Women in STEM

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Will Asteroid 2024 YR4 Hit Earth? What You Need to Know

Don’t panic: a 200 ft asteroid has a 1 in 83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032! Scientists recently discovered an asteroid called 2024 YR4.
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Can CRISPR Cure Blindness?

Can CRISPR be used to treat blindness? In this video, Alex Dainis discusses how scientists have found that gene editing can improve vision in people with a form of inherited retinal degenerations.
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Vacuum Chamber Science! Watch Water Boil at Room Temp

How can you boil water at room temperature? In this video, we explore the physics of air pressure.
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1.2M-Year-Old Ice Core Reveals Climate Secrets!

What can a 1.2 million year-old ice core tell us about the history of Earth’s climate? In this video, we explore impacts of the recently extracted ice core that was buried under Antarctic ice.
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Uncovers Building Blocks of Life in Space!

What are the findings from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, which brought samples from the asteroid Bennu back to Earth? Scientists have found many key components for life in these samples.
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NASA Hubble’s Blue Lurker Mystery

Why is there a mysterious big blue star in a nearby star cluster? NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope recently discovered this blue lurker where it typically wouldn’t be found.
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Ideal Gas Law in Action: Can Crush Experiment

What force crushed this can? In this video, we dive into an application of the ideal gas law.
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Finding Orion: Stargazing Tips

Do you know how to spot Orion in the night sky? In this video, we break down how you can find this famous constellation.
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Why Debate Fuels Science and Democracy

How are science and democracy alike? Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard, describes how both need respectful debate and conversation in order to function.
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Blue Origin's New Glenn Takes Orbit

What’s the newest rocket in the sky? On January 12, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launched successfully.
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SpaceX’s Chopstick Catch Lands Perfectly!

What a catch! SpaceX successfully performed the incredible “chopstick” catch of its Super Heavy booster for the second time ever!
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Test Your Lung Capacity: DIY Experiment

How much air can your lungs hold? In this video, Alex Dainis demonstrates an easy at home experiment to find out your forced vital capacity, or how much air your lungs can breathe out.
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Humanity’s Oldest Tale? The Seven Sisters

What group of stars could have inspired one of humanity’s oldest stories. The Pleiades, or the Seven Sisters, are seen by cultures across the globe as seven young women.
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Why Does Tonic Water Glow? UV Light Experiment

Why is this tonic water glowing blue? In this video, we dive into the world of ultraviolet light.
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Find Your Blind Spot Now!

Did you know that you have a gap in your vision that your brain hides? Alex Dainis explains how we see when light hits the photoreceptors on our retinas, which turns it into signals that get sent to our brain via the optic nerve.