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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    A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
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    The Anthropocene Epoch: When Humans Changed the World
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    Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection

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