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Educational Assessment Tools Embedded in STEM VR Games – Killer Snails
Killer Snails, a small business funded by the National Science Foundation, is using a customized virtual reality (VR) game, BioDive, to develop an educational assessment tool that measures student learning in real-time. BioDive is an...
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NSF Director France Córdova - statement on harassment
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has taken the next steps in its agency-wide effort to ensure the research and learning environments it supports are free from harassment, with a term and condition requiring awardee organizations to...
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The Warming of the Earth - How Do We Know?
Dr. Richard Alley discusses the effects of increasing temperatures on the Earth's surface.
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Tele-robotics puts robot power at your fingertips - Smart America Expo
In the aftermath of an earthquake, every second counts. The team behind the Smart Emergency Response System (SERS) is developing technology to locate people quickly and help first responders save more lives. At the Smart America Expo,...
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Snake locomotion (2)
How do snakes move? A mathematician unlocks the secret to how snakes move forward.
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Social psychologist Jennifer Lerner - ScienceLives
Jennifer Lerner’s work helps world leaders and other public officials, including members of NATO, understand the effects of social and emotional factors on judgment and decision making. She is the director of the Harvard Decision Science...
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Nap time! - Finding Your Science
Psychologist Sara Mednick talks about how napping improves mind and memory. 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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Utah's drying lake beds
This video shows how the dust from Utah's drying lake beds could be lowered by preserving lakes.
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The pentaquark
In episode 20, Charlie and Jordan chat about rising sea levels, biodegradable “smart” implants and the existence of the pentaquark.
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CO2 - History Of Climate Change Research
When were increasing levels of CO2 first documented?
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week - Episode 1
NEW: Your weekly briefing on the latest discoveries you might not hear about anywhere else, all with funding from the National Science Foundation. This week: 1. Finding cancer through the eye of a butterfly 2. Killer whales in rivers?...
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Claymore Roomba Hide & Seek!
We took the Claymore Roomba meme and brought it into the real world!
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How Do We Know?: Introduction
The National Science Foundation overviews the things we know about climate change.
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Bat-tastic
In (spooktacular) episode 32, Jordan and Charlie delve into the Batlab and learn how researchers are using recording from echolocating bat brains to understand how mammals view 3-D space.
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Robots, soccer, and the staying power of Short Circuit - Scientists & Engineers on Sofas
Soccer aficionado and RoboCup champion DARwin-OP and robotics expert Alex Leonessa recently sat down with Thi Le in the NSF library to talk about robots of all kinds, and discuss how research in robotics could help do much more than just...
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QESST for solar power to feed an energy hungry world - Science Nation
Modern society is very much defined by its access to electricity. What if researchers could advance sustainable energy technologies to the point where everyone around the world had access to clean, cheap energy sources? Richard Smalley,...
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NSF’s INTERN program prepares students for STEM careers outside of academia
NSF’s INTERN program is a new approach to how federal funding can be used to support nonacademic learning for graduate students in science, engineering and education. Through the program, NSF-funded graduate students work with and learn...
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Fire Ants: Coping with These Invasive Insects - Science Nation
Invasive animals are often most abundant in habitats impacted by humans, especially man-made habitats, such as roadsides, suburban and urban developments, and areas of intensive agricultural activity. Understanding why this is true may...
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Computer-equipped dogs lead way in search-and-rescue: Smart America Expo
Researchers from North Carolina State University (NCSU) showed off pioneering work demonstrating the potential of technologies that allow dogs to gather information, and stay safe, during search and rescue operations. Among the...
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DNA - Chalk Talk
DNA is the Swiss army knife of biological molecules, acting as both a blueprint and a building block. This animated series of short videos acts as a video glossary to define specific scientific terms or concepts in a fun, easy to...
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Electronic Tattoo - Science of Innovation
A micro-electronic health monitor so thin, light and portable that it can attach right to the surface of skin and go wherever a person goes. This innovation has the potential to revolutionize the field of healthcare technology. Provided...
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Flip phones save the world - Scientists & Engineers on Sofas (and other furnishings)
EcoATM founder Mark Bowles talks about the high-tech tools needed to turn flip phones and old electronics into a successful commercial enterprise that helps save the environment. Sarah Bates from the NSF sat down with Mark to discuss...
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Science historian Peter Galison - ScienceLives
Peter Galison is the Joseph Pellegrino University Professor at Harvard University. He is the director of Harvard's Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, one of the three largest university collections of historical scientific...
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Turbo tongue
In episode 39, Charlie and Jordan discover one of the most explosive moments in the animal kingdom: the powerful tongue of the tiniest chameleons. This research illustrates that to observe some of nature’s best performances, scientists...