v A year of revolutions: Fanny Lewald's recollections of 1848 / translated, edited, and annotated by Hanna Ballin Lewis By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 06:39:51 EDT Online Resource Full Article
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v Handbuch der deutsch-jüdischen Literatur / herausgegeben von Hans Otto Horch By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 09:30:08 EST Online Resource Full Article
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v Zwei Staaten, zwei Literaturen?: das internationale Kolloquium des Schriftsellerverbandes in der DDR, Dezember 1964: eine Dokumentation / herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Elke Scherstjanoi By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 09:28:49 EST Online Resource Full Article
v Rilke's sonnets to Orpheus: philosophical and critical perspectives / edited by Hannah Vandegrift Eldridge and Luke Fischer By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 07:18:21 EDT Online Resource Full Article
v Novel Translations: the European Novel and the German Book, 1680-1730 / Bethany Wiggin By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 06:46:09 EDT Online Resource Full Article
v The book of dreams: a novel / Nina George ; translated by Simon Pare By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 06:45:35 EST Dewey Library - PT2707.E59 T7313 2019 Full Article
v Violent modernists: the aesthetics of destruction in twentieth-century German literature / Kai Evers By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 06:51:59 EST Online Resource Full Article
v Lyric orientations: Hölderlin, Rilke, and poetics of community / Hannah Vandegrift Eldridge By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 06:39:19 EST Online Resource Full Article
v Science Podcast - Canine origins, asexual bacterial adaptation, perovskite-based solar cells, and more (15 Nov 2013) By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:00:00 -0500 The origin of dog domestication in Europe with Robert Wayne; Richard Lenski tracks the adaptation of bacteria over 50,000 generations; Robert Services describes the prospects of a new contender in solar technology. Full Article
v Science Podcast - Replacing the Y chromosome, the future of U.S. missile defense, the brightest gamma-ray burst, and more (22 Nov 2013) By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:00:00 -0500 The minimum requirements for a Y chromosome with Monika Ward; Eliot Marshall checks in on U.S.'s missile interception program 30 years later; Sylvia Zhu breaks down observations from the brightest gamma-ray burst. Full Article
v Science Podcast - 2013 science books for kids, newlywed happiness, and authorship for sale in China (29 Nov 2013) By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:00:00 -0500 Talking kids' science books with Maria Sosa; predicting happiness in marriage with James McNulty; investigating questionable scholarly publishing practices in China with Mara Hvistendahl. Full Article
v Science Podcast - Noisy gene expression, the Tohoku-oki fault, and snake venom as a healer (6 Dec 2013) By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Fri, 06 Dec 2013 12:00:00 -0500 Discussing the origin of transcriptional noise with Alvaro Sanchez; examining results from a drilling expedition at the Tohoku-oki fault; and looking at the potential benefits of snake venom with Kai Kupferschmidt. Full Article
v Science Podcast - Abundant bacterial vesicles in the ocean and a rundown of stories from our daily news site (10 Jan 2014) By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 Ocean-going vesicles; stories from our daily news site. Full Article
v Science Podcast - The genome of a transmissible dog cancer, the 10-year anniversary of Opportunity on Mars, and a rundown of stories from our daily news site (24 Jan 2014) By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 The genome from a cancerous cell line that's been living for millenia, Opportinty's first 10 years on Mars, and a daily news roundup. Full Article
v Science Podcast - Tracing autism's roots in developlement and a rundown of stories from our daily news site (7 Feb 2014) By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 12:00:00 -0500 Tackling the role of early fetal brain development in autism; daily news stories with David Grimm. Full Article
v Science Podcast - Checking the hubris of big data harvests and a news roundup (14 Mar 2014) By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:00:00 -0400 What Google's Flu Trends can teach us about the pitfalls of big data; roundup of daily news with David Grimm. Full Article
v Science Podcast - A BRCA1 and breast cancer retrospective and a news roundup (28 Mar 2014) By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 12:00:00 -0400 BRCA1 turns 20; roundup of daily news with David Grimm. Full Article
v Science Podcast - Evading back-action in a quantum system and a news roundup (16 May 2014) By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Fri, 16 May 2014 12:00:00 -0400 Measuring minute motions; roundup of daily news with David Grimm. Full Article
v High altitude humans living ~11,000 years ago (24 October 2014) By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:00:00 -0400 Kurt Rademaker discusses his work exploring the Andean plateau for artifacts of the earliest high-altitude humans, Paleoindians that lived at 4500 meters more than 11,000 years ago. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img: David-Stanley/Flickr] Full Article
v Changing minds on charitable giving and a news roundup (31 October 2014) By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:00:00 -0400 Ayelet Gneezy discusses trends in charitable giving and how to maximize donations. David Grimm brings stories on an algal virus found in humans, how to stop zooming human population growth, and an avalanche on an asteroid. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img: ISAS/JAXA] Full Article
v A new way to study norovirus and a news roundup (7 November 2014) By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 12:00:00 -0500 Stephanie Karst discusses her team's successful efforts to culture norovirus in the lab and what this new system means for treatment and prevention. David Grimm brings daily news stories on counting virtual friends, drama at the center of the galaxy, and the birth of the penis. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. Full Article
v How hippos help and a news roundup (14 November 2014) By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:00:00 -0500 David Grimm and Meghna Sachdev discuss robots that can induce ghostly feelings, the domestication of cats, and training humans to echolocate. Elizabeth Pennisi discusses overcoming hippos' dangerous reputation and oddly shaped bodies to study their important role in African ecosystems. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img: Kabacchi/Wikipedia] Full Article
v Gendered brains and a news roundup (21 November 2014) By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:00:00 -0500 Cordelia Fine discusses the prevalence of "neurosexism" in the study of the human brain. Online news editor David Grimm brings stories on climbing walls like a gecko, human hand transplants, and measuring altruism in the lab. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img: turkishdisco/Flickr/CC-BY-SA] Full Article
v The oldest piece of Mars on Earth and a news roundup (21 November 2014) By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 19:00:00 -0500 Eric Hand discusses the winding history of the Black Beauty meteorite--a 4.4 billion-year-old piece of Mars. Online news editor David Grimm brings stories on bacteria's role in the blood-brain barrier, the "ice-pocalypse", and why only 10 percent of galaxies may host complex life. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img: © Joe McNally] Full Article
v Sexual trait evolution in mosquitoes and a news roundup By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:00:00 -0500 Sara Mitchell discusses the co-evolution of sexual traits in mosquitoes and their influence on malaria transmission. David Grimm discusses daily news stories. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Img: © Sam Cotton] Full Article
v The Deepwater Horizon disaster: Five years later. By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:00:00 -0400 5th Anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster: Marcia McNutt discusses the role of science in responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Warren Cornwall examines the state of ecological recovery 5 years later. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Img: © Bryan Tarnowski/Science Magazine] Full Article
v Hubble's 25th anniversary and a news roundup By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:00:00 -0400 Hubble at 25: Daniel Clery discusses the contributions of the Hubble Space Telescope to our understanding of the universe, and David Grimm discusses daily news stories. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Img: NASA] Full Article
v How the measles virus disables immunity to other diseases and a news roundup By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2015 14:00:00 -0400 Michael Mina discusses how measles destroys immunity to other infectious diseases and why the measles vaccine has led to disproportionate reductions in childhood mortality since its introduction 50 years ago, and David Grimm discusses daily news stories. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Img: UNICEF Ethiopia/Creative Commons License BY-NC-ND 2.0, via flickr] Full Article
v Friction at the atomic level, the acoustics of historical speeches, and a news roundup By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 14:00:00 -0400 Alexei Bylinskii discusses friction at the atomic level and Braxton Boren talks about the acoustics of historical spaces, and David Grimm discusses daily news stories with Sarah Crespi. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Img: Pericles' Funeral Oration by Philipp von Foltz, 1852] Full Article
v Tracking ivory with genetics, the letter R, and a news roundup By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:00:00 -0400 Samuel Wasser discusses using genetics to track down sources of elephant ivory, Suzanne Boyce talks with Susanne Bard about why it's so hard to say the letter R, and David Grimm brings online news stories about declining devils, keeping dinos out of North America, and the tiniest flea circus. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img: guido da rozze/Flickr CC BY 2.0] Full Article
v Effective Ebola vaccines and a daily news roundup By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 14:00:00 -0400 Andrea Marzi discusses a vaccine that is effective against Ebola in monkeys and David Grimm talks about weigh-loss surgery, carbon suckers, and sexist HVAC. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img: NIAID] Full Article
v Marmoset monkey vocal development and a news roundup By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:00:00 -0400 Asif Ghazanfar discusses how marmoset parents influence their babies' vocal development and Hanae Armitage talks with Sarah Crespi about the influence of livestock on biodiversity hotspots, trusting internet search results, and ant-like robots. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Img: Carmem A. Busko, CC BY-2.5] Full Article
v How future elites view self-interest and equality and a news roundup By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:00:00 -0400 Daniel Markovits discusses the preferences for fairness and equiality among potential future US leaders and David Grimm talks about finding fluorine's origins, persistant lone wolves, and the domestiction of the chicken. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Image credit: Philip Pikart/CC BY-SA 4.0] Full Article
v Pluto's mysteries revealed and a daily news roundup By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:00:00 -0400 Alan Stern discusses the first scientific results from the New Horizons July 14 flyby of Pluto, which revealed details about the dwarf planet's geology, surface composition, and atmosphere; Catherine Matacic talks about dino temps, Paleo-sleeping, and editing pig organs. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. Full Article
v The neuroscience of reversing blindness and a daily news roundup By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 14:00:00 -0400 Rhitu Chatterjee discusses Project Prakash and the neuroscience behind reversing blindness in children, teenagers, and adults in rural India; David Grimm talks about where dogs came from, when life first evolved, and holes in the brain. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Img: Francois de Halleux CC BY-NC-ND 2.0] Full Article
v The origins of biodiversity in the Amazon and a daily news roundup By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:00:00 -0400 Lizzie Wade discusses whether the amazing biodiversity of the Amazon Basin was the result of massive flooding, or the uplift of the Andes mountain range. David Grimm talks about microbes aboard the International Space Station, the fate of juvenile giant ground sloths during the Pleistocene, and singing classes as social glue. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Img: ©Jason Houston] Full Article
v The evolution of Mars' atmosphere and a daily news roundup By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:00:00 -0500 Bruce Jakosky discusses where Mars' once-thick, CO2-ish atmosphere went and the first data from the MAVEN mission to study the Red Planet; David Grimm talks about worm allergies, fake fingerprints, and toilets for all. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img: NASA] Full Article
v Bioengineering functional vocal cords and a daily news roundup By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 14:00:00 -0500 Jennifer Long explains how scientists have engineered human vocal cords; Catherine Matacic talks about vanquishing a deadly amphibian fungus, pigeons that spot cancer, and more. Hosted by Susanne Bard. [Img: Jaime Bosch MNCN-CSIC] Full Article
v Can "big data" from mobile phones pinpoint pockets of poverty? And a news roundup By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 14:00:00 -0500 Joshua Blumenstock discusses patterns of mobile phone use as a source of "big data" about wealth and poverty in developing countries; David Grimm talks about gene drives, helpful parasites, and electric roses. Hosted by Sarah Crespi. [Img: A.A. JAMES] Full Article
v Podcast: Wounded mammoths, brave birds, bright bulbs, and more By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:00:00 -0500 In this week’s podcast, David Grimm talks about brave birds, building a brighter light bulb, and changing our voice to influence our emotions. Plus, Ann Gibbons discusses the implications of a butchered 45,000-year-old mammoth found in the Siberian arctic for human migration. Read the related research in Science. [IMG: Dmitry Bogdanov] Full Article
v Podcast: Glowing robot skin, zombie frogs, and viral fossils in our DNA By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 03 Mar 2016 14:00:00 -0500 Online News Editor David Grimm shares stories on zombification by a frog-killing fungus, relating the cosmological constant to life in the universe, and ancient viral genes that protect us from illness. Chris Larson joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss a new type of robot skin that can stretch and glow. [Image: Jungbae Park] Full Article Scientific Community
v Podcast: Nuclear forensics, honesty in a sea of lies, and how sliced meat drove human evolution By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:00:00 -0500 Online News Editor David Grimm shares stories on the influence of governmental corruption on the honesty of individuals, what happened when our ancestors cut back on the amount of time spent chewing food, and how plants use sand to grind herbivores‘ gears. Science’s International News Editor Rich Stone joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss his forensics story on how to track down the culprits after a nuclear detonation. [Image: Miroslav Boskov] Full Article Scientific Community
v Podcast: Battling it out in the Bronze Age, letting go of orcas, and evolving silicon-based life By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:59:00 -0400 Online News Editor David Grimm shares stories on SeaWorld’s plans for killer whales, the first steps toward silicon-based life, and the ripple effect of old dads on multiple generations. Andrew Curry joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss a grisly find in Northern Germany that suggests Bronze Age northern Europe was more organized and more violent than thought. [Image: ANDESAMT FÜR KULTUR UND DENKMALPFLEGE MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN/LANDESARCHÄOLOGIE/S. SUHR ] Full Article Scientific Community
v Podcast: Tracking Zika, the evolution of sign language, and changing hearts and minds with social science By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:59:00 -0400 Online news editor Catherine Matacic shares stories on the evolution of sign language, short conversations than can change minds on social issues, and finding the one-in-a-million people who seem to be resistant to certain genetic diseases—even if they carry genes for them. Nuno Faria joins host Sarah Crespi to explain how genomic analysis can track Zika’s entry date into Brazil and follow its spread. [Image: r.a. olea/Flickr] Full Article Scientific Community
v Podcast: Patent trolls, the earthquake-volcano link, and obesity in China By traffic.omny.fm Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:59:00 -0400 Online News Editor Catherine Matacic shares stories on how earthquakes may trigger volcanic eruptions, growing obesity in China’s children, and turning salty water sweet on the cheap. Lauren Cohen joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the rise of patent trolls in the United States and a proposal for cutting back on their sizable profits. [Image: © Alberto Garcia/Corbis] Full Article Scientific Community