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Coolest Lab Ever?
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14:10:00 03/09/12

Convincing a rat to run on a treadmill is just another day at the office for the researchers at the Concord Field Station (CFS), a Harvard lab located in Bedford, ...

Coolest Lab Ever?

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Coolest Lab Ever?

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Convincing a rat to run on a treadmill is just another day at the office for the researchers at the Concord Field Station (CFS), a Harvard lab located in Bedford, Mass. The lab focuses on comparative biomechanics, which requires lots of animals--including an emu, parrots, jerboas, goats--and lots of devices to document their movement.

Coyotes Cruise NYC
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14:10:00 03/05/12

Coyotes have been spotted in the Bronx, Queens and even Manhattan. Wildlife biologist Mark Weckel has been documenting their immigration to New York City through "...

Coyotes Cruise NYC

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Coyotes Cruise NYC

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Coyotes have been spotted in the Bronx, Queens and even Manhattan. Wildlife biologist Mark Weckel has been documenting their immigration to New York City through "camera traps" he has set up in the city parks. Weckel explains the project and shares some of his best coyote footage.

SciFri: Desktop Di...
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18:00:00 03/02/12

Many of us spend more time at our desks than anywhere else. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes us into his office at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City ...

SciFri: Desktop Diaries: Neil deGrasse Tyson

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SciFri: Desktop Diaries: Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Many of us spend more time at our desks than anywhere else. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes us into his office at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City for a tour of his office. From a Saturn lamp Tyson made as a kid to his van Gogh pillow, Tyson highlights some of his universe-themed paraphernalia, and talks about what his journey to science stardom has been like.

Desktop Diaries: Ne...
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14:10:00 03/02/12

Many of us spend more time at our desks than anywhere else. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes us into his office at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City ...

Desktop Diaries: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Added 03/02/12
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Desktop Diaries: Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Many of us spend more time at our desks than anywhere else. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes us into his office at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City for a tour of his office. From a Saturn lamp Tyson made as a kid to his van Gogh pillow, Tyson highlights some of his universe-themed paraphernalia, and talks about what his journey to science stardom has been like.

SciFri: Secret Lif...
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18:00:00 02/24/12

Look at frozen water through cross-polarized light, and zoom in with a macro lens, and you'll find a colorful and intricate landscape. Edward Aites, a photographer...

SciFri: Secret Life Of Ice

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SciFri: Secret Life Of Ice

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Look at frozen water through cross-polarized light, and zoom in with a macro lens, and you'll find a colorful and intricate landscape. Edward Aites, a photographer and videographer specializing in time-lapse, said he was looking for something to explore in his studio during the winter months and started playing around with ice. The results are mesmerizing.

Secret Life Of Ice
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14:10:00 02/24/12

Look at frozen water through cross-polarized light, and zoom in with a macro lens, and you'll find a colorful and intricate landscape. Edward Aites, a photographer...

Secret Life Of Ice

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Secret Life Of Ice

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Look at frozen water through cross-polarized light, and zoom in with a macro lens, and you'll find a colorful and intricate landscape. Edward Aites, a photographer and videographer specializing in time-lapse, said he was looking for something to explore in his studio during the winter months and started playing around with ice. The results are mesmerizing.

SciFri: Where's Th...
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18:00:00 02/17/12

Cuttlefish are master camouflagers. How they change their skin patterns may tell us something about how they see the world, says biologist Sarah Zylinski. Her work...

SciFri: Where's The Cuttlefish?

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SciFri: Where's The Cuttlefish?

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Cuttlefish are master camouflagers. How they change their skin patterns may tell us something about how they see the world, says biologist Sarah Zylinski. Her work suggests that when cuttlefish see incomplete shapes, they fill in the visual blanks -- much like humans do.

Where's The Cuttlef...
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14:10:00 02/17/12

Cuttlefish are master camouflagers. How they change their skin patterns may tell us something about how they see the world, says biologist Sarah Zylinski. Her work...

Where's The Cuttlefish?

Added 02/17/12
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Where's The Cuttlefish?

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Cuttlefish are master camouflagers. How they change their skin patterns may tell us something about how they see the world, says biologist Sarah Zylinski. Her work suggests that when cuttlefish see incomplete shapes, they fill in the visual blanks -- much like humans do.

The Look Of Love
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14:10:00 02/10/12

News you can use for Valentine's Day: When you gaze into your sweetheart's eyes, look for enlarged pupils. Psychologist Bruno Laeng says our pupils don't just resp...

The Look Of Love

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The Look Of Love

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News you can use for Valentine's Day: When you gaze into your sweetheart's eyes, look for enlarged pupils. Psychologist Bruno Laeng says our pupils don't just respond to light, but to thoughts too. Studies show that our pupils dilate when something captures our attention, including when we feel strong emotions. Laeng discusses how psychologists are using "pupillometry" in the lab.

Creating Earth
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14:10:00 02/03/12

NASA’s iconic images of Earth from space date back to the late 1960s--with snapshots taken by Apollo astronauts. The modern “blue marble” images are captured by ma...

Creating Earth

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Creating Earth

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NASA’s iconic images of Earth from space date back to the late 1960s--with snapshots taken by Apollo astronauts. The modern “blue marble” images are captured by machines and they’re not photos. They’re datasets collected by instruments aboard satellites and then translated into imagery on the ground.

Creating Earth
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14:10:00 02/03/12

NASA’s iconic images of Earth from space date back to the late 1960s--with snapshots taken by Apollo astronauts. The modern “blue marble” images are captured by ma...

Creating Earth

Added 02/03/12
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Creating Earth

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NASA’s iconic images of Earth from space date back to the late 1960s--with snapshots taken by Apollo astronauts. The modern “blue marble” images are captured by machines and they’re not photos. They’re datasets collected by instruments aboard satellites and then translated into imagery on the ground.

Ode To Ice
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14:10:00 01/27/12

Ice can be difficult to get a handle on, literally and figuratively. It can be cloudy or clear, as hard as concrete or as soft as a snowflake. We spoke with two ic...

Ode To Ice

Added 01/27/12
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Ode To Ice

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Ice can be difficult to get a handle on, literally and figuratively. It can be cloudy or clear, as hard as concrete or as soft as a snowflake. We spoke with two ice experts--an ice sculptor and ice researcher--about the slippery material, to find out what fascinates them about frozen water.

Mini Speed Demons
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14:10:00 01/20/12

From mantis shrimp to trap-jaw ants, some of the fastest organisms on the planet are ones you may have never heard of. Biologist Sheila Patek, of the University of...

Mini Speed Demons

Added 01/20/12
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Mini Speed Demons

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From mantis shrimp to trap-jaw ants, some of the fastest organisms on the planet are ones you may have never heard of. Biologist Sheila Patek, of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, says the creatures she studies move at speeds that are hard for us to imagine, let alone perceive. A high-speed camera is a must.

Computer Of Bubbles
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14:10:00 01/13/12

Bubbles can do computations, says Stanford professor Manu Prakash. Just like electrons running through wires in your computer, Prakash directed bubbles through tin...

Computer Of Bubbles

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Computer Of Bubbles

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Bubbles can do computations, says Stanford professor Manu Prakash. Just like electrons running through wires in your computer, Prakash directed bubbles through tiny etched tubes and showed basic computations were possible. Bubbles are bigger and slower than electrons, but they can carry things--meaning you could create as you compute, Prakash says.

What Happens When Y...
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14:10:00 01/06/12

Everything is a little bit magnetic, says physicist Richard Hill. So with a powerful magnet, it is possible to levitate almost anything--strawberries, water, insec...

What Happens When You Levitate Flies?

Added 01/06/12
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What Happens When You Levitate Flies?

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Everything is a little bit magnetic, says physicist Richard Hill. So with a powerful magnet, it is possible to levitate almost anything--strawberries, water, insects. In a recent study, Hill levitated fruit flies to see how they behaved when they didn't have gravity pulling them down.

The Hunt For A Vani...
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14:10:00 12/23/11

In 1956, dentist and amateur ornithologist William Rhein captured the rare Imperial woodpecker on 16 mm color film. Although this 85 second clip is the only known ...

The Hunt For A Vanishing Woodpecker

Added 12/23/11
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The Hunt For A Vanishing Woodpecker

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In 1956, dentist and amateur ornithologist William Rhein captured the rare Imperial woodpecker on 16 mm color film. Although this 85 second clip is the only known photographic record of the bird, Rhein kept the film to himself until after he died. Writer and bird fanatic Tim Gallagher tells the story of Rhein’s expedition to look for the bird, and his own trip to the same mountains over 50 years later.

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Coolest Lab Ever?
03/09/12

Convincing a rat to run on a treadmill is just another day at the office for the researchers at the Concord Field Station (CFS), a Harvard lab located in Bedford, Mass. The lab focuses on comparative biomechanics, which requires lots of animals--including an emu, parrots, jerboas, goats--and lots of devices to document their movement.