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

Saturn: Cassini Update with Paul Doherty (webcast)

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00:38:30

The Cassini spacecraft continues to orbit Saturn, sending back astonishing images of the ringed planet and its moons. Join us as we look at the latest images and do some hands-on activities to help us understand.

Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All

Date: May 12, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Science from the Poles: The Impact of Climate Change on Community (webcast)

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Join host Mary Miller and Dr. Mickey Glantz in a discussion on issues around climate change and how it may affect communities.

Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All

Date: April 22, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, Geology/Earth Science

Science from the Poles: Understanding The Gulf Stream, Part 2 (webcast)

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00:29:34

Join Exploratorium staff scientist Charlie Carlson as he continues to examine issues around the Gulf Stream and climate change.

Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All

Date: April 21, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

SmallTalk: Nanotechnology’s Role in Making Cheap Solar Power (podcast)

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00:26:04

Want to get off the grid but think it’s just too expensive? UCB's Dr. Jeff Grossman explains how nanotechnology may be used to make solar panels cheaper. We’ll also hear from philosopher Patrick Lin of the Nanoethics Group about ethical dilemmas that crop up when we try to improve our lives through nanotechnology.

Project: NISE: SmallTalk | Browse All

Date: April 16, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Physics, Chemistry

Science from the Poles: First Light from the New South Pole Telescope (webcast)

Running Time:
00:41:16

The South Pole Telescope captured its first light on Feb. 16, 2007! Join Exploratorium host Mary Miller as she talks with scientists at the South Pole and finds out more about life at the Pole.

Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All

Date: March 30, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science

Darwin: Hands-On Darwin with Karen Kalumuck (webcast)

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00:50:19

Join Exploratorium biologist Karen Kalumuck as she leads a Darwin 101 Webcast using hands-on explorations, audience participation, and special surprises—just in time to celebrate his birthday!

Project: Darwin | Browse All

Date: February 16, 2007
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): General Science

Science from the Poles: Live From the South Pole: Ice Cube (webcast)

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00:35:47

Join us as we talk to South Pole scientists about Ice Cube, a major new telescope being built deep below the surface to detect ghostly neutrino particles. The neutrino telescope will use thousands of detectors spread over a square kilometer of ice below the South Pole to study cosmological mysteries such as black holes, gamma ray bursts, and the remnants of supernova explosions.

Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All

Date: January 6, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Science from the Poles: Sea Ice Versus Land Ice (webcast)

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00:10:32

Join Senior Scientist Paul Doherty as he explains the difference between floating ice and land ice, and why they effect sea levels differently.

Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All

Date: December 29, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Science from the Poles: Save the World, One Lightbulb At A Time (webcast)

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00:11:46

Join Senior Scientist Paul Doherty as he measures the power used by two lightbulbs--one incandescent and one fluorescent--that make the same amount of light.

Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All

Date: December 29, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Science from the Poles: Watch Ice Melt! (webcast)

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00:07:54

Join Senior Scientist Paul Doherty as shows how to melt ice unbelievably fast!

Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All

Date: December 29, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science