Found 10 - 20 results of 33 programs matching keyword " human social behavior" |
Ice Stories: Adélie Penguins Walking across Sea Ice (Clip)
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Adélie penguins walking across ice on the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 2, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: penguins, adélies, behavior, antarctica, ross sea
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 2, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: penguins, adélies, behavior, antarctica, ross sea
Ice Stories: Adélie Penguins Tending the Nest (Clip)
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Adélie penguins sitting on eggs in their nests at Cape Royds, Antarctica.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 2, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: adélies, penguins, nests, eggs, behavior, cape royds, antarctica
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 2, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: adélies, penguins, nests, eggs, behavior, cape royds, antarctica
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Ice Stories: Adélie Penguins Tobogganning (Clip)
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Adélie penguins engaging in a behavior called tobogganning. Like sledding, penguins cruise along the slick ice on their bellies -- a faster way of traveling than by walking.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 2, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: adélies, penguins, behavior, cape royds, antarctica
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 2, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: adélies, penguins, behavior, cape royds, antarctica
Evidence: The Talking Gene (Clip)
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00:02:42
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Is a single gene, FOXP2, the secret to human speech? Researchers discuss the genetic underpinnings of speech and language.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: October 26, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
Keywords: human speech, foxp2
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: October 26, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
Keywords: human speech, foxp2
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Evidence: How Do You Find a Fossil? (Clip)
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Anthropologist Katerina Harvati explains how scientists from various disciplines work together to find fossilized human remains.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 26, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
Keywords: human fossils
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 26, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
Keywords: human fossils
| Links: | Transcript (in English) | Transcript (en Español) |
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Evidence: Why Have a Fossil Cast Collection? (Clip)
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Anthropologist Katerina Harvati explains the importance of cast collections to the study of human evolution.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 26, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
Keywords: human fossils, human evolution
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 26, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
Keywords: human fossils, human evolution
| Links: | Transcript (in English) | Transcript (en Español) |
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Mind: Dr. Temple Grandin Lectures on Autism and the Animal Mind (Clip)
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01:42:44
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Author and animal scientist Dr. Grandin shares her insights on ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), visual thinking, and human and animal minds. Dr. Grandin, herself autistic, believes the autistic person's capacity to "see the actual things themselves" places autistic individuals in a unique position to understand the ways animals think.
Project: Mind | Browse All
Date: January 17, 2008
Format: Lecture
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Cognitive Science/Psychology
Keywords: temple grandin, mind lecture series, autism, asperberger's, asd, visual thinking, animal behavior, external stimuli
Project: Mind | Browse All
Date: January 17, 2008
Format: Lecture
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Cognitive Science/Psychology
Keywords: temple grandin, mind lecture series, autism, asperberger's, asd, visual thinking, animal behavior, external stimuli
Doctor Atomic: The Opera Singer and the Physicist (Podcast)
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1:17:34
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How do opera singers sing loud enough to be heard over an orchestra? Can an opera singer's voice really break a wine glass? What's the difference between a baritone and a soprano? Discover the answers to these questions—and more!—in this presentation for families. Join physicist and composer Dr. Brian Holmes and San Francisco Opera Center Director Sheri Greenawald to explore how the art and science of singing combine in opera.
Project: Doctor Atomic | Browse All
Date: October 8, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Everyday Science
Keywords: human vocal chords, science of singing, physics of singing, physics of opera, physiology of vocal sounds, vocal projection, projecting your voice, human vocal folds, opera physicist, science of opera, vocal frequency, vocal resonance, vocal tract, articulation, vocali
Project: Doctor Atomic | Browse All
Date: October 8, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Everyday Science
Keywords: human vocal chords, science of singing, physics of singing, physics of opera, physiology of vocal sounds, vocal projection, projecting your voice, human vocal folds, opera physicist, science of opera, vocal frequency, vocal resonance, vocal tract, articulation, vocali
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Iron Science Teacher: Halloween Edition: Bones (Webcast)
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Watch as Exploratorium staff and local teachers compete for the title of Iron Science Teacher. Each contestant has 10 minutes to make a science lesson out of a science ingredient. This is a Halloween edition of Iron Science Teacher, and today's secret ingredient is: Bones!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: October 29, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: halloween, bones, resonance, pitch, secret bells activity, hearing, ear physiology, human ear deomonstration, hammer, anvil, stirrup, animal bones, preserving bones, baking soda, osteology, owl pellets
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: October 29, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: halloween, bones, resonance, pitch, secret bells activity, hearing, ear physiology, human ear deomonstration, hammer, anvil, stirrup, animal bones, preserving bones, baking soda, osteology, owl pellets
| Real: 225K |
Iron Science Teacher: Carbohydrates (Webcast)
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Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity. This week’s “secret” ingredient- carbohydrates!
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 2, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: teachers, experiments, demos, carbohydrates, human digestive system, air pressure, ballistics, force and motion, peeps science, science of peeps, model of the atmoshpere on mars, model of the atmoshpere on venus,
Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All
Date: July 2, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: teachers, experiments, demos, carbohydrates, human digestive system, air pressure, ballistics, force and motion, peeps science, science of peeps, model of the atmoshpere on mars, model of the atmoshpere on venus,
| Real: 225K |
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