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  Mammalogy - Mammals: Exploring...

  Mike Crawford

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  Mammals, the dominant group of warm-blooded vertebrates on Earth today, have a deep evolutionary history that stretches back over 300 million years. Their origins can be traced to the synapsids, a group of amniotes that first appeared in the late Carboniferous period. These early synapsids were distinct from reptiles and birds, possessing a single temporal fenestra, an opening in the skull that allowed for stronger jaw muscles. Over millions of years, synapsids diversified into a variety of forms, some of which gave rise to the therapsids, the direct ancestors of modern mammals. 
  During the Permian period, therapsids became the dominant terrestrial vertebrates, developing more advanced characteristics such as differentiated teeth, a more upright posture, and improved metabolic efficiency. However, the Permian-Triassic extinction event, the most severe mass extinction in Earth's history, led to a significant decline in their diversity. Those that survived continued to evolve, giving rise to cynodonts, a subgroup of therapsids that displayed increasingly mammal-like features. Cynodonts had more complex teeth, enhanced jaw mechanics, and possibly even fur, adaptations that would later define true mammals.

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  Quack Quack - The Threat of...

  Dr. Joe Schwarcz

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  Let the one and only Dr. Joe battle pseudoscience and cast a life preserver out to all those drowning in a sea of misinformation 
   
   
   
  We are in a crisis. A tsunami of misinformation and disinformation is threatening to engulf evidence-based science. While quackery—loosely defined as the spread of false "knowledge," often accompanied by various versions of "snake oil"—is not a novel phenomenon, it has never posed as great a threat to public health as today. COVID-19 has unleashed an unprecedented flurry of destructive information that has fueled vaccine hesitancy and has steered people toward unproven therapies. Conspiracy theorists have served up a distasteful menu of twisted facts that create distrust in science. 
   
   
   
  In Quack Quack, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, who has been battling flimflam for decades, focuses on the deluge of anecdotes, cherry-picked data, pseudoscientific nonsense, and seductive baseless health claims that undermine efforts to educate the public about evidence-based science. The wide scope of the topics drawn from past and present aims to cast a life preserver to people drowning in a sea of misinformation.

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  Crypto & Banking

  BLOCKCHAINS BLUEPRINT

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  Crypto & Banking by Blockchains Blueprint 
  This audiobook collectively examines the evolving integration of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology within the traditional banking sector globally. It highlights the varying adoption rates across regions, the driving forces behind this integration such as technological advancements and customer demand, and the challenges posed by regulatory uncertainty and security concerns. Crypto & Banking further explore specific applications of blockchain in banking, including cross-border payments, identity verification, and trade finance, while also analyzing the emergence of decentralized finance (DeFi) and crypto-backed loans as new paradigms in lending. Ultimately, the sources suggest a future where traditional finance and the crypto ecosystem increasingly converge, reshaping the global financial landscape.

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  Killer Traffic Hacks Bundle 2 in...

  Jane Connell, Shawn Louka

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  Killer Traffic Hacks Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: How to Generate Free Traffic Online and Traffic HacksSetting up an online business is becoming known as the best way to achieve success quickly. Using other models often involves more risk with longer time horizons. Online businesses are very advantageous now and you would need to create a site for your business. But it doesn’t stop there. You need to make sure you’re generating massive traffic to your site that would convert to sales. With the increasing number of websites worldwide, individual websites all suffer from decreasing visitors if they get any at all. Webmasters try different techniques to attract visitors to their websites and gradually these techniques have emerged into strategies that people use in order to generate traffic on a regular basis. In this bundle, you will learn how to generate massive traffic to your website. You will learn about link exchanges and how they can help generate traffic to your website. You will learn all the major traffic generating strategies. There are a lot of different strategies so it is important to figure out which strategy would work best for your business. This 2 in 1 bundle includes the following audiobooks:1. How to Generate Free Traffic Online: Discover Powerful Ways on How to Promote Your Online Business and Boost Massive Traffic to Your Site2. Traffic Hacks: Learn About Link Exchanges and How it Can Help Increase Traffic To Your Site to Boost Sales To learn more, get your copy of Killer Traffic Hacks 2 in 1 Bundle today!

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  The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue...

  Mike Tidwell

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  In 2023, author and activist Mike Tidwell decided to keep a record for a full year of the growing impacts of climate change on his one urban block right on the border with Washington, DC. Tidwell's story depicts the neighborhood's battle to save the trees and combat climate change: The midwife who builds a geothermal energy system, the Congressman who battles cancer and climate change, and the Chinese-American climate scientist who wants to bury billions of the world's dying trees to store their carbon and help stabilize the atmosphere. 
   
   
   
  The story goes beyond ailing trees as Tidwell chronicles people on his block coping with Lyme disease, a church with solar panels and floodwater, and young people anguishing over whether to have kids—all in the same neighborhood and all against the backdrop of 2023's record global temperatures and raging wildfires and hurricanes. Then there's Tidwell himself who explores the ethical and scientific questions surrounding the idea of "geoengineering" as a way to save the world's trees by reflecting sunlight away from the planet. 
   
   
   
  No book has told the story of climate change this way: hyper-local, full of surprises, full of true stories of life and death in one neighborhood. The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue is a harrowing and hopeful proxy for every street in America and every place on Earth.

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  Urban Transportation - Solutions...

  Lyric Vale

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  Urban transportation plays a pivotal role in shaping the way cities function, impacting everything from daily commuting to the overall economic and environmental health of urban areas. In modern society, cities are becoming increasingly crowded, with more people migrating to urban centers in search of opportunities, better infrastructure, and access to services. As populations swell, urban transportation systems have struggled to keep pace with demand, leading to issues such as congestion, pollution, and inefficiency. 
  Historically, urban transportation has evolved in response to changing needs and technological advancements. Early cities relied on walking and horse-drawn carriages, but with the rise of industrialization, motorized transport took over. Streetcars, buses, and eventually cars became the main modes of transport in urban environments. However, as cities expanded and the number of vehicles grew, so did the problems associated with these systems. Traffic congestion became a daily reality in many metropolitan areas, with commuters spending hours stuck in traffic, wasting time, and burning fuel. 
  Environmental concerns further compounded the issue. The increasing number of vehicles on the road, many of which run on fossil fuels, has significantly contributed to air pollution, climate change, and the depletion of natural resources. As cities continue to grow, the challenge of balancing transportation needs with environmental sustainability has become more urgent. In response, there has been a global push to shift toward more sustainable, efficient, and inclusive transportation systems.

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