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The Honey Bee Algorithm - The Golden Goose Awards
What is the most efficient, and profitable, way to allocate computer servers to ever-changing internet traffic? Researchers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) turned to honey bees to find the solution. The researchers...
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What dead birds tell us about ecosystems
Wonder why you should spend a glorious day in the summer or a cold, windy day in the winter collecting beach-cast seabird carcasses for a citizen science group? Julia K. Parrish, the Executive Director of COASST—a citizen science group...
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Lucky lady lizards
In episode 24, Jordan and Charlie chat about fruit fly parents, the lizard mating game and "yellow" chemistry.
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Computer scientist Juan E Gilbert - ScienceLives
Juan E. Gilbert is an IDEaS professor and Chair of the Human-Centered Computing Division in the School of Computing at Clemson University. He leads the Human-Centered Computing Lab at Clemson and also is a professor in the Automotive...
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Device to treat stress urinary incontinence in women - Elidah
Elidah, a small business funded by the National Science Foundation, created a medical device to help women with stress urinary incontinence - the inability to control the urge to urinate - a condition which impacts about one in three...
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Choosing "greener" gifts - Green Holidays
Looking to buy "greener" gifts for the holidays? Psychologist Leaf Van Boven gives tips on how to buy "green" gifts for your loved ones this holiday season.
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A cheaper, easier way to test for malaria
For many in sub-saharan Africa, finding out if a fever is due to Malaria often means trekking long miles to a clinic for a relatively pricey blood test, and anxious hours of waiting before the results come in. But the Urine Malaria Test...
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week - Episode 5
Harpooning DNA, harvesting H2O, hopping ahead of hackers, and a harbinger to heed from down under. It’s your weekly briefing on the latest discoveries you might not hear about anywhere else, all with funding from the National Science...
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Making a knife from a lawnmower blade.
Used my angle grinder, and my new dremel to make a knife.
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week - Episode 22
A new design for insulin that’s easy to swallow, deep-sea surprise game changer for climate, catching reefs on the flip side, and the physics of how bees chill. For more info: Insulin Pill...
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What do and don't we know about megathrust earthquakes?
What do and don't we know about megathrust earthquakes? William D. Barnhart, assistant professor at The University of Iowa , answers the question on this edition of "Ask a Scientist."
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Reducing Greenhouse Gases - How Do We Know?
Would reducing greenhouse gas emissions avoid the impacts of climate change immediately?
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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?