Found 10 - 18 results of 18 programs matching keyword "ants and social behavior" |
Ice Stories: Adélie Penguins Tending the Nest (Clip)
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00:00:11
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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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00:00:45
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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
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
Osher Fellowship: A Live Conversation with World-Renowned Biologist/Conservationist E. O. Wil (Webcast)
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00:33:44
00:33:44
In this archived program from 2003, join us for a conversation with Pulitzer-prize winning biologist E. O. Wilson, who introduced the term biodiversity to describe the interlocking dependence and diversity of organisms in sustaining life in biological communities.
Project: Osher Fellowship | Browse All
Date: August 28, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: osher fellow, biodiversity, astrobiology, diversity of life, chemical communication, watching ants, social behavior, ant society, entomology, pheremones, ants and social behavior, and communication in insects, ant colony, habitat destruction, all species surve
Project: Osher Fellowship | Browse All
Date: August 28, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: osher fellow, biodiversity, astrobiology, diversity of life, chemical communication, watching ants, social behavior, ant society, entomology, pheremones, ants and social behavior, and communication in insects, ant colony, habitat destruction, all species surve
| Real: 256K |
Science of Cooking: Turkey: Getting to the Meat of the Matter (Webcast)
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1:00:24
1:00:24
Why does a turkey continue to cook after it is out of the oven? How can you be sure to thoroughly cook the dark meat without drying out the white meat? Is stuffing really a good idea? Join us as we talk turkey with food expert and author Harold McGee. Discover why temperature is critical, and investigate different cooking methods: roasting, deep frying, barbecuing, and smoking.
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking | Browse All
Date: November 20, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Chemistry
Keywords: effect of temperature, effects of temperature, fowl science, myoglobin, cooking techniques, cooking temperatures, turkey farms, willybird turkey farm, brining a turkey, turkey brining, frying turkey, turkey behavior, turkey flocking patterns, ccoking meat, flavor, brown
Project: Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking | Browse All
Date: November 20, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Chemistry
Keywords: effect of temperature, effects of temperature, fowl science, myoglobin, cooking techniques, cooking temperatures, turkey farms, willybird turkey farm, brining a turkey, turkey brining, frying turkey, turkey behavior, turkey flocking patterns, ccoking meat, flavor, brown
| Links: | Fowl Science: Talking Turkey |
Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: Penguin Day: Author Sophie Web (Webcast)
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0:25:33
0:25:33
In this segment, author Sophie Webb joins us in our Webcast studio to talk about her work with penguins and answer audience questions.
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 9, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology
Keywords: emporer penguins, mating habits of penguins, penguin behavior, penguin feathers, penguin colonies of ross island, penguin colonies at ross island, penguin population,
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 9, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology
Keywords: emporer penguins, mating habits of penguins, penguin behavior, penguin feathers, penguin colonies of ross island, penguin colonies at ross island, penguin population,
| Real: 80K |
AAAS Dispatches: Stump the Scientist: String Squirter Exhibit 2 (Webcast)
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0:16:17
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In these archived webcasts from inside the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) exhibition hall, watch as Exploratorium senior scientist Tom Humphrey challenges some of the top scientists in the world to explain the phenomena behind selected exhibits from the museum floor. In this webcast: the String Squirter exhibit, as explained by a guest physicist Leon Lederman.
Project: AAAS Annual Meeting Dispatches, San Francisco | Browse All
Date: February 18, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: scientific process, scientific method, hypothesis, experimental studies, complexity, rope squirter exhibit, angular momentum, conservation of motion, wave propagation, non-linear behavior, oscillation, potential energy, damping,
Project: AAAS Annual Meeting Dispatches, San Francisco | Browse All
Date: February 18, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: scientific process, scientific method, hypothesis, experimental studies, complexity, rope squirter exhibit, angular momentum, conservation of motion, wave propagation, non-linear behavior, oscillation, potential energy, damping,
| Real: 35K |
AAAS Dispatches: Stump the Scientist: String Squirter Exhibit (Webcast)
Running Time:
0:29:37
0:29:37
In these archived webcasts from inside the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) exhibition hall, watch as Exploratorium senior scientist Tom Humphrey challenges some of the top scientists in the world to explain the phenomena behind selected exhibits from the museum floor. In this webcast: the String Squirter exhibit
as explained by physicist and Nobel laureate Leon Lederman
Project: AAAS Annual Meeting Dispatches, San Francisco | Browse All
Date: February 16, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: scientific process, scientific method, hypothesis, experimental studies, complexity, string squirter exhibit, angular momentum, conservation of motion, wave propagation, non-linear behavior, oscillation, potential energy, damping,
Project: AAAS Annual Meeting Dispatches, San Francisco | Browse All
Date: February 16, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: scientific process, scientific method, hypothesis, experimental studies, complexity, string squirter exhibit, angular momentum, conservation of motion, wave propagation, non-linear behavior, oscillation, potential energy, damping,
| Real: 35K |
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