Nova scienceNOW – Magic and the Brain In an effort to try to building on our understanding of how our brains work, scientists have turned to a group who has made a profession out of knowing how the brain perceives in order to deceive it: magicians. Watch as some well-known magicians share some (not all) [...]
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Absolute Zero – The Conquest of COLD (Gr. 6-12) On this, the shortest day of the year, I point you to the NOVA episode Absolute Zero from PBS online. Watch as scientists trace the history of the study of “cold” from the invention of the thermometer to scientists making artificial cold to harnessing cold to [...]
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Dolphin Reading Testing Scientists at the Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences in Honduras, along with Cedana the dolphin, are working on a skill that we humans consider a sign of intelligence: reading. While Cedana attempts to “read” various symbols that instruct her to perform specific tasks, she must also keep a motherly eye on her [...]
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Astrophysicist & Tie Collector: Neil deGrasse Tyson http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/secretlife/scientists/neil-degrasse-tyson/ Additional Resources: Neil’s Homepage Hayden Planetarium American Museum of Natural History The Pluto Files
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Mystery of the Gakkel Ridge http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0406/03.html Scientists journeying deep beneath the Arctic sea ice discover a world never before seen. Scientists hope to use what they learn from these Arctic trips to prepare them for similar expeditions into space and to the Jupiter ice moon named Europa. Watch the video at pbs.org (8:01) Download the [...]
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Teen Astronomer & Singer: Caroline Moore http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/secretlife/scientists/caroline-moore/ Additional Resources: Puckett Observatory Deer Pond Observatory Caroline’s Supernova at NSF (National Science Foundation) Astronomy Night @ the White House (YouTube video)
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