The common thinking on biological sex goes like this: females have two X chromosomes in their cells, while males have one X and one Y. In this myth-busting talk, science writer and podcaster Molly Webster shows why the so-called "sex chromosomes" are more complicated than this simple definition -- and reveals why we should think about them differently.

Indigenous languages across North America are under threat of extinction due to the colonial legacy of cultural erasure, says linguist Lindsay Morcom. Highlighting grassroots strategies developed by the Anishinaabe people of Canada to revive their language and community, Morcom makes a passionate case for enacting policies that could protect Indigenous heritage for generations to come.

Health care workers are under more stress than ever before. How can they protect their mental health while handling new and complex pressures? TED Fellow Laurel Braitman shows how writing and sharing personal stories helps physicians, nurses, medical students and other health professionals connect more meaningfully with themselves and others -- and make their emotional well-being a priority.

A lovely short video about a mother who goes through the forensic mental health care system and recovers and regains custody of her son.

Lawmakers effectively killed the controversial education bill that had prompted the second statewide strike in two years.

North Dakota is the latest state to make a push for integrating Native American or other ethnic studies into school curricula.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos railed against state constitutional prohibitions on public funds going to religious institutions in a speech to the Alfred E. Smith Foundation in New York City.

Tupac Mosley overcame homelessness to graduate as valedictorian, writes Jonathan E. Collins, but there’s an overlooked part of his inspirational story: policy.

Teachers unions are scapegoats for low student performance.

The case being heard by the Supreme Court next week deals with a debate that has raged since the 19th century about federal education funding for private religious schools.

We've got information and images a-plenty, if we want to look at states which might have some educational moxie. Teachers are now talking to each other across district and state boundaries, sharing information about how education policy is impacting their daily practice, where market-based reforms h

Clarke Island is a windswept place in Eastern Bass Strait. It had no residents and could only be accessed by light plane or boat when weather permitted. Having never seen the place, Dion and his family move there in March of 1984. They arrived with few provisions and few possessions to an old farm house in a poor state of repair. To survive they had to learn to live in harmony with the island by forging a semi self-sufficient life style in which they not only grew a garden and kept milking goats, but learned to live off the bounty of the land and sea.

The Productivity Commission is to investigate the long-run economic impacts of transport regulatory reforms agreed by COAG in 2008-09 relating to heavy vehicle safety and productivity, rail safety and maritime safety and to make recommendations for further reforms towards a more integrated national market for transport services.

From Trash to Treasure is an intensely honest account of a life powerfully redeemed and is a demonstration of the goodness of God. Lee Habbershaw's journey to recovery from sexual abuse moved me to tears - sometimes in compassion, but often in joy. The book is rich with the landmark of life events and Biblical truths which, layer by layer, led Lee into the powerful teaching and counselling ministry she operates in today. This book could change your life (page 7)

Fatigue.

London-Sydney Marathon -- History.

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Sexual behavior.

Muslims.

Fictions, Theory of.

Archival resources -- Great Britain.

Genealogy

Genealogy -- Computer network resources -- Directories.

Archival materials -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Virago Press -- History.

Vaccination -- History.

Opium -- History.

Roach, Archie, 1955-

United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History.

Discoveries in geography.

Oral history -- Methodology.

Wood, Stephanie -- Relations with men.

Botany -- Northern Territory.

Information visualization.

Manhattan Project (U.S.) -- History.

Technological forecasting.

Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986.

Punk rock music -- History and criticism.

Rats -- Australia.

Intellectual property -- History.

Piracy -- History.

American essays -- 21st century.