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Iggy Pop & Nick Cave (feat. Thurston Moore) - Nobody's City taken from The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project "Axels & Sockets" coming 05/02/2014 at Glitterhouse Records: http://tinyurl.com/pyzy483

The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project: Axels & Sockets

Iggy Pop & Nick Cave (feat. Thurston Moore) - Nobody's City

Speaker(s): Professor Conor Gearty | One of the aims of LSE Summer School is to bring the LSE experience to all those attending its many courses between July and August. Five years ago we launched our first full programme of Lectures. These have been an immense success. All lectures are exclusively for LSE Summer School students, and are given by top flight speakers talking on the big issues of the day. The events begin at 5.30pm and take place in the Old Theatre, located in the Old Building on Houghton Street. Lectures will be followed by a reception where students will be able to speak to the lecturers. Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:30:00 GMT

Human Rights, Security and the Rule of Law after Snowden [Audio]

Contributor(s): Nicola Lacey | In this podcast, Nicola Lacey talks about a range of subjects including violence against women and children, discrimination in the law, how to achieve more gender equality in the judiciary, and equal pay.

Nicola Lacey, the Co-Director of the LSE Commission on Gender, Inequality and Power talks about gender and the law [Audio]

Speaker(s): Zoe Konstantopoulou | Greece is at the forefront of questions connecting human rights protection, debt and austerity. Zoe Konstantopoulou will share her insights on the fight to secure social rights. Zoe Konstantopoulou (@ZoeKonstant) was President of the Greek Parliament and a politician of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), and is a practicing lawyer. She was elected to the post of President on 6 February 2015 with a record number of 235 out of 300 votes, making her the youngest Speaker in the history of the Hellenic Parliament. As Speaker, she worked to expose the truth around the debt and human crises in Greece. She holds a law degree from the University of Athens, a Master’s in Law from Columbia University with a focus on International Law, Human Rights and Criminal Law and a DEA from the University of Paris 1 (Panthéon la Sorbonne) in European Criminal Law and Criminal Policy in Europe. In her legal practice she is active in the fields of criminal law and human rights. She is a member of the Athens and New York Bars. Margot Salomon (@Margot_Salomon) is associate professor in the Centre for the Study of Human Rights and Department of Law. The Centre for the Study of Human Rights at LSE (@LSEHumanRights) is a trans-disciplinary centre of excellence for international academic research, teaching and critical scholarship on human rights. LSE Law (@lselaw) is an integral part of the School's mission, plays a major role in policy debates & in the education of lawyers and law teachers from around the world.

Fighting the Behemoth: law, politics and human rights in times of debt and austerity [Audio]

In this episode, Karla tells us why she starts the day off by doing laundry, why balance in self-confidence and self-criticism is crucial for a scientific career, and how she went from addressing sexism in science by "putting her head in the sand," to creating the EMBO Women in Life Science (WILS) Database.

Yale University

In Conversation with Karla Neugebauer & Ed Courchaine

Researchers discover a psychological vaccine against misinformation.

Building an Immunity to Fake News

With federal scientific agencies facing restrictions on what they say and when, some scientists are planning to march on Washington.

Federal Science Freedom, Cancer Death Rates, Snake Trackers

Talking and texting on your phone while walking on a treadmill can reduce your balance by 19 to 45 percent.

Is Your Smartphone Weighing Down Your Workout?

Internalized stereotypes that can guide career choice manifest as young as age 6.

Girls Lose Sight of Own Brilliance at Young Age

In this segment, California governor Jerry Brown talks about how states can take the lead on issues like climate change and clean energy—with or without Washington, D.C.

How States Can Step Up for Science

The minds behind the The Expanse chat about space flight, space politics, and how they keep the show feeling real.

How Humans Might Really Colonize the Solar System

Notes from the Sick Room is an investigation into the connections between physical illness and creativity. Although there are a number of books investigating mental illness and creativity, there are very few that concentrate on physical illness - cancer, HIV, tuberculosis and disabilities caused by accidents. Incapacity provides time for contemplation and creativity, yet pain and discomfort detract from inspiration. Serious illness confronts the individual with the reality of death; the complacency of being is jolted by the shock of nonbeing. Does one record these incidences or ignore 'art' in order to survive?

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Notes from the Sick Room by Steve Finbow, Narrated by Gavin Osbourne

Content moderators work behind the scenes to keep graphic content off your feed. But they still have to view it.

The Invisible Humans Who Sanitize the Internet

In his new novel, New York 2140, author Kim Stanley Robinson tackles how a drowning city might adapt and thrive after disastrous sea level rise.

Kim Stanley Robinson Tackles How to Keep a Drowning City Afloat

Can the shape of a congressional district tell us everything we need to know about its fairness?

Can Geometry Root Out Gerrymandering?

Renowned Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert describes the foibles of imagination and illusions of foresight that cause each of us to misconceive our tomorrows and misestimate our satisfactions. Vividly bringing to life the latest scientific research in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy, and behavioral economics, Gilbert reveals what scientists have discovered about the uniquely human ability to imagine the future, and about our capacity to predict how much we will like it when we get there.

(Mis)Imagining the Future

Journalist Dave Levitan provides a guide to cut through the deceptive arguments politicians use to undermine scientific evidence.

Political Rhetoric That Can Distort Science

Plus, a genetic map of the Zika virus and a new planetary object round out this weeks science news.

Why Are Whales Whale-Sized?

Leland Melvin on the perseverance and different communities that helped launch his career into space.

Chasing Space: Astronaut Leland Melvins Journey From Sports To Space

President Trump pulled the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement, signed by 195 countries pledging to reduce greenhouse emissions.

Trump Pulls US From Climate Agreement, CRISPR Human Trials, And A NASA Sun Orbiter

Researchers find a doomed planet orbiting a massive hot star.

The Hottest Known Exoplanet Is (Probably) Slowly Melting Away

Regulating algorithms could offer better insight into why they fail.

Can You Hold An Algorithm Accountable?

A customizable melanin-like material could offer better protection from the sun.

The Sunscreen Of The Future

Fresh advice for becoming a lifelong learner. Hint: Think small. Forget spending 10,000 hours in the pursuit of perfecting just one thing, &agrave; la Malcolm Gladwell. The true path to success and achievement lies in the pursuit of perfecting lots and lots of small things--what Robert Twigger calls micromasteries. Combining positive psychology, neuroscience, self-help and more, this delightfully illuminating book encourages us to circumvent all the reasons we "can't" learn and grow (we're too busy, it's too complicated, we're not experts, we didn't start when we were young) -- by tackling small, satisfying skills. Wish you were a seasoned chef? Learn to make a perfect omelette. Dream of being a racecar driver? Perfect a handbrake turn. Wish you could draw? Make Zen circles your first challenge. These small, doable tasks offer a big payoff -- and motivate us to keep learning and growing, with payoffs that include a boost in optimism, confidence, memory, cognitive skills, and more. Filled with surprising insights and even a compendium of micromastery skills to try yourself, this engaging and inspiring guide reminds us of the simple joy of learning -- and opens the door to limitless, lifelong achievement, one small step at a time. Micromasteries presented in the book (with illustrations) include: Learn How to Climb a Rope, Surf Standing Up, Talk for Fifteen Minutes about Any Subject, Bake Artisan Bread, Juggle Four Balls, Learn to Read Japanese in Three Hours, and more. Available for purchase at: <a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/2665379/type/dlg/sid/PRHD39095A662--9780525504306/http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/?ean=9780525504306 ">Barnes & Noble</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2665379-10876509?SID=PRHD39095A662--9780525504306&url=http://www.booksamillion.com/search?query=9780525504306&where=eBooks">Books A Million</a><a href="http://www.hudsonbooksellers.com/book/9780143132325?utm_source=prh&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_term=301&utm_content=PRHD39095A662--9780143132325&utm_campaign=9780143132325">Hudson Booksellers</a><a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143132325?aff=PenguinGroupUS">IndieBound</a><a href="http://www.powells.com/book/-9780143132325?utm_source=randomhouse&utm_campaign=randomhouse&utm_content=PRHD39095A662--9780143132325">Powell's</a><a href="http://goto.target.com/c/128773/81938/2092?subId1=PRHD39095A662--9780143132325&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2Fs%3FsearchTerm%3D9780143132325">Target</a><a href="http://linksynergy.walmart.com/fs-bin/click?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&subid=0&offerid=183959.1&type=10&tmpid=273&u1=PRHD39095A662--9780143132325&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-ng.do%3F&RD_PARM2=search_query%3D9780143132325%2526ic%3D16_0%2526Find%3DFind%2526search_constraint%3D3920">Walmart</a><a href="https://google.prf.hn/click/camref:1011ld4r/pubref:PRHD39095A662--9780525504306/destination:https://play.google.com/store/search?q=9780525504306&c=books">Google Play Store</a><a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/link?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&offerid=258185.12829781935712206&type=2&u1=PRHD39095A662--9780525504306}&murl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kobo.com%2Fsearch%3FQuery%3D9780525504306">Kobo</a><a href="http://www.qksrv.net/click-2665379-10273919?url=http://www.audible.com/search?advsearchKeywords=Micromastery+Robert+Twigger&source_code=COMA0213WS031709&SID=PRHD39095A662--9780525588559">Audible - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2665379-11117375?SID=PRHD39095A662--9780525588559&url=http://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/9780525588559">audiobooks.com - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.downpour.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=9780525588559">downpour - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.qksrv.net/click-2665379-10273919?SID=PRHD39095A662--9780525588559&url=http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/search/book/Micromastery">eMusic - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1235597742?at=11l3IH&ct=PRHD39095A662--9780525588559">iBooks - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a>

Micromastery by Robert Twigger, read by Roy McMillan

In his book "Fads and Fallacies," published in the 1950s, Martin Gardner chronicled a quirkier, and perhaps less politically polarized, set of pseudoscientific ideas.

Hollow Earth, Cosmic Calamities, And Other Pseudoscientific Fads

Curiosity drives much of our learning and creativity. Where do we get it from, and how does it change our brains?

Probing Humanity’s Endless ‘Why?’

Fingerprint scanners are standard on new smartphones, and new ID methods are on the way. But security researchers say biometrics are still too easily duped.

How To Make Spoof-Proof Biometric Security

NASA is preparing a year-long test to examine how off-the-shelf supercomputers might withstand radiation in space.

Supercomputers In Space, Alternative Cancer Therapies, And A Frozen Fruitcake

Modern evolutionary science has some advantages Darwin did not. What are we learning from DNA, experimentation, and more?

Inevitable Or Accident? Tackling The Big Questions Of Evolution

Modern fake flavors owe more to the chemistry of the past than their real fruit counterparts.

Why Doesn't Cherry Candy Taste Like Real Cherries?

Researchers mapped the neurons that pick up on pitch in spoken language.

Oh, Really? How Our Brain Turns Pitch Into Meaning

Physicist Max Tegmark contemplates how artificial intelligence could reshape work, justice, and society in the future.

What Would An A.I.-Influenced Society Look Like In 10,000 Years?

The idea that some people learn best from visual or audio materials has been around since the 1950s. But there is little evidence to support it.

The Myths That Persist About How We Learn

Seven innovative science teachers have turned Science Friday stories into lessons you can use in the classroom and at home.

Back-To-School Lessons From The Science Friday Educator Collaborative

Speaker(s): Professor Roger Brownsword, Professor Neil Levy, Professor Sir Michael Rutter | Editor's note: Unfortunately the beginning of the chairperson’s introduction is missing from the podcast. Will developments in the neurosciences change our moral and legal notions of criminality and responsibility – and if so, how? Roger Brownsword is professor of law at King's College London. Neil Levy is deputy director of the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics and the Florey Neuroscience Institute, University of Melbourne. Michael Rutter is professor of developmental psychopathology in the MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Neuroscience, Responsibility and the Law [Audio]

Speaker(s): Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Professor Christine Chinkin, Professor Nicola Lacey, Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, Dr Maung Zarni | Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is Chairman of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and Member of Parliament of Kawhmu constituency in Burma. She was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1991. Christine Chinkin, FBA,  is currently Professor in International Law at the London School of Economics. She has widely published on issues of international human rights law, law, including as co-author of The Boundaries of International Law: A Feminist Analysis. Nicola Lacey holds a Senior Research Fellowship at All Souls College, and is Professor of Criminal Law and Legal Theory at the University of Oxford, having previously held a chair at the London School of Economics.  Nicola’s research is in criminal law and criminal justice, with a particular focus on comparative and historical scholarship.  In 2011 she won the Hans Sigrist Prize for scholarship on the rule of law in modern societies. Sir Geoffrey Nice QC is a barrister; he is a signatory of Harvard’s Crimes in Burma report. Sir Geoffrey is a member of Burma Justice Committee and works with NGO's and other groups seeking international recognition of crimes committed in conflicts; represents government and similar interests at the ICC. A Burmese native, Dr Zarni is a veteran founder of the Free Burma Coalition, one of the Internet's first and largest human rights campaigns and a Visiting Fellow at the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit, LSE. His forthcoming book, provisionally titled Life under the Boot: 50-years of Military Dictatorship in Burma, will be published by Yale University Press. Mary Kaldor is professor of Global Governance in the Department of International Development and Director of the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit at LSE. She writes on globalisation, international relations and humanitarian intervention, global civil society and global governance, as well as what she calls New Wars. Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:30:00 GMT

The Rule of Law [Audio]

As featured in the forthcoming feature film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1.

O Children appears on the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus, released in September 2004 on Mute. 

The live version appears on the Abattoir Blues Tour album, released by Mute in January 2007.

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - O Children

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