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Cross-Breeding Apples for Rising Temperatures

How does climate change lead to the development of new apple varieties? In this video, Alex Dainis explains how the apple growing industry is cross-breeding new apples to be resistant to rising temperatures!
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Nobel Prize in Physics Winner Dr. Eric Cornell on Ultra-Cold Matter

Dr. Eric Cornell won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001 for creating, as he calls it, “the world’s coldest stuff.”
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Bug vs. Insect: What's the REAL Difference?

Do you know the difference between a bug and an insect? In this video, Maynard Okereke explains the key takeaways: bugs are a type of insect that are part of the order Hemiptera.
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Career Crossroads: Choosing Between Two Competing Passions | Women in STEM

What’s it like to choose between two passions when finding your career path? Neuroscience PhD candidate Lindsay Ejoh describes how she was torn between pursuing music and STEM.
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Did an Asteroid Boost Life on Earth?

How did a gigantic meteor impact 3.26 billion years ago benefit life on Earth? The S2 impactor was 200 times bigger than the meteor that caused the dinosaur extinction, so it seems counterintuitive for it to have had a positive impact on life.
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A.I. Powered by Human Brain Cells!

Can we use human brain power to fuel A.I.? In this video, Insoo Hyun, Director of the Center for Life Science at the Museum of Science, describes how researchers at Indiana University Bloomington recently created a hybrid A.I. computing system using human...
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Getting a PhD: What Drives Us? | Women in STEM

What would drive someone to do the work to get a PhD? Neuroscience PhD candidate Lindsay Ejoh describes how she wants to start her own lab to study chronic pain conditions that disproportionately affect women.
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Can Stem Cells Extend Life? Nobel Laureate Shinya Yamanaka Explains

Can stem cells extend the human lifespan? Shinya Yamanaka, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist behind the discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), joins bioethicist Insoo Hyun for an insightful discussion about the revolutionary potential and...
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Plastic Bags or Squid? Whales Can’t Tell!

Why are plastics in the oceans dangerous for whales? In this informative video, Museum Educator Sloane explains how toothed whales like sperm whales rely on echolocation to find food in the deep, dark parts of the ocean.
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Are Pumpkins Genetic Frankensteins?

What makes pumpkins genetic Frankensteins? In this video, Alex Dainis explains how modern pumpkins are one of two species: Cucurbita maximus and Cucurbita moschata.
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How AI Detects Early Breast Cancer, Saving Lives!

How can AI help predict breast cancer? Regina Barzilay, the AI Faculty Lead at MIT’s Jameel Clinic, describes how Ai can look at subtle pixel changes that correspond to changes in tissue in order to detect the early stages of the disease.
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Moon's Role in Saving Animals from Extinction

Why do scientists want to send animal DNA to the Moon? Insoo Hyun, a bioethicist and Director of the Center for Life Sciences at the Museum of Science, explains how scientists would set up a BioRepository to hold biological and genetic samples on the Moon...
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Meet the Axolotl: Aztec Myth Meets Biomedical Breakthrough

What amphibious species is named for the Aztec god of fire and lightning? Axolotls are known for their remarkable ability to regenerate parts of their body, from their limbs, tail, and gills to parts of their brain, heart, and spine.
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World's Largest Genome in a Tiny Fern

What species has the biggest genome? In this video, Alex Dainis explains that the tiny fork fern holds the record at over 160 billion base pairs of DNA.
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Stem Cells to Brain Models: The Science of Brain Organoids

What are brain organoids? In this video, Insoo Hyun, Director of the Center for Life Sciences at the Museum of Science, explains these pea-sized models of the developing human brain.