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Shelf Life Video: Time Travel to Stars Astronomy and Astrophysics Science Videos 

Shelf Life Video: Time Travel to Stars

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With the help of high school students, scientists at The American Museum of Natural History are creating an online catalog of stars’ distances and relative positions. This video is another in the Shelf Life series from the American Museum of Natural History.   Since the early 17th century, thanks to the use of telescopes, astronomers have been able to draw detailed star maps. However, because the Earth wobbles on its axis, today we see the stars in a slightly different position than in the past. So, students and scientists are…

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Screening Biodiversity Biology Environment Science Videos Zoology 

Shelf Life Video: Screening Biodiversity

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Scientists at The American Museum of Natural History explain why managing biodiversity is a key component in managing endangered species. This video is another in the Shelf Life series from the American Museum of Natural History. Even though one and a half million species of organisms have already been named and described, they represent just a tiny portion of the biodiversity of our planet. Having a distinct genetic identity is important because more variation tends to be better in the face of the changing world. And when populations get small and isolated…

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Shelf Life Video: Fossils in the Gobi Desert Paleontology Science Videos 

Shelf Life Video: Fossils in the Gobi Desert

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It’s been nearly a century since the Museum began their explorations of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert—a vast and imposing landscape that occupies an unparalleled space in the scientific record. The American Museum of Natural History gives some background on the Gobi Desert expeditions: One of the world’s richest locations for dinosaur, lizard, and mammal fossils, it was discovered in 1993 by a team that included Curators Mark Norell (now Macaulay Curator and Chair of the Division of Paleontology) and Mike Novacek (now Provost of Science at the Museum), and visited by…

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global warming Environment Science Videos 

Global Warming: What’s Really Warming the Earth?

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Dr. Joe Hanson explores the possible causes of global warming in this episode of It’s Okay To Be Smart.   References and Further Reading July 2016 is hottest on record NOAA’s State of the Climate July 2016 Bloomberg’s climate change data viz project Solar activity and temperature show opposite trend Milankovitch cycles (I left out eccentricity because it operates on scales so long that it doesn’t affect short-term climate change) Connecting climate models with actual temperature changes NASA Goddard’s Gavin Schmidt explains the history of the instrumental temperature record Last time…

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Simon's Cat Logic: Feeding Time Science Videos Zoology 

Simon’s Cat Logic: What You Didn’t Know about Meal Time

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By the Simon’s Cat Logic Team@SimonsCat Watch this episode and find out all the things you didn’t know about your cat’s feeding time! Simon’s Cat Logic is a fun new series where we ask a cat behavior expert at Cats Protection why cats do the silly things they do and how we can help our cats lead happy and healthy lives. Simon’s Cat Logic Credits Directed by: Chris Gavin Producer: Emma Burch Cat Expert: Nicky Trevorrow Animation and Graphics: Simon Tofield Junior Designer: Liza Nechaeva Production Manager: Rebecca Warner-Perry Associate…

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Yosemite Half Dome, Max Goldberg 2016 Nature Photography Science and Art 

Yosemite, Half Dome in Photos

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By Max Goldberg @GoldbergISD When you think of Yosemite, Half Dome probably comes to mind (it’s on the park logo, after all). So, as part of our family trip to Yosemite, I had to see it. Coincidentally, Half Dome was visible almost all the time during the three days we were there, giving us multiple-angle views of the unique rock formation. After a four-hour drive from San Francisco, we got our first view of Half Dome at an overlook called Tunnel View. Some people say that Tunnel View is the best…

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