11/19/08: The Al Jazeera Effect
Journalism professor Philip Seib says that the battle for hearts and minds around the world isn't being fought on the streets, but rather by bloggers in cybercafes and on newscasts and talk shows of Al Jazeera. New media are being used as tools
International development : inside China
This section of the online teaching resource from the Open University concentrates upon giving a basic economic, social and political background to modern mainland China. From the main page, users may access textual information on: the influence of China on energy policy in Ghana; the Chinese education system; the economy's impact on the environment; and Chinese social freedoms. The two largest sections of the resource concentrate on China's school system, and an extended lecture on China's econ
Innovation in Energy Storage: What I Learned in 3.091 was All I Needed to Know
In a lecture that could have been titled, Better Education through Chemistry, Don Sadoway begins with solar energy, grid-level storage, and liquid metal batteries and moves into education innovation, sharing creative ways to teach chemistry.
Calling 3.091 a chemistry-centered class or Chemistry and the Wo
Périodicité et chaos dans le système solaire (video)
Pendant très longtemps, les astronomes ont cherché à retrouver dans les mouvements des corps du système solaire les périodicités qui leur permettaient alors de faire des prédictions (pour les dates des éclipses par exemple), et jusque très récemment le mouvement des planètes dans le système solaire était considéré comme le modèle même de régularité. Les résultats de ces dernières années montrent au contraire que le mouvement des planètes lui-même est chaotique, et qu'
Cormorant antics
Cormorants drying their wings in the sun are a common sight along many rivers and coasts around the world. Although they feed underwater, they have partially wettable feathers. Science writer and broadcaster Sue Nelson finds out why.
Monitoring earthquakes
Earthquakes are a deadly natural hazard. Every week somewhere around the world, an earthquake occurs that's big enough to cause serious damage to people, roads and buildings.
Les grandes questions de l'environnement - Antoine Moreau
Une conférence de l'UTLS au Lycée
Les grandes questions de l'environnement par Antoine Moreau (physicien)
Lycée Professionnel La peupleraie (62 Sallaumines)
Air conditioning for plants
Researchers from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology will soon be able to replicate habitats from around the world in a structure that's akin to a huge polytunnel.
9th Dialogue on Science 2010 - Opinions of the participants Part 3
Challenging Democracy - 9th Dialogue on Science of the Academia Engelberg Foundation 2010
During this year’s Dialogue on Science held in Engelberg in mid October, experts from various disciplines and countries with different forms of government analyzed the concept of democracy.
You can find the reportings, impressions, audio- and video-files of the 9th Dialogue on Science on the website: http://www.academia-engelberg.ch/conference_2010.php5.
Visit also the Blog on http://blog.academia-eng
Climate change special
As the world talks global warming, we go to one of the chilliest places in Europe - the British Antarctic Survey's (BAS) ice core store - to find out what evidence there is for manmade climate change.
Oil palm plantations and coral reefs
Coral reefs are among the most beautiful habitats in the world. As well as being rich in biodiversity, they're vital for the local economies that depend on them for fishing, tourism or protection from storms.
Leeches, earthquakes and weird sea-life
It seems that hardly a week goes by without a major earthquake striking somewhere in the world, which may be why many people have been asking scientists at the British Geological Survey if earthquakes are getting more frequent.
Energy Puppet: An Ambient Awareness Interface for Home Energy Consumption
The Energy Puppet is an ambient display device that provides peripheral awareness of energy consumption for individual home appliances. The display produces different ?pet-like? behavioral reactions according to energy use patterns of the appliances to give homeowners an indication of their energy consumption status. The puppet
would raise its ?arms? in victory to display normal consumption rate, or its ?eyes? would change color to red and ?roar? to warn the homeowners when the specific applianc
3.4 Audio activity Using audio is a very idiosyncratic practice amongst Open University students. Some listen to them in the car, others on a personal stereo on the train, some while washing up, others at their desk. Flexibility of use is certainly one of their virtues. However you use them, some of the following may be useful guidelines. Read the notes for the activity before you listen. At the very least try and fix in your head or note down the main purpose of the a
One Week, One Tool
In a first of its kind conference, 12 scholars, archivists, librarians and students were gathered to Fairfax, Virginia to create- in one week- a tool for use in contemporary humanity studies. The assembled team had a wide range of backgrounds and skill sets. Some were celebrated open source developers working towards their PhDs. Some were archivists and librarians. There were University professors alongside a recent college graduate. Together, they collaborated to fix a need the team perceived i
Law School Tour | University of St. Thomas
The University of St. Thomas School of Law has established itself not only as an outstanding law school but also as an exceptional place to be a law student. The School of Law was ranked the No. 1 law school in the country in 2005 for Best Quality of Life among students, according to Princeton Review's The Best 159 Law Schools. While a number of factors contribute to this quality of life at the School of Law, including our beautiful building and remarkable faculty, our students clearly are the b
If the World is Flat, What are We Still Doing in Cambridge?
At the very moment when “we have to confront the opportunity or challenge of globalization,” says Allan Goodman, higher education appears woefully unprepared. The world is not ‘flat’ for the vast majority of college students.
Only 30 of 192 U.N. member states boast enrollments of international st
Conversations With History - Alain C. Enthoven
"Planning, Policy and Politics"
Alain C Enthoven, Marriner S. Eccles Emeritus Professor of Public and Private Management, Stanford University
In his 500th interview, Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Stanford Professor Alain Enthoven for a discussion of public service and policy analysis. Recalling his tenure in the office of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara during the Kennedy administration, Enthoven describes the efforts to control military expenditures by using systems analysis
Dan & Kerri's Weight Loss Surgery Story
Dan and Kerri were both dangerously overweight- with numerous health problems. Kerri was told her weight was keeping her from getting pregnant. In 2008, they decided to undergo gastric bypass surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dan and Kerri discuss their journey, and Dr. Karl Byrne talks about how weight loss surgery can help those who have struggled for years to lose weight and keep it off. They got their health back, and something even better- their baby son Eli.
Grammar Lesson 17: Também x Também não, Online Activities
Spanish speakers who are used to saying tampoco will now have to learn how to say também não in Portuguese. It just sounds cute someho
