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A Venezuelan pitcher plant uses wettable hairs to make insects slip into its deadly traps.
An insect-trapping pitcher plant in Venezuela uses its downward pointing hairs to create a 'water slide' on which insects slip to their death, new research reveals.
Hairs on plants, called trichomes, are typically used to repel water. However, the Cambridge researchers observed that the hairs on the inside of Heliamphora nutans pitcher plants were highly wettable, prompting them to test whether this phen
Three Anti-Social Skills to Improve Your Writing
You need social skills to have a conversation in real life -- but they're quite different from the skills you need to write good dialogue. Educator Nadia Kalman suggests a few "anti-social skills," like eavesdropping and muttering to yourself, that can help you write an effective dialogue for your next story. (03:46)
Lesson 02 - One Minute Romanian
In lesson 2 of One Minute Romanian you will learn a few more useful words in Romanian which you'll use every day. Remember - even a few phrases of a language can help you make friends and enjoy travel more. Find out more about One Minute Romanian at our website - http://www.oneminutelanguages.com. One Minute Romanian is brought to you by the Radio Lingua Network and is ©Copyright 2008.Author(s):
WHO declares swine flu pandemic The Cornell Lab of Ornithology USING DNA TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE - LEGENDADO Psychology Professor Carol Dweck Discusses 'Growth' vs. 'Fixed' Minds Mindset is a book written by Carol Dweck. Symphony No.7 in A major, Op. 92,ii. Allegretto Lesson 09 - One Minute Romanian Lesson 10 - One Minute Romanian SWIB12-LightningTalks5 The Mises Institute and Me
In the fall of 1987 I was a senior economics major at the University of North Carolina, looking at options for graduate school. By chance, I found a flyer for a five-year-old organization called the Ludwig von Mises Institute. I was thrilled — I was already an enthusiastic, if unsophisticated, fan of Mises and the Austrian school of economics, and was amazed that someone had named an institute after him! That someone, of course, was Lew Rockwell, and a letter of inquiry about graduate fel Rob Phillips: Theory of Bounded Self Interest BusinessCast 240 Special Video Edition: Year-End Top 10 Countdown Alison's Experience Innovation in Higher Ed Summit - DC, 11.27.12 - Highlights MMDemo2013 WSU cranberry research keeps the fruit on your plate
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In lesson 9 of One Minute Romanian you will learn to ask people how they're feeling and to answer the question yourself. Remember - even a few phrases of a language can help you make friends and enjoy travel more. Find out more about One Minute Romanian at our website - http://www.oneminutelanguages.com. One Minute Romanian is brought to you by the Radio Lingua Network and is ©Copyright 2008.
In lesson 10 of One Minute Romanian you will learn a few useful phrases which all learners want to learn. Remember - even a few phrases of a language can help you make friends and enjoy travel more. Find out more about One Minute Romanian at our website - http://www.oneminutelanguages.com. One Minute Romanian is brought to you by the Radio Lingua Network and is ©Copyright 2008.Author(s):
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Olsson Senior Fellow and University of Richmond Professor Robert Phillips discusses his latest work using economic theory in business ethics. He looks into work motivations in the real world and concludes that traditional economic theory is too narrow to capture true motivations.
Host Abena Foreman is joined by Darden School Foundation President Trip Davis and Dean Bob Bruner in this special video episode of the BusinessCast. Trip and Bob discuss Darden's "Top 10" happenings of this year as we say goodbye to 2012.
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Alison is studying Natural Sciences. In this film, she talks about the things she loves about studying at Cambridge, her diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome, the support she has received, and choosing her College.
This film was produced as part of the Disability Resource Centre's Asperger Syndrome Student Project, http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/disability/asperger/.
For more students talking about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of ext
Innovation Imperative: The Future of Higher Education - November 27, 2012 in Washington DC.
Northeastern University released a national opinion survey about the public's attitudes toward the future of higher education in the U.S.
The release of the results was followed by a panel discussion on the same topic.
www.northeastern.edu/innovationsurvey
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LONG BEACH, Wash. - Cranberries are everywhere. From juice, to dehydrated "craisins," to the table at Christmas, the red berry has become a traditional part of American life. Helping maintain that tradition is part of research at Washington State University's Research and Extension Unit in Long Beach where, about 1½ miles from the Pacific Ocean, 10 acres of cranberry bogs sit in recessed plots of fertile ground.
For more about this story, click here: http://news.wsu.edu/pages/publications.asp?
