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 | Scientific American Frontiers: The Hidden Prejudice
Author: 4TruthAndJustice
Length: 7 minutes, 58 seconds
Rating: 4.612245   |
Description: Scientific American Frontiers Host, Alan Alda, speaks with Dr. Mahzarin R. Banaji (Harvard University) and Dr. Brian Nosek (University of Virginia) on how the subconscious mind can influence decision making. They discuss several experiments that use the "Implicit Association Test" (IAT) to reveal hi...More Description: Scientific American Frontiers Host, Alan Alda, speaks with Dr. Mahzarin R. Banaji (Harvard University) and Dr. Brian Nosek (University of Virginia) on how the subconscious mind can influence decision making. They discuss several experiments that use the "Implicit Association Test" (IAT) to reveal hidden gender and racial biases. Additional Research Information Updated (05/15/2009): Scientific American: The Implicit Prejudice www.sciam.com Project Implicit® www.projectimplicit.net Copies of ... |
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 | SciAm Video: The Earth Without Humans
Author: worldwithoutus
Length: 2 minutes, 21 seconds
Rating: 4.698276 |
Description: if all humans on Earth suddenly disappeared? What would that say about our current impact on the planet? These are the question Alan Weisman asked, and answered, in his new book The World without Us. In the July 2007 issue of Scientific American, Steve Mirsky interviewed Weissman, and the result is ...More Description: if all humans on Earth suddenly disappeared? What would that say about our current impact on the planet? These are the question Alan Weisman asked, and answered, in his new book The World without Us. In the July 2007 issue of Scientific American, Steve Mirsky interviewed Weissman, and the result is a fascinating "what if" scenario that reveals just how quickly things would unravel without our constant attention. Check out the video, below, that explains what would happen to New York in ... |
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 | The Eco-Fabulous Episode
Author: 60SecondScience
Length: 4 minutes, 23 seconds
Rating: |
Description: A haunting visualization of our CO2 emissions; turning those emissions into plastics; deadly nanotech socks and a war of two press releases. ... SciAm Scientific American Science Ecology. Environment Emissions Nanotechnology
Description: A haunting visualization of our CO2 emissions; turning those emissions into plastics; deadly nanotech socks and a war of two press releases. ... SciAm Scientific American Science Ecology. Environment Emissions Nanotechnology |
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 | A Solar Grand Plan - Scientific American Magazine
Author: FundoElCoco
Length: 1 minute, 15 seconds
Rating: 4.5 |
Description: By 2050 solar power could end US dependence on foreign oil and slash greenhouse gas emissions High prices for gasoline and home heating oil are here to stay. The US is at war in the Middle East at least in part to protect its foreign oil interests. And as China, India and other nations rapidly incre...More Description: By 2050 solar power could end US dependence on foreign oil and slash greenhouse gas emissions High prices for gasoline and home heating oil are here to stay. The US is at war in the Middle East at least in part to protect its foreign oil interests. And as China, India and other nations rapidly increase their demand for fossil fuels, future fighting over energy looms large. In the meantime, power plants that burn coal, oil and natural gas, as well as vehicles everywhere, continue to pour ... |
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 | Alex the parrot.wmv
Author: cantabilechoirs
Length: 3 minutes, 11 seconds
Rating: |
Description: Alex the parrot
Description: Alex the parrot |
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 | Meditation Enhances Attention - Scientific American
Author: 60SecondScience
Length: 2 minutes, 44 seconds
Rating: 4.6666665 |
Description: Neuroscientists have discovered a specific example of how meditating can give you the ability to notice things that non-meditators can't: When you're concentrating on something and miss something else that should be obvious, that's the attentional blink. New research shows that meditators can avoid ...More Description: Neuroscientists have discovered a specific example of how meditating can give you the ability to notice things that non-meditators can't: When you're concentrating on something and miss something else that should be obvious, that's the attentional blink. New research shows that meditators can avoid this gap in perception. |
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 | Scientific American: After Humans
Author: VirgoRed
Length: 2 minutes, 22 seconds
Rating: 4.6538463 |
Description: Scientific American has an fascinating feature An Earth Without People, not to mention these renderings of what the city might look like sans humans.
Description: Scientific American has an fascinating feature An Earth Without People, not to mention these renderings of what the city might look like sans humans. |
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 | Walkalong Glider with Tyler MacCready
Author: sciencetoymaker
Length: 3 minutes, 37 seconds
Rating: 4.769231 |
Description: directions www.instructables.com To buy the glider in this video, see www.windrider.com.hk , the third item down. How cool is it when your favorite actor (Alan Alda) "retires" to host an intelligent, exciting PBS science program: Scientific American Frontiers. Although most of the program is about P...More Description: directions www.instructables.com To buy the glider in this video, see www.windrider.com.hk , the third item down. How cool is it when your favorite actor (Alan Alda) "retires" to host an intelligent, exciting PBS science program: Scientific American Frontiers. Although most of the program is about Paul MacCready, the inspirational father of human-powered flight and solar powered flight, this short segment is about son Tyler MacCready and his walkalong glider. I show the full tape to my ... |
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 | Instant Egghead: What is Synthetic Biology?
Author: SciAmerican
Length: 1 minute, 51 seconds
Rating: 4.75 |
Description: Building designer genomes from scratch... Jargon is easy; metaphors are tough -- try describing synthetic biology to folks who have never heard of it. One of our editors gives it his best shot in fourth episode of the Instant Egghead segment of Scientific American's new video podcast. (iTunes, RSS) ...More Description: Building designer genomes from scratch... Jargon is easy; metaphors are tough -- try describing synthetic biology to folks who have never heard of it. One of our editors gives it his best shot in fourth episode of the Instant Egghead segment of Scientific American's new video podcast. (iTunes, RSS) ... Science SciAm "Scientific American" Technology Electronics Robot Computer Gadget Biology "Synthetic Biology" Genome |
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 | Scientific Am VS. Mark Mathis -1/9
Author: Aaron518
Length: 8 minutes, 1 second
Rating: 4.814815 |
Description: On March 28, 2008, some of the editors of Scientific American watched a screening of Expelled at their offices and had a discussion with the associate producer of the film, Mark Mathis. This is the entire recording of the discussion, uncut. Notice while listening that Mark will make some type of ass...More Description: On March 28, 2008, some of the editors of Scientific American watched a screening of Expelled at their offices and had a discussion with the associate producer of the film, Mark Mathis. This is the entire recording of the discussion, uncut. Notice while listening that Mark will make some type of assertion about the content of the film or about evolution in general, but when confronted with contrary evidence or an answer to his inquiry, he will say things like "Well, I'm not scientist" or "I ... |
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