutting edge of one of the greatest questions of all: Is there life beyond Earth?
 
For millennia, we have looked up at the stars and wondered whether we are alone in the universe, but in the last few years—as our probes begin to escape the solar system, and our telescopes reveal... Read more

Feeling Good

By: David D. Burns

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other 'black holes' of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist David D. Burns, M.D. outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately lift your spirits and help you develop a positive outlook... Read more

Policies helped South Korea's capital decrease food waste

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

About one-third of all the food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted, according to the United Nations. But several years ago, South Korea instituted a law that requires residents to separate food waste from other garbage and imposes fines on anyone who does not recycle. The NewsHour Weekend’s Mori Rothman reports. Read more

Emotional Intelligence

By: Ryan James

Narrated by: Miguel Rodriguez

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you find that your emotions overwhelm you? Do you struggle with communication with others? Are you ready to improve your interpersonal relationships? This book contains all of the knowledge you need to master your emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the power we all hold that allows us to control our emotions, build solid... Read more

Why is job opportunity still lagging for people with disabilities?

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The unemployment rate for people with a disability is more than double than for those without. Even though the law bars such discrimination, it can be difficult for these Americans to get hired. But that’s not the full story: Some employers are seeing how the special abilities of workers on the autism spectrum can boost their bottom lines.... Read more

Abnehmen ist leichter als Zunehmen. Das Hörbuch

By: Andreas Winter

Narrated by: Andreas Winter

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Wollen Sie hören, warum einige Menschen dick werden, obwohl sie vergleichsweise wenig essen? Und andere wiederum schlank sind, obwohl die so viel essen, wie sie wollen? Andreas Winter zeigt: Jeder Mensch kann von jetzt auf gleich abnehmen und das gewünschte Gewicht halten, wenn er ganz genau weiß, warum er übergewichtig ist! Mit dieser... Read more

The ADHD Effect on Marriage

By: Melissa Orlov

Narrated by: Laura Jennings

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

An invaluable resource for couples in which one of the partners suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), this authoritative book guides troubled marriages towards an understanding and appreciation for the struggles and triumphs of a relationship affected by it, and to look at the disorder in a more positive and less... Read more

Asteroid Hunters

By: Carrie Nugent

Narrated by: Carrie Nugent

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

For the first time, scientists could have the knowledge to prevent a natural disaster epic in scale—an asteroid hitting the earth and in this exciting, adventuresome book, Carrie Nugent explains how.

What are asteroids, and where do they come from? And, most urgently: Are they going to hit the Earth? What would happen if one was on its way?... Read more

The Knowledge Illusion

By: Steven Sloman & Philip Fernbach

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“The Knowledge Illusion is filled with insights on how we should deal with our individual ignorance and collective wisdom.” —Steven Pinker

We all think we know more than we actually do.
 
Humans have built hugely complex societies and technologies, but most of us don’t even know how a pen or a toilet works. How have we achieved so much despite... Read more

Never Out of Season

By: Rob Dunn

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The bananas we eat today aren't your parents' bananas: We eat a recognizable, consistent breakfast fruit that was standardized in the 1960s from dozens into one basic banana. But because of that, the banana we love is dangerously susceptible to a pathogen that might wipe them out.

That's the story of our food today: Modern science has brought... Read more

The Imagineers of War

By: Sharon Weinberger

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 16 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive history of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon agency that has quietly shaped war and technology for nearly sixty years.

Founded in 1958 in response to the launch of Sputnik, the agency’s original mission was to create “the unimagined weapons of the future.” Over the decades, DARPA has been responsible for... Read more

The Family Gene

By: Joselin Linder

Narrated by: Khristine Hvam

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

When Joselin Linder was in her twenties, her legs started to swell. She thought little of it, until her health problems started to compound in ways that baffled her doctors. Diagnosed with extreme liver blockage and dangerous levels of lymph fluid, Joselin turned to the most similar case she could think of—her father’s.Joselin compared the... Read more

The Shipwrecked Mind

By: Mark Lilla

Narrated by: Michael Kramer

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

We don't understand the reactionary mind. As a result, argues Mark Lilla in this timely book, the ideas and passions that shape today's political dramas are unintelligible to us.



The reactionary is anything but a conservative. He is as radical and modern a figure as the revolutionary, someone shipwrecked in the rapidly changing present, and... Read more

Heart of the Machine

By: Richard Yonck

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Imagine a robotic stuffed animal that can read and respond to a child's emotional state or a commercial that can change based on a customer's facial expression. Heart of the Machine explores the next giant step in the relationship between humans and technology: the ability of computers to recognize, respond to, and even replicate emotions.... Read more

The Body Builders

By: Adam Piore

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 12 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

For millennia, humans have tried—and often failed—to master nature and transcend our limits. But this has started to change. The new scientific frontier is the human body: the greatest engineers of our generation have turned their sights inward, and their work is beginning to revolutionize mankind.In The Body Builders, Adam Piore takes us on a... Read more