Grammar Quiz: Do You Know Your Commas?
Most of us think we know when to use commas and when to leave them out. We went to elementary school, after all. Still, be it all those years without grammar lessons or an initial misunderstanding about this all-important piece of punctuation, [...]
NGSS, take one
The first public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards is available on-line — and your feedback is invited. The Next Generation Science Standards are intended to be “rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner [...]
A preview of Hot
NCSE is pleased to offer a preview (PDF) of Mark Hertsgaard’s Hot: Living through the Next Fifty Years on Earth (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011). The preview consists of the first part of chapter four, “Ask the Climate Question,” [...]
Cramming for Degrees in Hybrids
TEAM SPIRIT From left, Ohio Stateâs EcoCAR 2 team members Travis Trippel, Katherine Bovee and Amanda Hyde with the Saturn Vue that finished second in an earlier competition.
LIKE many college students, Katherine Bovee, a master’s [...]
For the Love of God and His Prophet: Religion, Literature, and the Arts in Muslim Cultures
Culture and Belief 12. For the Love of God and His Prophet: Religion, Literature, and the Arts in Muslim Cultures — Ali Asani (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations)
Harvard curricular and research connections to India
At 8 in the morning, the sidewalks of Mumbai’s Nariman Point neighborhood are thick with pedestrians, getting in a morning run or stroll with a view of the Arabian Sea before starting their workday.
About a mile away, in the Machhimar Nagar [...]
Profiles in Science | Michael S. Gazzaniga: Telling the Story of the Brain’s Cacophony of Competing Voices
Michael Gazzaniga: An interview with the neuroscientist and professor of psychology known for his studies, and stories, about the brain’s split personality.
The scientists exchanged one last look and held their breath.
Everything was [...]
Indian publishers should learn from young authors
The camaraderie is infectious. Their zest and spirit will put the top rugby team to shame. They back one another like there is no tomorrow. The world though labels them and their writing as irreverent. Irreverent they are, but only about the [...]
Herschel:Herschel reveals how most stars formed in the Universe
Do galaxies form their stars through violent and tumultuous merging events or rather via more steady and gentle processes? Scrutinising thousands of galaxies across the past 11 billion years of cosmic history with ESA’s Herschel Space [...]
Celebrating a Decade of MIT OpenCourseWare
MIT OpenCourseWare celebrates its 10th anniversary on April 4, 2011 For more information see: ocw.mit.edu License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at ocw.mit.edu More courses at More courses at ocw.mit.edu
