Science

Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning “knowledge”) is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding of how the physical world works. Through controlled methods, science uses observable physical evidence of natural phenomena to collect data, and analyzes this information to explain what and how things work.

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Why Rats Laugh and Jellyfish Sleep: And Other Enchanting Stories of Evolution

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Why We Drink Too Much by Charles Knowles

Why We Drink Too Much: The Impact of Alcohol on Our Bodies and Culture

Charles Knowles (Goodreads Author)

Release date: Jan 06, 2026

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The Science of Pets

Jay Ingram

Release date: Nov 04, 2025

Science writer Jay Ingram explores the hearts, minds, and bodies of the animals who love us—or do they?
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The Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind

Tom Griffiths

Release date: Feb 10, 2026

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“ The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principle. From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925. ”
― Frederick Lewis Donaldson

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“ We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. ”
― Stephen Hawking

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