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GCSE Biology - Gregor Mendel and the History of Genetics #76
This video covers: - The experiment that Mendel did with pea plants, looking at pea colour, flower colour, and height. - How Mendel discovered hereditary units, which could be recessive or dominant - An overview of when chromosomes, and...
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Weathering Differences: Faith, Climate, and Controversies
A member of the politically conservative, Tea Party, and two different pastors discuss their beliefs and approaches to climate change. From talk of self-reliance, clean energy advocacy, to reflections on natural disasters and biblical...
All Ears English
1955 - Should You Use the Word Stupid in English?
In today's episode we answer a great listener question- is it offensive to use the word stupid in English? Get ready for some deep thinking about language, connection, and ableism, and learn how to challenge our language status quo today!
The Guardian
From Burna Boy to Beyoncé: how black culture is embracing its African roots
In recent years, Africans on the continent and in the diaspora have become leading voices in black culture – in music, film, fashion, social media, comedy and even our memes. When Grace Shutti was growing up, black culture usually...
The Guardian
He said: "I’d break the law for you." I was 13': calling time on street harassment
Rape threats, racist slurs, being followed home, just some of the things that women and girls are subjected to on a daily basis. But there is a growing generation of young women who are no longer prepared to put up with it and have...
The Guardian
Saintmaking: the canonisation of Derek Jarman by queer 'nuns'
This year marks the 30th anniversary of film-maker Derek Jarman’s canonisation by an activist group of gay male 'nuns' known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. At the time in 1991, Derek Jarman was the most prominent person in the...
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Classic Bipolar vs Atypical Bipolar - How To Tell The Difference
Bipolar disorder can present in two very distinct ways. There is, a classic or textbook presentation and non-classic or atypical presentation. These are not official subtypes of bipolar disorder that you will find in the diagnostic...
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Folk Dances
Coach Socrates and Miss Palomine continue their discussion of music and rhythm. Coach Socrates introduces Miss Palomine to folk music.
The Business Professor
Generation Y (Gen Y) or Millenials
What is Generation Y (Gen Y) or Millenials? Millennials, also known as Generation Y or Gen Y, are the demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z.
The Business Professor
Generation X (Gen X)
What is Generation X (Gen X)? Generation X is the demographic cohort following the baby boomers and preceding the millennials. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1960s as starting birth years and the late 1970s to early...
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The Roots of Sign Language
UC San Diego linguist Carol Padden describes how, while we now recognize that gesture and sign language are structurally very different, linguists are now carefully examining how gesture might have originally given rise to sign languages.
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Life in the 5th Generation
Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) describes the extraordinary cultural landscape for the 5th Generation of Chinese filmmakers.
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A Poisonous Legacy
Edie Widder, marine biologist at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association, laments the dreadful environmental catastrophe we are leaving for our children without even giving them the tools to deal with it.
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Athenian Inversions
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) describes how his generation of classical Greek historians took a different approach to Athens of the 4th century BCE.
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The Rhetoric Wars
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL), describes the tensions between the Renaissance's rhetorical culture and the Scientific Revolution’s pursuit of absolute truth.
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An Overlooked Millennium
Historian Maria Mavroudi (UC Berkeley) highlights the appeal of Byzantium.
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Seeking a Balance
Historian John Elliott, University of Oxford, describes how historians studying societies other than their own need to balance objective assessment and societal assimilation, a balancing act that invariably brings with it a multitude of...
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Inherited and Acquired Traits of Animals
Inherited and Acquired Traits of Animals explains the differences between inherited and acquired traits of animals.
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Can You Tell If These AI Products Are Real?
More AI-based consumer products are being released every day, and some of them are pretty unbelievable. But can you tell the difference between a real AI product and a fake one?
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Types of Monarchies
"Types of Monarchies" analyzes the purposes, structure, and functions of absolute and constitutional monarchies.
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Vegetative Propagation in Plants 1
It describes asexual reproduction and the modes of asexual reproduction in plants.
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The Proclamation in Letterkenny read by John D Ruddy
I read the Proclamation of Independence in front of the Letterkenny Post Office on Easter Monday 2016 at 12.45pm to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising. (I'll probably do it again on April 24th) Thanks to Kieran Kelly for intro,...
John D Ruddy
Politics in History? - John Talks
I've seen the comments. I thought I'd address a few things :D
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Selecting a Change
The video “Selecting a Change” introduces the concepts of natural and artificial selection and discusses examples of each.