Freshman Assembly: Neuroscience and Everyday Life
On Sunday, September 12, Samuel Wang, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Molecular Biology, addressed the Class of 2014 for the annual freshman assembly on the subject of "Neuroscience and Everyday Life."
Professor Wang offered the following introduction to his lecture:
"Our brains are essential to every aspect of our everyday lives, even though we are often not aware of it. The last few decades have been an incredible time of discovery and new understanding of brain function from a medi
Precast 27
ENHANCED podcast on applications of operant conditioning and the Garcia Effect. THIS IS THE FINAL PRECAST OF THIS SEMESTER.
Precast 26: Learning 3
ENHANCED podcast on operant conditioning, superstitious behavior, complex forms of learning, and applications of classical conditioning.
Housing the Lowest Income Americans: The Past, Present and Future of Public Housing
Vale provides a historical overview of public housing in America and shares insights from his most recent book Reclaiming Public Housing. He shows provocative images from early advertisements to demonstrate some of society’s long held attitudes toward public housing and those who live in public housing. He analyses government pol
Birth of the Solar System
This is a brief look at the birth of our solar system. It begins with the formation of our star, and goes over things ranging from the big bang to the creation of elements. It includes brief interviews with scientists.
Sweetie Machine The National Archives UK posted a photo: Description: Station concourse automated dispenser
Date: c.1950
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The Scientific Method Song
In this student made video, Matt Fisher sings a song about the Scientific Method using the music from the theme to the Brady Bunch. Lyrics are not included. Run time 0:42.
Zero Chance? Aiming for zero in Weapons Control
These seminars are being run by the James Martin 21st Century School in association with the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict. Three intersecting considerations will be examined for their relevance in assessing the wisdom of adopting 'zero' as the goal for an international initiative: 1) Tactics: Whether and how framing an issue in terms of getting to zero can be a successful technique for issue advocates? 2) Diplomatic strategy: What is the wisdom of going ahead with a major
Wikileaks: Public interest or amusement?
With more sensitive information expected to be released on Wikileaks, Professor Wyn Rees weighs up whether the damage to international security is as dramatic as some have suggested.
3.1 Maps as history Maps represent knowledge of the time and space within which they are compiled and produced. In this way they form part of the historic record. An old map is a picture, albeit selective, of the past and forms a baseline for studying change. The first edition of the Irish Ordnance Survey (see Map 2 below) provides a picture of the landscape just prior to the Great Famine of the 1840s. What changes do you think might be seen
006 Wavefunctions for Well Defined Momentum, the Uncertainty Principle and Dynamics of a Free Partic
Sixth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009
INFO2009 Group 1 -- Open Source Software Licensing Infographic
INFO2009 Group 1 -- Open Source Software Licensing Infographic - Christopher Kirkham and Alistair Lynn and Daniel May and Alexandru Puia
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5.2.1 Blood pigments
The extreme challenges of life in the polar regions require the animals who make their habitat there to make many adaptations. This unit explores the polar climate and how animals like reindeer, polar bears, penguins, sea life and even humans manage to survive there. It looks at the adaptations to physiological proceses, the environmental effects on diet, activity and fecundity, and contrasts the strategies of aquatic and land-based animals in surviving in this extreme habitat. This unit builds
4.3.1 Summary of Section 4
The extreme challenges of life in the polar regions require the animals who make their habitat there to make many adaptations. This unit explores the polar climate and how animals like reindeer, polar bears, penguins, sea life and even humans manage to survive there. It looks at the adaptations to physiological proceses, the environmental effects on diet, activity and fecundity, and contrasts the strategies of aquatic and land-based animals in surviving in this extreme habitat. This unit builds
3.5.1 Summary of Section 3
The extreme challenges of life in the polar regions require the animals who make their habitat there to make many adaptations. This unit explores the polar climate and how animals like reindeer, polar bears, penguins, sea life and even humans manage to survive there. It looks at the adaptations to physiological proceses, the environmental effects on diet, activity and fecundity, and contrasts the strategies of aquatic and land-based animals in surviving in this extreme habitat. This unit builds
1.1 Preamble
The extreme challenges of life in the polar regions require the animals who make their habitat there to make many adaptations. This unit explores the polar climate and how animals like reindeer, polar bears, penguins, sea life and even humans manage to survive there. It looks at the adaptations to physiological proceses, the environmental effects on diet, activity and fecundity, and contrasts the strategies of aquatic and land-based animals in surviving in this extreme habitat. This unit builds
3.1 Needing help
“I blame the parents!” How often is that phrase used to explain the ills of society and is it valid? This material will consider how important is quality parenting, who judges it, and is its provision the sole responsibility of parents – should parents just be left to get on with it? It explores what parenting actually means, what is meant by quality parenting and, how it can be enhanced and promoted. It is of interest to anyone who is, might become or works with parents.
A River of Poetry
The evening's seven poets, all associated with various faculties at Concordia University, have collectively selected the poetry for performance. The program for the most part evokes cosmopolitan Montreal as a place, as well as humanity's fraught relation to technology. It includes the reading of full poems and extracts in several languages, accompanied by projections and voice recordings. With the collaboration of acclaimed choreographer and Associate Professor of Contemporary Dance Michael Mont
ANUpoll launch: Public attitudes about science - December 2010
Parliament House, Canberra media launch of the latest ANUpoll. This ANUpoll surveyed Australian attitudes towards science. The report's authors, Dr Rod Lamberts, Dr Will J Grant and Professor Ian McAllister discuss the study's findings. They are introduced by ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb.
Religious Lives of Migrant Minorities, Session I: Cross-Site Comparative Reflections (with de Wind,
Scholars de Wind, Casanova, Vasquez, Knott and Martin discuss the SSRC Project on the Religious Lives of Migrant Minorities, which investigated the roles of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism for immigrants settled in Malaysia, South Africa, and Great Britain.
