Mini-Science
by McGill University
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Description
Top-of-their-field McGill professors lecture on up-and-coming topics at a level accessible to all.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoDonald Smith: Biofuels — sustainable energy as the oil runs out? | -- | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoPaul Wiseman: The dance of the molecules in cells | -- | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoJoe Schwarcz: Chemicals for better and for worse | -- | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoAmir Raz: From the chemistry of chicken soup to the chemistry of the brain and behaviour | -- | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoScott Bohle: From Jesuit’s bark to synchrotrons – the rise and fall of an antimalarial | -- | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoAriel Fenster: Nuclear power — energy for the future? | -- | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoAriel Fenster, David Harpp, Joe Schwarcz: The magic of chemistry | -- | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoAre Cell Phones and WiFi Harmful to your Health? | There is growing public alarm about the possible harmful health effects caused by cell phones, microwaves, WiFi, etc. This concern has been fed by a ... | 9/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoHomeopathy: Dilution or Delusion? | The basis of homeopathy is that substances, diluted to such an extent that there is essentially nothing left in solution, can be used to treat ... | 9/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoVaccines: Panaceas or Poisons | Vaccines are among the crowning achievements of medical science yet many are convinced that vaccination can cause autism and autoimmune diseases -- even death. The ... | 9/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoWhat is the Role of Climate Scientists in the Climate Change Debate? | While the scientific understanding of climate change is firm, public opinion concerning the impact of human activities on the observed changes is much less certain. ... | 9/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoScience of the Paranormal | History is peppered with accounts of psychics predicting the future, mediums conversing with the dead, and aliens abducting earthlings. Today, "psychic surgeons" claim to remove ... | 9/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | Video…in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Measuring the Size of the Universe | Prof. Rutledge helps you understand our place in the universe, and how the physics of stars, and the evolution of the universe, plays out. | 11/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoExploring Mars on Earth: The Arctic as an analogue for Mars | Prof. Pollard describes the enigmatic nature of Martian landscapes and the overriding geological and environmental forces that drive the evolution of Martian landforms. | 11/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoIsland Universes: The Nature and Origin of Galaxies | Professor Tracy Webb describes the basic characteristics of galaxies, outline the methods we use to study them, and highlights some of the main results and ... | 11/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoAn Astronomer's Window on the Birth of the Universe | Professor Matt Dobbs outlines the field of cosmology - the quest to understand the birth, evolution, and fate of the universe as a whole. | 11/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoNeutron Stars: Lighthouses of the Cosmos | Professor Vicky Kaspi describes the astonishing properties of pulsars, as well as how observations of these amazing objects help to constrain several interesting aspects of ... | 11/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoThe Future of Biodiversity: Science and Solution | Andrew Gonzalez, Professor in the Department of Biology, discusses how our understanding of extinction can be used to make estimates of future rates of extinction ... | 4/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoPrimates in Peril: What Can be Done? | What is the impact of the decline of tropical rainforests on primates and what current and future actions might advance primate conservation? Dr. Colin Chapman, ... | 4/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoBiodiversity Lost and Found: Lessons of the Lake Victoria Basin | McGill Biology professor Lauren J. Chapman looks at key lessons from Lake Victoria in East Africa, the world's largest tropical lake. Her research reveals both ... | 4/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoEcosystems and Human Well-Being | Garry Peterson, a professor in McGill's Department of Geography and School of Environment, looks at what the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment reveals about the state of ... | 4/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoAdaptation, Extinction and Global Change | McGill Biology professor Graham Bell describes examples of rapid evolution as well as situations where adaptation hasn't happened. He further explains how organisms are likely ... | 4/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoThe Visible Brain | Dr. Alan Evans is a Professor at the Montreal Neurological Institute and the Principal Investigator of the Data Coordinating Centre for the MRI Study of ... | 4/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoFear and Memory | Dr. Karim Nader is a professor of Psychology, William Dawson Scholar, Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and CIHR New Investigator. His work on memory manipulation could ... | 4/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoHow do Neurons Work? | Dr. Paul Wiseman is an Associate Professor in both Physics & Chemistry and holds the Fessenden Professorship in Science Innovation. | 4/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoBrainy Chemistry | Dr. Joe Schwarcz is a Professor of Chemistry and Director of McGill's Office for Science and Society. | 4/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 26 Episodes |
