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9 Good Collections of Videos for Education

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Topics include earth sciences, nature, science, technology, history, space, the human body, sports, politics, philosophy, and more. C-Span Classroom is free but requires registration to access materials. Explore.org is the world’s leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel.

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How we read: the neuroscience behind literacy

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Individuals with degrees in cognitive neuroscience can work in many areas, including academia, healthcare, government, industry and education, to name just a few. Meet Jacqueline When I was at the University of Saskatchewan, a close friend encouraged me to pursue a career in science. Do you have a question for Jacqueline?

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Supporting small farms: how protecting local farms can protect local communities

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And yet, many small farmers have limited access to resources and find themselves at a social disadvantage due to bias and prejudice. With less access to technology and fertiliser, small farms are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

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On the frontline of the biomedical revolution

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There’s a lot of exciting science out there, but for it to be useful for society, it needs to be translated into accessible technology that can be commercialised,” says Jin. I was sure I would do something related to science and technology, but wasn’t sure whether it would be in industry, government or academia.

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Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

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When researchers visit the facility to capture images, they are supported by scientists, including research software engineers who help them process their data and access software. Once this is done, the CTC video footage will be accessible to artificial intelligence image analysis techniques.

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A 50-Year Quest: My Personal Journey with the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

Statistical Mechanics and Simple Programs Back in 1973 I never really managed to do much science on the very first computer I used. But by 1976 I had access to much bigger and faster computers (as well as to the ARPANET—forerunner of the internet). I’m not sure when I first became aware of cryptography.

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Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It’s Complicated…

Stephen Wolfram

Processes in nature—like, for example, the weather—can be thought of as corresponding to computations. Yes, we can do natural science to figure out some aspects of what’s going to happen. And much of the time there’ll be irreducibility in those computations. So we won’t be able to readily predict them.

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