EXPLO.TV - Webcasts, Video Clips, and Podcasts from the Exploratorium

SmallTalk: Consumer Products Using Nanotechnology (podcast)

Running Time:
26:56

Julia Moore and Evan Michelson of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars talk about nanotechnology products they’ve found for sale in a variety of stores. Should these products have some sort of special label? Journalist Philip Ball also weighs in on the controversy.

Project: NISE: SmallTalk | Browse All

Date: March 15, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Nanotechnology

Science from the Poles: South Pole Telescope: Nearly Done (webcast)

Running Time:
00:15:00

Mary Miller chats with scientists at the South Pole about the nearly-completed telescope. The satellite connection to the pole deteriorated quickly, and we hope to repeat this program in the near future. Stay tuned for updates!

Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All

Date: January 13, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science

Science from the Poles: Climate Change with Dr. Stephen Schneider (webcast)

Running Time:
00:38:45

Dr. Stephen H. Schneider joins us to discuss climate change. Dr. Schneider was honored in 1992 with a MacArthur Fellowship for his ability to integrate and interpret the results of global climate research through public lectures, seminars, classroom teaching, and research collaboration with colleagues.

Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All

Date: January 13, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Science from the Poles: Climate Change with Robert Henson (webcast)

Running Time:
00:34:44

Join us as we talk with Robert Henson, author of The Rough Guide to Climate Change.

Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All

Date: December 15, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Exploratorium at AGU 2006: Marika Holland on Decreasing Sea Ice (podcast)

Running Time:
00:07:53

Exploratorium Producer Mary Miller chats with Marika Holland, Climate Modeler for the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Dr. Holland co-authored a recent study projecting that the summer Arctic sea ice could completely disappear by 2040.

Project: Science from the Poles: Exploratorium at AGU 2006 | Browse All

Date: December 13, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Exploratorium at AGU 2006: Mark Serreze on Decreasing Sea Ice (podcast)

Running Time:
00:07:18

Join Mary Miller in conversation with Mark Serreze, Senior Research Scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, as they discuss recent dramatic decreases in Arctic sea ice and what that means for global climate stability.

Project: Science from the Poles: Exploratorium at AGU 2006 | Browse All

Date: December 13, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology

Science from the Poles: Drilling Back to the Future: Live from McMurdo Station, Antarctica (webcast)

Running Time:
00:31:49

Exploratorium physicist Paul Doherty chats with Richard Levy, a geologist, and Ross Powell, who’s the co-director of the ANDRILL project. They are drilling beneath the Antarctic seafloor, and pulling up sediment cores. By looking at the layers of the past, they hope to help us predict our future.

Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All

Date: December 2, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Science from the Poles: Live Chat from McMurdo Station (webcast)

Running Time:
00:28:33

What do the kids want to know? Join Kirk Bell's fifth grade class (from Children's Day School in San Francisco)as they chat with Holly Troy in Antarctica. Mr. Troy has spent many seasons at McMurdo station working with scientists.

Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All

Date: November 30, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Science from the Poles: How Climate Change Impacts Penguins (webcast)

Running Time:
00:33:33

Join Pamela Schaller from the California Academy of Sciences as she discuss penguins and how climate change impacts them.

Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All

Date: November 29, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology

Extremophiles in Kamchatka: Kamchatka Mosaic: Candy Shop (clip)

Running Time:
00:00:46

The Geyser Valley is a "candy shop" for microbiologists and geochemists.

Project: Evidence: Extremophiles in Kamchatka | Browse All

Date: September 20, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology