Science Sparks
Wedo 2.0 from LEGO Education
WeDo 2.o from LEGO Education is a fantastic new learning tool designed to introduce children to robotics, engineering, programming and general STEM teaching through a robot-based learning system. The basic package comes with 280 building...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Stevan Spremo Talks About Boxing Up Bacteria for Space Travel
A conversation with Stevan Spremo, Space Flight Project Manager at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
The Backyard Scientist
Aluminum Vs Melons = Hand Grenade?!
Pouring molten aluminum in a watermelon turned out to be really popular, So I poured aluminum in two more melons, honeydew and cantaloupe. It turned out really cool, giving a perfect cast of the inside of a melon. It looked just like a...
Science360
Whales Of A Tail
In episode 57, Charlie and Jordan explore different whale species-specific hotspots for dinner time. Using acoustic data, researchers have found that as multiple species of whales feast on herring, they tend to stick with their own kind....
Science360
How soft robots could shape our future
How soft robots could shape our future. This is a Squishy Robot. Researchers at Stanford University and UC Santa Barbara, with funding from the National Science Foundation, have developed this soft robot that combines traditional and...
Science360
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week Episode 14
Bilingual brains, computing clouds, a life-saving musical sensor and genome sequencing in medieval cemeteries. It’s 4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week, all with funding from NSF. Musical sensor shows bad...
Science360
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week - Episode 26
Bloody good sweat, changing climate/changing sex, sauce that delays frost, and fab fossil find! Sweat works like blood for health monitoring https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2019/03/n2074289.html University of Cincinnati Abbott Diabetes...
Science360
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About - Episode 35
Wildfire cocktail, electronic tattoos, chill dinosaurs, and office polluters. It's 4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About - Episode 35. ENG/Light-up tattoos use electronics printed right onto skin...
Science360
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About - Episode 31
Rugged roach bots, squishy storage solution, planting solar, and the amazing feats of bird feet. A Squishy Rubik’s Cube® that Chemists Built from Polymers Holds Promise for Data Storage...
Science360
Hey high schoolers! Like super heroes? Love science Check out NSF’s Generation Nano competition!
The National Science Foundation and the National Nanotechnology Initiative are excited to launch the second annual “Generation Nano: Small Science, Superheroes” competition! The competition challenges high school students to create a...
Science360
What is the future of deep learning?
What is the future of deep learning? Charles Cadieu, Co-Founder and CEO of Bay Labs, answers your question in this edition of Ask a Scientist. Bay Labs is supported by America’s Seed Fund powered by the National Science Foundation, a...
Science360
Understanding the Mind by Mapping the Brain - Science Nation
Neuroanatomist Jacopo Annese is looking for 1,000 brains. The Director of the Brain Observatory at the University of California, San Diego is on a quest to collect, dissect, and digitize images of the human brain for the Digital Brain...
Science360
NSF & The Consumer Electronics Show 2014
At 2014's Consumer Electronics Show, visitors were introduced to brand new products never seen before. At Eureka park, visitors could take look into future products from NSF funded SBIR companies that offer prototypes with the potential...
Weird History
Inside The CIAs MK Ultra Program
There are plenty of conspiracy theories out there about the CIA and, in particular, CIA mind control. When it comes to Project MKUltra, however, the conspiracies are frighteningly accurate. The public doesn’t have to rely on hearsay and...
Science360
Robin Murphy talks about her deployment of rescue robots during the 9/11 response in New York City.
Robin Murphy, director of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue at Texas A&M University, was on-site at Ground Zero within 24 hours of the attack. She brought along a team of students and colleagues to deploy a cadre of robots...
Science360
How can we test a structural design for earthquake resiliency?
How can we test a structural design for earthquake resiliency? We asked Shiling Pei, Colorado School of Mines Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering professor, the answer on this Ask a Scientist.
Science360
Paper snow flakes and solar panels
In episode 31, Charlie and Jordan talk about the ancient Japanese art of Kirigami and how researchers are using it to inspire new, lightweight solar cells.
Science360
Engineers are 'schooling' themselves on fish maneuvers - Science Nation
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), aerospace engineer Michael Philen and his team at Virginia Tech are investigating the biomechanics of fish locomotion, in hopes of contributing to the next generation of robotic...
Science360
Effects On Ocean Life - The Carbon Cycle
What will increased carbon do to life in the oceans?
Science360
Carbon Dioxide And Global Warming - How Do We Know?
What does carbon dioxide have to do with global warming?
Science360
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week – Episode 3
Beaches, bandages, batteries and a blueprint. It’s your weekly briefing on the latest discoveries you might not hear about anywhere else, all with funding from the National Science Foundation. Episode 3: 1. “These could revolutionize the...
Science360
World Cup exoskeleton allows paraplegic to walk again
Built with funding for basic research from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Miguel Nicolelis and the Walk Again Project have built an exoskeleton that will allow paraplegics to walk again. The exoskeleton uses computer algorithms to...
Science360
Heads up: Two-pump system in mosquitoes could hold answers for medicine, health
Even though mosquitoes have long been a nuisance to humans worldwide, scientists are still putting together the pieces of their biological puzzle. Researchers at Virginia Tech have discovered the inner workings of a two-pump system in...
Science360
Multi-messenger astrophysics neutrino breakthrough!
On Sept. 22, 2017, the National Science Foundation's IceCube Neutrino Observatory alerted the international astronomy community that a high-energy neutrino had passed through the Earth. That notification set in motion follow-on...