Mining on the Moon
The race is on to mine the moon - and UNSW researchers have figured out how to do it and how to build there.
Chapter 02 - The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
Chapter 2. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by Mark Nelson.
2012 Annual Lecture in Law and Society: The Strange History of the American Federal Bill of Rights:
Pauline Maier, Professor of American History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology gives the 2012 Annual Lecture in Law and Society. Introduced by Denis Galligan, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford Inspired in part by the English Declaration of Rights of 1688, Americans began adding declarations of rights to their new state constitutions in 1776. One of the most popular argument raised against the federal Constitution of 1787 was that it lacked a declaration or bill of rights. Today the
2.5 Defining surfaces
Surfaces are a special class of topological spaces that crop up in many places in the world of mathematics. In this unit, you will learn to classify surfaces and will be introduced to such concepts as homeomorphism, orientability, the Euler characteristic and the Classification Theorum.
What makes countries competitive in the world economy?
June 30 - Chrystia Freeland talks with Siemens CEO, Eric Spiegel, and Atlantic senior writer, James Fallows about competitiveness in today's global economy and the German exception.
U.S. coming close to making "greatest unforced error in history of economic policy making"
June 30 - Ron Brownstein of the Atlantic talks to Chrystia Freeland about the debt ceiling and the politics in Washington surrounding this issue.
William and Kate meet Canadians
July 1 - The Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge meet with Canadians at the start of their first official trip abroad. Julie Noce reports.
Greece for sale, but at what price?
July 1 - Insider speaks to industry experts Bernardo Bortolotti and Konstantinos Mihalos about Greece's aim to raise 50 billion euros from asset sales, and which institutions are likely to be up for grabs.
Chavez announces cancer surgery
July 1 - Venezuela President Hugo Chavez confirms he underwent surgery in Cuba to remove cancerous cells. Julie Noce reports.
UK manufacturing hits 21-month low
July 1 - Britain's manufacturing expanded at its slowest pace in almost two years last month as factories reduced hiring and new orders fell, raising concerns about the health of the broader economic recovery.
GDP link in Greek debt rollover "too onerous", expert says
July 1 - GDP-linked bonds in the proposed rollover for Greece are too punitive and likely to prove counterproductive, says Columbia University's Stephany Griffith-Jones, long-time advocate of GDP-linked debt.
Introduction The unit uses the example of climate change to highlight the dynamic and volatile character of the planet, and how globalisation links together, in often unequal ways, people and places across the world. The unit focuses on the potentially momentous impact of global environmental change on Pacific Islands like Tuvalu. It introduces students to geographical ways of thinking about the world. This unit is an adapted extract from the Open University course
References Exc 1.2.3 Climate change: survival at stake Despite efforts to define it, the boundary between land and sea is constantly changing. In the long run the combination of rising sea level, sinking land and possible major storms, such as the one that devastated the Essex coast in 1953 (Figure 16), indicates a battle that the sea must ultimately win. Science and Religion in Science Journalism 20110517 - Protein Prediction I - Protein Structure - Burkhard Rost 1.2 Working abroad The extract from a newspaper article in Example 1 provides insight into the problems of working abroad. Working abroad is often considered the chance of a lifetime. Living and working in a foreign country with all expenses paid; what more could anyone want? In a surprising n Improve your Italian with songs The Handy Girls Can Fix It (Read Aloud) Eisenhower Welcomes Khrushchev to the U.S.
Mr Michael Brooks : Course
Course: Protein Prediction 1 - Protein Structure
Speaker: Burkhard Rost
Date: 20110517
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Example 1
Improve your Italian with songs.
Written by Mary Schwartz. Read by, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Singer, Dancer, and Actor.Finding something useful to do is never a problem for the busy Handy Girls. In this fun-filled story, Max and bobby discover that the Handy Girls can fix anything!
On September 15, 1959, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, promising an open heart and good intentions, began an unprecedented tour of the United States. President Eisenhower expresses his hopes upon Khrushchev's arrival for improved relations between the two superpowers. (1:38)
