Category: Ideas/Current affairs

Top 5 evolution misconceptions you should stop believing

Posted on February 18, 2016

Top 5 evolution misconceptions you should stop believing

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《Digital History》__Adam Chen

Posted on December 22, 2015

If you were to ask an average American when the last time they studied history was, they might say high school or college. For most people, history stops being relevant when they enter the adult world. The field of history as it exists today consists of scholars who conduct meaningful historical research, publish their findings in academic journals, and profoundly impact our understanding of history. However, the advent of digital history has begun to reshape the field.
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Advice on pursuing a doctorate in science (Not by me–YK Chan)

Posted on August 23, 2015

In these days and age, miserably few would consider pursuing a Ph.D. degree in science. In case some are still pondering about it, read this article first before pushing head on into it. This is my only advice for now.
What’s it like to get a Ph.D. Degree in science?
(If the above link does not work, use it for copy-and-paste in search engine.)

After perusing the pros and cons outlined by the author of the article, let me know if you have more questions.

At any rate, enjoy a good read.

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Lap-Chee Tsui 徐立之Interviewed

Posted on September 19, 2014

On CBC Radio 1 Ideas program, which is to be broadcast on Thursday, 25 September 2014, after the 9 p.m. news.  A podcast will be available online later on the Ideas web site.

Summary

GENETIC GENIUS

2014 Friesen Prize Winner Lap-Chee Tsui talks with IDEAS host Paul Kennedy about how a boy who remembers raising tadpoles in Hong Kong became the scientist who ultimately isolated and identified the gene that causes cystic fibrosis.

http://links.lists.cbc.ca/v/443/1f98d43e40a8976b8ab55b10ff45aaddeba90dde2c07c7c9

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsui_Lap-chee

http://baike.baidu.com/view/957133.htm?fr=aladdin

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The Case for Cantonese Dialect

Posted on February 9, 2014

FYI

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Revising History 有关历史的寓言

Posted on September 1, 2013

History may tell facts, but usually facts interpreted for a certain purpose. There is a parable which has not been told often. It is about how history is written or re-written. It goes like this:

One day, a certain saint came to earth and visited with monks in a monastery. He asked them what they had accomplished. One said he could see angels. Another said he could make miracles. A third said he could fly when he prayed.

“All good and well”, the saint said. “I also practiced this one when I was younger. But the most difficult thing of all is to see your own sins.”

This parable should be told in history classes by teachers.

Source. http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/mobilepopupaudio.html?clipIds=2369578151

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