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Yellowstone River
from Wild Chronicles Digital Shorts
October 03, 2008
The return of spring to the Yellowstone River in Wyoming brings a flurry of wildlife activity. Swarms of newly-hatched insects provide an ample food supply for hungry fish swimming upstream to spawn. And the fish themselves are being hunted by even more tenacious predators, as no animal is ever quit...
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Yellowstone River
from Wild Chronicles Digital Shorts
October 03, 2008
The return of spring to the Yellowstone River in Wyoming brings a flurry of wildlife activity. Swarms of newly-hatched insects provide an ample food supply for hungry fish swimming upstream to spawn. And the fish themselves are being hunted by even more tenacious predators, as no animal is ever quit...
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Green Technologies and NASA
from NASACast Video
October 03, 2008
Episode 2 features: Dr. James Hansen talks about global warming and what we can do about it; green homes at the Solar Decathlon; zero to 60 in three seconds in the all-electric Wrightspeed X1....
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NASA Mission Update: CALIPSO
from NASACast Video
October 03, 2008
Since its launch in April 2006, the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation mission, CALIPSO, has provided new insight into the role that clouds play in regulating our climate....
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Sea Ice 2008
from NASACast Video
October 02, 2008
Arctic sea ice declined this summer to its second smallest extent in the satellite era, suggesting that the record set in 2007 may not have been an anomaly. If recent trends in the melt rate continue, we could see a virtually ice-free Arctic each summer much sooner than previously thought....
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The Hayward Fault: Predictable Peril
from KQED QUEST Science Video Podcast
September 30, 2008
October 21st will mark the 140th Anniversary of the 1868 Hayward Earthquake. Geologists say that's important because major earthquakes happen on the Hayward fault every 140 years on average. With much of the East Bay on or near the fault, geologists and community members are working to prepare for w...
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Your Photos on QUEST: Cris Benton
from KQED QUEST Science Video Podcast
September 30, 2008
Join QUEST in our latest photography feature about viewers like you who love documenting science, environment and nature here in the Bay Area. Meet architect and photographer Cris Benton. To document the rich colors of the south San Francisco Bay's salt ponds, he places his camera in a very unique p...
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The Physics of Sailing
from KQED QUEST Science Video Podcast
September 30, 2008
Northern California has a storied, 500-year history of sailing. But despite this rich heritage, scientists and boat designers continue to learn more each day about what makes a sail boat move. Contrary to what you might expect, the physics of sailing still present some mysteries to modern sailors....
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Off the Map
from Wild Chronicles Digital Shorts
September 25, 2008
In the southern reaches of the Arabian Desert lies the Empty Quarter, a brutally hot, arid landscape that covers a quarter of a million square miles. A trio of adventurers and their guides attempt to retrace a fifty-year-old route across this scorched environment on camelback, ever mindful of the to...
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Off the Map
from Wild Chronicles Digital Shorts
September 25, 2008
In the southern reaches of the Arabian Desert lies the Empty Quarter, a brutally hot, arid landscape that covers a quarter of a million square miles. A trio of adventurers and their guides attempt to retrace a fifty-year-old route across this scorched environment on camelback, ever mindful of the to...
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Sahara Trees
from Wild Chronicles Digital Shorts
September 22, 2008
The African nation of Mauritania borders the largest desert in the world, the Sahara. Westward expansion of the desert is encroaching upon the nation, threatening to swallow homes, farms and everything else in its path. Until recently, local residents had nowhere to run from the sands. Thanks to the...
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Sahara Trees
from Wild Chronicles Digital Shorts
September 22, 2008
The African nation of Mauritania borders the largest desert in the world, the Sahara. Westward expansion of the desert is encroaching upon the nation, threatening to swallow homes, farms and everything else in its path. Until recently, local residents had nowhere to run from the sands. Thanks to the...
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LRO Scouts for Safe Landing
from NASACast Video
September 18, 2008
One of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's primary objectives is to scout safe landing sites for future manned and robotic missions to the moon. To do so, LRO's suite of instruments work collectively to build a detailed picture of the surface. Let's take a look at how this is done....
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Star Trackers Lights the Way
from NASACast Video
September 18, 2008
The concept of a Star Tracker probably can be traced back to the early sailors who used to navigate the open seas. The concept is they use star field patterns in order to tell them where they’re pointed, while they are sailing from east to west or north to south, whatever direction they were going...
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Boyd on a Cliff
from Wild Chronicles Digital Shorts
September 12, 2008
Host Boyd Matson guides Wild Chronicles up a cliff face in Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, to experience a climber’s rite of passage. On a multiday climb, sleeping on a rock face is often a necessity, so climbers rely on a porta-ledge – a precariously perched home away from home. But 200 feet above...
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NASA 360: Season 1, Show 1
from NASACast Video
September 08, 2008
Welcome to NASA 360! In this show, hosts Jennifer Pulley and Johnny Alonso explore NASA's connections to cordless power tools and liquidmetal and introduce us to a next-generation astronaut space suit....
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NASA EDGE: Folklife Festival
from NASACast Video
September 16, 2008
NASA EDGE celebrates NASA’s 50th Anniversary at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC with interviews, an ESA and a unique lunar rover race....
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Boyd on a Cliff
from Wild Chronicles Digital Shorts
September 12, 2008
Host Boyd Matson guides Wild Chronicles up a cliff face in Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, to experience a climber’s rite of passage. On a multiday climb, sleeping on a rock face is often a necessity, so climbers rely on a porta-ledge – a precariously perched home away from home. But 200 feet above...
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HST SM4: STIS Repair, The Quest for Renewed Exploration
from NASACast Video
September 10, 2008
STIS was our first black hole hunter. It confirmed for the first time the existence of a super massive black hole in the center of a galaxy. And it went on to make the first detection and chemical analysis of the atmosphere of a planet around another star. We want to want to keep on doing that kind ...
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What's up for September?
from NASACast Video
September 08, 2008
Step away from the city lights and gaze up at our Milky Way galaxy. You may even see one of the galaxy's spiral arms with your own eyes!...
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