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Science Behind The News: Extrasolar Planets
Extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, are planets that orbit stars other than our sun. Astronomers like Dr. William Welsh at San Diego State University primarily use two methods to detect these distant planets: Doppler and Transit methods....
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Are planets still being formed?
Have you ever wondered if planets are still being formed? Dr. Debra Fischer answers your question in this special “Mysteries of the Cosmos” edition of Ask a Scientist.
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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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Message from 2009 Waterman Award Winner on Discovering New Planets
David Charbonneau - 2009 Waterman Award Winner For his pioneering research into the discovery and characterization of planets orbiting other stars, which has allowed, for the first time, the study of their surface conditions and...
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Very Large Array observatory reveals the universe - Science Nation
Black holes, star births and deaths, colliding galaxies and more -- all in a day's work at the VLA The Very Large Array, or VLA, is a complex of 27 massive antennas on the Plains of San Agustin in central New Mexico, all pointing skyward...
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Hurricane Walaka Erases Entire Hawaiian Island | SciShow News
Hurricane Walaka wiped out a small Hawaiian island, which could be devastating for some endangered animals, and new research says that we might be wrong about the origins of giant tortoises.
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TED-Ed: The 4 greatest threats to the survival of humanity | TED-Ed
With the invention of the atomic bomb, humanity gained the power to destroy itself for the first time in our history. Since then, our risk of either extinction or the collapse of civilization has steadily increased. Just how likely are...
TED Talks
TED: Planet City -- a sci-fi vision of an astonishing regenerative future | Liam Young
Get transported on a stunningly rendered, sci-fi safari through Planet City: an imaginary metropolis of 10 billion people, from the brain of director and architect Liam Young. Explore the potential outcomes of an urban space designed to...
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They're Calling It: The Forbidden Planet
We’ve discovered a planet that, for its size, is in a very strange place around it’s star! And other scientists, inspired by comets, have come up with a new way to potentially make breathable oxygen for people exploring Mars in the future.
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Using Similarity Criteria to Find an Indirect Measure
In this lesson, students will learn how to find the height of a school using indirect measurement and similarity criteria. By using a mirror and measuring distances, students can determine the height of the school by comparing similar...
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Rising Sea Levels -- Changing Planet
In the past century, as the climate has warmed, sea level rise has accelerated. Scientists predict it will only increase, and they're studying changes in the ocean and land to better understand how and why the water is rising. The...
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Fresh Water in the Arctic -- Changing Planet
Scientists are concerned that melting Arctic sea ice will increase the amount of fresh water in the Beaufort Gyre, which could spill out into the Atlantic and cause major climate shifts in North America and Western Europe. The Changing...
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Tires and Pressure - Science of Speed
NASCAR tires don't have "air pressure" because they're filled with nitrogen. The culprit responsible for increasing tire pressure during a race is friction. Using dry nitrogen gas helps the team predict how hot the tire will get and how...
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Thawing Permafrost -- Changing Planet
Because of a warming atmosphere, permafrost -- the frozen ground that covers the top of the world -- has been thawing rapidly over the last three decades. But there is cause for concern beyond the far north, because the carbon released...
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Ocean Acidification -- Changing Planet
As higher amounts of carbon dioxide become absorbed by the oceans, some marine organisms are finding it's a struggle to adjust. The Changing Planet series explores the impact that climate change is having on our planet, and is provided...
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Ketone Body Synthesis | Ketogenesis | Formation Pathway and Regulation
Lesson on Ketone Body Synthesis (Ketogenesis): In-Depth, step-by-step pathway analysis of the formation of ketones, and regulation of the enzymes involved. Hey everyone! This lesson is on ketone body synthesis, how ketone bodies are...
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Cardiac & Vascular Function Curves EXPLAINED
In this video, I will be explaining the rationale behind cardiac and vascular function curves and various points on them.
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Birth of planets around infant stars like HL Tau
Artist's impression of a protoplanetary disk. Newly formed planets can be seen traveling around the central host star, sweeping their orbits clear of dust and gas. These same ring-link structures were observed recently by ALMA around the...
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Finding infant planets in the debris surrounding a star
New observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) contain compelling evidence that two newborn planets, each about the size of Saturn, are in orbit around a young star known as HD 163296. In studying HD...
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How is it possible to measure the distance to stars and galaxies?
We can't use tape measures, rulers or lasers to measure the astronomical distances to stars and galaxies, so how do we do it?
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Extreme Microbes : Extremophiles - Science Nation
Astrobiologist Richard Hoover really goes to extremes to find living things that thrive where life would seem to be impossible - from the glaciers of the Alaskan Arctic to the ice sheets of Antarctica. These so-called, "extremophiles"...
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Insect battles provide clues to evolution - Science Nation
There's much to learn from animal warfare, even when the animals are barely visible Description: The seemingly peaceful atmosphere in an organic garden on the University of Florida campus belies the battles happening among many of its...
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Statistics for Data Science and Business Analysis - Test for the Mean; Population Variance Known
This video is about test for the mean when population variance is known.
This clip is from the chapter "Hypothesis Testing" of the series "Statistics for Data Science and Business Analysis".This section explains null and alternative...
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Engineers investigate possible lingering impacts from Elk River chemical spill - Science Nation
In January, 2014, thousands of gallons of chemicals, including crude 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol, or MCHM, spilled into West Virginia's Elk River, near Charleston. The spill ultimately contaminated the local water supply and...