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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Astrogeology Meteorites and Spacecraft Missions
Dr. Tim McCoy delves into how we can learn about the formation of the solar system through studying meteorites. [29:16]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Mineral Transformations: Demystifying Microbes
Understand how microbes transform minerals in this webcast. How can microbes possibly help curb pollution? [29:16]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Paleobiology Unearthing Fossil Whales
A webcast features a paleontologist who presents the data that can be collected by fossil whales. [29:15]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Human Evolution Early Human Diets
An archaeologist explains how the bones of early humans can reveal information about their diets. [29:15]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Mineral Dependence Gemstones to Cellphones
Dr. Michael Wise explains the incredible qualities of rocks called pegmatites, and our dependence on them for minerals. Wise is a geologist at the National Museum of Natural History. [29:19]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: How to Discover a New Mammal Species
A zoologist from the National Museum of Natural History discusses his discovery of new mammals and why scientists are still looking for new mammals. What can finding new mammals tell us about Earth? [37:59]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: How Fossils Explain the Rise of Dinosaurs
Find out how this paleontologist believes dinosaurs rose to higher grounds following a mass extinction hundreds of thousands of years ago. [36:38]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Exploring the Solar System With Antarctic Meteorites
How can meteorites teach us about the early solar system? Check out this webcast with Dr. Cari Corrigan as she shares her discoveries from meteorites that landed in Antarctica. [34:48]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Volcano Geochemistry Windows to Earth's Interior
Geologist Dr. Elizabeth Cottrell, describes why she considers volcanoes "lungs of the earth" in this webcast. [29:15]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Adaptations Inside the Insect Zoo
This webcast relates the research being done to understand the adaptations insects and other arthropods make to survive in various conditions. [29:15]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Bird Extinctions Time Travel Through Lava Tubes
Dr. Helen James, an ornithologist at the National Museum of Natural History, explains what prehistoric evidence can tell you about bird extinctions. [29:15]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Ecosystem Change Plotting With Plant Collections
Plants are a resource that can help scientists measure change. This webcast digs into how plant specimens are studied to better understand ecosystem changes. [29:14]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Forensic Ornithology Bird Detective
An ornithologist from the National Museum of Natural History shares her research studying birds that have been struck by airplanes. Find out what can be learned from these studies. [27:45]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Living Together Parasites and Hosts
Investigate how important parasites are and how they relate to their hosts through this webcast with Dr. Anna Phillips, a zoologist. [30:52]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Ocean Biodiversity Discovering Marine Invertebrates
A zoologist discusses her research looking for new invertebrates in the seas. She also gets to name the new creatures! [29:16]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Global Change Reading Ocean Fossils
In this webcast, Dr. Brian Huber, paleontologist, explains why tiny organisms called foraminifera are great indicators of changes in global environmental conditions. [29:16]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Mass Extinction Solving the Dinosaur Mystery
Dinosaurs were not the only life to go extinct and leave a trail to their history. This webcast presents a paleobotanist who has studied extinction at a site in North Dakota. He discusses mass extinction. [29:16]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Paleobotany Climate Change Past and Present
A webcast features a paleobotanist who has studied the climate record through fossilized leaves and other remnants of history. [29:15]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: What Tiny Fossils Explain About Big Dinosaur Ecosystems
A webcast presents a way to dig deeper into the ecosystems from dinosaur eras based on data gathered from small fossils versus what big dinosaur bones may reveal. [36:40]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Culture and Climate Change in the Arctic
This webinar probes into how people in the Arctic have coped with extreme conditions for thousands of years. [35:35]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Mummy Science Natural and Cultural Preserved Remains
How can modern science help unravel the history of mummies? Compare human-made mummies with naturally made mummies. [29:16]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Unseen Connections a Natural History of the Cellphone
A webcast examines the history of the cellphone and the revolution they've created in communication. [29:16]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: What Tiny Marine Fossils Reveal About Extinction
What makes a species likely to go extinct? What makes some species stick around longer than others? This webcast will investigate these questions. [31:30]
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National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Island Biodiversity Tracking Human Influences
How do inhabitants on islands alter the ecosystem over time? An archaeologist will identify specific changes over many years that occurred as a result of human arrival on islands. [29:16]