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Working to better forecast the size of future earthquakes and tsunamis! Science Now 29

12th - Higher Ed
In this week's episode, we discover a new genetic toolkit for achieving increased plant production. We explore what our brain is doing when we read. We discover ways of making a more reliable prosthesis--and finally, we learn how...
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Surviving a Tsunami - Vertical Evacuation - Science Nation

12th - Higher Ed
It's called a wavemaker, and it's a honkin' 300 feet long and 12 feet wide. With support from the National Science Foundation, this huge new tool, the largest of its type in the United States, is helping scientists perform large scale...
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Researchers use high-tech GPS to monitor the Earth for future disasters

12th - Higher Ed
NSF Science Now 29-In this week’s episode we discover a new genetic toolkit for achieving increased plant production, explore what our brain is doing when we read, discover ways of making a more reliable prosthesis--and finally we learn...
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Engineers re-create tsunami debris impacts to measure their force - Science Nation

12th - Higher Ed
In a tsunami, devastation is created by far more than the wave itself. Debris that hits homes and other structures plays a huge role in a tsunami's destructive power. But until now, engineers could only estimate the forces at work when...
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Engineers re-create tsunami debris impacts to measure their force

12th - Higher Ed
In a tsunami, devastation is created by far more than the wave itself. Debris that hits homes and other structures plays a huge role in a tsunami's destructive power. But until now, engineers could only estimate the forces at work when...
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Tsunami Research

12th - Higher Ed
It's called a wavemaker, and it's a honkin' 300 feet long and 12 feet wide. With support from the National Science Foundation, this huge new tool, the largest of its type in the United States, is helping scientists perform large scale...
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TED Talks

TED: How to make radical climate action the new normal | Al Gore

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A net-zero future is possible, but first we need to flip a mental switch to truly understand that we can stop the climate crisis if we try, says Nobel laureate Al Gore. In this inspiring and essential talk, Gore shares examples of...
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Robin Murphy talks about her deployment of rescue robots during the 9/11 response in New York City.

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Robin Murphy, director of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue at Texas A&M University, was on-site at Ground Zero within 24 hours of the attack. She brought along a team of students and colleagues to deploy a cadre of robots...