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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week – Episode 8
Something special in seal blood; a whole new angle on prosthetic ankles; a nanotech inspiration from single-celled architects; and sure, there may be “gold in them thar hills,” but there’s a quadrillion tons of diamonds in the Earth’s...
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How Will Climate Change Affect Water Supplies? - The Water Cycle
How will climate change affect water supplies in the western United States?
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4 Awesome Discoveries and a Thing You Probably Didn’t Hear About - Episode 40
In this science video: The singing, song-writing robot; privacy advisory; cloud seeding succeeding; safer self-driving; and arming yourself with tentacles. It’s 4 Awesome Discoveries and a Thing You Probably Didn’t Hear About. New...
The Backyard Scientist
Its like Liquid Nitrogen - but Fire!
Giant Air Plant information: Its scientific name is Tillandsia Utriculata. They are called 'air plants' because they typically live in trees. People sometimes think the name means they can survive air alone, but thats wrong! they still...
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On Golden's Melt Pond_Math on Ice
With 17 trips (and counting) to Earth's polar regions spanning his mathematical career, mathematician Ken Golden of the University of Utah has been studying sea ice structure and behavior for over 20 years. It turns out that sea ice is...
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Physical Science : Staying Safe In The Lab
Physical Science for Kids is the fun way to learn important facts about physical science and get ready for tests. Take a fascinating journey to the Super Science Station to learn about staying safe in the lab.
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Running on Oxides - Innovators
With support from the National Science Foundation, University of Wisconsin materials science and engineering professor Chang-Beom Eom and his team are looking closely at the properties of oxide materials and their potential to resolve...
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week - Episode 27
It's 4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About. In this science video: fabric fab for rehab, cooking up eruptions, down to the wire for virus testing, and why researchers want the Blues How pyroclastic flows cheat friction...
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Science of the Winter Olympic Games - Engineering the Half Pipe
Mechanical engineer Brianno Coller, a professor at Northern Illinois University, explains how engineers design the half pipe so that snowboarder Shaun White can get more air time and allow him to perform tricks. Provided by the National...
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Microbial Life Discovered Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet
Researchers with the NSF/ARRA-funded WISSARD project report that hidden beneath a half-mile of ice in Antarctica is an unexplored part of our biosphere.
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Lemur lovers' synced scents reflect strength of their bond
Lemur lovers spread their scents by rubbing glands on everything from tree trunks to their partner. Researchers discovered that the more similar a lemur couples' scents, the stronger their bond. This could be a way to coordinate marking...
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Researchers develop smart bandages! NSF Science Now 32!
In this week’s episode, we learn about smart bandages, magnetic organ retractors, floating wind turbines and, finally, we examine how our brain remembers words. Check it out!
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Nobel laureate Leon M. Lederman discusses science and its impact on our lives
Leon M. Lederman, a Nobel laureate, has served a life-long distinguished career and has been giving many illustrious recognitions for his accomplishments in scientific research and study. Lederman contributed enormously to the public...
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Infrared - Chalk Talk
What do night vision, thermal imaging and remote controls have in common? This animated series of short videos acts as a video glossary to define specific scientific terms or concepts in a fun, easy to understand way. In each episode...
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Protecting our forests. NSF Science Now 3
In this week’s episode of NSF Science Now, we explore the Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Site, phytoplankton and climate change, how silver turns people blue and, finally, why math hurts.
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Climate Modeling - History Of Climate Change Research
What was the origin of climate modeling?
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Breast Cancer and Body Rhythms - Science Nation
Virginia Tech Biologist Carla Finkielstein is using funding from the National Science Foundation to investigate a possible connection between body rhythms and breast cancer. Her lab is full of frogs because she uses their eggs to study...
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A first-of-its-kind rehab robot! NSF Science Now 34
In this week’s episode, we learn about an app to detect sleep apnea, teen risk-taking, a new Wi-Fi booster and, finally, we explore a first-of-its-kind rehab robot.
The Backyard Scientist
Dropping Oobleck off a building + Shooting Oobleck! - SMS#5
If you think shooting Oobleck with a BB gun is cool..
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Late Scientific Revolution - Nehemiah Grew
Part II of The Scientific Revolution explores the latter half of this movement and the gradual acceptance of scientific truth. This fascinating period of history chronicles European society's emergence from church domination that...
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Researchers discover how coffee house hackers are stealing computer data - Science Now 30
In this week's episode, we explore how babies learn, discover what is threatening coral reefs, see how coffee house hackers are stealing computer data, and finally, we explore how our brain remembers information. Check it out!
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Alzheimer’s patients: A surprise finding in executive function
Deborah Zaitchik says executive function measures for Alzheimer’s patients show staggering declines. Under a National Science Foundation-funded INSPIRE project, Harvard University psychologists Susan Carey and Deborah Zaitchik are...
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Uncertainties - How Do We Know?
How much warming do we face, and what are the uncertainties involved?
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Sweat sensors: Engineering breakthrough tools for health diagnostics - Science Nation
This research team is sweating the small stuff -- in sweat! With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), device engineer Jason Heikenfeld of the University of Cincinnati and a multidisciplinary team are developing new...