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Writing in the Sciences

This course teaches scientists to become more effective writers, using practical examples and exerci...

University/Institute: Stanford University

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Wood Science: Beyond Building

The central question of this course: “why study wood?” If “why study wood” is the question, one answ...

University/Institute: West Virginia University

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Visualizing the Living Body: Diagnostic Imaging

This course teaches learners the underlying principles behind conventional radiography, computerized...

University/Institute: Yale University

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Visual Perception and the Brain

Learners will be introduced to the problems that vision faces, using perception as a guide. The cour...

University/Institute: Duke University

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Virology and Epidemiology in the Time of COVID-19

This course covers the science and social impacts of viral infectious diseases. We will begin by cov...

University/Institute: American Museum of Natural History

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Understanding the Brain: The Neurobiology of Everyday Life

Learn how the nervous system produces behavior, how we use our brain every day, and how neuroscience...

University/Institute: The University of Chicago

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Understanding Plants - Part II: Fundamentals of Plant Biology

This class is aimed at people interested in understanding the basic science of plant biology. In thi...

University/Institute: Tel Aviv University

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Understanding Plants - Part I: What a Plant Knows

For centuries we have collectively marveled at plant diversity and form—from Charles Darwin’s early...

University/Institute: Tel Aviv University

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Understanding Cancer Metastasis

Over 500,000 people in the United States and over 8 million people worldwide are dying from cancer e...

University/Institute: Johns Hopkins University

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Tropical Parasitology: Protozoans, Worms, Vectors and Human Diseases

This course provides students an understanding of important human parasitic diseases, including thei...

University/Institute: Duke University

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Toxicology 21: Scientific Applications

This course familiarizes students with the novel concepts being used to revamp regulatory toxicology...

University/Institute: Johns Hopkins University

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Thoracic Oncology

Thoracic malignancies are major, global health problems. Lung cancer is the most common cancer and c...

University/Institute: University of Michigan

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The Sustainable Development Goals – A global, transdisciplinary vision for the future

In 2015, the UN launched the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Adopted by 193 member states,...

University/Institute: University of Copenhagen

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The Science of Stem Cells

What promise do stem cells hold for the treatment of medical conditions? In this five-part online co...

University/Institute: American Museum of Natural History

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The Oral Cavity: Portal to Health and Disease

This course will focus on the interprofessional realtionship of dentistry and medicine. For each ses...

University/Institute: University of Pennsylvania

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The Little Stuff: Energy, Cells, and Genetics

In this course, we will explore the smaller side of biology: molecular biology. We’ll cover basic to...

University/Institute: University of Colorado Boulder

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The History of Medicine: Philosophy, Science, and Psychology

"History of Medicine" provides an accessible historical and interdisciplinary perspective on medicin...

University/Institute: University of California, Santa Cruz

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The Brain and Space

This course is about how the brain creates our sense of spatial location from a variety of sensory a...

University/Institute: Duke University

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The Addicted Brain

This is a course about addiction to drugs and other behaviors. It will describe what happens in the...

University/Institute: Emory University

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Teaching Science at University

This course will prepare you for teaching science in higher education. In this MOOC you will learn t...

University/Institute: University of Zurich

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