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Psychological Reapp...
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14:10:00 08/27/10

With daily reports of bedbugs in movie theaters, clothing stores -- let alone apartment buildings -- bedbug hysteria seems to be reaching new heights. Psychologist...

Psychological Reappraisal Of Bedbugs

Added 08/27/10
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Psychological Reappraisal Of Bedbugs

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With daily reports of bedbugs in movie theaters, clothing stores -- let alone apartment buildings -- bedbug hysteria seems to be reaching new heights. Psychologist Kevin Ochsner, of Columbia University, studies how people regulate emotion. He says "reappraising" a situation -- for example, thinking about a bedbug in a new way-- can help you get your fear under control.

CreatureCast: Fried...
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14:10:00 08/20/10

CreatureCast presents the tale of the fried egg jellyfish and the creatures that hang around it. Trisha Towanda explains the complex web of symbiotic relationships...

CreatureCast: Fried Egg Jelly

Added 08/20/10
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CreatureCast: Fried Egg Jelly

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CreatureCast presents the tale of the fried egg jellyfish and the creatures that hang around it. Trisha Towanda explains the complex web of symbiotic relationships between the jelly and other organisms, and how these relationships change over time.

The Secretly Speedy...
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14:10:00 08/13/10

Plants have a reputation for staying put. But some plants are moving so quickly, we can't see their motion. Biologist Joan Edwards and physicist Dwight Whitaker br...

The Secretly Speedy Life Of Plants

Added 08/13/10
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The Secretly Speedy Life Of Plants

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Plants have a reputation for staying put. But some plants are moving so quickly, we can't see their motion. Biologist Joan Edwards and physicist Dwight Whitaker broke out the high-speed cameras to capture the story of exploding peat moss.

A Robot That Swims ...
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14:10:00 07/23/10

Based on mathematical models of the movement of fish, engineer Maurizio Porfiri built a robofish. When Porfiri lets the robot go for a dip in the lab pool, the rea...

A Robot That Swims With The Fishes

Added 07/23/10
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A Robot That Swims With The Fishes

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Based on mathematical models of the movement of fish, engineer Maurizio Porfiri built a robofish. When Porfiri lets the robot go for a dip in the lab pool, the real fish mill about the robot and even follow it around.

Beach Season For Ho...
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14:10:00 07/16/10

Each summer, horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) along the Atlantic shore crawl onto beaches to mate and lay eggs -- making now a good time for marine scientists ...

Beach Season For Horseshoe Crabs

Added 07/16/10
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Beach Season For Horseshoe Crabs

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Each summer, horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) along the Atlantic shore crawl onto beaches to mate and lay eggs -- making now a good time for marine scientists like John Tanacredi to monitor population size. Visit a New York beach to catch a glimpse of the action.

Seeing A Star In A ...
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14:10:00 07/02/10

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), launched in February, has started to send back data. The instruments are giving solar scientists an unprecedented look at ...

Seeing A Star In A New Light

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Seeing A Star In A New Light

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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), launched in February, has started to send back data. The instruments are giving solar scientists an unprecedented look at the sun, says Dean Pesnell, SDO project scientist.

Future Space Telesc...
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14:10:00 06/25/10

A full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope, the planned successor to Hubble, is on the circuit -- making appearances at science conferences and festivals...

Future Space Telescope Tours Earth

Added 06/25/10
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Future Space Telescope Tours Earth

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A full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope, the planned successor to Hubble, is on the circuit -- making appearances at science conferences and festivals around the world. Science Friday visited the observatory and spoke to its handlers who were in town for the World Science Festival in New York City's Battery Park.

DIY Eye In The Sky
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14:10:00 06/18/10

Need a new perspective on life? Try launching a video camera 50 feet in the air. This DIY sky-cam is one of many experiments outlined in Ken Denmead's new book Gee...

DIY Eye In The Sky

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DIY Eye In The Sky

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Need a new perspective on life? Try launching a video camera 50 feet in the air. This DIY sky-cam is one of many experiments outlined in Ken Denmead's new book Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share.

Bringing Down The Bolt
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14:10:00 06/11/10

Lightning is one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of the atmospheric sciences, researchers say. Scientists at the International Center for Lightning Research and ...

Bringing Down The Bolt

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Bringing Down The Bolt

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Lightning is one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of the atmospheric sciences, researchers say. Scientists at the International Center for Lightning Research and Testing in Florida are inducing lightning to strike so they can understand it better.

How Baby Bubbles Ar...
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14:10:00 06/11/10

James Bird estimates that he watched thousands of bubbles pop while he was getting his doctorate at Harvard University. With the help of high-speed cameras, he and...

How Baby Bubbles Are Born

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How Baby Bubbles Are Born

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James Bird estimates that he watched thousands of bubbles pop while he was getting his doctorate at Harvard University. With the help of high-speed cameras, he and his colleagues discovered that bubbles birth baby bubbles when they burst, with implications ranging from hot tubs to global climate.

Ahoy, RoboSailor
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14:10:00 05/28/10

The Navy brought more than ships and sailors to New York for Fleet Week this year. Meet Octavia -- the Navy's humanoid robot. Greg Trafton, section head of intelli...

Ahoy, RoboSailor

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Ahoy, RoboSailor

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The Navy brought more than ships and sailors to New York for Fleet Week this year. Meet Octavia -- the Navy's humanoid robot. Greg Trafton, section head of intelligent systems at the Naval Research Laboratory, describes the challenge of designing a robot that acts like a person.

Rumble In The Jungle
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14:10:00 05/21/10

They look cuddly, but red-eyed treefrogs have a secret dark side. When Michael Caldwell, Smithsonian postdoctoral fellow, filmed the frogs under infrared light he ...

Rumble In The Jungle

Added 05/21/10
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Rumble In The Jungle

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They look cuddly, but red-eyed treefrogs have a secret dark side. When Michael Caldwell, Smithsonian postdoctoral fellow, filmed the frogs under infrared light he saw a curious behavior: they started shaking.

This Field Rocks
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14:10:00 05/14/10

Tucked in a shallow valley in northeastern Pennsylvania is a mysterious geologic feature: 16 acres of sandstone boulders. Megan Taylor, environmental education spe...

This Field Rocks

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This Field Rocks

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Tucked in a shallow valley in northeastern Pennsylvania is a mysterious geologic feature: 16 acres of sandstone boulders. Megan Taylor, environmental education specialist at Hickory Run State Park, explains the geologic history of the boulder field.

A Quest To See The ...
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14:10:00 05/07/10

Edith Widder, of the Ocean Research and Conservation Association, has been exploring the deep sea for 30 years. When Widder descended for the first time, she says ...

A Quest To See The Light

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A Quest To See The Light

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Edith Widder, of the Ocean Research and Conservation Association, has been exploring the deep sea for 30 years. When Widder descended for the first time, she says she wasn't prepared for the light show she encountered and has been building tools to document bioluminescence ever since.

Finding The Notes A...
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14:10:00 04/30/10

The honk of a horn and the rumble of a truck sound like noise to most people. But to Lucy Fitz Gibbon, and others with absolute pitch, there are notes embedded in ...

Finding The Notes Among Us

Added 04/30/10
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Finding The Notes Among Us

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The honk of a horn and the rumble of a truck sound like noise to most people. But to Lucy Fitz Gibbon, and others with absolute pitch, there are notes embedded in the noise. Exactly why some people have this mysterious ability to recognize pitch isn't well understood.

Pollen Origami
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14:10:00 04/23/10

Pollen starts to dry out when it leaves the flower, which can destroy the genetic material the grain is carrying. To combat dehydration, pollen grains have evolved...

Pollen Origami

Added 04/23/10
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Pollen Origami

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Pollen starts to dry out when it leaves the flower, which can destroy the genetic material the grain is carrying. To combat dehydration, pollen grains have evolved a way of folding up to prevent water from leaking out.

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Clone This Smile

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Clone This Smile
11/13/09

Like a digital video puppet, the facial expressions of one person can be cloned in real time and mapped onto the digital face of another person.