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5 Water Science Experiments
Water is the source of life on Earth, but it also offers many opportunities for doing some cool science experiments! Here are 5 simple water experiments that kids will love doing!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Cloudy climate change: How clouds affect Earth's temperature - Jasper Kirkby
As the Earth's surface temperature gradually rises, it has become vital for us to predict the rate of this increase with as much precision as possible. In order to do that, scientists need to understand more about aerosols and clouds....
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Science Behind The News: Impacts On Jupiter
The impact of comets on the surface of Jupiter are a fairly common experience. At the University of Central Florida, astronomers Joseph Harrington and Csaba Palotai are leading a project that studies precisely how these impacts happen,...
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How Hot Is the Earth's Core?
Unreachable by man, scientists have developed a complex experiment to demonstrate the heat and pressure at the centre of the Earth. Earth Science - Geology - Learning Points. The Earth's core is a dense ball of iron and nickel. To...
NASA
Cinematic Science Helps Researchers Explore Data From NASA’s CAMP2Ex Field Campaign
Bringing together data from numerous sensor nodes and visualizing it is a critical part of the scientific process. But creating accessible visualizations is not easy, especially when those sensor nodes communicate complex Earth-science...
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TED-ED: Mary's Room: A philosophical thought experiment - Eleanor Nelsen
Imagine a neuroscientist who has only ever seen black and white things, but she is an expert in color vision and knows everything about its physics and biology. If, one day, she sees color, does she learn anything new? Is there anything...
NASA
NASA | Earth Science Week | How Does the Earth System ...
Climate scientists have been monitoring Earth's energy budget since the 1978 launch of NASA's Nimbus-7 satellite. That mission carried a new instrument into space called the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (or ERBE), designed to...
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TED-Ed: The science of static electricity - Anuradha Bhagwat
We've all had the experience: you're walking across a soft carpet, you reach for the doorknob and - ZAP. But what causes this trademark jolt of static electricity? Anuradha Bhagwat sheds light on the phenomenon by examining the nature of...
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NASA in Silicon Valley: Hanwant Singh Talks About Earth Science and His Selection as a Finalist for the 2017 Sammies Awards
A conversation with Hanwant Singh, atmospheric research director at NASA's Ames Research Center, and finalist for the 2017 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America awards.
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Why Sunshine Puts A Smile On Your Face - The Science Behind Happiness With TJ McKenna
Everyone could use a little good, quality “ Gee Whiz” information in their lives, the perfect stuff for water cooler chatter! This week OGTV is highlighting our trivia series, Good To Know, which is chock full of fun facts that may just...
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Hands-on learning research that benefits the economy, environment - Science Nation
NSF-funded research expands on the Billion Oyster Project in New York Harbor, giving urban middle school students a hand in restoring oyster habitats Description: Research consistently shows that children who have opportunities to...
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NSF-funded research to forecast space weather, protect the power grid - Science Nation
Multidisciplinary approach to developing next-generation space weather modeling tools, with the goal of a five-day forecast capability Description: While Earth's weather reports center on precipitation, temperature, wind direction and...
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Chemistry pioneer sets her sights on rare earth oxides - Science Nation
Investigating high temperature materials critical to everyday electronics Renowned chemist, geochemist and materials scientist Alexandra Navrotsky has become a pioneer in her field over the last 50 years. She even has a mineral named...
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Antarctic seals may use the Earth's magnetic field to survive while hunting
Antarctica's Weddell seals have biological adaptations that allow them to dive deep—as much as of hundreds of meters—while hunting, but also an uncanny ability to find the breathing holes they need in the surface of the ice that covers...
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KIdding Around about Earth Day
What happens when you ask a group of excited children about #EarthDay? Find out in this new NSF video celebrating Earth Day!
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What cosmic disasters threaten earth?
Have you ever wondered what cosmic disasters threaten earth? Dr. Philip Plait answers your question in this special “Mysteries of the Cosmos” edition of Ask a Scientist.
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A stretchable antenna for wearable health monitoring devices! NSF Science Now 22
In this week's episode, we discover hidden dangers in crib mattresses; we learn about a new stretchable antenna for wearable health monitoring devices; we study the dynamics of deep Earth; and, finally, we explore Antarctic ice sheets...
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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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The Role Of Clouds - Earth's Heat Balance
What role do clouds play in warming or cooling the earth?
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The Earth Day special
In episode 9, Jordan and Charlie celebrate Earth Day by: Chatting about hydraulic fracturing, taking a closer look at batteries and exploring biodiversity.
Cerebellum
Early Scientific Revolution - The Beginning Of Modern Science
Europe experienced one of the most remarkable periods in history roughly between 1550 and 1700, when three of history's most important events were occurring simultaneously: the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution....
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Processing human urine to recycle nutrients into fertilizer - Science Nation
Engineering a system that transforms human urine from a waste product into a fertilizer for more sustainable agriculture
This sustainable agriculture research relies on a unique contribution from humans -- urine. And, once you get...
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Critical Zone Observatories help U.S. plan for the future - Science Nation
From treetops to rivers to the bedrock below, there is constant activity going on in what we can think of as the “skin” of our planet. It’s called the critical zone, the active layer of the Earth where life-forms, from microbes to...
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Engineering soft robots for paradigm shift in rehabilitation - Science Nation
Harvard team is advancing soft, wearable robots with embedded sensors for hand and arm rehabilitation
Tim Gatautis suffered a spinal cord injury in a swimming accident nearly a decade ago, and he's had to use a wheel chair ever since....