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Count seals in Antarctica from the comfort of your couch
In episode 72, Charlie and Jordan explore the first ever comprehensive count of Weddell seals in Antarctica: a citizen science program called Satellites Over Seals (SOS). SOS focuses on about 300 miles of Antarctic coastline along the...
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Learn to make - Hot Maple Ice Cream with Professional Chef Kevin Carroll
Professional Chef Kevin Carroll from Cookology Recreational Culinary School demonstrates how to make Hot Maple Ice Cream at the Change the World: Science and Engineering Careers Fair at the Dulles Town Center in Virginia. Watch this...
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week - Episode 18
Catching brain hijackers, landscaping for the birds, a mussel shell tell and faster protein sequencing… much faster! For the Birds Non-native plants in homeowners’ yards endanger wildlife...
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Science Now 25- Google Glass type technology for the Deaf
In this week’s episode we learn about Google glass type technology for the deaf. We learn how studying tornado debris could help save lives. We discover how sweeping fingers could be the future in password security --and finally we...
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The Art of Science
Susan Eriksson is a geologist and biochemist who draws on her scientific background in creating mixed-media sculptures, paintings, and installations. Her artwork reflects her unique worldview, blending scientific discipline with the...
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Marine biologist Eric Keen - ScienceLives
Marine biologist Eric Keen, who found time to produce an award-winning video while researching whales in the fjords of the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia, is a graduate student at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC...
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Ultrasound 3-D sensing tech for improved gesture recognition - CES 2016
NSF-funded small business Chirp Microsystems is developing an ultrasound 3-D sensing technology that lets users play music or check email on a tablet with the wave of a hand. David Horsley, company co-founder and professor of electrical...
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Tiny Batteries - Innovation Nation
Researchers at Princeton have developed a technique to transfer microscopic materials by blasting them from one place to another with a laser. The tiny patterns they make help pack more into electronic screens. See how it works in this...
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Restoring vision to millions of people - Biotech's Future
LambdaVision, Inc., a small business funded by the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research program, has designed a retinal implant to help restore vision in people who have retinitis pigmentosa or age-related...
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Researchers develop powered prosthetic 'tuning' software. See it in NSF Science Now episode 37!
In this week’s episode of NSF Science Now(37) we examine tunable prosthetics, explore origami engineering, duck-billed dinosaurs and discover how a population of King Crabs has migrated to the warming seas off the Antarctic...
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Researchers are developing a smart bandage-check it out!
Science Now 32-In this week’s episode we explore a smart bandage, a magnetic organ retractor, a floating wind turbine--and finally we examine how our brain remembers words. Check it out!
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Research on airport screening - Short interview
Sheldon Jacobson of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is an expert in operations research, and while his efforts have stretched from vaccine stockpiling to statistics, his studies on...
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Now you see it...Invisibility becomes clearer!
Andrea Alù, an engineering professor at the University of Texas at Austin, has an amazing job description: he makes things invisible. Alù is a leading innovator in metamaterials, artificial materials with properties that allow...
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Computer scientist James Mickens - ScienceLives
While James Mickens' official title is Microsoft Research (MSR) team member, he is also known by the titles of "funniest man in Microsoft Research" and "Galactic Viceroy of Research Excellence," though the latter, at first, was...
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Can an ecosystem recover from damage?
Disease, pollution, development and other factors can damage ecosystems. But once an ecosystem suffers those effects, can it recover? Sean B. Carroll, vice president for science education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and...
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Burn notice
In episode 36, Charlie and Jordan discuss the potential Band-Aid of the future: a sticky, stretchy, gel-like material that can incorporate temperature sensors, LED lights, and other electronics, as well as tiny, drug-delivering...
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Bogdan Mihaila describes the extreme software challenges of an upgraded Large Hadron Collider
Bogdan Mihaila describes how the Large Hadron Collider is helping reveal new insights into the universe, and the need for software to handle the extreme challenges presented by its upgrade in 2026. Mihaila is the program officer...
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Researchers use high-tech GPS to monitor the Earth for future disasters
NSF Science Now 29-In this week’s episode we discover a new genetic toolkit for achieving increased plant production, explore what our brain is doing when we read, discover ways of making a more reliable prosthesis--and finally we learn...
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Citizen Science - Science Nation
With help from the National Science Foundation, Cornell University's Ornithology Lab is tracking bird breeding biology and the impact of climate change on bird populations. Some of the best information they are getting is from dedicated...
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The Role of Technology in Math Education
To give some perspective on technology and how it can, under specific conditions, help students succeed at mathematics are Jeremy Roschelle, director of the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International and Ken Koedinger,...
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week - Episode 29
AI-boosted birdbot, greater tomaters, battery anatomy, and the evolutionary pursuit of carbs Hummingbird robot using AI to go soon where drones can’t...
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Spying on Synapses - early concept brain research
Signaling across synapses--the tiny gaps between neurons, over a thousand times thinner than a sheet of paper--requires multiple molecules to work together. To learn how neurons communicate, and ensure they pass across the synapses at...
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One test shows every bacteria, virus, and parasite in your body - Biotech's Future
Aperiomics, a small business funded by the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research program, is developing a test that can identify a wide range of pathogens in one biological sample. Crystal Icenhour, CEO of...
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Computer science - Not just for boys or geeks
Mathematics and computer science teacher Jackie Corricelli is out to counter the myths about who should study what. She is a recipient of the 2013 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.