Donate Your Time Mentoring Children for Careers in the Medical Field
By: mdanderson Mentors talk about their experiences working with students and introducing them to careers in the medical field through the Health Adventures at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. During this field trip to MD Anderson's Rehabilitation Services center, the children experience first-hand the challenges patients face, and the role that doctors, nurses and other staff play in caring for people. When students leave the program, they leave with a desire to learn, excel i
PI3K's Pivotal Role in Cell Migration
By: JCB Phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and its phospholipid products are polarized toward the front of migrating fibroblasts, but their exact function in persistent motility remains unclear. Welf et al. reveal that PI3K signaling helps reorient migrating fibroblasts by stabilizing branched protrusions at the leading edge, allowing the cell to pivot and move in a different direction. This biosights episode presents the paper by Welf et al. from the April 2, 2012, issue of The Journal of Cell Bi
Coercing Morality in Puritan Massachusetts [Conceived in Liberty (1975)] Perhaps the bluntest expression of the Puritan ideal of theocracy was the Rev. Nathaniel Ward's The Simple Cobbler of Aggawam in America (1647). Returning to England to take part in the Puritan fe
Rethinking the American Union [Rethinking the American Union for the Twenty-First Century • Edited by Donald Livingston • Pelican Publishing Company, 2012 • 272 pages] Against the Neoliberals Assuming Away Reality If you are taking or have taken some of the typical courses in economics, it is quite likely that you asked yourself questions like the following: If an economic model is not like the real world, why should I trust the res Train Yourself to Listen Objectively - Music Production Educación FÃsica y su Didáctica THE100 Session 12 Spring 2012 Last Stand of the Confederacy Vibration. See the Unseen: Cymbal at 1,000 frames per second. What Do Teachers Make (by Taylor Mali) ISS Update - May 2, 2012 Science Bulletins: Bee Deaths Linked to Common Pesticides Breakingviews: Chesapeake's CEO in the firing line Computer History Museum Testimonial Animation of a star torn apart by a black hole Authors@Google: Howard Rheingold Communicating Science: Improvisation Communicating Science: Distilling Your Message
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Stephen Webber is an Emmy-winning composer and professor of Music Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music. In three decades as a record producer, engineer, session player, music director, recording artist, DJ, and studio designer, Stephen has recorded with Ivan Neville, Meshell Ndegeocello, the Manhattan Guitar Duo, and the Turtle Island String Quartet, and performed with Bela Fleck, Mark O'Conner, Grandmixer DXT, and Emm
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In March of 1865, Confederate forces made a valiant last stand against General Sherman's advancing troops, but were undone by the most unlikely of errors: a faulty map. In this video clip, learn more about one of the last efforts made by the Confederate forces in the American Civil War. (3:21)
This metal cymbal appears almost as fabric at this speed. Explore the world of vibration at 1,000 frames per second. (01:24)
Taylor Mali (http://taylormali.com) is one of the most well-known poets to have emerged from the poetry slam movement. Mali is a vocal advocate of teachers and the nobility of teaching, having himself spent nine years in the classroom teaching everything from English and history to math and S.A.T. test preparation.
A note from the YouTube user: Although Taylor original speech is compelling and motivating, we needed a "cleaner" version t
The International Space Station video update for May 2, 2012.
Several recent studies have questioned whether exposure to common pesticides might be impairing bee performance and contributing to the observed population declines. Neonicotinoids are a family of pesticides chemically related to nicotine, and are widely used in both large-scale agriculture as well as in home gardening products. This type of pesticide circulates through flowering plants and collects in nectar and pollen. Recent studies conducted by several research groups have shown that even l
May 2 - Antony Currie and Breakingviews columnists discuss how Chesapeake's governance and earnings problems make Aubrey McClendon's position increasingly untenable.
Luminaries of the computer field talk about what computer history and the Computer History Museum means to them.
In June 2010, astronomers saw the eruption of light from a star as it was shredded by a supermassive black hole. This happened 2.7 billion light years away in a distant galaxy!
You can see HD versions of this at Hubblesite: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/18/video/a/
Credit: NASA, S. Gezari (The Johns Hopkins University), and J. Guillochon (University of California, Santa Cruz)
"On April 11, 2012 Howard Rheingold joined Mamie Rheingold in a conversation about his latest book, Net Smart: How to Thrive Online.
Like it or not, knowing how to make use of online tools without being overloaded with too much information is an essential ingredient to personal success in the twenty-first century. But how can we use digital media so that they make us empowered participants rather than passive receivers, grounded, well-rounded people rather than multitasking basket cases? In Net
Alan Alda, actor, director, writer, visiting professor at Stony Brook University, and founding member of the national advisory board of the Center for Communicating Science, covers topics on improvisational speaking.
His lifelong interest in science led him to host PBS. Scientific American Frontiers from 1993 to 2005, an experience he has called "the best thing I ever did in front of a camera." After interviewing hundreds of scientists around the world, Alan became convinced that many researche
Howard Schneider, co-chair Center for Communicating Science and founding Dean of the School of Journalism at Stony Brook University, talks about how to rephrase your story to communicate more effectively.
He was instrumental in the founding of the Center for Communicating Science and also founded the Center for News Literacy, which teaches students from across disciplines how to judge the reliability of news reports and how to manage today.s flood of information. Before coming to Stony Brook,
