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How is climate change affecting Polar Regions? Part 2 – Professor Roger Barry

What is the most exciting research going on at each of the Poles currently? In the Arctic there are major efforts to understand the drivers of the irregular decline in sea ice extent and thickness since...

Roger Barry | 18 Jul 2016

Speaking Shakespeare Today

You can’t speak English without speaking Shakespeare. Not only did he introduce several hundred words still used today (assassination, beguiling, contaminated, domineering, excitement, fixture, go-between,...

David Crystal | 15 Jul 2016

Pokémon GO, GOING, GONE

If your mind hasn’t already been totally numbed by tech news, consider pointing it towards the newest phenomenon that everyone is talking about: Pokémon GO.  I won’t bother taking the time...

John Suler | 15 Jul 2016

Is Donald Trump a Fascist?

Waller R. Newell compares and contrasts Donald Trump with the infamous fascists discussed in his book TYRANTS.

Waller Newell | 5 Jul 2016

Who Were the People Who Shaped Friedrich Nietzsche?

Daniel Blue’s The Making of Friedrich Nietzsche: The Quest for Identity 1844-1869  explores the famed German philosopher’s first formative 24 years of life. Browse through this interactive...

Daniel Blue | 5 Jul 2016

How is climate change affecting Polar Regions? Part 1 – Professor David Walton

Professor David Walton, Cambridge author, Editor of Antarctic Science and Emeritus Fellow at the British Antarctic Survey talks about climate change in the polar regions and what opportunities there are to address climate change holistically. Come back next Monday to hear more from other top scientists in polar and climate science!

David W H Walton | 4 Jul 2016

Questioning the “Crisis” of Journalism

Jeffrey Alexander, Elizabeth Butler Breese and Maria Luengo consider the crisis faced by modern journalism, focusing on a different perspective and providing a somewhat less gloomy conclusion. The Crisis of Journalism Reconsidered is available to buy now.

Jeffrey C. Alexander, Elizabeth Butler Breese, María Luengo | 30 Jun 2016

Can you be both Productive and Happy?

Jen Schneider and Roel Snieder, authors of The Joy of Science, 2016 present two of the warning signs of overworking and what you can try to get back in harmony.

Roel Snieder, Jen Schneider | 30 Jun 2016

A Journey with Robert S. Singh Through Barack Obama’s Two Presidential Terms

With After Obama: Renewing American Leadership, Restoring Global Order , Robert S. Singh argues that the US influence has weakened and contributed to the erosion of the world America made, endangering...

Robert S. Singh | 29 Jun 2016

Is Donald Trump a Psychopath?

Renowned psychiatrist Stephen M. Stahl answers the question so many have been wondering.

Stephen M. Stahl | 28 Jun 2016

Technological tools and psychological tools of the Internet

Choosing a platform to use for integrating Internet tools into educational settings can be a difficult and complex task involving consideration and balancing of a number of competing factors. Is the goal...

Michael Glassman | 28 Jun 2016

Teacher Autonomy

Cambridge author Inez De Florio discusses teacher autonomy in relation to her new book Effective Teaching and Successful Learning.

Inez De Florio | 24 Jun 2016