With Jim Green today is the “man about Mars,” Bruce Jakosky from the University of Colorado. Bruce is the principal investigator of NASA's MAVEN mission. Joining them is Michael Meyer the lead Mars scientist at NASA Headquarters.

How does carbon get into the oceans, and how much is in there?

In episode 70, Jordan and Charlie discuss 3-D printable ink that produces a synthetic bone implant that rapidly induces bone regeneration and growth. A Northwestern University research team has developed a hyperelastic "bone" material,...

This is Episode 1 of a new Patheos video series: "Excavating the History of the Bible."

The ancients blamed all sorts of medical problems on demons: headaches? stomach pain? eye infection? They would say a demon caused it. But why associated demons with medicine?

The video explains the concept of refractive index and how it determines the bending of light as it crosses the boundary between two different media. The video also demonstrates how to calculate the refractive index of a material, angle...

Overview of how to use and where to find our Daily Anatomy app.

William Rees is a Professor of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia, and a speaker at INET's Bretton Woods Conference on April 10, 2011.

The consumer movement against plastic food and beverage packaging is gathering momentum, and companies are beginning to respond. The FT’s Anna Gross takes a closer look at some of the more innovative products available, including...

In celebration of the 31st anniversary of the launching of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, 1990, astronomers aimed the renowned observatory at a brilliant “celebrity star,” one of the brightest...

Bulletproof vests are crucial protective gear worn by law enforcement, security personnel, and the military. These vests are made with advanced woven fibers such as Kevlar and vectran, which form a tight net to disperse the energy of...

Thermocouples, learn how thermocouples work in this video. We'll cover types of thermocouples, applications of thermocouples, the physics behind thermocouples as well as experiments to show how it works.

Afsaneh Rabiei is a materials engineer at North Carolina State University who, with support from the National Science Foundation, has developed metal foam that's lighter but much stronger than "real" metal. It's designed for use in...

The Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, spacecraft was launched on Feb. 11, 2010, and began collecting science data a few months later. With two imaging instruments – the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly and the Helioseismic and...

Welcome to Whoopsie Land, where people drive marshmallow cars, wear paper clothing and live in chocolate buildings! What a funny place! However, Whoopsie Land is in trouble. Join Greg as he helps Mayor Tumble solve some big problems.

This video explains project resource management and processes.<br<br/>/>

This clip is from the chapter "Project Resource Management" of the series "PMP® Certification Training".This section explains project resource management.

Scientists at the Bioinspired Soft Materials Center at Brandeis University are using fundamentally new approaches to study bioinspired soft materials, with the ultimate goal of developing new materials for artificial muscles,...

These profiles begin to explore what systems engineering is as seen through the roles of Benjamin Reed and Jackie Townsend on the Hubble Space Telescope. Reed is a materials assurance engineer who has a background in chemistry and has...

IBEX is a new NASA mission that will study the interaction between the solar wind and the material beyond our Solar System called the interstellar medium. The solar wind flowing out of the sun inflates a bubble that we call the...

Today you’ll learn useful IELTS vocabulary for questions about jewelry.

This video provides an explanation of material variance and its different types. Material variance refers to the variation in material use during an operational process. The video discusses four types of material variance: material cost...

Orchestration can seem daunting. There can be too many possibilities, and there are a lot of instruments to keep up with. Today we're doing a writing exercise based on Ligeti's Ricercata III, which we looked at in a previous video - I'm...

Why are some people obsessed with maps and what do they mean? What is unique about Ptolemy's world map?<br/>
Maps, Our Place in the World, Part 1

A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on January 19, 2017.