There is almost no topic in health and health policy that immediately polarizes people more than the idea that vaccines cause autism. Even though the original big paper on this topic came out at the end of the last century, the anger...

Lyn Ossome is Senior Research Fellow at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), Kampala. She holds a PhD in Political Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and was previously Postdoctoral Fellow at the...

The vascular system of a leaf provides its structure and delivers its nutrients. When you light up that vascular structure with some fluorescent dye and view it using time lapse photography, details begin to emerge that reveal nature's...

New research from the London School of Economics has found that students exposed to polluted air before taking their exams end up receiving lower scores. <br/>

Professor Stoloff studies emerging educational technologies in his teaching and scholarship, including applications of global collaborations, electronic portfolios and open educational resources in student-managed learning. He has taught...

Researchers with the NSF/ARRA-funded WISSARD project report that hidden beneath a half-mile of ice in Antarctica is an unexplored part of our biosphere.

Most of the world has been working on the assumption that when a person recovers from Covid-19, everything just goes back to normal. As the pandemic progresses though, we're learning about some patients who experience long-term...

Marine biologist Eric Keen, who found time to produce an award-winning video while researching whales in the fjords of the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia, is a graduate student at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC...

The circular villages all had remarkably similar layouts, with elongated mounds circling a central plaza like marks on a clock. <br/>

In this video, we explore the Shepard Tone illusion, a fascinating auditory phenomenon. Through ear tests and demonstrations, we learn how sets of notes played simultaneously create the illusion of an endlessly rising or descending pitch.

Having children forced Professor Donna Ginther to better focus on her work and to budget time wisely. It also gave the University of Kansas economics researcher first-hand experience with being a mother in a rigorous, mostly male,...

Data is both valuable and risky. This video explores the risk and impact of Inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated data because it's wrong. Viewers will learn that misuse, unreliability, and inappropriate use are other data risks. ...

University of Southern California chemistry graduate student Candy Hwang won second prize and the People's Choice Award in a December 2012 video contest sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), "Creating the...

Brigham Young University engineer Christopher Mattson designs technology that targets the needs of the world's poorest populations. He and his students have produced new water-well designs for villages in Africa and new tools for farmers...

""Using examples drawn from contemporary studies (Rosenhan, Hartup, LaFrance and Mayo) this film outlines and examines different types of naturalistic observation.

This video explains the basics of designing a statistical experiment. It covers how to define the experimental units, treatments, and response variables. Through examples, it demonstrates how researchers manipulate conditions and measure...

In episode 46 Jordan and Charlie talk about a new type of foldable material that is versatile, tunable and self actuated. Like origami, this cube can be folded along its edges to change shape, size and volume.

This video discusses the process of designing a statistical experiment and explores three different design methods: completely randomized experiment, randomized block design, and matched pairs design. It explains the key principles of...

A chemical found in nearly all tires is responsible for mass die-offs of salmon along the U.S. West Coast, according to a study published in the journal Science.

Steering a wheelchair with tongue movements could one day give quadriplegics a taste of independence. With funding from the National Science Foundation, Maysam Ghovanloo at Georgia Tech designs technology that allows people with...

Does tickling have a purpose? Why are certain parts of the human body especially sensitive to tickling? Scientists believe the tickling response evolved in early humans to help them protect themselves from predators and insects. Tickling...

A John S. Toll Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland, College Park, Gates is a member of the President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute...

Researchers unearth "groundbreaking" research about ants in Manhattan - here's what we caught on camera!



Every year they remove tons of refuse from New York City streets and help keep down the rat population. See what...

Shwetak Patel would like to change your home, and make sensors tell you amazing things from every appliance. His creative thinking spurred the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to call him a "genius" in 2011. He has been a...