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NOVA scienceNOW | Bird Brains, Space Storms, Profile: Yoky Matsuoka, Smart Bridges | PBS (#304)
Full Program: “Finch Brains”--What can the songs of zebra finches tells us about the human evolution of language? A lot more than we once thought. The way a finch learns to sing is similar to the way babies... 51:53
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NOVA scienceNOW | Public Genomes, Algae Fuel, Mystery of the Gakkel Ridge, Yoky Matsuoka | PBS (#406)
Full Program: The implications of the personal genetic profile, which will predict a person’s chances of contracting one of several serious diseases; a visit to a Texas algae farm, where researchers are creating... 52:48
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The Newshour | Moon Landing Anniversary Renews Debate | PBS
As the country celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, NASA and the Obama administration are weighing the debate over sending more astronauts into space, or to shift more... 08:35
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IT-Olympics
Full Program: In April 2009, 40 high school teams participated in the IT-Olympics event at Iowa State University. 12:25
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NOVA | MARS Dead or Alive | PBS (#3101)
Full Program: Go inside NASA's risky field trip to the red planet in this tense and dramatic behind-the-scenes chronicle of the $820 million Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project. 54:24
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Scientific American Frontiers | Robot Pals | PBS (#1510)
Full Program: We'll meet three robots - including a future member of an astronaut team - that are trying to better understand us. 26:23
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NOVA | The Great Robot Race | PBS (#3308)
Full Program: Twenty-three bizarre looking vehicles line up at the gate of the DARPA Grand Challenge with one thing in common: there's nobody behind the wheel. 52:51
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WIRED SCIENCE | Technology: Geek Dad, Japanese Robots | PBS (#108)
Full Program: What is "hot ice?" 54:14
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Fair 2008: Mechbash Robot Combat (#3902)
It's basically technology against technology at Mechbash Robot Combat on Expo Hill. 03:00
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Beyond Human | Robot I Will Crush You | PBS
Destruction and mayhem at the hands and jaws of a monster robot. 01:32
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NATURE | What Females Want and Males Will Do | Fembot | PBS (#2509)
In Part One of NATURE's "What Females Want and Males Will Do," meet Gail Patricelli, a biologist who is using technology to learn more about sexual selection among sage grouses in Wyoming. Out on... 03:55
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Beyond Human | The Invasion of the Inhuman | PBS
Science fiction has returned again and again to the merger of man and machine, the Cyborg, with fascination and fear. 09:41
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Beyond Human | The Age of Androids | PBS
Imagine a day when machines walk among us, expressing thoughts, emotions, demanding their rights. Today, we are breathing intelligence, even life, into creatures of silicon and steel, and a whole... 09:58
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Beyond Human | Designing Humanoids | PBS
To build a humanoid that can function in our world is a bold challenge being taken up by isolated labs around the world. Researchers are infusing robots with abilities ranging from grasping and... 07:25
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Beyond Human | Can a Robot be a Person? | PBS
As robots begin to move among us, how will we regard them? as property like automobiles, or as individuals with rights and responsibilities of their own? Can a thing become part of human society?... 05:23
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