Evolution in the News
by National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
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Description
The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) is funded by the National Science Foundation to promote synthetic research in evolutionary biology. The Center is a collaborative effort of Duke University, the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
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1 |
Speedy Evolution in Galapagos Finches | -- | 9/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2 |
Monkey Business | -- | 9/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoAnt Highway Repair | -- | 10/23/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoThe New Shrew That's Not... | -- | 3/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoMRSA | -- | 4/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoEvolution's dating and mating game | -- | 5/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoHIV's not-so-ancient history | -- | 11/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoTough conservation choices? Ask evolution! | -- | 12/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoHappy 200th, Darwin! | -- | 2/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoSex, Speciation and Fishy Physics | -- | 3/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoBetter biofuels through evolution | -- | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoCoping with Climate Change | -- | 6/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoA species' unwelcome inheritance: extinction risk | -- | 9/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoWhere did all of Madagascar's species come from? | -- | 11/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoOxygen as an evolutionary constraint | -- | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoSpeciation in real time | -- | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoThe evolutionary history of jogging | -- | 4/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoMaking sense of hominin DNA | -- | 6/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoBed Bugs | -- | 9/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoThrowing | The next time you are in the kitchen, try this experiment: pick up a box of butter (four sticks) in one hand and a box of saltines (four packets) in the other. Which is heavier? If you said the butter, you are not alone. Most people would identify the box of butter as the heavier object — even though, if you look at the labels, you'll see that they both weigh exactly one pound! This is an example of the size-weight illusion, and it is incredibly common. Recent research by Dr. Geoffrey Bingham and Dr. Qin "Arthur" Zhu suggests that the roots of this modern party trick can be traced back to the evolutionary origins of Homo sapiens and to the opportunities provided by a well thrown rock or spear. | 4/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 20 Episodes |
