Science360
OpenfMRI allows neuroscientists to share brain research data
Researchers around the world can compare notes on one of the most powerful tools available for imaging human brain function, the fMRI, thanks to support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). An fMRI is a functional magnetic...
Healthcare Triage
Only Tell Me the Good News - Bias in Research Publication
Publication bias is a big problem when it comes to health research. Researchers sometimes use spin or change the outcomes and goals to make their research seem positive, and the citation system in research literature amplifies the...
MarketWatch
What is asset allocation?
Determining your asset allocation is one of the most important investment decisions you can make. Here's how to get started.
Psychology Unlocked
What are REPEATED MEASURES, INDEPENDENT GROUPS and MATCHED PAIRS? Experimental Design in Psychology
Experimental designs make a huge impact on the validity of an experiment's results. In this video, we explore the three main types of experimental design used in Psychology experiments: 1) Repeated Measures 2) Independent Groups 3)...
Healthcare Triage
Elmo Stickers, Apples, and the Pain of Retracted Research
We're once again talking about Brian Wasink, the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. They were in the news last year over a retracted study, and he's back again with six more studies retracted. Nutrition research is hard. This is also not great...
Physics Girl
"Of course it's scary." - Candid Interview with COVID-19 ER Nurse and Epidemiologist
Dianna from Physics Girl interviews an ER Nurse Practitioner and an Epidemiologist about their experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Science360
Understanding the BRAIN with Fleming Crim of NSF and Tom Insel of NIH
During the week of May 6th, 2013, scientists from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and DARPA, met for the first meeting on the BRAIN Initiative. Dr. Fleming Crim of the NSF, and Dr. Tom Insel of the...
Infognostica
Aryan, Dravidian Clarification Points (Great Human Histories Part 3)
A clarification of some points made in the previous video. This is to show that the theory is not divisive, but inclusive.
Healthcare Triage
Menu Calorie Labeling Isn't Doing Much to Fight Obesity
Americans remain very overweight. According to the CDC, about 38% were obese in 2014, meaning that they had a body mass index of at least 30, compared to 32% just a decade ago. This is in spite of massive efforts to try and get people in...
Healthcare Triage
Does CBD Improve Mental Health?
CBD is so hot right now. The compound is being added to everything from gummies to lattes, attached to claims about how it can improve health in any number of ways. But what do we really know about the validity of those claims? And what...
Curated Video
Birchbox Founders' Discuss The Process of Founding and Scaling Up their Business
The video is a retrospective discussion by the founders of Birchbox, a popular online subscription service for beauty products. The founders, two Business School students Haley and Katia, explain their initial inspiration for Birchbox,...
Healthcare Triage
Sugar Tax and Canadian Travel Ban
Berkeley passes a tax on sugary drinks, and Canada passes a ban on Ebola travel. Neither will work. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Organizational Communication Channel
Ohio State Leadership Studies
These leadership studies showed that leaders could demonstrate both high or low skills in either initiating structure or showing consideration. These were independent variables and leaders could be good or bad in either or both.
Healthcare Triage
E-Cigarette Update: What to Do about Kids and Vaping?
We've covered e-cigarettes before, but there's new evidence, and new policies. You deserve an update. That's the topic of this week's Healthcare Triage.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Linda Tropp - Intergroup Contact
Dr. Tropp’s research focuses on expectations and outcomes of intergroup contact, identification with social groups, interpretations of intergroup relationships, and responses to prejudice and disadvantage. She received the 2012...
Healthcare Triage
What is Flibanserin (AKA "Female Viagra")?
"Female Viagra" and regular or "male" Viagra were both originally investigated as treatments for conditions other than sexual dysfunction. Viagra came out of studies on hypertension, and "female Viagra" for depression. But that's where...
Psychology Unlocked
What's the difference between INTERNAL and EXTERNAL VALIDITY?
Validity is a key concept in research methods. It can be broken down into two umbrella categories: internal validity and external validity. 1) Internal validity considers factors within the design of the experiment. 2) External validity...
Science360
COLLABORATIVELY EXPLORING VIRTUAL WORLDS
The Pentagon's Office of Training and Readiness Strategy's Advanced Distributed Learning laboratory worked with Lockheed Martin's Mission Systems and Training and US Ignite to create a platform for distributed, immersive training...
Professor Dave Explains
Platyhelminthes Part 2: Free-Living Flatworms and the Problem With Turbellaria
With the basics regarding phylum Platyhelminthes covered, it's time to start digging into the clades within. Free-living flatworms were originally classified within the class Turbellaria. But more recently the clades needed to be...
Curated Video
Bash Shell Scripting- Introduction to the sed command
This video introduces you to the sed command. This clip is from the chapter "Complete sed command" of the series "Complete Bash Shell Scripting".This section covers the concept of sed command.
JJ Medicine
How to Treat An Enlarged Prostate (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia): 12 Natural Treatments
12 Natural Ways to Prevent & Treat an Enlarged Prostate (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia) An enlarged prostate (also known as Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, BPH) is a very common issue that affects large proportions of the aging male...
Healthcare Triage
The Effectiveness of Screening and Treating Diabetes
Screening for diabetes, and then preventing it, is a no brainer right? I wish. This is Healthcare Triage news.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Alejandra Cabrera - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Mexico
Alejandra Cabrera is a professor at Paccioli Xalapa University in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.
Curated Video
The blinds.com Founder Shares His Business Insights for Success
The video is about the journey of an entrepreneur who started from a small mom and pop store selling window coverings and blinds. He explains how the company grew and expanded into the online world, becoming the largest online seller of...