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Can Fitness Trackers Predict Whether You Have COVID?
Researchers are trying to use fitness trackers to predict whether someone has COVID-19 before they develop symptoms. Can they actually do it?
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Can AI Proctors Detect Online Exam Cheating? | Automated Online Exam Proctoring
Automated online exam proctoring has been around for about 10 years, but our rapid shift to online learning has brought it to the forefront of our minds, especially as educators become increasingly concerned about online cheating.
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Can AI Prevent A Climate Disaster?
Will AI systems help us reduce our emissions, avoiding a climate disaster? Or will the emissions associated with AI development outshadow its possible benefits?
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Fiction Nonfiction Genre: Story Elements
This video focuses on the two main genre of books: fiction and nonfiction. Kids learn aspects of each type of book and then practice naming whether a book is fiction or nonfiction. Kids also learn about realistic fiction.
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Physics and Gender
Imperial College cosmologist Claudia de Rham shares her personal experiences of becoming a female theoretical physicist, stressing the importance of breaking down stereotypes of what a physicist is and does.
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Measured Desperation
Physicist Paul Steinhardt, Princeton University, describes how many practicing scientists confidently assume that the unsolved problems of a theory will eventually be rectified rather than embracing the uncomfortable prospect of starting...
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The Demarcation Problem
Princeton historian of science Michael Gordin reflects upon the so-called demarcation problem: how can we find a way to objectively distinguish science from pseudo-science? He relates how it’s a very old and surprisingly complex issue.
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Against Trendiness
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute for Advanced Study) details his frustration with most popular physics writing.
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Dark Matter
Astrophysicist Scott Tremaine (Institute for Advanced Study) describes why we believe that dark matter exists.
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Cultural Differences
Social psychologist Roy Baumeister, University of Queensland, describes how, while cultural differences clearly exist, he’s more focussed on studying the essence of what it means to be human.
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Historical Relevance
Princeton historian of science Michael Gordin describes a set of attitudes that most practicing scientists have towards historians, philosophers and sociologists of science, and outlines ways in which appreciating the past might help...
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Characterizing Autism
UCL development psychologist Uta Frith relates her view on what the essence of autism is, describing how the critical feature of autism is a lack of an innate ability to “mentalize” or attribute an inner life to others.
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Transcending Impossible
Princeton University physicist Paul Steinhardt reveals the different shades of meaning the word "impossible" has for him.
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Memory Science and Education
Psychologist and memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus (UC Irvine) discusses some current research ideas related to memory and brain imaging, and stresses the importance of educating people on the malleability of memory from a young age.
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Emotional Confusion
Social psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett, Northeastern University, describes how experimental findings that indicated that subjects couldn’t accurately distinguish between different emotions led her on a quest to find objective markers...
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Cultural Mindsets
Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck describes how, while she believes that her work on mindsets is universally relevant, understanding distinct values and practices is essential to getting the message across diverse cultures.
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Beyond Solenoids
Cognitive scientist Victor Ferreira (UC San Diego) describes his youthful career anxiety and his excitement that science could be about people rather than just assessing magnetic field lines.
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Down, Out and Mentally Ill
USC legal scholar and author Elyn Saks relates how a key ingredient to helping mentally ill people who are on the street is to engage in “aggressive outreach” to first get them to a safe and comfortable place before working on any...
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The Human Condition
Social psychologist Roy Baumeister (Queensland) describes how, notwithstanding our various cultural differences, what really interests him is the investigation of factors and motivations common to all of us.
Music Matters
What is the Pentatonic Scale? - Music Theory
We explore the Pentatonic scale. As the title suggests the scale comprises 5 notes instead of the 7 notes that make up the major scale and the minor scale. This music theory lesson looks at the different ways of calculating the notes...
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Subtraction Song
Learn about the basics of Subtraction and Equal symbols with Subtraction Song by the KLT.
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The Goblin - Dwarf Planet Candidate
Learn about dwarf planets with the Dwarf Planet candidate The Goblin
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I Think Because
The video “I Think Because” discusses opinions and gives examples of opinion and factual statements.
Sir Linkalot
Lesson 83 - Even more letter linking! (Levels 1 & 2)
Oi, ref! You should have gone to Specsavers. Material covered: Come High Once True & Blue Susie Story for Blue Field Half