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Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: Live from the South Pole (webcast)

Running Time:
0:20:22

Today we connect with Mary Miller and Noel Wanner, who are at the South Pole, and find out about the science going on there.

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 20, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science

Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: Penguins and Sprytes (webcast)

Running Time:
0:38:57

Do you know what a 'Spryte' is? Watch this webcast to learn more and see footage from the Penguin Ranch in Antarctica!

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 16, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology

Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: Dive with Penguins (webcast)

Running Time:
0:24:05

Visit the Penguin Ranch and learn more about these fascinating creatures.

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 15, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science, Biology

Origins: Antarctica: Dive with Penguins (webcast)

Running Time:
0:24:05

Join the Origins team as they travel to Antarctica. We sent Mary, Noel, Paul, and Julie to explore scientific wonders from McMurdo to the Pole. Learn all about the extreme science being conducted at the South Pole in a daily dispatch from Terra Australis Incognita!

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 15, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology

Origins: Hubble: Getting Time on the Telescope (webcast)

Running Time:
0:54:09

How much time does an astronomer need to get that great picture? We'll talk with scientists about how they determine their experiments, and learn what it takes to make their case for a few minutes of the telescope's time.

Project: Origins: Hubble | Browse All

Date: April 20, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Origins: CERN: The Quest for the Higgs Boson (webcast)

Running Time:
0:55:19

What does it mean to find the Higgs Boson at CERN? Hear how this elusive particle could change our understanding of physics.

Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All

Date: November 19, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics

Origins: CERN: The Antimatter Factory (webcast)

Running Time:
1:09:59

Follow CERN's Mission Impossible team as they race against the clock to collect all they need to bring antihydrogen back to CERN's webcast headquarters.

Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All

Date: November 18, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics

Origins: CERN: Exotic Atoms and Antihydrogen: Three Cool Experiments in the AD, Part I (webcast)

Running Time:
0:41:28

Scientists at CERN in Switzerland explain to the Exploratorium's San Francisco audience why preparing for antimatter experiments is like arranging a marriage.

Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All

Date: November 12, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics

Origins: CERN: Exotic Atoms and Antihydrogen:Three Cool Experiments in the AD, Part II (webcast)

Running Time:
0:43:07

Making antihydrogen is no easy matter. Researchers at CERN show the Exploratorium's Melissa Alexander and Tom Humphrey where positrons live and how they keep them as cold as deep space.

Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All

Date: November 12, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics

Origins: CERN: The Heart of the Matter: A Look Inside CERN (webcast)

Running Time:
0:29:09

What is antimatter and why are scientists studying it? How is the world's largest particle accelerator constructed? The Exploratorium's Rob Semper talks about how science is done at CERN and answers questions about antimatter from the Exploratorium's Webcast audience.

Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All

Date: November 11, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics