Episode 53 - Science We Can Learn

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Episode 53 - Science We Can Learn

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Nov 15, 2010

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This week hosts Brian Bartel and Dale Basler talk to Daniel M Carchidi (Publication Director) and Dr. Natalie Kuldell (instructor) about MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW). OCW is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content, open and available to the world.
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Nov 15, 2010

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Lab Out Loud discusses science news and science education with leading scientists, researchers, science writers and other important figures in the field.

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Episode 32 - Neil deGrasse Tyson: Neil talks to us about how we get more kids to become scientifically literate by Lab Out Loud
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Episode 53 - Science We Can Learn

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