Physicist Paul Steinhardt, Princeton University, relates how, once it became clear that the BICEP 2 experiment was flawed, many cosmologists were immediately able to reinterpret the new, opposite results as still supporting their theory.

Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose (Oxford) reveals how his popular science books have enabled contact with both laypeople and specialists.

Princeton University cosmologist Paul Steinhardt believes that the current dead-end of the theory of cosmic inflation represents great opportunities for young researchers.

Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute for Advanced Study) describes how popular science writing often communicates already outdated ideas to the public.

Psychologist and memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus (UC Irvine) describes how the law is beginning to explicitly recognize the malleability of memory for eyewitness testimony.

Nobel Laureate in Physics Roger Penrose (Oxford) briefly summarizes Stephen Hawking's work on the temperature of black holes and Hawking radiation.

Practice clapping rhythms in compound time. Learn how to breakdown various compound time rhythms that include duplets and how to count them correctly in 6/8, 6/4, 9/8, 12/16 and 12/8 time. This rhythm lesson breaks down the rhythms...

Chopin’s E minor Prelude is one of his most popular and most beautiful Preludes. What makes the impact of this piece so poetic? This composer insights lesson begins by examining the melodic line in the right hand. Through much of the...

Discover how Alberti Bass works and how useful it is in breathing energy into accompaniments. Often composers write a successful melody but the accompaniment is limited to block chords. Using Alberti Bass is one way of liberating the...

How to incorporate augmentation and diminution into a piece of music. This music composition lesson begins with a melodic line supported by a moving bass and goes on to demonstrate how the melodic line can be presented using...

“Point of View” will help students to decipher between the different points of view, including first-person point of view, third-person limited point of view, and third-person omniscient point of view.

The English Bill of Rights curbed the power and influence of the English monarchy and gave more power to their subjects. It’s the basis for the rights and freedoms we enjoy today.

It was written over 1,000 years ago, and commissioned by an English King – so what makes the Magna Carta one of the most important documents in US history?

In the late 1770s, U.S. patriots banded together to declare independence from Great Britain. But why did they want their independence and what kind of country did they want the United States to be?

This video discusses what logarithms are and why we need them. It will look at logarithmic graphs and talk about natural logarithms.

A video entitled “Decimal Money” which discusses coin values and how to represent them as decimals when adding or subtracting.

A video entitled "Visual Aids" which explains the process of creating visual aids that can enhance the presentation of a technical task.

Nonlinear Dynamics mini-series Part 1: • 1.0 A better way ... Part 2: • 2.0 A better way ... Part 3: • 3.0 A better way ... This video shows a formal proof behind linearization for 2D flows: dx/dt = f(x,y) dy/dt = g(x,y) Step 1: Find...

I did it! PhDone! PhinisheD! I'm a doctor! I have finally completed my Doctorate in Neuroscience. Graduate school over these last six years has been a wonderful, frustrating, gratifying, arduous experience. A few short months ago, I...

Scientific notation allows us to more easily express very large or very small numbers encountered in engineering and science. Using exponents, we can convert standard decimal numbers into scientific notation and vice versa.

I really love being a therapist, but whenever I get asked how I decided to become one, my answer always seems to change. I think that’s because my path was not as clear-cut and straightforward as I would like to believe. Anyway, check...

A video entitled “Expanding by Place Value” which explores decomposing numbers according to place value when adding them.

This video discusses the definition of prose poetry and provides an example from the genre.

The video “Different Accounts” demonstrates how two people can have different perspectives of the same event.