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How Will Climate Change Affect It? - The Water Cycle
How will climate change affect the water cycle?
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A Natural Cycle - How Do We Know
How do we know the rising carbon dioxide is not part of a natural cycle?
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The krill factor in ocean mixing - Science Nation
Engineers investigating impact of krill swarms on ocean mixing, and possibly global climate Scientists have long chalked up ocean mixing of salt, heat, nutrients and gases, such as oxygen and carbon dioxide, to wind and tides. New...
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Design Engineer - 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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Composite Nanocoatings
Adam Steel, the entrepreneurial lead of Composite Nanocoatings, discusses his company's development of ultra-low-friction surfaces.
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Harvard University researcher wants to fix faulty learning
Susan Carey discusses her interest in studying abstract knowledge. Under a National Science Foundation-funded INSPIRE project, Harvard University psychologists Susan Carey and Deborah Zaitchik are studying how executive function...
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A four-wheel vehicle for detecting deadly cracks in Antarctic ice!
In this week’s episode of NSF Science Now we explore an experimental motion control car, a gliding robot called Grace, how song sparrows protect their domain, and finally a four-wheel vehicle capable of detecting deadly cracks in...
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The need for speed! (2)
In this week’s episode we discover a new species of titanosaurian dinosaur and how airline boarding procedures might be making you sick; we explore a compact mass spectrometer for use in the field; and finally, we learn how vertebrate...
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Is the Higgs boson really the Higgs boson?
University of Florida Professor of Physics Darin Acosta explains what we know about the Higgs boson and what is left to discover. Higgs graphic from CERN Standard Model graphic from Wikimedia Commons Video courtesy of CERN
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How do you find a black hole?
How do you find a black hole? Dr. Andrea Ghez answers your question in this special “Mysteries of the Cosmos” edition of Ask a Scientist.
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Secrets of Slithering Snakes - Science Nation
Slithering snakes teach scientists about movement and design. Snakes and math - much of the population is afraid of one, or both. But David Hu, mathematician and mechanical engineer, combines those two sometimes scary things to unlock...
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The Role Of Clouds - Earth's Heat Balance
What role do clouds play in warming or cooling the earth?
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Researchers Discover New Species of Dinosaur in Tanzania
NSF-funded paleontologists at Ohio University have discovered a new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania. It was discovered embedded in a cliff wall in the Rukwa Rift Basin of Southwestern Tanzania. Only four have been unearthed...
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Engineering smarter robotic boats for safer, cheaper work on the water - Science Nation
From conducting bridge inspections to search and rescue missions, future unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) will help humans with the dangerous or repetitive work Description: Roboticists Karl von Ellenrieder and Satyandra Gupta may work...
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The Land Before the Wheel - Gil Stein discusses the mound of Tell Zeidan.
Gil Stein, lead researcher and director of the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute discusses finds discovered at the mound of Tell Zeidan, one of the world's first cities. Researchers hope to gather clues about how early societies...
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Recipe for revolution - Finding Your Science
Chemistry Nobel Laureate George Olah talks about doing passionate science. Finding Your Science engages the greatest minds in science to share with you their passion, perspective and inspiration for making breakthrough discoveries.
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Controlling Appliances Remotely : Energy Efficiency - Science Nation
Ever leave the house and then wonder if you left the iron on, or the oven, or maybe the lights? That's something Anthony Rowe doesn't need to worry about. The Carnegie Mellon University Computer Scientist and Electrical Engineer can...
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Adagio - Cloud-based Audio Mixing Application
Jonathan Susman, a musician and software developer, wanted a tool he could use to virtually practice with his band. Adagio, the application he created, ended up being something more. Adagio lets a student break a musical composition into...
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Planetary scientist Bill Bottke - ScienceLives
As a planetary scientist, Bill Bottke can investigate uncharted territory in space and work with other scientists to come up with new ideas about how our solar system formed . . . all from the comfort of his office on Earth. Recently,...
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More Than Just Warming - History Of Climate Change Research
When did we learn that climate change involves more than just the warming of the planet?
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The Effects on Plants and Animals - The Carbon Cycle
How will increased amounts of carbon affect plants and animals?
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The Flint water crisis - Engineering researchers find answers for alarmed residents
In 2015, engineering researchers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) helped to uncover the dangerously high lead levels in Flint water, and listened to a community in distress. Through a NSF Rapid Response grant awarded to...
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Greenland Ice Sheet is sliding more than anyone realized, impacting sea level rise!
A National Science Foundation-funded team of researchers from the Universities of Wyoming and Montana has discovered that the Greenland Ice Sheet is sliding more than anyone realized. Surprisingly, they found that the ice slides across...
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week – Episode 12
WiFi detects weapons, what ants can teach robots, position repercussions on concussions, how saving forests saves kids. It's your weekly briefing on the latest discoveries you might not hear about anywhere else, all with funding from the...