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Bizarre Beasts
The Weird Way Aphids Reproduce
One of the weirdest things about pea aphids is their reproductive cycle. Most animals reproduce in one of two ways: asexually or sexually. But the pea aphid does not stick to just one type of reproduction...and it gives birth to pregnant...
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How Do Others See My Culture?
Culture certainly shapes our perspective. To accept cultural differences, we often employ generalizations to help us understand aspects of a culture. However, cultures and values are not static entities. Gain insight into how cultures...
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Japan Values
Many of the values and basic assumptions the Japanese make about life have their origins in Buddhism and Shintoism. The primacy of the group or the collective good and the value placed on maintaining harmony are particularly strong and...
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Japan Humor
The Japanese aren’t usually avid joke tellers, but put them in a group, and they’ll sometimes do humorous imitations of friends and colleagues. Such imitations aren’t considered rude; indeed, they’re often performed in front of the...
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Fans hope England's Red Roses will inspire new generation of rugby fans
Fans hope England's Red Roses will inspire new generation of rugby fansSource: The Independent
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Are Millennials Finally Doing Ok?
The 2016 financial data looked pretty grim for Millennials. By 2019, the median Millennial household was making around $10,000 more a year than previous generations. What happened?
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Designing Healthy Communities - The Syracuse Solution
The future generation is in danger. They are being harmed by our factories, our freeways, our food deserts, and our poorly built environment. Watch how Syracuse, NY strives to make a difference. Dr. Jackson discusses with medical...
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What Is 3G Internet?
Howcast - Learn what 3G is from computer expert Yoav Erez in this Howcast video about wireless network technology.
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Transformers Fall of Cybertron Walkthrough Part 7 - Chapter 3
Howcast - Check out part 7 and join the war between the Autobots and Decepticons in Activisions' newest release, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
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How to Maintain a Djembe
Howcast - Learn how to maintain a djembe from the musicians at Wula Drum in this Howcast video.
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Do Wiccans Practice Witchcraft?
Howcast - Learn if Wiccans practice witchcraft from Wiccan High Priestess Phyllis Curott in this Howcast video.
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How to Understand Ancient Chinese Superstitions
Many Chinese superstitions date to ancient times. Here are a few that are still widely known.
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Labour's net zero plan to counter Tory mini-budget ahead of party conference
Labour's net zero plan to counter Tory mini-budget ahead of party conference
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Amtrak’s next-gen Acela fleet is set to launch
Amtrak’s next-gen Acela fleet is set to launchAmtrak
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Boomers to Zoomers - The Generations Explained
Are you Gen X? A Baby Boomer? Maybe a Millennial? Or perhaps a Zoomer? There are a number of generations out there and marketers need to have a rough idea of how each of the current generations are different as well as similar to know...
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Comparing the Lord's Prayer over time
Pupil outcome: I can compare different versions of the Lord’s Prayer and explain how language has changed over time. Key learning points: - The Lord's Prayer, from the King James Bible 1611, contains many words that we still use today. -...
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Post-war American popular culture
Pupil outcome: I can assess the changes in American popular culture during the post-war period. Key learning points: - Televisions became widely available and popular. - A new 'teenage' identity developed in the 1940s and 1950s. - Rock...
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Family trees (non-statutory)
Pupil outcome: I can identify similarities and differences in humans within a family tree. Key learning points: - A family tree is a diagram that shows the relationships between all the people in a family over many generations. - The top...
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Debating different interpretations of Katherine Mansfield’s ‘The Fly’
Pupil outcome: I can present a convincing argument about how to interpret Katherine Mansfield’s short story, ‘The Fly’ (1922). Key learning points: - You could argue that Mansfield is critical of the older generation in ‘The Fly’. - At...
The Daily Conversation
Inside Atlanta's Transformation: Capital Of The South?
Atlanta is growing fast and working to become a more walkable, connected city by transforming old rail lines into trails and parks through projects like the BeltLine. The city is also planning new transportation options like bus rapid...
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Woodrow Wilson on Democratic Principles
Recorded on September 24th 1912, "Democratic Principles" was one of a series of six recordings made by Wilson in the run up to the 1912 presidential election — the other recordings were "On the Third Party, "On The Trusts, "To the...
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Complementation Test: Benzers Experiment
A complementation test (or cis-trans test) is used to determine whether two recessive mutations causing the same phenotype occur in the same gene or in different genes. In the trans configuration, if the mutations are on different genes,...
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Pyrosequencing
Pyrosequencing is a DNA sequencing-by-synthesis method that detects light emitted during nucleotide incorporation, offering a faster and more cost-effective alternative to the traditional Sanger method. It uses a cascade of enzymatic...