Natural materials in the construction sector

source: Cambridge University     2016年4月14日
“Sustainability issues are inherently multidisciplinary”: Maximilian is a postdoc in the Department of Engineering and a member of the Natural Materials and Structures group, and one of Research Coordinator of the EcoHouse Initiative together with Ana Gatóo and Elizabeth Wagemann. The EcoHouse initiative is a multidisciplinary program that aims to facilitate sustainable growth in the context of poverty and climate change in the developing world. Further information can be found under: www.ecohouseresearch.co.uk
This film is one of a series of eight that showcases the extent that conservation-related research is embedded in a wide range of academic fields and involves collaboration with non-academic partners beyond the University. The films are produced by the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute (UCCRI), which was established in October 2013 to foster a cross-disciplinary approach within the University of Cambridge.
“Conservation is primarily underpinned by human behaviour and it is therefore vital to understand the social factors, such as cultural drivers or geographical patterns, which shape our environment, as well as developing our biological and scientific knowledge.” Dr Bhaskar Vira, Director of UCCRI.
Creative Director
Alison Harvey
University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute
http://research-institute.conservatio...
Video, Sound and Edit by Toby Smith
UCCRI - Leverhulme Trust Artist in Residence 2015/2016
www.tobysmith.com

Ways with Words | Big Data || Radcliffe Institute

source: Harvard University    2016年4月6日
PANEL 2: BIG DATA
The Internet, social media, and data mining have changed language and our ability to analyze usage, and increased sensitivities to the power of the words we use. This panel will explore how these new forms of discourse and analysis expand our understanding of the interplay of gender, personal narrative, and language, as well as data scraping that enables a statistical study of language usage by demographics.

Ben Hookway (7:43), Chief Executive Officer, Relative Insight
Lyle Ungar (20:53), Professor and Graduate Group Chair, Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania
Alice E. Marwick (36:19), Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies, and Director, McGannon Center for Communication Research, Fordham University
Moderator: Rebecca Lemov, Associate Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University
Q&A (52:02)

Can you solve the control room riddle? - Dennis Shasha

source: TED-Ed     2016年5月31日
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-sol...
As your country's top spy, you must infiltrate the headquarters of the evil syndicate, find the secret control panel, and deactivate their death ray. But your reconnaissance team is spotty, and you have only limited information about the control panel's whereabouts. Can you solve the control room riddle and deactivate their weapon in time? Dennis Shasha shows you how.
Lesson by Dennis Shasha, animation by Zedem Media.

Jason J. Campbell: Race and Ethnic Relations in America

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source: drjasonjcampbell    上次更新：2014年1月21日

1. Race and Ethnic Relations in America 0:31
Section 1.0: Race and Ethnicity in America 1:35:07
Section 1.1: Race and Ethnicity in America 1:34:27
Section 1.2: Race and Ethnicity in America 2:26:44
Section 1.3: Race and Ethnicity in America 1:34:04

Rethinking the Gender Debate

source: The RSA     2016年4月26日
Is it time for a more fundamental rethink of the women and work debate? Is it time to go beyond statistics and gender stereotypes to examine the deeper culture and values that shape our society, and the ways we live and work together? Author Dawn Foster, Fawcett Society CEO Sam Smethers and ‘Token Man’ founder Daniele Fiandaca debate the values that shape the way we live and work together.
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Maxwell Bennett: The History of Mind

source: Yale University     2014年2月11日

Natalie Batalha: "A Planet for Goldilocks" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google     2016年4月14日
"Not too hot, not too cold" reads the prescription for a world that's just right for life as we know it. Finding evidence of life beyond Earth is one of the primary goals of science agencies in the United States and abroad. The goal looms closer as a result of discoveries made by NASA's Kepler Mission. Launched in March 2009, Kepler is exploring the diversity of planets and planetary systems orbiting other stars in the galaxy. Finding inhabited environments is a path of exploration that stretches decades into the future. It begins by determining if Goldilocks planets abound. In this talk, Dr. Batalha will describe the latest discoveries of NASA's Kepler Mission and the possibilities for finding inhabited environments in the not-so-distant future.

Dr. Natalie Batalha is an astrophysicist at NASA Ames Research Center and the Mission Scientist for NASA's Kepler Mission. She holds a Bachelor's degree in physics from the University of California Berkeley, and a Doctoral degree in astrophysics from UC Santa Cruz. Dr. Batalha has been involved with the Kepler Mission since the proposal stage and has contributed to many different aspects of the science, from studying the stars themselves to detecting and understanding the planets they harbor. She led the analysis that yielded the discovery in 2011 of Kepler-10b — the mission's first confirmation of a rocky planet outside our solar system. Today, she leads the effort to understand planet populations in the galaxy based on Kepler discoveries.

Yoichi Ochiai: "Digital Artist extraordinaire" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google    2016年4月12日
Japanese researcher and award-winning artist extraordinaire Yoichi Ochiai who integrates science and art, and isn’t afraid to explore and work with quirky combinations such as electronic circuits and soap bubbles!

[台大探索第四期] 漫遊分子奇境—化學家的不思議國度

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source: 臺大科學教育發展中心        2013年8月16日

2010探索基礎科學講座第4期「漫遊分子奇境—化學家的不思議國度」開幕影片「夢幻國度」 4:23
探索4開幕式：MAGICHEM化學表演秀 7:29
探索4-1講座：奇境迷蹤—物質元素概念的產生 / 陳竹亭教授 2:45:39
探索4-2講座：氣球與人類飛行的夢想：分子假說的建立 / 牟中原教授 2:00:06
探索4-3講座：革命性的科學發現是如何誕生的？氧氣與化學革命 / 雷祥麟教授 2:19:57
探索4-4講座：奇境漫遊—分子世界的構造、功能、與訊息 / 陳竹亭教授 2:19:08
探索4-5講座：分子對稱之美 / 金必耀教授 2:18:03
探索4-6講座：打造分子機械─從分子化學談起 / 邱勝賢教授 2:06:44
探索4-7講座：當小分子遇到大分子 / 周成功教授 2:11:46
探索4-8講座：基因的化學秘密─DNA的故事 / 陳文盛教授 2:30:53