CU SCIENCE UPDATE
By CU School of Journalism and Mass Communication
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An Emmy-winning science video podcast by students from the University of Colorado at Boulder Journalism and Mass Communication. http://journalism.colorado.edu/
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| 1 | VideoEpisode 30 - MAX GOES TO THE MOON | What does it take to translate a children’s book into a planetarium show? Find out as CU Science Update’s Rose Heaphy and her dog Ringo take a sneak peak of the CU Fiske Planetarium’s latest production, “Max Goes to | 3/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoEpisode 29 - STEM EDUCATION | An integral part of any school curriculum is science and mathematics. But these subjects are made complete by a technology component that provides creative and innovative ways to solve problems. The adoption of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and M | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoEpisode 28 - COCAINE ADDICTION RESEARCH | How the brain processes information could help us understand the mechanism behind cocaine addiction. CU’s Institute of Behavioural Genetics is using state-of-the-art technology to gain insight into how psychostimulant drugs alter our brains. The re | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoEpisode 27 - ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS | Their mission is to make sure communities have the capacity to meet basic needs. Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is a non-profit organisation that consists of professionals and students from a variety of professions, including engineering, health, anthrop | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoEpisode 26 - ANCIENT ASTRONOMY | Seen the stars recently? We know them to be fusion reactors many light years away. But to our ancient ancestors, the stars were spirits from the heavens looking back at us. They formed patterns in the sky, conjuring images that were recognized at the time | 7/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoEpisode 25 - QUANTITATIVE ILLITERACY | Mathematics is a precise language for science. But there are many people who can’t work out the numbers. The inability to reason with numbers is called Quantitative Illiteracy, or Innumeracy. People can begin to think critically of almost anything, | 7/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoEpisode 24 A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE? | Innovations and scientific breakthroughs have shaped humanity’s historic landscape. Many of these breakthroughs have made possible our continued survival. We’ve seen innovations as a response to certain needs and to changes in the environmen | 6/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoEpisode 23 - HEALTHCARE DELIVERY | Despite remarkable technological advances in medicine, there is a great need to devise new models for delivering healthcare. The challenge is to get doctors and patients to come together, to sift through all the complex information and come up with an und | 6/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoEpisode 22 - SCIENCE COMMUNICATION | When it comes to getting science information, the general public usually gets it from third party sources, such as television, newspapers, radio or the Internet. However, third party information is often susceptible to bias and misinformation. It would be | 6/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoEpisode 21 - SCIENCE BLOGGING | Some of the most interesting and challenging stories for journalists happens when they cover science. But with the economic downturn in newsrooms, science coverage has been considered expendable and the first to end up on the cutting block. Fortunately, m | 5/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoEpisode 20 - ARE WE ALONE? | It is the ultimate question, asking whether there is life out there in the Cosmos, and to know that we’re not the only kids on the block. Scientific efforts are underway to detect signs of extraterrestrial life, including intelligent life capa | 5/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoEpisode 18 - FUSING ART WITH SCIENCE | This is the first show in our series of interviews with participants from CU Boulder’s 63rd annual Conference on World Affairs. Jeff Lieberman is an artist, musician and roboticist who has explored the connections between the arts, sciences educati | 5/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoEpisode 17 - PLUTO - THE UN-PLANET | Since its discovery in 1930, Pluto has always occupied a special place in our hearts as the ninth planet in the Solar System. But recent discoveries of new objects in the Sun’s neighbourhood have called into question the definition of a planet. In | 12/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoEpisode 16 - PROTECTING THE OCEANS | As human populations grow, so do their influence on the oceans. In our cultural history, the ocean exerts a mighty force on our collective imaginations, a source of destructive power to be feared and respected. However, the oceans probably have more to fe | 12/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoEpisode 15 - SEARCHING FOR E.T. | We live in amazing times as the first generation to witness the discovery of planets outside our solar system. Many of these planets are gas giants like our own Jupiter, and inhospitable to life as we know it. Since its launch in 2009, the Kepler spacecra | 8/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoEpisode 14 VORTEX 2 | In this summer edition, field reporter Elly Collins hits the road with CU storm chasers as they embark on a project called Vortex 2 (Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2). Over a dozen universities and a hundred scientists pa | 6/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoEpisode 13 - EARTHQUAKES | The lives lost during the devastating Haiti earthquake in early 2010 could have been much reduced had stringent building codes been enacted. At CU’s Engineering Center, the Fast Hybrid Testing Laboratory learns how various materials crack under the | 5/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoEpisode 12 - SETH SHOSTAK | This is our third and final CU Science Update special edition with participants from the 62nd annual Conference on World Affairs. Astronomer Seth Shostak visits with CUSU’s Ina Damm Muri to discuss the search for extraterrestrial intellig | 5/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoEpisode 11 - ANDY IHNATKO | This is the second in our CU Science Update special editions featuring participants from CU’s 62nd annual Conference on World Affairs. Andy Ihnatko, tech columnist from the Chicago Sun Times and a regular Conference attendee, joins us in our studi | 5/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoEpisode 10 - KIKI SANFORD | The first week in April launched CU’s 62nd annual Conference on World Affairs. Free thinkers from all over the world descended on the campus to participate in lively panel discussions about topics ranging from politics to poetry. CU Scien | 5/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 20 Episodes |
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