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Evidence: Altruism in Chimps and Humans (Clip)
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Who is more likely to help out, a child or a chimp? Psychologist Felix Warneken explains how his researched found answers to this question.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
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Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
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Evidence: Chimpanzee Cooperation (Clip)
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Do chimps cooperate even when they’re not related? The traditional answer is no, but primatologist Linda Vigilant explains how genetics is revising this belief.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
Keywords: chimpanzee, chimpanzee culture
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
Keywords: chimpanzee, chimpanzee culture
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Evidence: Do Primates Plan? (Clip)
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Primatologist Josep Call discusses research designed to test primates’ ability to plan for the future.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
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Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
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Evidence: Primate Problem-Solving (Clip)
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Primatologist Josep Call discusses research designed to test primates’ ability to solve problems.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
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Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
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Evidence: Primates and Payback (Clip)
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Primatologist Josep Call explains why it would be interesting to know whether primates can remember and repay favors.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
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Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
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Evidence: Chimp Behavior in Lab and Field (Clip)
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Psychologist Felix Warneken explains the importance of observing chimp behavior both in the wild and in controlled experimental environments.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
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Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
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Evidence: Chimpanzees: Hive Raiding (Clip)
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Primatologist Christophe Boesch demonstrates and discusses a hive raiding, an aspect of chimpanzee behavior.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
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Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
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Evidence: Alfred Wegener's Crazy Idea (Podcast)
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An interview with Mel Zucker, Professor of Geology, Skyline College, San Bruno, California.
In the early 1900s, German meteorologist Alfred Wegener suggested that the earth's continents were once a single landmass that had somehow split into pieces, drifting their separate ways. Geologists the world over called his idea preposterous. Decades later, their ridicule shifted to admiration as new tools developed by the military to map the ocean floors revealed the engine that drives the continents' movement. Geology professor Mel Zucker tells the story of this brilliant earth scientist and how, long after his death, science finally caught up with Wegener's crazy idea.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 20, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: continental drift, plate tectonics
In the early 1900s, German meteorologist Alfred Wegener suggested that the earth's continents were once a single landmass that had somehow split into pieces, drifting their separate ways. Geologists the world over called his idea preposterous. Decades later, their ridicule shifted to admiration as new tools developed by the military to map the ocean floors revealed the engine that drives the continents' movement. Geology professor Mel Zucker tells the story of this brilliant earth scientist and how, long after his death, science finally caught up with Wegener's crazy idea.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 20, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: continental drift, plate tectonics
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Evidence: Why Do Nutcrackers Work? (Podcast)
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An interview with science historian Richard Carrier.
It's not enough to know that a nutcracker works; a scientist needs to know why. Historian Richard Carrier recounts how, in ancient Greece, pondering the nutcracker led to the physics of levers. He describes how Aristotle and others shaped the beginnings of Western scientific thought: the notion that knowledge of the natural world relies on being able to question, test, reproduce and improve the accuracy of what's believed to be true. He explains why he sees science as a practice rooted in values, how it protects us from our own erroneous tendencies, and why questioning authority helps foster scientific thinking.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 20, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
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It's not enough to know that a nutcracker works; a scientist needs to know why. Historian Richard Carrier recounts how, in ancient Greece, pondering the nutcracker led to the physics of levers. He describes how Aristotle and others shaped the beginnings of Western scientific thought: the notion that knowledge of the natural world relies on being able to question, test, reproduce and improve the accuracy of what's believed to be true. He explains why he sees science as a practice rooted in values, how it protects us from our own erroneous tendencies, and why questioning authority helps foster scientific thinking.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 20, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
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Evidence: Ancient Astronomy, Modern Knowledge (Podcast)
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An interview with Isabel Hawkins, Co-director/Research Astronomer, UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory; Co-director, NASA Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum.
When astronomer Isabel Hawkins began exploring the astronomical work of Native Americans, their knowledge broadened her view of the night sky. She's since discovered several scientists incorporating the work of native people, both modern and ancient, into their current-day research. Isabel describes how she sees science as a cultural construct, the value of learning from personal experience, and that evidence comes in many forms.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 20, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: native american, astronomy
When astronomer Isabel Hawkins began exploring the astronomical work of Native Americans, their knowledge broadened her view of the night sky. She's since discovered several scientists incorporating the work of native people, both modern and ancient, into their current-day research. Isabel describes how she sees science as a cultural construct, the value of learning from personal experience, and that evidence comes in many forms.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 20, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: native american, astronomy
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