Taylor's introductory comments
Taylor starts with some introductory comments. Notice the informal style he uses because this is essentially a script for a talk to a colloquium. Notice also the other issue that I raised earlier, that Taylor is assuming that his listeners are fami
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Learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
identify the four main strategies shown by organisms for coping with winter
appreciate and give examples of the levels and types of explanation used for understanding these strategies
describe ways in which the strategies can be subjected to experimental manipulation
provide examples of how plants, birds and mammals can remain active through winter
give examples of orga
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Global Warming: An Introduction
The Earth's average temperature rose by more than half a degree Celsius over the last century. What caused this change? (01:42)
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Candy Lightner and MADD
Social movements often require charismatic leadership in the early stages; but needs change with growth. Consider the case of Candy Lightner, the founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Length: 3:38
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3 An overview of the legal history of Scotland
To understand the current system of law making in Scotland it is helpful to know from where it originated. The law in Scotland has a complex history, and has been influenced by a wide range of sources. It is a distinct system from that in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, and remains so today. The distinction comes from both historical developments and the current procedures for law making.
Some of the earliest influences on legal Scotland included native customs, Norse law and Wel
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Galapagos Tortoises
The Galapagos Islands take their name from the giant land Tortoises that live there. (01:05)
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The Problem of Economic Calculation
Since recent events helped socialist parties to obtain power in Russia, Hungary, Germany and Austria, and have thus made the execution of a socialist n
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Episode 25 – Season 4 – Coffee Break Spanish
Mark and Carmen are back with another episode of Coffee Break Spanish Season 4. In this episode we’re reading María’s diary entry following the first day of the dive for the missing treasure. Language points covered include the imperfect subjunctive following antes de que, the words madrugar and trasnochar, and the subtle difference between pasar miedo and tener miedo.
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3.1.3 Observing through the interstellar medium
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Material in the interstellar medium absorbs radiation. An extra term, A, the absorption in magnitudes, is required in Equation C:
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Radiation is both scattered and
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Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
This video is accompanied by text. "As the perceived threat from the Soviet Union continued to grow, the West became desperate to stop the spread of communism. After WWII, the communist community grew quickly in many parts of war-ravaged Europe. England was desperately trying to stop the spread of European communism in key countries, one of which was Greece. A fear shared by the U.S. and Britain was that if Greece became communist, so would Turkey, and the Soviets would control the eastern Medit
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