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The Modern Galileo
Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose, University of Oxford, describes how, while he's not exactly aware of what exactly motivates him to write his popular books about physics, he clearly looks to Galileo as an inspiring role model.
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Unintended Consequences
UC Berkeley psychologist Stephen Hinshaw explains the thinking behind his research that public policy for school accountability in the United States inadvertently played a key role in raising the rate of ADHD diagnoses.
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Duplex, Nest Hub, and More! | Google I/O 2019
What’s new from Google this year? This week, I’m covering Google I/O 2019!
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Using a Glossary
Using a Glossary examines the importance of clarifying unknown words by using a glossary to determine meanings.
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Transcending Suicide
Poet and independent scholar Jennifer Michael Hecht describes the positive reactions she’s received to her book Stay: A History of Suicide and the Arguments Against It.
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Dramaturgy - WTF? An introduction to dramaturgy and the dramaturg in theatre
Although originating in the dramatic theatre or narrative theatre, dramaturgy is an increasingly useful notion for describing the affective journey an audience goes on while watching a play or performance. In episode four of What the...
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Comprehension Story Elements: Retelling
This video teaches how to retell a story. It shares how to first tell the setting/characters, then the problem, and finally the solution. It teaches how using three finger retell (beginning, middle, and end) helps keep us on track....
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Let's Learn About Nouns
This interactive video for kids teaches what a noun is and helps kids sort and identify nouns as a grammar skill.
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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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Making Connections
Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose (Oxford) reveals how his popular science books have enabled contact with both laypeople and specialists.
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Einstein and the Field Concept
Nobel Laureate David Politzer (Caltech) reflects upon the extent of Einstein's belief in the importance of the field concept in physics.
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Forbidden Fruit
Theoretical physicist Rocky Kolb, University of Chicago, describes how a combination of an air-conditioned public library and a discouraging librarian contributed to making him the scientist he is today.
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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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Embracing Risk
Freeman Dyson, Institute of Advanced Study, describes how both making mistakes and encountering a wide variety of views is a necessary part of a vibrant scientific atmosphere, describing the welcoming reaction cognitive scientists had to...
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Sedimented Meanings
Historian David Armitage (Harvard) describes the importance of trying to unpack the various layers of meanings that have accrued to words and concepts over the course of history.
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Scientific Storytelling
University of Chicago theoretical physicist Rocky Kolb relates his belief that a valuable way of teaching science is to focus on the compelling stories of the people at the root of scientific discovery.
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Peer Review
Princeton historian of science Michael Gordin reflects upon the internal mechanisms behind the publication of Immanuel Velikovsky’s notorious book Worlds In Collision in 1950, explaining how peer review was very different then than it is...
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“Freezing in” the Wrong Picture
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute for Advanced Study) describes how popular science writing often communicates already outdated ideas to the public.
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Evaluating Psychotherapy
USC legal scholar and author Elyn Saks describes how, despite a lack of rigorous studies demonstrating the impact of psychoanalysis, for many people - including herself - psychoanalysis played a very significant positive role in their...
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Necessary, but not Sufficient
Duke neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis explains his view that the scientific tradition that many biologists inherited from physics of trying to understand the brain by focusing on the neuron as the basic building block, isn’t actually the...
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Shady IQ Origins
Historian Darrin McMahon, Dartmouth College, details how the desire to scientifically assess genius motivated the American psychologist Lewis Terman to redirect Alfred Binet’s test to identify special-needs children and apply it as a...
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In Praise of Barriers
Poet and historian Jennifer Michael Hecht argues that many cultural and social factors play a key role in leading people to commit suicide, highlighting the effectiveness of various social policies designed to combat it.