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4:00 What is a Spandrel? Explaining Evolutionary Adaptations and Side Effects BeckmanInstitute 183 views 1 month ago In this bonus video, neuroscientist and evolutionary biologist Justin Rhodes explains the difference between traits that are the result of evolutionary adaptation and other...
7:00 Why Men Are Better Navigators Than Women: Adaptation or Testosterone Side Effect? BeckmanInstitute 6,829 views 3 months ago Neuroscientist and evolutionary biologist Justin Rhodes explodes the myth behind why males are better at navigation than females. Most people, including many evolutionar...
1:01 Beckman Institute Open House 2013 (1-minute) BeckmanInstitute 108 views 2 months ago Beckman Institute Open House 2013 Mar 8, 2013 - Mar 9, 2013 The Beckman Institute Open House is a biennial event, held in conjunction with the University of Illinois Colle...
0:16 Beckman Institute Open House 2013 Promo (15-Seconds) BeckmanInstitute 62 views 3 months ago Beckman Institute Open House 2013 Mar 8, 2013 - Mar 9, 2013 The Beckman Institute Open House is a biennial event, held in conjunction with the University of Illinois Colle...
5:06 Vietnam Veterans Help Neuroscientists Map Emotional Intelligence in the Brain BeckmanInstitute 1,412 views 4 months ago Cognitive neuroscientist Aron Barbey explores the link between general and emotional intelligence by studying Vietnam veterans with focal brain injuries. Using CT scanners...
3:11 Deck the Halls: Behind-the-Scenes of the Real-Time Singing MRI Holiday Greeting BeckmanInstitute 375 views 5 months ago A behind-the-scenes look at the science of the Beckman Institute's real-time singing MRI holiday greeting. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can provide extremely detailed ...
1:38 Deck the Halls: A Real-Time Singing MRI Holiday Greeting BeckmanInstitute 2,571 views 5 months ago Happy holidays from the Beckman Institute - A real-time singing MRI greeting card. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can provide extremely detailed and useful images of th...
1:31 Sex-Changing Clownfish (90-Sec) BeckmanInstitute 2,003 views 7 months ago Clownfish burst onto the public scene nearly a decade ago with Disney-PIXAR's now classic animated film "Finding Nemo." Perhaps unsurprisingly, the film left out a very im...
6:21 Fruit Flies and the Smell Sense: How a Molecule's Vibration Can Change Its Smell BeckmanInstitute 2,378 views 8 months ago A new study lends support to a controversial theory -- that our noses can smell the difference not only in the shape of a molecule, but also in its vibrational characterist...
1:02:01 LECTURE: "Sculptures Inspired By Physics, Proteins, and People" by Julian Voss-Andreae (1 Hour) BeckmanInstitute 123 views 7 months ago Artist Julian Voss-Andreae discusses his science-inspired sculptures with the Beckman Institute's Klaus Schulten and his Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group. ...

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