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Individuals and Community
Anthropologist Frans de Waal, Emory University, describes his distinction between so-called "one-on-one morality" and "community concern", and highlighting the differences, and similarities, between humans and other animals regarding the...
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Sherlock Holmes vs. Stamp Collecting
Astrophysicist Scott Tremaine, Institute for Advanced Study, describes his initial lack of interest in astronomy, how a keener sense of how our understanding of physics can be applied to the heavens made him change his mind, and what...
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Testing Reality
Quantum physicist Artur Ekert, University of Oxford and NUS, relates how the now-famous Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen thought experiment was generally ignored for decades before John Bell pointed the way towards a key experiment to test it...
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Fundamental Research or Glorified Engineering?
Quantum physicist Artur Ekert (Oxford and NUS) describes how quantum information science is a combination of theoretical and applied investigations.
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Musical Syntax
UCLA psychologist Martin Monti describes his research of considering structural relations between language, motor function and music in the hopes of revealing insights in the underlying processing of our brains.
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Bad Assumptions
Lisa Feldman Barrett, Northeastern University, describes how the concept of variability is a key concept to understanding the brain that has been consistently overlooked as we developed invalid assumptions of brain processing based upon...
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A Good Experiment, Defined
Quantum physicist Artur Ekert (Oxford and NUS) uses Alain Aspect's famous experiment of the Bell inequalities as an example of what an experiment should be.
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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
Stanford University neuroscientist Kalanit Grill-Spector describes the basics of how an fMRI machine works and what it’s like to conduct brain-imaging experiments.
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Looking to the Past
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute for Advanced Study) describes his intriguing prescription for how we might make progress in fundamental physics without experiment to guide us.
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Reducing the Mess
York University psychologist Ellen Bialystok describes both the challenges and opportunities she faces in her research on how bilingualism affects the mind and brain.
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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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Context and Variability
Cognitive scientist Lisa Feldman Barrett (Northeastern) highlights how our current models of psychology are often based on false principles, using metaphors for the mind that simply don’t apply to the brain.
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Consuming Theory
Astrophysicist Scott Tremaine (Institute for Advanced Study) reflects upon the contemporary relationship between theory and experiment in fundamental physics.
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A Sad Story
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (IAS) recounts his frustration of the "faster than light neutrinos" story that made media headlines in 2011.
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Self-control
Social psychologist Roy Baumeister, University of Queensland, relates his theory that exercising self-control involves a depletion of a personal energy reserve, describing some experiments that support his hypothesis.
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Meaning vs. Grammar
Cognitive scientist Victor Ferreira (UC San Diego) sketches out an intriguing future experiment he'd like to conduct to probe the difference between meaning-level and grammar-level effects.
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Lab Safety
“Lab Safety” will explain general rules that should be followed when performing an experiment.
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Scientific Theory vs. Scientific Law
“Scientific Theory vs. Scientific Law” will explain the difference between a scientific theory and a scientific law and the importance of the evolution of theory over time.
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The Scientific Method for Kids
Review the steps of The Scientific Method by conducting an experiment. Put raisins in water. What happens? Then put raisins in Sprite. What happens?
Neuro Transmissions
Animal research is still the best option
Animal research is a controversial topic. It's critical for science and medicine, but is it "right" or ethical? New technologies are allowing scientists to conduct experiments in all kinds of new model systems. So that means that...
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Transferring Traits
“Transferring Traits” introduces the concepts of heredity and genetic traits, with a focus on Gregor Mendel’s pioneering work in the field of genetics.
Science Buddies
Build an Arduino Clinostat: Simulate Microgravity for Plants
How do plants grow in space? Can astronauts grow food in a zero-gravity environment? You can do your own experiments right here on Earth to find out! In this science project you will build your own device called a clinostat that rotates...
Professor Dave Explains
Pericyclic Reactions
Professor Dave explains the science and theory behind pericyclic reactions (Part One)
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Organocuprates (Gilman Reagents)
We've seen organometallic reagents featuring magnesium, as well as lithium, so how about copper? These are called organocuprates, or sometimes Gilman reagents. What do they look like? How do we make them? What do we do? Let's take a look!