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Hör Dich schlau! Diese Hörspielreihe basiert auf den Themen der erfolgreichen WAS IST WAS Bände. Das bereits aus TV bekannte Trio Theo, Tess und Quentin lädt auf abenteuerliche Wissensreisen ein und stößt dabei auf viele interessante Fakten. Mit Humor und Sachverständnis wird so jedes Thema zum puren Hörvergnügen. Roboter & Androiden / Supercomputer Roboter sind ungeheuer stark, dabei präzis und sie ermüden nie. Sie bauen Autos zusammen, unterstützen Astronauten im Weltall und ernten Tomaten. Tiefseeforscher und Vulkanologen schicken Roboter an extreme Orte die für Menschen zu gefährlich sind.

What would happen if you never slept? Or if your blood turned blue? Or your bones turned to jelly? Find out the answers to these questions and many more with science author Emma Young! Prepare to learn all about the human body from blood vessels to the brain and nerves to nutrients. However...

Venture to the Arctic Ocean and discover real life underwater unicorns--narwhals--in this nonfiction picture book, adapted for audio. You are a narwhal. Shy... Swift... Small... Humans call you unicorn of the Arctic. When winter ice covers the Arctic Ocean, a narwhal pokes his head through a...

Have you ever wondered how plants grow? How does the plant stem know to grow up while the roots grow down? This book will teach children how gravity affects plants with a fun experiment to grow their own beans!

Zombies have become a staple in pop culture. But where did the idea of zombies come from? According to biologist David Hughes, the culprit is nature itself.

Get up close to nature with naturalist and TV presenter CHRIS PACKHAM CBE and encounter the amazing plant superheroes that will help us save the world. What links seaweed, forests and oranges? They are all SUPERHERO PLANTS! Explore the amazing plants that will help us save the world with CHRIS...

This program features an introduction and epilogue read by the author. "In the grand tradition of Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson, we now have a new tour guide to the cosmos."―Charles Cockell, Professor of Astrobiology, University of Edinburgh "Absorbing, informative, and entertaining...

Are you looking for a fun and educational way to engage your child's curious mind? Look no further than our exciting fact book for nine-year-olds! Our book is packed with fascinating information on a wide range of topics, designed to help your child learn and explore in a way that's both entertaining and enlightening.

As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded for conducting “useless” experiments. Yet his passion for the natural world was so strong that he suffered through terrible seasickness during his five-year voyage aboard The Beagle. Darwin collected new creatures from the...

Embark on a captivating exploration into the rise and fall of the rich and colourful Maya civilisation with Blue Peter Award winning author David Long. Largely forgotten for centuries, the ancient Maya were incredible. Their cities across Central and South America featured astonishing pyramids...

The inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson--made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures--who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the moon! Katherine knew it was wrong that African Americans didn't have the same rights as others--as wrong as...

The name dandelion comes from the French for "tooth of the lion." But are these flowers actually dangerous?

As young boys, Orville and Wilbur Wright loved all things mechanical. As young men, they gained invaluable skills essential for their success by working with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and any sort of machinery they could get their hands on. As adults, the brothers worked together to...

Schlafen Bäume nachts? Reden sie auch miteinander? Wo gehen Wildschweine aufs Klo? Und wie funktioniert das Internet des Waldes? Wenn du bereit bist, Dinge über Bäume und andere Waldbewohner zu erfahren, die du nie für möglich gehalten hättest... dann komm mit! Wir gehen zusammen auf eine spannende Expedition in den Wald. Der Förster Peter Wohlleben erzählt dir auf diesem Rundgang viel über die Geheimnisse der Waldbewohner.

The muscular system is made up of three different kinds of muscles: skeletal muscles, smooth muscle, and heart muscle. But what does each kind of muscle do? And where in the body are they located? Explore the muscular system in this engaging and informative audiobook.

In 1957, when the USSR launched Sputnik I, the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth, America’s rival in the Cold War claimed victory on a new frontier. The Space Race had begun, and the United States was losing. Closer to home, a decade of turbulence would soon have Americans reeling, with the year 1968 alone seeing the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy as well as many violent clashes between police and protesters. Americans desperately needed something good to believe in.

Dmitri Mendeleyev gave science one of its most important discoveries when he published his periodic table of elements. The periodic table has determined much in the way of science in the past and will continue to do so in the future. The scientist behind the table came from the barren wasteland of Siberia in 19th-century Russia and rose to world acclaim for his work in chemistry.

Con Marcus Pocus, ¡la magia está servida! Cuando Marcus aceptó convertirse en repartidor de magia, jamás imaginó que tendría que entregar un paquete en Villa Medianoche, la ciudad donde viven los monstruos. Y menos aún que él y su pandilla acabarían metidos en medio de una batalla...

¿Vas a perderte esta nueva aventura de la bruja más simpática de la literatura? Anna y sus amigos están montando una obra de teatro sobre Lobelia de Loboblanco, la más famosa hechicera de Moonville. ¡Y también la más misteriosa! Algunos vecinos la consideran una gran heroína que ayudó...

Con Anna Kadabra y sus amigos, ¡la magia está servida! Anna y sus amigos se dirigen al Faro de las Tormentas para disfrutar de un merecido descanso frente al mar. Claro que descansar no resulta fácil junto a Nino, el hermano pequeño de Ángela. Sobre todo cuando este aparece con una niña...