Reflections from the New world

Reflections on Cyberspace as the New "Wired World of Education"

Developments in Information Technologies (ITs) like the Internet have transformed information exchange. Moreover, since information exchange and analysis are key aspects of the learning experience, these developments have had an important impact on education. Within this context, the important question concerns the sort of educational relationships that exist (or fail to exist) when information...

Twenty years of RNA: reflections from the RNP world.

As a product of the Boulder and New Haven RNA enclaves, I joined the RNA community at Case Western Reserve in 1994 as a newly-minted Assistant Professor. The very next year, Tim Nilsen and the RNA Society launched the journal that you now hold in your hands... err, computer. After a dozen years or so, I moved to Chapel Hill. And I watched as a strong community of RNA biologists formed here at U...

From Lisbon to the World...

O Brave New World: The Dark Side of Cyberspace

This article focuses on some of the negative aspects of cyberspace andcyberculture. First, it offers an examination of the impact of our use ofsocial media, and Facebook in particular, on our psyches, pointing out thatusers of social media can be thought of as audiences. These audiencesand information about them can be sold to marketers and advertisers.Next, it offers a case study of a widespre...

THE NEW WORLD: Perspectives from Molecular Anthropology

■ Abstract A number of important insights into the peopling of the New World have been gained through molecular genetic studies of Siberian and Native American populations. These data indicate that the initial migration of ancestral Amerindian originated in south-central Siberia and entered the New World between 20,000–14,000 calendar years before present (cal yr BP). These early immigrants pro...