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February 12, 2009
From lowland wetlands to alpine meadows, Washington state’s native plant species are threatened by development, climate change and invasive species. Join Sarah Reichard, University of Washington ...
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February 12, 2009
The universe is flying apart, possibly because gravity was repulsive in the very early universe. But will it expand forever? A look into the past history of the expansion using exploding stars as ...
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February 12, 2009
We find ourselves at a pivotal moment in the history of humankind. Our body parts wear out as we age into our seventies and beyond. Now, as humankind enters a new millennium, the potential to ...
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February 12, 2009
Genetic imbalances—such as those associated with Down syndrome in humans—are generally harmful. The number of copies of a given gene, the gene dose, can be very important. In the roundworm C. ...
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February 12, 2009
In Session 9, Professor Scott Emerson describes similarities between a generalized regression model and logistic and proportional hazards regression. Professor Emerson is a Professor of ...
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February 12, 2009
Dr. Stephen E. Straus, Director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) gives an overview of NCCAM, why scientific ...
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February 12, 2009
In 2004, President Bush announced a 'new course for America’s space program' instructing NASA to return to the Moon with the eventual goal of sending Americans to Mars. ...
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February 12, 2009
Do you know what goes on at the ends of your chromosomes? Do you know how that activity may effect aging? You know about DNA, but do you know about the ends of your chromosomes, or telomeres? ...
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February 12, 2009
Professor Vogel provides an overview of recent developments in nanoscale technologies. Exploitation of the unique properties and phenomena at the nanoscale; a billionth of a meter; has already ...
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February 12, 2009
Hear what new observations of Mars are revealing about the planet’s current environment and topography as well as its past climate and history.  Results from recent orbiter ...
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February 12, 2009
Hear what new observations of Mars are revealing about the planet’s current environment and topography as well as its past climate and history.  Results from recent orbiter and ...
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February 12, 2009
In Session 8, Professor Scott Emerson demonstrates the importance of covariate adjustment for confounding, precision and effect modification through one specific example. Professor Emerson is a ...
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February 12, 2009
This brief video describes the groundbreaking educational television series, The Johns Hopkins Science Review, which debuted in 1948 and aired for 12 years. This is a promotional video that was ...
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February 12, 2009
More than 150 University of Washington undergraduate students participating in research with faculty in 70 disciplines present their work at the University’s second celebration of undergraduates ...
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February 12, 2009
Many scientists are frustrated. Why doesn’t the public seem to understand, or care about, many vital findings such as those related to global climate change and natural disasters? Dr. Anthony ...
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February 12, 2009
Professor Don Brownlee investigates interplanetary dust, comets, meteorites and the origin of the solar system through research conducted at the University of Washington, the Lunar Science ...
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February 12, 2009
The products of natural, and human, selection are all around us. Humans have transformed wild plants into useful crops by selective breeding and produced domesticated animals with sizes and ...
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February 12, 2009
Bionic Man has bounded from science fiction to 21st century reality. Today’s engineers are developing "smart" materials and frontier-blazing technology to grow new human tissue, build entire ...
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February 12, 2009
From genetics to cosmology to nanotechnology, science is on the brink of numerous and extraordinary mega-revolutions that will change the very nature of life.  Closer to ...
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February 12, 2009
Dr. William Brody, president of Johns Hopkins University presents his lecture, "Uncommon Sense and Innovation." Brody is the 13th president of Johns Hopkins University.  With his ...
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