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    The Mathematician Who Cracked Wall Street

    The Mathematician Who Cracked Wall Street

    Jim Simons was a mathematician and cryptographer who realized: the complex math he used to break codes could help explain patterns in the world of finance. Billions later, he's working to support the next generation of math teachers and scholars. TED's Chris Anderson sits down with Simons to talk about his extraordinary life in numbers.

    Subjects:
    Mathematics and Statistics
    Keywords:
    Stocks -- Mathematical models Simons James Harris Mathematics -- Study teaching
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    Lessons From Fungi on Markets And Economics

    Lessons From Fungi on Markets And Economics

    Resource inequality is one of our greatest challenges, but it's not unique to humans. Like us, mycorrhizal fungi that live in plant and tree roots strategically trade, steal and withhold resources, displaying remarkable parallels to humans in their capacity to be opportunistic (and sometimes ruthless) -- all in the absence of cognition. In a mind-blowing talk, evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers shares what fungi networks and relationships reveal about human economies, and what they can tell us about inequality.

    Subjects:
    Biology
    Keywords:
    Mycorrhizal fungi -- Ecology
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    Why We Get Mad -- And Why It's Healthy

    Why We Get Mad -- And Why It's Healthy

    Anger researcher Ryan Martin draws from a career studying what makes people mad to explain some of the cognitive processes behind anger -- and why a healthy dose of it can actually be useful. "Your anger exists in you ... because it offered your ancestors, both human and nonhuman, an evolutionary advantage," he says. "[It's] a powerful and healthy force in your life."

    Subjects:
    Psychology
    Keywords:
    Mental health Anger
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    An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Health And Disease

    An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Health And Disease

    How does your genetic inheritance, culture and history influence your health? Biological anthropologist Lara Durgavich discusses the field of evolutionary medicine as a gateway to understanding the quirks of human biology -- including why a genetic mutation can sometimes have beneficial effects -- and emphasizes how unraveling your own evolutionary past could glean insights into your current and future health.

    Subjects:
    Health Sciences, Public Health, and Human Biology
    Keywords:
    Human genetics Health
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    BioNinja

    BioNinja

    Welcome to the BioNinja Website – your one-stop resource for everything IB Biology related! This website is designed specifically for the new IB Biology syllabus (2016 –) This site is still under development, so new features will be periodically added This site was optimised for Safari – certain features may not work on other browsers For access to the old website (2009 – 2015 syllabus), click here

    Course related:
    ABCT1102 General Biology
    Subjects:
    Biology
    Keywords:
    Biology
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    The top 100 documentaries we can use to change the world

    Documentaries have an incredible power to raise awareness and create transformative changes in consciousness both at the personal and global levels. Over the last [13] years, we've watched hundreds of social change documentaries and cataloged the best of them on the site. There's now so many that we realized we needed to filter this down even further. So what follows is our list of the very best 100 - hand-picked for their quality, insight and potential to inspire positive change. All of the films have been selected because they are either free to watch online, or can be rented online. There are several films we would have loved to add to this list, but they currently don't have an accessible way to view them. As that changes, we'll be updating this list over time. Enjoy!

    Keywords:
    Social change Documentary films
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    Museum of Natural Sciences

    An awesome virtual tour of a science and tech museum comes as the courtesy of The Museum of Natural Sciences in Belgium. Containing tons of Dinosaurs and other interesting scientific exhibits, this virtual tour is definitely worth a gander.Like the NHM in London, this tour was partially developed with the help of Google's Cultural Institute.

    Keywords:
    Belgium Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique Natural history museums Science museums Exhibitions
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