What Killed Arafat?

An investigation into the mysterious death of the late Palestinian leader reveals that he may have been poisoned.

視点・論点: "一票の格差"と民主主義の質 (法政大学教授 白鳥 浩)

民主・自民・公明の６月に取りまとめられた３党合意により、社会保障と税の一体改革法が成立するのに加えて、衆議院の解散総選挙が｢近いうち｣に行われるということが野田首相から当時の自民党谷垣総裁に伝えられたのは８月８日でした。すでにその合意から３か月が経過しようとしています。来る選挙を念頭として、既成政党のみではなく、次の国政選挙で国政に打って出る新政党も準備を始めているところです。１０月２０日に日本維新の会は九州から遊説を開始し、また、１０月２５日には都知事であった石原慎太郎氏も新党を立ち上げ、国政に打って出ることを表明しました。このように、来るべき総選挙を巡って各党は準備を急いでいます。また来年７月には参議院議員選挙も予定されています。

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Affirmative action, アファーマティブ・アクション, John Rawls, ジョン・ロールズ, 一票の格差,

101 East: Ageing Japan

How can the world's most elderly society overcome its demographic crisis?

Sakae Matsuzawa, Kesayo Shimizu, Hikariko Ono, benefit, burden, longevity, taxpayer, Mr. Kudo, shelter resident, Hidenori Hashi, Outreach worker, Miyoko Miyazawa, Eisei Hospital, touch, Keiko Muramatsu, Itsuo Kandatsu, elderly people, elderly people living alone (独居老人), 3.8 million living alone, partner robot, Koichi Kaneda, Hiramachi Shirakawa, Credit Suisse, social security, retire at 70, raising retire age, Nobuhiko Hasegawa

People & Power: How to Rob Africa

Why does the Western world feed Africa with one hand while taking from it with the other?

Stanley Kwenda, Anas Aremeyan Anas, Zimbabwe, Corporate service provider, Money laundering, Seychelles, offshore financial system, undercover journalist, offshore account, offshore company, distorted system, Anonymous entity, impoverishing, stolen money, consulting company

Witness: Kay Kay: The Girl from Guangzhou

Kay Kay is the face of modern-day China - a bright, educated and ambitious 20-year-old living in the booming southern city of Guangzhou.

She represents a new generation of middle class Chinese 'only' children, benefiting from China's economic growth as well as the single-minded dedication of her factory-worker parents.

This unique film has followed her for her whole life, filming her and her family every year since her birth in 1992.

It gives a rare, personal narrative to the decades of transformation that China has undergone. From her childhood and school days through to her university life where she struggles to get to grips with China's economic imperatives in the face of environmental issues.

Kay Kay is a charming, engaging guide to modern China, its people and the country's recent economic boom.

Bruno Sorrentino, Kay Kay, Guangzhou

The Stream : Swazis speak out against Africa's last absolute monarchy

Swaziland protesters call for reform amidst a financial crisis and cabinet reshuffle.

Absolute monarchy, Mark Leon Goldberg, undispatch.com, Without the King, swazidemocracy.org, Mary Pais Da Silva, Michael Skolnik, South Africa, Swaziland

Switzerland's direct democracy

Together with neutrality and federalism, direct democracy is a part of the Swiss national identity and helps unite the various languages, religions and cultures in the country. This video gives you a short introduction to this unique political system. (Produced by swissinfo.ch on behalf of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad)

Billy Corgan on Q CBC Music

Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan stopped by for a feature interview in Studio Q. He took a break from the band's tour in support of their new album Oceania to chat about the record, his band, the legacy of generation X and how he's perceived by the public.

Listen to full uncut version on Q CBC Music.

Jian Ghomeshi, Rush, Guns N' Roses, Neil Young, PETA, Keith Richard, Burton Cummings, Lionel Richie, David Grohl, Grateful Dead

Gluon

Types	8
Mass	0
Mean lifetime	-
Electric charge	0
Color charge	Octet
Spin	1
Parity	-
C Parity	-

Photon

Mass	0
Mean lifetime	Stable
Electric charge	0
Spin	1
Parity	-1
C Parity	-1

Simulation of a binary boson star merger

Author: Frans Pretorius, Department of Physics, Princeton University, specialist in numerical solution of the field equations of Einstein for gravity. The non-linearity and complexity of Einstein's equations make it challenging to solve even numerically, and some portion of his time is spent designing algorithms to efficiently solve the equations in parallel on large computer clusters, and software to manipulate and visualize the simulation results.

The video shows a binary boson star merger. Technically a boson star is a spherically symmetric static solutions of Einsteins field equation coupled to a scalar field (when they are free of singularities, otherwise they are black holes). Until today there is no observational evidence for the existence of a boson star. In fact, they are made of scalar elementary particles, and none has been discovered yet. Boson stars are hypothetical candidates for supermassive objects at the center of galaxies. In fact, for the supermassive object at the center of our own galaxy, evidence points towards a black hole, but the possibility that it is a boson or fermion star cannot be completely excluded so far.

Quantum Mechanics (Chapter 5 of 6)

Once you get past existence coming and going... and virtual particles... and uncertainty... and exclusion, then you are ready to enjoy the REALLY weird stuff in the quantum world.

9-Yr-Old College Prodigy: Tanishq Abraham

In the premiere episode of PRODIGIES, THNKR introduces you to the incomparable Tanishq Abraham. At 8 years old, Tanishq contemplates the fate of the universe, attends college classes, and discovers super novae. Enter Tanishq's special world and join him on his quest for knowledge, while meeting the family and teachers who cultivate his genius.

PRODIGIES is a bi-weekly series showcasing the youngest and brightest as they challenge themselves to reach new heights and the stories behind them.

9-year-old goes to college!

CNN's Fredricka Whitfield talks to a 9-year-old prodigy about his college experience and future plans.

9-Yr-Old Prodigy Explains "God Particle"

Child PRODIGY Tanishq Abraham joins us in this Google+ Hangout to explain the exciting July 4th discovery of the Higgs Boson particle

Time evolution for two fermions in 1-D harmonic quantum system

Two antisymmetrized fermionic wave packets in 1-D harmonic potential quantum system. Packets have different momentum.