In this clip from "SciTech Now, we chat with hydrologist, Karletta Chief, who is a member of the Navajo Bitter Water Clan, about her work and how her personal relationship with those waterways influenced her pursuit of science.
In this clip from "SciTech Now," we discuss black holes and the energy they produce with Stanford University’s Adam Brown.
In this clip from "SciTech Now, physicist and author of “Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space, Janna Levin, sits down with us and shares what happens when two black holes collide.
In this episode of SciTech Now, wildlife cops on the Columbia River work hard to stop poachers from catching and killing valuable sturgeon. We go inside the lab of a group of Central Florida engineers who are building a flight simulator to help pilots obtain their flying license. MIT professor Manolis Kellis discusses the importance of mapping the human epigenome. And an expert at the American Museum of Natural History explains dark energy.
In this clip from "SciTech Now, explore the depths of the ocean with an underwater drone named Blackbeard. Blackbeard looks at oceanic conditions and studies the soundscape of the sea with the help of some high tech gadgets.
Being unfamiliar with medical terms can make a trip to the doctor a bit confusing for patients. Educators and doctors in Southern California are working on better patient/doctor communication by studying the importance of clear communication. We chat with Christina Warriner, an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma, about what dental plaque can tell us about our ancestors. Environmental consultant Jeffrey Morris shares some of the best ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle. And we see how the SMART program is helping make health professions more diverse and equal.
In this clip from SciTech Now, Education reporter Nichole Dobo stops by to explain blended learning and how it’s helping students.
To help turn the city around, Detroit is finding innovative technology solutions, such as “blexting, to save its neighborhoods from urban blight. Serial entrepreneur Brian Hecht discusses fitness apps and the future of health. Young astronaut in training, Alyssa Carson, tells us how she is going to get to Mars one day and we go inside one museum that is bringing science to life for students.
In this clip from "SciTech Now, we're invited to attend the Blue Ocean Film Festival and see how the films it features brings awareness to the public about our precious oceans.
We join astronaut, Jim Lovell, as he returns to the Morehead Planetarium in North Carolina more than 50 years after training there. We take a look at the research behind the hacking and the augmented human body. We visit Cyberchase STEM day at Centennial middle school, where sixth graders are discovering and learning the skills to become future scientist. And a look inside the lab at the Material Research Institute at Penn State University where a 2D material that can enhance our electronics is being created and tested.
In this clip from "SciTech Now Eric Arndt of MIT discussed the unique ability of the Bombardier Beetle.
In this clip from "SciTech Now, serial entrepreneur, Brian Hecht, sits down and explains how bots contribute to our everyday lives.
In this clip from SciTech Now, studies have shown that certain people associate words with shapes, we find out what makes a word seem round or spiky.
Join Hari as he learns to play Pokemon Go in Central Park with Visual Reality expert Mark Swarek. Scientist and author, Ainissa Ramirez reveals some mysteries of magnetism. We visit the Sims Municipal Recycling facility in New York, where 800 tons of recyclable material is sent though a tangle of machines, scanners, and conveyor belts. And scientists are researching how the bring stores and recalls information at the first annual “Tampa Bay Memory Tournament.
In this clip from SciTech Now, researchers find a connection between a child’s socioeconomic status and the surface area of the brain.
We take a look at augmented reality verses virtual reality with Mark Skwarek, director of New York University’s Mobile Augmented Reality Lab. Have you ever wondered how many different areas make up the human brain? We chat with a research team at Washington University who have charted what may be the most accurate map of the brain to date. And we visit North Carolina’s Great Smokey Mountains National Park to see how climate change may be affecting the Carolina Chickadee’s nesting habits.
In this clip from "SciTech Now, a medical team performs brain surgeries while patients are awake to help mitigate the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease.
In this episode of SciTech Now programmers and entrepreneurs discuss the current status of women in the tech industry and the existing gender gap. Brian Hecht comments on the growing industry of food tech. Yosef Abramawitz shares his research on global electricity and solar power. And the “Dinosaur Whisperer, Dustin Growick of Museum Hack explores what makes a dinosaur a dinosaur.
In this clip from "SciTech Now, Dr. Rene Gifford and her colleague Dr. Allyson Sisler-Dinwiddie discuss how together they developed methods to improve cochlear implants.
In this clip from "SciTech Now" we discuss start-up companies with entrepreneur Brian Hecht.