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On the COST Action COSY: From a New-Generation of Materials to the Stars
September 27, 2023 10:00 - 12 minutes - 8.27 MBEstablishing interdisciplinary research networks that bring researchers and innovators together is of utmost importance to all facets of academia. The European Cooperation in Science and Technology Association (COST) does just that. We hear from its Action Chair, María Pilar de Lara-Castells on the COST Action ‘COSY’ which aims to provide computational and experimental building blocks for a fundamental understanding and control of COnfined molecular Systems. Find out more: COST Action CA2...
Contraceptive access and reproductive justice
September 25, 2023 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBRegulating ones own fertility and pregnancy has long been an essential part of women’s health and wellbeing. However, even with multiple forms of birth control now available, there is not global, equal, independent access to them. Dr Tracy Morison of Massey University in New Zealand researches attitudes, accessibility and issues of justice around Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives in New Zealand, and the place of reproductive health for women around the globe. Read the original arti...
The need for speed: Overcoming the bottleneck in optical data transfer
September 22, 2023 10:00 - 8 minutes - 5.61 MBIn high-speed communications, very fast optical signals connect to your office or even your home. But these optical signals have not yet reached end-of-edge terminals such as personal computers and smart phones. Dr Hideaki Fukuzawa and Mr Takashi Kikukawa (TDK Corporation, Japan) show that it’s possible to make these optical modulators with standard semiconductor industry processing, significantly lowering costs and creating more compact devices. Read the Research Features article: http...
Is there an effective, holistic way to cure cardiovascular disease?
September 20, 2023 10:00 - 11 minutes - 8.15 MBCardiovascular disease is the world’s leading cause of death. Despite significant advances in its diagnosis, robust treatment remains elusive. US-based cardiovascular specialists Dr Bradley Bale and Dr Amy Doneen have developed a simple, holistic, and effective method to cure cardiovascular disease. The BaleDoneen Method® targets one of its biggest contributing factors: oxidative stress. Read their Research Features article: doi.org/10.26904/RF-148-4831388762 Find out more on their ...
A multidisciplinary approach to breast cancer detection with axillary lymph node staging
September 18, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.54 MBBreast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide, affecting over 2 million women each year. The most important predictor of both recurrence and survival in patients with breast cancer is if cancer has spread to the axillary lymph nodes. Dr. Alyssa Cubbison at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center specialises in breast imaging. She puts forward an algorithm she helped create that uses preoperative ultrasound imaging of the axilla when facing suspected breast cancer. ...
Can a new electrocautery device revolutionize biopsies?
September 15, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.72 MBEvery year, millions of people require organ biopsies to check whether the cells are cancerous or not. However, problems can arise when unintended bleeding occurs after taking the biopsy sample and removing the guide needlerequire additional procedures, open surgery, blood transfusions, and longer costs and recovery time. In very serious cases, it can lead to death. Single Pass Inc. have developed the first and only disposable electrocautery device that could be extremely useful for preve...
CS-Light: a new energy-saving smart lighting system for optimised light control
September 13, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 7.34 MBLED lighting provides brighter, lower-power, longer lasting illumination than traditional lighting systems, and can be programmed to change color and brightness instantaneously. Despite this, lighting in smart buildings still consumes a significant amount of energy. Professor Archan Misra and fellow researchers at Singapore Management University look at the development of a smart lighting control system, CS-Light, designed specifically for open-floor indoor layouts, such as offices, collabo...
Poetry in sculpture: Rainer Maria Wilke and Auguste Rodin
September 11, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.9 MBRainer Maria Rilke's poems creatively expressed ideas that are hard to put into words, and his writings on the work of sculptor Auguste Rodin glorified their skill at creating tiny surfaces that reflect light to bring sculptures to life. The poet’s apparent hero worship of Rodin’s sculpting talents is of great interest to Dr Nicholas Reynolds, a Lecturer in Modern Languages and Literatures at Trinity University, Texas. But it was a turbulent relationship that led to a final break in 1913,...
Poetry in sculpture: Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin
September 11, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.9 MBRainer Maria Rilke's poems creatively expressed ideas that are hard to put into words, and his writings on the work of sculptor Auguste Rodin glorified their skill at creating tiny surfaces that reflect light to bring sculptures to life. The poet’s apparent hero worship of Rodin’s sculpting talents is of great interest to Dr Nicholas Reynolds, a Lecturer in Modern Languages and Literatures at Trinity University, Texas. But it was a turbulent relationship that led to a final break in 1913,...
Identification of a novel key player in lupus disease opens the door to treatment
September 08, 2023 10:00 - 13 minutes - 9.44 MBSystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease, the precise cause of which is still unclear. Professor Shunichi Shiozawa from Kobe University, Japan, uncovers the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms of systemic autoimmunity and identifies a novel key player. Shiozawa demonstrates that overstimulation of the host’s immune system by an immunogenic pathogen kickstarts the generation of new T lymphocytes, which induce SLE and could be a future target of SLE cell th...
Primal Sound: Rilke’s Encounter with Early Sound Recording
September 06, 2023 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.51 MBThe Austrian poet and writer, Rainer Maria Rilke, explored many powerful and emotive themes, making one consider life, experience, reality and much more. In his monograph on the writings of Rilke, Dr Nicholas Reynolds, from Trinity University in San Antonio, explores the themes of sound and memory, and subsequently posits a theory of how artists tap into their subconscious in their creative process. Read Dr Reynolds' original research: doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74470-0_2
The perpetual motion of digital scholarly preservation
September 01, 2023 10:00 - 8 minutes - 5.68 MBResearchers are passionate about contributing to the ever-expanding network of knowledge. So, how can scholars ensure that their work is available for future generations to access and build on? CLOCKSS is a digital archive for publishers and research libraries. Executive Director, Dr Alicia Wise, suggests that the work of the preservation community is in perpetual motion, and that collaboration between authors, libraries, publishers, and archival services is imperative for passing the ...
Engineering Recombinantly Expressed Antiviral Lectins
August 30, 2023 12:00 - 12 minutes - 8.86 MBCyanovirin-N, or CV-N for short, is a broadly binding molecule to glycopeptides and glycan structures on viral envelope spikes, which allows for screening of these structures by protein-interaction based sensor technologies. Dr. Irene Maier, Lecturer at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, examines the molecular understanding of immune diseases. Maier has designed new antiviral CV-N variants and measured their binding constants to glycoproteins exposed at the surface of immune-stimula...
Novel drug could aid stroke long-term recovery
August 23, 2023 09:00 - 12 minutes - 8.62 MBStrokes are a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, leaving a pressing need for effective neuroprotective drugs. A team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen led by Prof Petrine Wellendorph have developed a promising drug candidate that may offer a chance for improving brain function and working memory among stroke patients. Their work is funded by the Novo Nordisk foundation, and details can be seen on the Wellendorph Lab webpage here: https://drug.ku.dk/discipline...
Educational assessment practices and emerging technology trends
August 21, 2023 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.91 MBAssessment is a powerful tool in education which can influence the way in which students respond to teaching, and their overall learning experience. Innovative technologies have also paved the way for alternative assessment formats, including video-based evaluations and interactive tools like VR. A research team from Singapore Management University conducted a meta-analysis of the existing research on this topic, revealing four growing groups of technology trends relating to learning envir...
Lead ammunition used by hunters has us all in its sights
August 18, 2023 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.19 MBDespite being toxic when consumed, lead ammunition is still commonly used by traditional game hunters and makes it way into the diet of millions of people worldwide. Dr Jon M. Arnemo and colleagues from the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences have researched this, and continue to battle to make hunters aware of this great danger. Read the article in Research Outreach Read the original research: doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87853-5_21
Online technologies provided peer support for teen mental health during the pandemic
August 16, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.56 MBThere is currently a mental health epidemic among adolescent girls, which was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many have argued that digital technologies are to blame for this, however, empirical reports have been conflicting, with some research highlighting both positive and negative effects of social technology use on teen emotional health Dr. Jennifer Silk and Dr. Kiera James at the University of Pittsburgh are clinical psychologists who specialize in the development of affective di...
Valuable insights into caring for women with heavy menstrual bleeding
August 14, 2023 10:00 - 10 minutes - 6.98 MBDespite heavy menstrual bleeding, or HMB, affecting many women worldwide, studies into HMB and effective primary care measures remain scarce. Professor Joe Kai and a multi-disciplinary team at the University of Nottingham and the University of Birmingham, UK, have provided invaluable insight into treatments for HMB, and the critical role of the primary care physician, revolutionising understandings of HMB and effective treatment options. Read the Research Outreach article: https://res...
Communicating health information to Chinese communities
August 09, 2023 10:00 - 11 minutes - 8.24 MBMigrant women can find it challenging to access maternity care for a number of reasons. Chinese women may also encounter poor treatment as a result of racial discrimination and social stigma as further barriers, besides language and communication issues affecting their ability talk about their medical history and current health concerns. Dr Sarah Gong at the University of Leicester investigates how this under-researched group interacts with and uses digital health resources. Her research ...
Mass Balance Analysis as a tool for investigating fluorine-based chemical pollutants
August 07, 2023 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.17 MBThe use and management of fluorine-based chemical pollutants is problematic, making better group approaches and analysis necessary. Researchers from the AIST institute, Japan and Örebro University, Sweden have offered novel insight into how these chemicals disproportionally affect younger women, and offer new standards and techniques for better identifying organofluorines, many of which at present remain unknown. Read the original research: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129025
How can diet influence women’s reproductive health?
August 03, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.53 MBThere is an urgent need to focus on women’s health to identify differences between sexes, including response to medications, to allow effective clinical decisions to be made using a person-centered, evidence-based approach. At the University of California Irvine in the US, Dr Dequina Nicholas studies the links between reproductive science, metabolism, and immunology and explores how diet may be a missing piece in the puzzle. Read more in Research Outreach Find their original research at...
Human effects of e-cigarette use compared to smoking, quitting smoking and never-smoking
August 01, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBIn recent years, vaping has emerged as an alternative to traditional smoking, with e-cigarette devices forming a key part of plans to reduce smoking rates and associated health risks. Linsey Haswell and Nathan Gale are part of a team that’s set out to measure the nature and extent of toxicant exposure and potential biological effects from e-cigarette use. The team compared clinical measurements from exclusive e-cigarette consumers with smokers assessing the impacts of vaping, and conside...
Inclusivity, diversity, and gender equality in cybersecurity
July 26, 2023 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.06 MBThe ever-chaning nature of cybersecurity threats means that up-to-date skills training is critical. Dr Liqaa Nawaf from Cardif Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK, in collaboration with colleagues from King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, are conducting research into how to make cybersecurity more effective and inclusive, and have launched a year-long project to support women in cybersecurity. Read more about the initiative: UK - Saudi Challenge Fund 2022-23 Read the Research Outrea...
Should meditation be taught in schools?
July 24, 2023 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.72 MBMeditation has gained increased popularity in recent years, and is a well-established practice in many Eastern cultures. Why, then, has this remained largely unpractised in schools? Dr Veruska Oppedisano and co-authors have been studying the feasibility of implementing and evaluating a meditation intervention in primary schools, with exciting results and direction for future studies. Read the original research here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.765158/full
Why does COVID-19 affect people differently?
July 19, 2023 11:00 - 8 minutes - 6.11 MBCOVID-19 infection can have varying affects an individual’s health. So, in the wake of the pandemic, how can we better determine why some people experience severe illness when contracting COVID-19, and others don’t? A research team based at Yale University, USA, have identified a particular gene that may explain the significant variation of the disease, showing great promise for improved outcomes for those who contract COVID-19. Read the Research Features article here Read the o...
Regulating RNA interference by modifying RNA backbone with amides
July 17, 2023 10:00 - 11 minutes - 8.06 MBProfessor Eriks Rozners and colleagues at Binghamton University in New York, USA, are using innovative nucleic acid chemistry to modify RNA-based technologies such as RNA interference and CRISPR to enhance their utility in molecular biology. These technologies suffer from off-target effects that limit their clinical utility. By replacing phosphates in the backbone with amides, the team aims to improve the stability, specificity, and uptake of these technologies by cells to make them more s...
One bite of a bad apple: Are unethical negotiators contagious?
July 12, 2023 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.72 MBIn today’s business environment where a company is judged as much for its moral code as its commercial output, it might seem like integrity is highly prized and indeed, demanded. However, dishonesty isn’t just tolerated – it’s contagious. An international team led by Leopold Ried from Erasmus University takes an in-depth look at the ethics behind buyer-supplier negotiations and the knock-on effect that dishonesty has to those on the receiving end. Read their original article: https://...
Protecting brain function and mental health against isolation
July 10, 2023 10:00 - 10 minutes - 6.96 MBLoneliness and social isolation are known to cause several mental health issues, as the COVID-19 pandemic reminded us. This can cause long-term difficulties and seriously impact the brain and overall brain function. By studying the different biological and behavioural effects of social isolation on mice, Dr Jing Liang and her team have recently identified a promising therapeutic with the power to reverse these changes, a major development in this field. Read the original research: https:/...
Love, lies and surprise: the digitalisation of dating
July 07, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBOnline dating has surged in recent years, providing unique opportunities for people to meet prospective partners, find lifelong friends, as well as to form alternative connections, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the digitalization of dating may facilitate genuine connections for some, for others, they are presented with a mixture of love, lies, and surprise, as investigated by Dr Ursula Schinzel. Read her original publication on ResearchGate and via Springer. ...
Long term strategies for unintended pregnancies
July 05, 2023 10:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBPregnancy and fertility research come with powerful emotive and political connections beyond medicine alone. Professor Richard Santen, a reproductive endocrinologist and past-president of the Endocrine Society of America shares his decades of experience in research and care for patients reproductive health, and shares his view on how to reshape perspectives on, and provisions of care for, unexpected pregnancies. Listeners should be aware that this interview discusses pregnancy, family pla...
Ultraviolet Disinfection of Facemasks
July 03, 2023 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.23 MBThe onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shortage of FFRs – Filtering Facepiece Respirators, also known as face masks - raised questions about UV surface disinfection for surfaces, which has not been well studied for effectiveness and is not regulated. Castine Bernardy, a PhD candidate at the University of New Hampshire, set out to determine if UV is a practical technology for FFR disinfection, and add to the body of knowledge needed to create regulations for UV surface disinfection devic...
Anticipative replenishment with reactive fulfilment for online retailing
June 30, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.81 MBWith the rapid growth of online shopping, e-commerce retailers face shifting operating costs and challenges, including shipping across geographic regions and time periods. Research conducted by Yun Fong Lim and Marcus Ang from Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University and Song Jiu from the School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University explores strategies to improve how online stores manage their inventory and orderst. Their research concept a...
Cyber Risk Evaluation and Mitigation - A Quantitative Research Analysis
June 28, 2023 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.76 MBCybersecurity has become increasingly important in recent years, with cyber-related crime on the rise. This had made cybersecurity, risk evaluation, and mitigation increasingly important, particularly for companies wanting to reduce their vulnerabilities to cyber risks and refine their insurance offerings. Meng Sun, a PhD Candidate at Simon Fraser University and Senior data scientist investigating risk management in life and general insurance, has created a qualitative and quantitative ana...
Unlocking immune cell activation against Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
June 26, 2023 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBSeparating the self from non-self cells is an important part how your immune system is supposed to recognise disease, and the same mechanisms are how cancer evades that immune surveillance. So, what if that escape route can be closed off? Dr Alberto Pavan describes his research into how lung cancer can be brought to the attention of immune cells, the molecular signs of treatment success, and how these microscopic changes can hopefully translate to longer, healthier lives for patients Rea...
Virtual Reality in the Classroom – Creating a VR Computing Lab
June 23, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.74 MBNo longer just for gamers, VR is also becoming progressively more widespread, with uses in medicine to give an interactive visualisation of the human body, to provide employee training with reduced risk of accidents and even beginning to find its place in reimagining education. A team from Singapore Management University has been researching how virtual reality, or VR, can be used in teaching undergraduate university students’ key concepts in computing. Read the original article: https...
How do we understand mental health?
June 21, 2023 10:00 - 10 minutes - 6.91 MBPsychological science has been trying to understand what exactly causes mental illness, such as depression, anxiety, or eating disorders. Different theories assume that symptoms arise from past experiences in interaction with biological risk factors, and use this as guidance for treatment. A new trend says that we should move away from finding the underlying cause and rather explain disorders by its interacting symptoms. But is this indeed the way to go? This is the question that Inga M...
The Flow Between Parallel Plates with Variable Mass Diffusivity
June 19, 2023 10:00 - 12 minutes - 8.34 MBIn Richard Feynman's words, turbulence is ‘the most important unsolved problem of classical physics’ with seemingly too many mathematical descriptions – each valid, more or less, under a series of restrictive conditions. The research of Professor Fabio Gori and Dr Andrea Boghi from the University of Rome Tor Vergata into turbulence in solutions is revealing new insights about molecular diffusion rates and correlation rules, with impacts ranging from plastic production to solar power – and...
Quantum Speed Limits, Qubits, and Cutting-Edge Computing
June 14, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBQuantum computing is coming close to reality, and its applications seem almost boundless. However, the bounds of those applications and of the very atoms involved are real, with research bridging quantum energy, uncertainty, and newly discovered limits of just how fast a quantum computer can get. Dr Gal Ness discusses his research into quantum speed limits opens up new understandings of the cutting edge of physics. Read the original research: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj9119 .
A new anti-cancer molecule targets disease-causing proteins
June 12, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.36 MBProteins are important biomolecules, fulfilling tasks in every cell of your body and with a central role in health and disease. Dr. Harald Weinstabl and Dr. Will Farnaby lead collaboration at Boehringer Ingelheim and the University of Dundee working on PROTACs, a new class of molecules with the potential to selectively target and destroy disease-causing proteins. Drs. Weinstabl and Farnaby's interdisciplinary research team has achieved significant tumor growth inhibition in mice, and thi...
Persuasive crowdfunding video voiceovers
June 09, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.25 MBVoice-based marketing is becoming increasingly popular on social media and video sites - Even in this very podcast, your player may drop an advert in for you to listen too. How successful are voice-overs at increasing sales, though? And for a product or charity still raising funds, is it possible to increase their appeal through narration alone? Researchers from Singapore Management University, Cornell University and INSEAD have been investigating how narrator voices can influence custom...
Fuzzy logic: Improving interfaces with computing with words
June 07, 2023 10:00 - 12 minutes - 8.29 MBTechnology has become increasingly responsive to human behaviour, with AI tools and machine learning in high demand in modern society. The unpredictability and vagueness of human perception, however, is incredibly hard to capture, and there remains a certain gap in communication between biological and technological systems. Moreno Colombo and colleagues at the Human-IST Institute in Fribourg, Switzerland, in conjunction with the FMsquare Foundation, have investigated the concept of 'comput...
Across the Great Divides: How do gender dynamics influence intercultural conflict and creative collaboration?
June 02, 2023 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.6 MBFinding out why some collaborations are more successful than others is complex, and includes factors of culture, gender, and attitudes to conflict and creativity. Associate Professor Roy Chua of Singapore Management University and Assistant Professor Mengzi Jin of Peking University have been investigating the way that men and women interact with people from other cultures when they face creative challenges. Read the original research: https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2016.1319
How do gender dynamics influence intercultural conflict and creative collaboration?
June 02, 2023 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.6 MBFinding out why some collaborations are more successful than others is complex, and includes factors of culture, gender, and attitudes to conflict and creativity. Associate Professor Roy Chua of Singapore Management University and Assistant Professor Mengzi Jin of Peking University have been investigating the way that men and women interact with people from other cultures when they face creative challenges. Read the original research: https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2016.1319
Preventing sudden unexpected death in infancy
May 31, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.55 MBSudden unexpected death in infancy, or SUDI, is the leading category of death after the first month of life, and it usually happens when babies are sleeping. Modification of unsafe sleep environments therefore provides a focus for possible intervention. One such intervention in Australia and New Zealand, the Pēpi-Pod® Program, is literally saving lives. Professor Jeanine Young of the School at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Young is a registered nurse, midwife, and neon...
Updated NICE guidance on the PLASMA system
May 24, 2023 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.26 MBTreatment for an enlarged prostate depends on the severity of symptoms, with various treatments available. In rare cases, however, surgery is needed to reduce the size of an enlarged prostate by cutting away sections of the gland, known as a ‘Transurethral Resection of the Prostate’. A team of researchers at the Cedar Healthcare Technology Research Centre in Wales, UK, present updates on a treatment known as the PLASMA system, an innovative approach which differs to traditional forms of...
Newly discovered actions of ketamine in pain and breathing regulation
May 22, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.69 MBChronic pain is difficult to treat and affects the individual’s quality of life, often leading to severe disability. Ketamine was initially used in anaesthesia, but since the 1990s it has also been used in a much lower dose as a treatment for acute and chronic pain. and also works as an antidepressant Professor Albert Dahan and colleagues at the Leiden University Medical Center managed to unlock some of ketamine’s previously unknown mechanisms of action against pain, its psychedelic ef...
Governance, Risk, and Compliance in Digital Transformation
May 19, 2023 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.7 MBThe trend of companies using technologies to improve their products, processes, and teams effectively is collectively described as a digital transformation. As digitization proliferates, companies are beginning to put more emphasis on their governance, risk, and compliance - but do investors understand their values and impacts? Researchers from Singapore Management University surveyed non-professional investors on themes surrounding investment practices regarding GRC to find out the impo...
Culturally responsive teaching
May 17, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.88 MBCulturally responsive teaching is the recognition that culture is a strength that can be used as a resource in the classroom to improve academic and social achievement. But what does this teaching approach look like, what historical methods is it influenced by, and what specific outcomes are achieved for students? Magnus O. Bassey, Professor in Secondary Education and Youth Services at Queens College, explains how this method can help teachers to create a more inclusive and equitable learn...
Building equitable early learning programs
May 15, 2023 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.35 MBRacism is manifested and institutionalised in many areas of life, from education and housing to employment, health care, and the criminal justice system. Dr Ebonyse Mead and and Dr Tameka Ardrey of Georgia Southern University have published a new book, Building equitable early learning programs, which sets out to address racial inequities in early childhood education. With 38 years’ professional experience between them, their new book aims to help education professionals to analyse the c...
The Science of Well-being
May 12, 2023 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.73 MBWell-being is a well-established and growing field within psychology, and an increasingly popular area of study for psychology students. However, it's also challenging to define: What does good well-being look like for any person, and what do we need to know to study it? A team of researchers, led by Dr William Tov of Singapore Management University, attempt to define well-being, not only to guide fellow researchers teaching it, but also for the general public. They uncovered eight major...