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56:16 Science in a Deepwater Zone: Oil Plumes and Bacterial Blooms at Ocean Midnight DistinctiveVoicesBC 112 views 3 weeks ago The April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon event released unprecedented quantities of oil and gas to the deep Gulf of Mexico and raised many questions about the fate and impact o...
53:04 Sex Influences on the Brain and Emotional Memory DistinctiveVoicesBC 587 views 1 month ago Learn about the mechanisms by which the brain stores memories for emotionally arousing events, how gender influences emotional memory and brain function and the immediate c...
50:17 POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORER: New Insights About an Old Condition DistinctiveVoicesBC 172 views 1 month ago Hear an update on the latest developments about our growing understanding of PTSD from a public health and emergency medicine specialist and expert on veterans health issue...
42:09 $42 Million Bionic Eye DistinctiveVoicesBC 1,026 views 3 months ago See the research behind the bionic vision system being developed by Bionic Vision Australia. The retinal prosthesis consists of a camera, attached to a pair of glasses, wh...
48:40 Safe to Eat? DistinctiveVoicesBC 366 views 4 months ago An estimated 48 million individuals (about 1 in 6) will get sick from food-borne illness annually in the U.S., and yet our food supply is often described as one of the safe...
45:23 Design by evolution: engineering biology in the 21st century DistinctiveVoicesBC 874 views 4 months ago Efficient and wonderfully creative, biology could offer elegant solutions to problems that range from producing renewable fuels and chemicals to combating disease. To compo...
50:58 How Does Childhood Differ Between Traditional Societies and Modern Societies? DistinctiveVoicesBC 350 views 5 months ago Until recently in human history, all societies were small, non-literate, without centralized political leadership, and unlike the large societies with state governments tha...
39:01 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Overview DistinctiveVoicesBC 444 views 5 months ago Caroline McAndrews, Director of License Renewal at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, discusses the latest news about our local nuclear energy supplier, safety and ...
59:41 Interactive Artificial Intelligence DistinctiveVoicesBC 374 views 6 months ago Learn how researchers design and build autonomous agents that must live and interact with large numbers of other intelligent agents, some of whom may be human. Progress mea...
50:04 Failed Metaphors and A New Environmentalism for the 21st Century DistinctiveVoicesBC 5,477 views 6 months ago Peter Kareiva, chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy, where he is responsible for developing and helping to implement science-based conservation throughout the organiz...

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Videos of scientific public lectures presented by the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine

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