Washoe County Library System

Explains the senses and provides simple activities and experiments designed to show how they work.

Discusses a shark's six senses, such as sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell, but also includes electroperception, which allows them to sense electric fields given off by their prey.

Medina shares how you can make the most of the years you have left. In a book destined to be a classic on aging, Medina's fascinating stories and infectious sense of humor breathe life into the science. Brain Rules for Aging Well is organized into four sections, each laying out familiar problems with surprising solutions. First up, the social brain, in which topics ranging from relationships to happiness and gullibility illustrate how our emotions...