Science Bulletins: Bilingual Brain 'Switch' Found
A recent study led by University College London neuroscientist Cathy Price reveals how the human brain is uniquely adapted to manage multiple languages.
Language is processed in various regions of the left cerebral hemisphere. Previous studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data showed that bilingual people activate the same general brain areas no matter what language they use. But Price's new experimental method, which involved measuring brain activity after showing subject
ISS Update: Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Part 2
NASA Public Affairs Officer Dan Huot talks to Frank Brody, chief of the Spaceflight Meteorology Group (SMG) at Johnson Space Center, about SMG support for the upcoming landing of the Expedition 31 crew in Kazakhstan as well as the Mission Control Center's preparations for the 2012 hurricane season. Questions? Ask us on Twitter @NASA_Johnson and include the hashtag #askStation. For the latest news about the space station, visit http://www.nasa.gov/station.
CSU, Chico Course Redesign ePortfolio for Methods of Political Inquiry
CSU, Chico Course Redesign ePortfolio for POLS 421: Methods of Political Inquiry (Spring 2014)
How does Parliament handle Ethical Issues raised by Scientific Advance?
Talk given by John Gummer MP as part of short course 2
Friends Helped Ducote Receive Fulbright Honors
Martin Ducote, 2012 UM Fulbright Scholar gives credits to his friendships made at Ole Miss and his professors for enabling him to receive the national honor. Video by Mary Stanton.
Laissez-Faire Learning As a teacher in a public high school, I am daily confronted with the lamentable realities of state-monopoly education. Student apathy, methodological stagnation, bureaucratic inefficiency, textbook-publishing cartels, obsessive preoccupation with grades, coercive relationships, and rigid, sanitized curricula are just a few of the more obvious problems, attended by the cold-shower di
UA Bids Farewell to President Eugene G. Sander
Eugene G. Sander is retiring from a 25-year career at the UA that culminated in serving as its president. Colleagues and members of the UA community showed their gratitude at a farewell event, and Sander sat down with UANews to share a few thoughts on his years of service at the University.
UA Welcomes New President Ann Weaver Hart
The UA welcomes Ann Weaver Hart, who starts officially as president on July 1. Hart sat down with UANews to share her thoughts about higher education and becoming the UA's 21st president. She joins the UA from Temple University, where she served as president.
Protein Folding
This is a game that describes and teaches the mechanisms by which proteins fold to achieve the most desirable configuration.
Welcome to our Virtual Open Day
If you can't visit us at one of our Open Days, we have a new Virtual Open Day full of information about studying at The University of Nottingham, including pictures, video and an interactive map. Click through to www.nottingham.ac.uk/virtualnottingham to start exploring our campuses.
The Declaration of Independence The National Archives UK posted a photo: Description: Dunlap print of the Declaration of Independence
This copy of the Declaration of Independence
Collaborative Statistics: English Phrases Written Mathematically
Susan Dean,
Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D.
This module provides an overview of commonly used phrases in statistics and their mathematical equivalents.
Trigal con cuervos - Vincent van Gogh
Descripción escrita por Arte Historia. Posiblemente sea el Trigal con cuervos uno de los trabajos más famosos de Van Gogh, considerándose obra clave del periodo de Auvers. En primer plano contemplamos el punto de unión de los tres caminos que parten hacia diferentes direcciones; entre ellos, limitados con una línea verde que corresponde con las hierbas y la maleza, hallamos los campos de trigo en todo su esplendor, iluminados por la luz nocturna que ta
Introduction In this course, we present the three main lines of experimental evidence pointing to the big bang origin of the Universe: (i) the recession of the galaxies; (ii) the microwave remnant of the early fireball; and (iii) the comparison between the calculated primordial nuclear abundances and the present-day composition of matter in the Universe. A data sheet of useful information is provided as a pdf for your use. You may wish to print out a copy to keep handy as you progress through the co
UMMC Physician Profile: Jonathan Chun, M.D.
This short video introduces viewers to Jonathan Chun, M.D., an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Dr. Chun's special interests include sphincter-sparing surgery for colorectal cancer, surgical treatment of Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colities, surgical treatment of anorectal disorders, laparoscopic treatment of diverticulities, treatment of rectal prolapse, and screening and therapeutic colonoscopy. Watch this video to learn more about his practice a
Yolanda Huet-Vaughn Refuses to Fight
In this The People Speak video clip, Rosario Dawson reads the words of a mother refusing to fight in the Gulf War. (2:29)
Fighting Parasites the Sustainable Way
University of Georgia Professor Ray Kaplan describes how parasites in our animals are becoming resistant to the deworming drugs we use to kill them and what we must do to stop this alarming trend.
Introduction Sweatshops and the exploitation of workers are often linked to the globalised production of ‘big brand’ labels. This unit examines how campaigners have successfully closed the distance between the brands and the sweatshops, while others argue that such production ‘kick starts’ economies into growth benefiting whole communities. This unit is an adapted extract from the Open University course Author(s):
IPL: Professor Andrew Geddis
Professor Andrew Geddis, Faculty of Law, presents his Inaugural Professorial Lecture on the topic “Of Flags and Protest: Dissent, Offence and the Limits of Free Speech”.13 September 2011.
Challenges for Transitional Justice: The View from the Latin American Experience
Marcie Mersky, Director of Program Office, International Center for Transitional Justice; Chair of Impunity Watch gives a talk as part of the OTJR seminar series and as part of the Oak Series on Amnesty.
