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Return to Mars: Tardigrades-Waterbears (Webcast)
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Tardigrades are amazing creatures that can withstand the most extreme conditions on Earth, as well as the vacuum of space! This unique and charismatic animal has the ability to survive in a variety of situations. In today's program, Exploratorium scientist Karen Kalumuck will continue our programming about life in extreme environments as it relates to the search for 'habitability' on Mars.
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 23, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: mars, curiosity, rover, msl, mars science laboratory, tardigrades, water bears, extreme environments, life, conditions, heat, cold, dry, wet
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 23, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: mars, curiosity, rover, msl, mars science laboratory, tardigrades, water bears, extreme environments, life, conditions, heat, cold, dry, wet
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Return to Mars: What on Earth? Life in Extreme Environments (Webcast)
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In today's program, Exploratorium scientists Paul Doherty and Karen Kalumuck will look at examples of life in extreme environments on Earth. As Mars is an extreme environment, the question remains-could it have supported any form of microbial life?
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: mars, curiosity, rover, msl, mars science laboratory, jpl, nasa, life, organisms, extreme environments, extremophiles, travelogue
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: mars, curiosity, rover, msl, mars science laboratory, jpl, nasa, life, organisms, extreme environments, extremophiles, travelogue
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Science at Burning Man: The MicroZoo (Clip)
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We went and talked with the folks who ran the Microzoo camp at Burning Man 2010, and learned about critters in extreme environments.
Project: Science at Burning Man | Browse All
Date: September 10, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: burning man, microzoon, organisms, extreme environments, water flea, biology
Project: Science at Burning Man | Browse All
Date: September 10, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: burning man, microzoon, organisms, extreme environments, water flea, biology
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Ice Stories: Adelie Penguins Bicker at Cape Royds (Clip)
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Adelie Penguins bicker around their nests at Cape Royds, Ross Island, Antarctica.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: adelie, penguin, cape royds, ross island, antarctica, behavior
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: adelie, penguin, cape royds, ross island, antarctica, behavior
| Links: | Ross Sea Penguins | Penguins |
Ice Stories: Adelies and Photographers at Sea Ice Crack 3 (Clip)
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Adelie penguins contemplate the water near a photographer at a crack in the ice.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 15, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: adelie, penguin, cape royds, ross island, antarctica, behavior, water, sea ice
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 15, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: adelie, penguin, cape royds, ross island, antarctica, behavior, water, sea ice
| Links: | Ross Sea Penguins | Penguins |
Ice Stories: Adelies and Photographer at Sea Ice Crack 2 (Clip)
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Photographer watches Adelie penguins file past him and take to the water in a crack in the sea ice.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 15, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: adelie, penguin, cape royds, ross island, antarctica, behavior, people, photographer
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 15, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: adelie, penguin, cape royds, ross island, antarctica, behavior, people, photographer
| Links: | Ross Sea Penguins | Penguins |
Ice Stories: Adelies and Photographers at Sea Ice Crack 1 (Clip)
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Adelie penguins walk right by photographers on their way to a crack in the sea ice.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 15, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: adelie, penguin, cape royds, ross island, antarctica, behavior, people, photographer
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 15, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: adelie, penguin, cape royds, ross island, antarctica, behavior, people, photographer
| Links: | Ross Sea Penguins | Penguins |
Ice Stories: Emperor Penguins (Webcast)
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In this program Ice Stories crew member Ron Hipschman speaks with Paul Ponganis, who studies emperor penguins.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 12, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: ice stories, antarctica, polar scientists, ice, snow, biology, penguin
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 12, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: ice stories, antarctica, polar scientists, ice, snow, biology, penguin
Science from the Poles: Penguins in Antarctica (Webcast)
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Penguin researcher David Ainley joins us via telephone from his tent at Cape Royds, Antarctica. Dr. Ainley has been studying Adelie penguins for many seasons from his remote encampment.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: November 29, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: penguin, antarctica, cape royds, ainley, adelie, climate change, global warming
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: November 29, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: penguin, antarctica, cape royds, ainley, adelie, climate change, global warming
| Links: | For more information about penguins |
Origins: Astrobiology: Looking for Mars on Earth (Webcast)
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Chris McKay, Planetary Scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center, has traveled the world seeking Mars-like environments. In the Dry Valleys of Antarctica—his favorite Mars analog on Earth—Dr. McKay discovered a kind of algae living inside rocks porous to light and water. He’ll show us some of these rocks and talk about the physical conditions required for life.
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 19, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: deserts, atacama desert of chile, life on mars, most lifeless place on earth, driest place on earth, ecosystems, algae, organisms in rock, photosyntheseis in rock, most mars-like place on earth, antarctica dry valleys, alum rock park, earth's extreme environments, mic
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 19, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: deserts, atacama desert of chile, life on mars, most lifeless place on earth, driest place on earth, ecosystems, algae, organisms in rock, photosyntheseis in rock, most mars-like place on earth, antarctica dry valleys, alum rock park, earth's extreme environments, mic
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