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What does science tell us about false confessions?
Why would an innocent person accused of a crime confess? Saul Kassin, a psychology professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Williams College, has spent decades researching that question. He says the answer resides in the...
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Science of the Winter Olympic Games - Physics of Slope-Style Skiing
Slope-style skiing is a gravity defying freestyle skiing event debuting in Sochi. Nick Goepper, a 2013 world champion, will need to follow the laws of physics and rotational motion in order to nail his tricks in his quest for Olympic...
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Los Angeles & Water Imports
The nearly 10 million people in the city and county of Los Angeles, California require a lot of water -- most of which is imported snow melt from the Eastern Sierra Nevadas and Rocky Mountains, hundreds of miles away. UCLA researchers...
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If These Teeth Could Talk - Science Nation
With funding from the National Science Foundation, Peter Ungar is revealing more details about the lives of our human ancestors, and he's doing it through dentistry -- sort of! The University of Arkansas anthropologist uses high tech...
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How to increase recall with digital storybooks
Recently, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, with funding from the National Science Foundation, have found a way to increase recall with digital storybooks and help children learn better when they are more involved in the...
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Engineering a spinal cord repair kit - Science Nation
Polina Anikeeva hopes to one day be able to regenerate the spinal cord to restore movement for paralyzed people or possibly bypass the spinal cord altogether with a device that mimics its function. With support from the National Science...
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Catalyzing smart and connected communities across America
America's communities are facing an unending array of challenges, but researchers supported by the National Science Foundation are racing to find solutions in collaboration with these communities.
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Red Hot Cannonball Vs Styrofoam Tower
My new foundry is made from: Insulating firebrick High Temperature mortar Bio-Soluble Ceramic Blanket I highly recommend looking for a HWI distribution center near you. They sell to individuals, and because they make the refractory...
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I am Black History - Erica Robinson
The National Science Foundation recognizes our very own Black History makers - advancing science and impacting their communities in outstanding ways!
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Extreme Microbes : Extremophiles - Science Nation
Astrobiologist Richard Hoover really goes to extremes to find living things that thrive where life would seem to be impossible - from the glaciers of the Alaskan Arctic to the ice sheets of Antarctica. These so-called, "extremophiles"...
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NSF's merit review process determines which research has the greatest potential
NSF receives about 50,000 research proposals every year. The Foundation's mission is to promote the progress of science, but it's able to support only a fraction of the proposed research with its limited resources. This video briefly...
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Engineering Safer Drinking Water in Africa - Science Nation
Access to safe drinking water is a global problem for nearly a billion people. For approximately 200 million people, many in Africa, high levels of naturally occurring fluoride in the water causes disfiguring and debilitating dental and...
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Engineers re-create tsunami debris impacts to measure their force - Science Nation
In a tsunami, devastation is created by far more than the wave itself. Debris that hits homes and other structures plays a huge role in a tsunami's destructive power. But until now, engineers could only estimate the forces at work when...
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What does it mean to be a citizen of biology?
What does it mean to be a citizen of biology? Drew Endy, associate professor of bioengineering at Stanford University, answers the question on this edition of Ask a Scientist.
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What does a mechanical engineer do? - Careers in Science and Engineering
What's it really like to be an engineer or a scientist? What do they really do all day? You're about to find out! Meet the next generation of engineers and scientists in these profiles of young professionals, who may just inspire you to...
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Spreading the Fever - Particle Fever filmmakers visit NSF's Google Hangout
Join NSF for a discussion with David Kaplan and Monica Dunford, the respective producer and featured physicist of the documentary, Particle Fever, being released in theaters around the United States this month. High school science...
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Is There A Carbon Tipping Point? - The Carbon Cycle
Is there a carbon tipping point after which consequences will become dire?
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Self-control
In (Thanksgiving-inspired) episode 34, Charlie and Jordan explore how your ability to exercise self-control may depend on how quickly your brain factors healthfullness into food choices.
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Silk Proteins for More Stable Vaccines
Almost all vaccines on the market require refrigeration to remain viable – including during transport. Continuous cooling is expensive and especially challenging in developing countries. To solve this problem, Vaxess Technologies Inc., a...
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LIGO detects gravitational waves - announcement at press conference (part 2)
Part 2 of the press conference announcing the first direct detection of gravitational waves -- February 11, 2016. The press conference continued after the live webcast concluded. See the remainder here for the first time.
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Researchers map Hurricane Sandy impact in New York City - Science Nation
Hurricane Sandy was the deadliest of the 2012 hurricane season and is the second costliest hurricane in U.S. history! (Only the damage from 2005's Hurricane Katrina cost more.) While many scientists will be studying "Sandy" for years to...
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Critical Zone Observatories help U.S. plan for the future - Science Nation
From treetops to rivers to the bedrock below, there is constant activity going on in what we can think of as the “skin” of our planet. It’s called the critical zone, the active layer of the Earth where life-forms, from microbes to...
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STEM Stories - Dispatches from the Cutting Edge #36
In this episode: Fertilizer from poultry waste, ancient shark in 3D, an intelligent desk, WIFIRE, solar superstorms, Alaska Fire and Ice, what you never learned about mass, and more!