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Pig Personality - A Closer Look at Farm Animals

At the Animal Science Swine Center at UC Davis, Kristina Horback studies pig personality. She...

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Saving a Dying Breed

The Santa Cruz Island horse lived for centuries on the Channel Islands, but years of isolation...

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Biomolecular Action Movies: Flash Imaging with X-ray Lasers

Proteins are nature’s machines, performing tasks from transforming sunlight into useable energy...

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The Evolution of Computing Technologies: From Following Instructions to Listening

How often do you wonder about supercomputers and computers that "think" like humans?...

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Laser-Plasma Accelerators: Riding the Wave to the Next Generation X-Ray Light Sources

Particle accelerators have been revolutionizing discoveries in science, medicine, industry and...

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Sally Ride Forever Stamp Dedication Ceremony

The United States Postal Service reveals its new Sally Ride Forever postage stamp, with tributes...

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CARTA: The Role of Hunting in Anthropogeny - Briana Pobiner Rebecca Bliege Bird Jill Pruetz

Hunting is considered a key human adaptation and is thought to have influenced our anatomy,...

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Nadia Polikarpova: Creating New Languages for Programming

Nadia Polikarpova is an assistant professor at CSE, and a member of the Programming Systems...

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CS Foreach: Teaching Computer Science in Informal Space

Taught by successful educational entrepreneur and UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering...

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Jennifer Doudna in Conversation with Joe Palca

Hear about Jennifer Doudna's discovery of CRISPR/Cas9, a genome editing tool, and its bioethical...

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Waves in Global Processes - The Lion and the Mouse

Breaking waves and swirling water take on new meaning when viewed through the lens of an...

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The Smashing Force of Mantis Shrimp

Join Scripps marine biologist Maya deVries as she describes the mantis shrimp's "punch." With...

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Honoring Sally: Tam O'Shaughnessy Aboard the R/V Sally Ride

In this candid and heartwarming interview, Tam O'Shaughnessy, the life partner of the late...

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The Cost of Color: The Health and Social Consequences of Skin Color for People Today

Nina Jablonski explores the nature and sequence of changes in human skin through prehistory, and...

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The Real 'Skin in the Game': The History of Naked Sweaty and Colorful Skin in the Human Lineage

Skin is the primary interface between ourselves and our environment. Nina Jablonski, Pennsylvania...

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An Archaeological Perspective on Humans and Climate Change

How are modern day humans adapting to climate change? To find the answer, archaeologists are...

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Recycling CO2

Kendra Kuhl co-founded Opus 12 to find out if an electrochemical process, operating inside a...

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Making an Old Brain Young? From Developmental Critical Periods to Alzheimer's Disease

2016 Kavli Prize recipient Carla Shatz from Stanford University presents a lively exploration of...

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