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FOY SCALF: Here at the Oriental Institute, we've worked for the past two

years to bring the book of the dead back to life.

The Book of the Dead is a compilation of funerary spells that the Egyptians used,

basically to get to heaven.

It's a 2,300-year-old papyrus that will be on display in its entirety for the first time. Each papyrus that

had the Book of the Dead inscribed on it was a unique handmade document. It's very much like medieval manuscripts

They were made by hand in a scriptorium in ancient Egypt and each one was unique and different from the other.

What many people don't realize is that mummies were actually wrapped in the Book of the Dead.

The Book of the Dead spells were written directly on linen bandages and those linen bandages were wrapped directly around the body

The Egyptians acquired and used the Book of the Dead in order to comfort their

concerns about what was going to happen to them when they died. So during their life

they would acquire this material in an effort to have some control over what was going to happen after death.

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Was Einstein Always Right? | Tech-x-planations | Singularity University - Duration: 2:34.

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- More than any name in history,

Einstein is synonymous with genius.

The Nobel Prize winner changed our understanding of nature

more than anyone since Newton, developing his theory

of relativity, pioneering quantum physics,

and proving the existence of molecules.

Of Einstein's many great quotes, my favorite is,

"The difference between genius and stupidity

is that genius has limits."

But did Einstein himself have limits?

Like anyone else, he did make mistakes

and some were pretty big.

Let's review two of the times that Einstein

wasn't exactly an Einstein.

As one of the originators of the Quantum Theory,

Einstein endlessly debated the meaning

of the strange behavior that particles exhibit

at small distances.

The aspect that most disturbed him

was that nothing is completely predictable, only probable.

Einstein felt very strongly that these probabilities

must reflect our ignorance of the situation,

not the fundamental behavior.

Unfortunately, everything that we have ever learned

about physics for over 100 years,

indicates that probability is the fundamental behavior.

Einstein's most famous mistake

was his prediction of the cosmological constant.

In the general theory of relativity,

the Universe could be expanding or contracting,

but not remaining the same size.

This ran afoul of his intuition

that it should be eternally static,

and so he looked for a mathematical loophole.

He discovered that his equations allowed

for a type of antigravity force, allowing disequilibrium.

Soon after this, astronomer Edwin Hubble

simply measured whether the Universe was expanding

and discovered that it was.

This obviated the need for a cosmological constant,

and Einstein referred to its introduction

as his greatest blunder.

But the story doesn't end there.

In 1997, astronomers performed very sensitive measurements

of Super Nova and discovered that the Universe

was not just expanding, but accelerating.

The reason we hadn't detected it before

is because the rate is so small

that it only becomes apparent on vast scales.

This means there actually is a cosmological constant.

It was just so incredibly tiny that we couldn't detect it.

So even Einstein's greatest blunder was correct.

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Are University Admissions Biased? | Simpson's Paradox Part 2 - Duration: 3:37.

Imagine a future cat-topia where both cats and people are applying to the physics and

astronomy departments.

In astronomy, 2 cats are accepted and 2 are rejected, while 1 human is accepted and 1

is rejected.

In physics 1 cat gets in and 2 don't, while 2 humans get in 4 don't.

So, overall at the university, 3 cats are accepted and 4 rejected for a 43% acceptance

rate, while 3 humans are accepted and 5 rejected for a 38% acceptance rate.

Is the university discriminating against humans in its application process?

Possibly not.

That's because if each department reviews its own applications, then the numbers show

that the astronomy department lets in 50% of cats and 50% of humans, which seems fair,

and the physics department lets in 33% of cats and 33% of humans, which again seems

fair.

The reason, then, for the apparent unfairness at the university level is the imbalance in

how many cats and humans apply to each department: more of the cats applied to the astronomy

department, which happened to let in more applicants (regardless of species), while

more of the humans applied to physics, which let in fewer applicants.

This situation is another illustration of Simpson's statistical paradox, and something

like it actually happened at Berkeley in the 1970s, which realized it was letting in 44%

of men applying to the graduate school, but only 35% of women.

Careful analysis was able to show that women tended to apply more to departments that had

less funding and fewer places, like English, and men tended to apply more to less competitive

departments, like engineering.

Thus within each department (which was the level at which applications were evaluated),

there wasn't obvious evidence of gender discrimination among applicants – if anything,

women were favored.

And yet, the unequal distribution of women and men across departments resulted in an

unequal distribution of women and men at the university overall.

The question, then, is what caused the unequal distribution of women and men to begin with?

One can of course imagine a sinister institution knowing how Simpson's paradox works, wanting

to discriminate against a particular group, and thus advertising smaller, more competitive

departments more heavily to that group, and vice-versa for groups they want to promote

. More realistically, certain departments or fields may have reputations for being unwelcoming

and unsupportive towards women even if they let them in fairly, and it's also possible

that aspects of a university itself attract applicants who are more likely to follow gendered

career stereotypes.

But ultimately, as the Berkeley study concluded, the problem is a bigger, societal, one: "Women

are shunted towards fields of study that are generally more crowded, less productive of

completed degrees, less well funded, and that frequently offer poorer professional employment

prospects…

The absence of a demonstrable bias in the admissions system does not give grounds for

concluding that there must be no bias anywhere else in the educational

process."

Those words were written in a statistics paper in 1975.

And more recent statistics tell us that they still remain true today - which is unfortunate

if you think women and men should have equal opportunities and/or be paid equally for equal

work.

So the paradox isn't really in the statistics, since after careful analysis, the statistics

tell us we're biased and even hint at where those biases are (or aren't) coming into

play.

No, the paradox is that we've remained so reluctant to fight our biases, even when they're

put in plain sight.

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Luke Richardson - Business with Human Resource Management MSc Student at Northumbria University - Duration: 1:56.

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Sustainability Studies Minor - University of Minnesota - Duration: 1:44.

In our fast changing world it's important to pay attention to our relationship with

the environment.

The University of Minnesota offers a sustainability minor, an interdisciplinary approach to learning

and discovering solutions for a large variety of issues at the local and global scale.

The sustainability job market is expected to dramatically increase, so learn more about

how you can pair this flexible minor with your major.

My name is Christina and my major is english literature.

My name is Jesse Harris and my major is the bachelor of design and architecture.

Would definitely be the people and especially being able to do things in a hands on experience

like we got to do in one of the courses this last fall like visiting an organic farm.

The sustainability minor was really, it fit well with my interest in architecture and

I also had a general interest in sustainable practices and so this was a way for me to

get college credit for it.

The sustainability minor requires 18 credits, with 2 core classes and a large selection

of electives that are divided into four major categories: Biophysical Sciences, Design and

Technology, Economics and Policy, and Social Science and Humanities.

There are also a few classes that don't belong in any of these categories.

Students in this minor come from a broad range of majors and are dedicated to making a positive

difference on the world.

Schedule a time with an advisor to learn if the sustainability minor is for you!

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Jill Williams, Founder of ANS, Speaks at University of Utah - Duration: 1:49.

21 years ago Jill had a vision to make something more for herself.

In a small apartment, with no real experience, very little cash, and a small baby, and with

a grid of an achiever, she made it happen.

She stands up for women.

She leads by doing.

She's a tireless workhorse and a dedicated captain.

She's a mentor to many that find themselves helplessly enamored by her presence.

She has a funny way of telling stories, putting together sentences and verifying every damn

thing I say.

She likes to make up words to suit the situation and leaves a lasting impression on all who

know her.

She likes to spot celebrities, even dead ones.

She's extremely generous, loves without condition, pushes for more and gets people to be their

best.

She's the reason we're all here today.

In sixth grade, I was supposed to write my obituary, and in my obituary, I wrote that

I had a business and that I had many family members that worked for me.

And, my mom would bring this story up often because it really, while the business type

was different, it really came to fruition.

So being an entrepreneur, I think it is just something the way my brain works.

The entrepreneur, is the wild child of the business community.

And I really represent that statement.

Adversity is never and excuse because you'll never achieve using that as an excuse.

Ever.

And that was an obstacle, that was a big part of the beginning, and the middle, and almost

towards the you know, the top of the middle, end.

See, I knew I was going to throw some shit at you guys, right here.

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Kristy Weegram - Occupational and Organisational Psychology MSc Student at Northumbria University - Duration: 2:06.

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Rosie Locke - Health Psychology MSc Student at Northumbria University - Duration: 1:54.

I'm Rosie Locke I'm here doing health psychology which is a taught

postgraduate course here in Northumbria

I was doing my undergraduate degree here

in psychology when I finished there that then went on to help me get a job as an

assistant psychologist been doing that for a couple of years and then I've come

back here to do health psychology now to kind of supplement my job and

help me progress further in that job so kind of combine full circle

So I decided to come back to Northumbria

and I think because of the really good facilities and

the options that you have here it's got great research facilities

your working alongside you know well renowned academics and the opportunities

that give you here help you in the real world you know so they're teaching me

things that I wouldn't know if I wasn't here and the things that they've learned

along the way which is really helpful too again for me to progress, so after

course I'm hoping to either stay here and do a PhD and so either go onto do my

stage 2 and health psychology which this course really sets you up for

alternatively I move into clinical psychology so again do my PhD in that

and but this has given me the skills the research skills giving me the knowledge

of Health to be able to do either one of those

There's loads of you here in North East

and one of my favourite places is going to the beach which is 20 minutes

on the Metro and hop on and but there's loads of other things through here as

often an international market in town and there's loads of kind of restaurants

bars you can go to as well but as well you've got the kind of the surrounding

areas the countryside so you've got the hub of the city 20 minutes out of town

we've got the country so you're never short of things to do

I'm proud to be at Northumbria University because the research I'm doing here

is helping me progress in my future and in military psychology

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UBC Future Global Leaders Pre-University Summer Program - Duration: 2:01.

My name is Ivan

I'm Axa

My name is Jeff Nihano

I'm Annie

I'm Mateos

I'm Elizabeth from Switzerland

and I'm Anne from Ukraine

Well I'm Madeline and I come from Hong Kong

and I took Applied Ethics.

I'm here taking the

Digital Trends in your Future in a Digital World course.

I'm taking the course

The Practice of Leadership in Today's World.

I chose this program cause I wanted

to know what

like university life is.

Really living on campus,

living the university life.

Walk around on campus,

the people and the classes.

Taking you out of your comfort zone really,

so you learn to be independent.

You're having classes in one of

the best universities in the world.

The teacher I had was very engaging,

and I was always aware

they were very positive and

the class environment was very nice.

Class is really interesting because you get to

choose what you really want to learn.

Being able to meet these professors,

experience the type of courses that might be

offered here.

Exploring the campus with the amount of

freedom that's given.

They took us to the aquarium

it was really cool to see all the

sea creatures.

We went kayaking, or just downtown.

We've gone into the city as well

as on campus and it's just a beautiful place.

My favorite part of being here

is hanging out with my friends.

I love my time here very much.

I would definitely recommend this program.

I love the time here

and actually I don't want to leave.

If university life is like this

I'm super excited.

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Postgraduate Research | University of East Anglia (UEA) - Duration: 1:49.

The University of East Anglia is a very research-intensive University. It's

highly rated worldwide, ranked in the top 100 for its research impact and also

critically it's part of the Norwich Research Park which has a high

concentration of world-class scientists. We focus on some of the major global

problems and we do this by bringing together different disciplines - Natural

Sciences, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and also the Arts and Humanities come

together to address these key global issues. I decided to study for my PhD

here at the Norwich Research Park because of the high calibre of research

that comes out of here. Also because of the impact that it has and its applications

on real-world technology. We've got excellent state-of-the-art facilities on

the Norwich Research Park that support all areas of our research. The library

here at UEA has an outstanding collection of both physical and digital

media. The University offers a lot of opportunities for engagement,

just last month for example I was flown to India to talk about my research on

translation of comics which was extremely useful for contacts and

teaching a different audience as well. Across the four faculties we have a

personal professional development programme which covers research

communication skills, methodologies and also careers and employability for our

students. We aim to give our students the best

support that we can for their PhD studies. We allocate two supervisors for

every PhD student, this means that they can take a blended and interdisciplinary

approach to their research. I love living in Norwich because it's such a friendly and

safe city. The cultural diversity here is fantastic in terms of both traditional

English culture and international communities.