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  • What exactly is a doctorate?

    By on October 1, 2013

    What getting a doctorate really means? Matt Might, professor of Computer Science at the University of Utah, offers these...

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  • Make a dent in the universe: Erika Iives

    By on September 30, 2013

    This TEDxStavanger talk by Erika Ilves helps us to imagine the Big Future that our descendants might yet have...

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  • Row over IPCC Report

    By on September 24, 2013

    Robert Mendick of the Daily Telegraph reported this week about behind-the-scenes wrangling over the up-coming publication of the 2,000-page...

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  • Big History, Big Problems, Big Questions

    By on September 21, 2013

    William Grassie introduces the Metanexus symposium on Teaching Big History with a short talk entitled “Big History, Big Problems,...

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  • The What and Why of Big History

    By on September 21, 2013

    This lecture by David Christian was part of a Metanexus symposium on the Teaching of Big History at the...

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  • Big Questions about Big History in U.S. Schools

    By on September 21, 2013

    This keynote talk by Bob Bain was given at the Metanexus symposium on Teaching Big History at the Harvard...

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  • Bohemian Gravity

    By on September 18, 2013

    Delighted to share this video of String Theory set to Bohemian Rapsody by A Capella Science. This video and...

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  • Putting Time in Perspective

    By on September 16, 2013

    Putting Time In Perspective is a series of timelines posted on WaitButWhy.com. Informative and fun, start with your morning...

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  • Gorgeous Glimpses of Calamity

    By on September 4, 2013

    "Welcome to the Anthropocene." That is the message of a stunning collection of satellite images recently compiled by the...

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  • Big History Project Launch

    By on August 9, 2013

    There are big things happening with the Big History Project, an educational initiative started by Bill Gates to create...

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