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SciFri: Picture An...
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18:00:00 03/23/12

Back in the 1990s, Bradley Smith was funded by the NIH to photograph and take MRI scans of human embryos and post them to the web. Intended for clinicians, Smith s...

SciFri: Picture An Embryo

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SciFri: Picture An Embryo

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Back in the 1990s, Bradley Smith was funded by the NIH to photograph and take MRI scans of human embryos and post them to the web. Intended for clinicians, Smith says these images were more interesting to the public than he had anticipated. Smith unpacks our complicated relationship with embryo imagery.

Picture An Embryo
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14:10:00 03/23/12

Back in the 1990s, Bradley Smith was funded by the NIH to photograph and take MRI scans of human embryos and post them to the web. Intended for clinicians, Smith s...

Picture An Embryo

Added 03/23/12
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Picture An Embryo

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Back in the 1990s, Bradley Smith was funded by the NIH to photograph and take MRI scans of human embryos and post them to the web. Intended for clinicians, Smith says these images were more interesting to the public than he had anticipated. Smith unpacks our complicated relationship with embryo imagery.

SciFri: Getting We...
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18:00:00 03/16/12

SciFri: Getting Weightless

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SciFri: Getting Weightless

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Teen Launches LEGO ...
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14:10:00 03/16/12

Estimated altitude for this flight was about 115,000 feet, says Raul Oaida, 18-years-old. Raul launched the shuttle, along with a video camera and a GPS tracker, b...

Teen Launches LEGO Shuttle Into Space

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Teen Launches LEGO Shuttle Into Space

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Estimated altitude for this flight was about 115,000 feet, says Raul Oaida, 18-years-old. Raul launched the shuttle, along with a video camera and a GPS tracker, by way of a large helium balloon. Flight time was about three hours--the shuttle landing about 150 miles south of where it took off.

SciFri: How A LEGO...
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18:00:00 03/15/12

Estimated altitude for this flight was about 115,000 feet, says Raul Oaida, 18-years-old. Raul launched the shuttle, along with a video camera and a GPS tracker, b...

SciFri: How A LEGO Shuttle Got To Space

Added 03/15/12
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SciFri: How A LEGO Shuttle Got To Space

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Estimated altitude for this flight was about 115,000 feet, says Raul Oaida, 18-years-old. Raul launched the shuttle, along with a video camera and a GPS tracker, by way of a large helium balloon. Flight time was about three hours--the shuttle landing about 150 miles south of where it took off.

SciFri: Coolest La...
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18:00:00 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, ...

SciFri: Coolest Lab Ever?

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SciFri: 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.

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

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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.

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SciFri: Picture An Embryo

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SciFri: Picture An Embryo
03/23/12

Back in the 1990s, Bradley Smith was funded by the NIH to photograph and take MRI scans of human embryos and post them to the web. Intended for clinicians, Smith says these images were more interesting to the public than he had anticipated. Smith unpacks our complicated relationship with embryo imagery.