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Interactive Teaching Style

Profile of Chandralekha Singh's interactive teaching style.

Be a Great Teacher

A teacher starts her own school

Renny Gleeson: Busted! The sneaky moves of anti-social smartphone users

In this funny (and actually poignant) 3-minute talk, social strategist Renny Gleeson breaks down our always-on social world -- where the experience we're having right now is less interesting than what we'll tweet about it later.

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita: Three predictions on the future of Iran, and the math to back it up

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita uses mathematical analysis to predict (very often correctly) such messy human events as war, political power shifts, Intifada ... After a crisp explanation of how he does it, he offers three predictions on the future of Iran.

Bonnie Bassler: Discovering bacteria's amazing communication system

Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria "talk" to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry -- and our understanding of ourselves.

Emily Levine: A trickster's theory of everything

Philosopher-comedian Emily Levine talks (hilariously) about science, math, society and the way everything connects. She's a brilliant trickster, poking holes in our fixed ideas and bringing hidden truths to light. Settle in and let her ping your brain.

BrainPOP's Featured Movie of the Day

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BrainPOP's Featured Movie of the Day

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Financial Literacy

April is Financial Literacy Month!

Randy Pausch: The Last Lecture

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about h

The New Human Biotech

A Case Of The Humans