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Matter of Fact: Dinosaurs
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Test your knowledge of the Spinosaurus in this week's edition of Matter of Fact.
SciTech Now captures the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and innovation. With anchor Hari Sreenivasan, we check out the hottest gadgets, meet the innovators creating the startups of tomorrow and map out the mysteries of the scientific world.
Video description: Since 2000, the annual international RoboFest competition in Southfield, Michigan, is a festival of autonomous robots that encourages students to have fun while learning principles of science, technology, engineering, math and computer science. With more than 20,000 students from all over the world, students design, construct, and program robots giving them hands on experience.
Test your knowledge of the Spinosaurus in this week's edition of Matter of Fact.
What happens when you combine art with music? There is a company in Boulder, Colorado that is trying to figure that out. We are joined by one of the co-founders David Hose.
In this week's edition of The Timeline, we take a look at Charles Darwin.
English mathematician Alan Turing was invaluable to the Allied effort in World War II. Find out why.
From digital display eye glasses, to fitness tracking wristbands and smart watches, wearable devices have taken off in popularity. Today, wearable technology is a multi-billion dollar industry, as both established tech companies and small startups are releasing products that could change our world. We speak with Joanna Stern, Personal Technology Columnist for the Wall Street Journal.
American consumers spent more than 15 billion dollars last year on video and computer games, a trend that has led to creativity both in the private and academic sectors. Reporter Andrea Vasquez gives us a look at how one university is graduating the next generation of game developers.
We meet “The Unforgettables,” a group that shows how technology, medicine and music are giving hope to people with dementia and inspiration to their caregivers.
Dr. Gustav Paulay of the Florida Museum of Natural History answers the question, “Are we in a biodiversity crisis?”
If you’ve ever been in a big-box retailer and frustrated because you couldn’t find what you were looking for, there is a company in St. Louis that’s been trying to solve that problem, Aisle411.
Across the country, drones are turning up in the air and in the news. From the Seattle Space Needle to New York’s George Washington Bridge, amateur drones taking to the skies have everyone buzzing about these hi-tech aerial vehicles. Meanwhile, in America’s heartland, researchers and farmers are using drones to help figure out the future of agriculture.
Have you ever wondered how traffic lights in your community actually work? In Orange County, Florida and around the country, keeping traffic flowing smoothly is more complicated than you might think. We go "inside the silver box" to learn more.
One might groan at the mere thought of math, but if the steady flow of visitors to the National Museum of Mathematics is any indication, to some, math is anything but boring.
We take you on an underwater adventure to one of the largest barrier reefs in the world, the Caribbean’s Andros Reef. There, colonies of coral create a sub-surface environment amazingly captured on film by scientists almost a century ago.
In 1984, women represented 37 percent of all computer science graduates. Today, less than half, only 12 percent of women are earning degrees in this field. We go inside one organization committed to engaging more young women in computer science.
Increased internet access is changing the rules of the service industry- from taxis to hotels to dog sitters. With businesses like Airbnb and Uber emerging across the country and around the globe, the sharing economy is on the rise and probably here to stay. Hari Sreenivasan sat down with Arun Sundararajan to delve into how this borrow and lend system is changing the way we live.
We see how technology is transforming the art of sculpture. We take you inside the studio to see how the innovators of digital sculpting are revolutionizing the creative process.
One in seven people alive have played with one of these a Rubik’s Cube. And believe it or not, this iconic brainteaser is celebrating its 40th birthday. Reporter Andrea Vasquez takes us through the puzzle’s storied history.
We put a spotlight on some of the hottest tech startups across the country. Joining us is Brian Hecht, a serial entrepreneur for nearly 20 years, a veteran of multiple startups, and advisor to many digital companies including our own digital team.
We tackle the complex topic of molecular biology. To break it down, we head to the University of Michigan where one professor is deconstructing science in an unconventional way through dance and music.
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