5. The New Ethics of Stem Cell Research (March 12, 2008)
Stem cell, medicine, health, disease, science, technology, research, clinical advances, controversy, ethics, law, society, politics, economics, social issue, religion, plasma, cytoplasm, nucleus, white blood cell, chromosome, gene expression, DNA, central
1. Cell Biology, Genetics, Embryology (June 25, 2007)
Stem cell, medicine, health, disease, science, technology, research, clinical advances, controversy, ethics, law, society, politics, economics, social issue, religion, plasma, cytoplasm, nucleus, white blood cell, chromosome, gene expression, DNA, central
2. Five Important Research Advances (July 2, 2007)
Stem cell, medicine, health, disease, science, technology, research, clinical advances, controversy, ethics, law, society, politics, economics, social issue, religion, plasma, cytoplasm, nucleus, white blood cell, chromosome, gene expression, DNA, central
3. Five Clinical Advances (July 9, 2007)
Stem cell, medicine, health, disease, science, technology, research, clinical advances, controversy, ethics, law, society, politics, economics, social issue, religion, plasma, cytoplasm, nucleus, white blood cell, chromosome, gene expression, DNA, central
4. The Ethics of Stem Cell Research (July 16, 2007)
Stem cell, medicine, health, disease, science, technology, research, clinical advances, controversy, ethics, law, society, politics, economics, social issue, religion, plasma, cytoplasm, nucleus, white blood cell, chromosome, gene expression, DNA, central
The First Stars and the End of the Dark Ages
In the history of the universe, there is a period which is extremely difficult for us to see because there were no sources of light. These cosmic "dark ages'' ended when the first stars turned on, providing the first view of the somewhat evolved universe.
Vanishing Third World Emigrants? The Seventh H. W. Arndt Memorial Lecture
A secular decline in emigration rates from the Third World since the 1990s has gone unnoticed. The recent rise in unemployment in high-wage countries has accelerated the secular decline. These trends have gone unnoticed partly because observers have been obsessed with immigration rates, and partly because of their belief that aging in rich countries will augment the demand for more immigrants. This lecture shows that the Third World supply side matters even more, just as the previous two centuri
1-2. Two Paradigms of Colonial History (September 24, 2008)
American history, social science, humanism, language, England, colony, class, diversity, politics, scientific revolution, human condition, architecture, colonization, art, discovery, settler, Columbus, communication, African slave, black, immigration, Eur
3. Republican Constitutionalism in the Age of the Democratic Revolution...or Not (September 26, 2008
American history, atlantic, university, governor, president, democrat, Civil War, slavery, United States, race, colonization, entrepreneurship, capitalism, globalization, culture, ethnicity, society, inquisition, religion, constitution, revolution,20th c
4. The Godly Commonwealths of New England (September 29, 2008)
history, social science, anthropology, cultural studies, European, immigrant, immigration, savage native american, colony, William Penn, Quaker, church, Civil war, France, community, demography, family size and structure, public policy, Chesapeake, popula
5. Southern Plantations (October 3, 2008)
history, social science, anthropology, cultural studies, population, settlement, aboriginal people, buffalo, Thomas Hobbes, church, life expectancy, mortality, immigrant, population, indentured servants, labor, birth interval, disease, property, alcohol,
6. Slavery And The Plantation Complex (October 6, 2008)
history, social science, anthropology, cultural studies, philosophy, ethics, theory, slavery, settler, indigenous people, African American culture, master, freedom, domination, class, liberty, equality, identity, demography, community, society, race, desc
7. The Origins Of Racial Slavery (October 8, 2008)
history, social science, anthropology, cultural studies, philosophy, ethics, theory, slavery, settler, feudalism, domination, settlement, smallpox, disease, African American, import, crop, gender, age, race, legal system, society, evolution of status, sta
8. From African To African American (October 10, 2008)
history, social science, anthropology, cultural studies, philosophy, ethics, theory, slavery, economy, tobacco, plantation, labor, crop, indentured servant, race, law, statute, religion, pagan, demography, revolution, fertility, labor cycle, life expectan
11. The Political Heritage (October 20, 2008)
history, social science, anthropology, cultural studies, religion, philosophy, ethics, theory, witchcraft, salem, demographic, political party, coalition, Bonny Prince Charley, France, Scottish, painting, liberty, protestant, loyalty, absolutism, Thomas H
12. Commerce and Culture (October 22, 2008)
history, social science, political studies, international relations, anthropology, cultural studies, religion, philosophy, ethics, theory, empire, economy, nemesis, revolution, war, protest, crown, authority, conventions of governance, public, constitutio
15. The Crisis of Independence (November 5, 2008)
history, humanities, social science, political studies, international relations, anthropology, cultural studies, religion, philosophy, ethics, theory, presidential election, duty tax, revolution, virtue, government, ship, protest, activism, Massachusetts,
16. Leaving the State of Nature (November 7, 2008)
history, humanities, social science, political studies, international relations, anthropology, cultural studies, religion, philosophy, ethics, theory, war, Massachusetts, Boston, American revolution, Charleston fire, constitution, parliament, governance,
19. Republican Reforms (November 14, 2008)
History, American history, war of independence, Republican constitutionalism, freedom, civilian militia, revolutionary regime, experimental government, federalism, popular will, elections, Stamp Act, John Adams, inflation, currency finance, specie, paper
20. Two (Or More) Roads to Philadelphia (November 17, 2008)
history, humanities, social science, political studies, international relations, anthropology, cultural studies, government, philosophy, ethics, theory, republican constitutionalism, Philadelphia convention, senate, house of representatives, congress, sle
