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Predicting Structure
Princeton University physicist Paul Steinhardt describes why so much of material science necessarily has a trial-and-error component to it.
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Beyond The Room Under Renovation
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute of Advanced Study) describes how preoccupations with "what's new" in physics miss the bigger picture.
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New Laws?
2003 Nobel Laureate Antony Leggett, University of Illinois, describes his belief that reductionistic approaches to physics are not always the right way to proceed, describing how the possible breakdown of the laws of quantum mechanics...
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Determining Structure Through Diffraction
Princeton University physicist Paul Steinhardt describes how physicists can reveal the underlying atomic structure of materials by scattering other particles off them.
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Quasi-Serendipity
Physicist Paul Steinhardt, Princeton University, describes his sense of excitement when, shortly after he determined the diffraction pattern his theoretical new material would produce in a laboratory, someone showed him an experimental...
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Linguistic Retrieval
Cognitive scientist Victor Ferreira (UC San Diego) highlights the key issue of "retrieval" so integral to sentence production.
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Measuring Intelligence
Neuroscientist John Duncan (Cambridge) describes some of the tests associated with Charles Spearman's mysterious "g factor."
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The Anthropic Principle
Nobel Laureate in Physics Anthony Leggett (Illinois) describes the so-called Anthropic Principle that some invoke to answer the "fine tuning problem" of cosmology.
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Testing For Dark Matter
University of Chicago cosmologist Rocky Kolb describes the history of dark matter: how it was overlooked by most physicists for decades together with current hypotheses of what it might be and experiments to determine which one is valid.
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Fingernails on the Chalkboard
University of Chicago cosmologist Rocky Kolb relates how he reacts very differently to dark matter than dark energy: dark matter he regards as an opportunity, while dark energy "drives him nuts".
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Structural Similarities
UCLA psychologist Martin Monti describes how he developed the hypothesis that language and mathematics might be linked to a certain syntactical structure in our brains and how he went about experimentally testing the idea using fMRI...
Music Matters
Rossini's Writing for the Harmonium - Composer Insights
We investigate a less familiar corner of Rossini’s writing, namely the Preludio Religioso from his Petite Messe. Unusually, the movement is written for Harmonium. This composer insights lesson goes on to explore the initial fugal design...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Tammy Dunbar - Social Emotional Learning
Tammy Brecht Dunbar, M.Ed., S.T.E.M. teaches 5th grade in Manteca Unified School District. She is a 2018-19 Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Fellow, won the ISTE 2018 Literacy PLN Award for Cultivate World Literacy and was named...
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Compare Types of Democracy
"Compare Types of Democracy" analyzes the purposes, structure, and functions of various types of direct and representative democracies.
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Informational: Problem/Solution
“Informational: Problem/Solution” video lesson explores informational texts, focusing on the problem and solution structure and explaining how to identify problems and solutions in texts.
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Dictatorships and Theocracies
"Dictatorships and Theocracies" analyzes the purposes, structure, and functions of dictatorships and theocracies.
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Creating an Armature
This video will demonstrate how to create an armature for a paper maché sculpture.
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Plastids and Mitochondria
Plastids and Mitochondria examines energy transformations by describing the fundamental roles of plastids and mitochondria.
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Organizing an Argument
“Organizing an Argument” will explain how to structure a valid, clear argument.
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The Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam discusses the history, construction, and physical features of the Hoover Dam.
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Factors Affecting Enzyme Function
Factors Affecting Enzyme Function explains how changes in pH, temperature, and concentration levels can affect enzyme function.
Neuro Transmissions
The Black Stain That Changed Neuroscience
There’s a black stain on the history of neuroscience. But don’t worry, that’s actually a good thing! Thanks to Camillo Golgi’s mysterious “black stain” and Santiago Ramon y Cajal’s artistic talents, starting in the early 1900s, we...
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The Eukaryotic Cell
The Eukaryotic Cell examines a eukaryotic cell by describing its structure.
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Literary Criticisms
A video entitled “Literary Criticisms” which explores how to evaluate a literary work.