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Finding the Next Health Tech Unicorn
Dive into where the top investors and venture capitalists are placing their bets when it comes to health technology.
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Science in Motion: Genetics of Self-Sacrifice
A lively, informal look at animal research by scientists from UC-Santa Cruz. They studied a common lizard species and found that slight genetic variations (as revealed by different throat colors) make a big difference in behavior.
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NSF Science Now 5
In this week's episode of NSF Science Now we explore negative thoughts, robotic fish, sensitive alligators and finally the discovery of a camp used by explorers a century ago during the ""Heroic Age"" of Antarctic exploration.
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Disappearing Red Shrimp
Molecular biologist Scott Santos and his team at Auburn University are studying an unusual and endangered ecosystem in Hawaii called Anchialine pools, as well as one of its legendary creatures. A threatened ecosystem, Anchialine pools...
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Dying Lobsters
The Caribbean Spiny Lobster has been a mainstay of Florida's seafood industry for decades, but the harvest went off a cliff about a decade ago, declining about 30%, and has never rebounded. Biologists think the culprit is a virus called...
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Antlers, Shells and Beaks
As a boy growing up in Brazil 40 years ago, Marc Meyers marveled at the lightweight toughness of toucan beaks that he occasionally found on the forest floor. Now, with support from the National Science Foundation, the materials scientist...
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NSF Science Now: Episode 21
In this week's episode we discover the oldest fossil evidence of modern, venomous snakes in Africa. We discover what was going on in the earliest moments of our universe just after the Big Bang, and finally we learn about a new weather...
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NSF Science Now 4
In this week's episode of NSF Science Now we explore Arctic walrus habitats, Cave2, Pandas and finally Algae and biofuels.
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NSF Science Now 9
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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NSF Science Now: Episode 44
In this week's episode, we examine electric eels, test out a new at-home screening test for people on blood thinners, learn about a new app for reporting floods and, finally, examine how RoboBee uses static electricity to stick to surfaces.
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BPS: Brain Positioning System
What happens in your brain when you get lost or forget something? Johns Hopkins University Neuroscientist Amy Shelton believes she can find the answer. With funding from the National Science Foundation, she's testing human spatial...
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Today In Engineering (Episode 3) - Voyager 1, Berlin Hackathon Results, and More
This video of "Today In Engineering" includes: 1. Voyager 1 2. A.I. Algorithm analyzes instagram photos 3. Earthquake Resistant Concrete 4. Berlin Hackathon 5. Breakthrough Prize Results
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Fascinating Flight
Biologist Ken Dial has documented in extraordinary detail how birds are put together and the mechanics of how they take to the air. With support from the National Science Foundation, Dial and his team at the University of Montana Flight...
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BPS Brain Positioning System
What happens in your brain when you get lost or forget something? Johns Hopkins University Neuroscientist Amy Shelton believes she can find the answer. With funding from the National Science Foundation, she's testing human spatial...
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Science Behind Bars
In the Pacific Northwest, people are stripping moss for the horticultural trade at such an alarming rate that it's now illegal to harvest it. Ecologist Nalini Nadkarni knows that moss is a key component to the eco-system of the region,...
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Make Way For Ducklings
What happens to the size and health of ducklings if their mothers have to leave the nests for long periods of time to get food? That's what Bill Hopkins, a fisheries and wildlife professor, hopes to find out, with support from the...
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NSF Science Now: Episode 46
In this week's episode, we test a shark's bite, examine the test question and discover how new computational tools can help better detect recurring brain cancer.
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Dragonflies: The Flying Aces Of The Insect World
Next time you see a dragonfly, try to watch it catch its next meal on the go. Good luck! ""Unless we film it in high speed, we can't see whether it caught the prey, but when it gets back to its perch, if we see it chewing, we know that...
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Creeping Crawling Caterpillars
It's likely one day there will be robots crawling around that look a lot like caterpillars! With funding from the National Science Foundation, Tufts Biology Professor Barry Trimmer is researching the neuromechanics of caterpillars, which...
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Dragonflies The Flying Aces Of The Insect World
Next time you see a dragonfly, try to watch it catch its next meal on the go. Good luck! ""Unless we film it in high speed, we can't see whether it caught the prey, but when it gets back to its perch, if we see it chewing, we know that...
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The arctic ground squirrel sheds light on circadian rhythms
The arctic ground squirrel has developed highly specialized adaptations to extreme environments, and it has a lot to teach us about circadian rhythms and biological clocks. This species maintains circadian rhythms throughout the arctic...
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NSF Science Now: Episode 19
In this week's episode we learn how our smart phone can be used to check our cholesterol and that great white sharks actually live longer than previously thought! Check it out!
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NSF Science Now: Episode 41
In this week's episode, we test out a wearable robotic limb, follow beluga whales in the Arctic and, finally, examine how warming temperatures have caused an increase in forest droughts across much of the U.S.
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Science in Motion: Teaching Robots to Swim
A lively, informal look at research into the most efficient ways to move in the water, based on studies by Vassar College scientists. What they found about using flippers may surprise you.