SCIENCE - The Population.tv Science videos from around the web selected by The Population.tv http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/ NASA Visualizes Earth's Ocean Currents This video shows a visualization of the world's ocean currents from 2005-2007. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=936 2012-04-03 Carolin Crawford: The Sounds of the Universe Carolin Crawford lectures on the sounds of the universe for Fora.tv http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=921 2012-01-31 NASA's Curiosity Rover Launches for Mars NASA'a 'Curiosity' sets off on mission to find life on Mars. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=917 2011-11-27 TED Talks - Allan Jones: A Map of the Brain Allan Jones talks about technological breakthroughs in brain mapping. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=914 2011-11-11 Fora.tv: "What is the Internet Doing to our Brains?" Dr Paul Howard Jones on the effects of the Internet on the brain. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=902 2011-10-17 Neuromania?: Raymond Tallis on the Limits of Neuroscience Philosophy professor Raymond Tallis explores the limits of neuroscience. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=891 2011-10-01 NASA: Arctic Ice Shrinking NASA shows satellite imagery of shrinking arctic ice sheet. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=882 2011-09-20 20 Million Year-Old Skull Goes on Display in Paris One of a kind primate based Ugandapithecus skull is displayed in Paris. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=881 2011-09-20 Kepler Finds Planet Orbiting Two Suns NASA scientists discuss the discovery of first double-sun system. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=876 2011-09-17 NASA Launnches Grail Spacecraft A new probe was launched by NASA to explore the Moon's interior. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=868 2011-09-13 NASA Releases Hi-Res Pictures of Apollo Moon Tracks Sharper views of Apollo 12, 14, and 17 moon landing sites have been released by NASA. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=862 2011-09-12 Lucianne Walkowicz: Finding planets around other stars Lucianne Walkowicz gives a TED Talk on the latest methods of detecting planets around other stars. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=844 2011-08-16 DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space NASA scientists argue that the building blocks for life can be found on meteorites. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=838 2011-08-11 Astronaut Drops a Hammer on the Moon Astronaut Charles Duke has troubles during the Apollo 16 mission to the moon. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=831 2011-08-04 NASA Unveils First Images of Vesta Asteroid The first images taken by the Dawn spacecraft of the Vesta asteroid were released at a NASA press conference. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=828 2011-08-02 Sun Releases Massive Plasma Strand The Sun let out a massive eruption over the course of two hours. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=824 2011-07-29 Rajesh Rao: A Rosetta Stone for the Indus Script Rajesh Rao discusses the Rosetta Stone for the Indus Script on TED Talks. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=815 2011-07-01 Voyager Finds Magnetic Bubbles at Solar System's Edge Voyager I and II spacecrafts are the furthest objects ever sent out into space by the human race. As they are leaving the solar system they have detected the presence of "magnetic bubbles" at the edge. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=810 2011-06-13 Sun Unleashes Massive Eruption A video captures a huge eruption out of the sun on June 7, 2011. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=800 2011-06-07 Pope Benedict XVI Calls the International Space Station The Vatican calls the International Space Station. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=795 2011-06-03 Edith Widder: The weird and wonderful world of bioluminescence Edith Widder gives a Ted Talk on the strange, natural phenomenon of bioluminescence. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=792 2011-05-24 Human Powered Helicopter Test Flight Students achieve four seconds of levitation using the Gamera human powered helicopter. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=790 2011-05-23 Stephen Hawking @ Google Zeitgeist 2011 Stephen Hawking gives a speech at the Google Zeitgeist conference where he claims that "philosophy is dead." http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=789 2011-05-23 Alan Shepard: Ambassador of Exploration Nasa releases a video celebrating the 50th anniversary of Alan Shepard making the first trip to outer space by an American. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=783 2011-05-05 David Christian Talks Big History on TED Talks Big History pioneer David Christian discusses how our entropic universe reaches ever greater degrees of complexity. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=757 2011-04-12 Ancient Metal Books May Be Oldest Surviving Christian Documents Fox News reports on the sensational discovery of a series of anicent metal books in a cave in Jordan. According to the report, metallurgical test date the artifacts to the 1st century CE. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=754 2011-04-03 Messenger Orbiter Takes First Picture of Mercury NASA's Messenger Spacecraft takes its first picture of Mercury. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=752 2011-03-31 The Lives of Stars with Ken Croswell Ken Croswell gives a speech on the life of a star for Wonderfest 2010. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=748 2011-03-29 "Super Full Moon" on March 19 The moon reaches its perigee on Friday, March 19th, an event which hasn't occurred since 1983. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=746 2011-03-17 William Shatner Calls the STS-133 William Shatner calls the space shuttle crew of Discovery for their wake-up call. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=742 2011-03-08 Scientific American on Stone Henge and Virtual Archeology Scientific American looks at the latest developments in archeology with the application of 3D computer game technology to sites such as Stonehenge. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=737 2011-03-06 Hubble Shows New Image of Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841 Hubble spectacularly zooms in on a galaxy more than 46-million light years from Earth. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=726 2011-02-18 18 Statues Missing from Egypt Museum The Associated Press Reports on 18 Missing Statues from Egypt Museum in Cairo. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=723 2011-02-15 NASA Announces Discovery of 54 Planets in "Habitable Zone" Nasa's Kepler Mission finds 54 planets in the "Goldilocks" zone. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=717 2011-02-03 Hubble Finds Most Distant Object Ever Seen in Universe NASA claims to have found the most distant ancient object in the universes using the Hubble telescope. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=712 2011-01-27 NASA Plans Closest-Ever Probe of Sun Solar Probe Plus will plunge directly into the sun's atmosphere at approximately 4 million miles from the surface into a region no other spacecraft has ever encountered. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=680 2010-09-04 Emem Andrew's Class Speech, Singularity University Emem Andrew, Class Speaker for GSP 2010 at Singularity University, receives a standing ovation after her speech at the Graduate Student Program (GSP) closing ceremony on August 27th 2010. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=679 2010-09-04 NASA: Plant Productivity in a Warming World An updated analysis published this week in Science indicates that as temperatures have continued to rise, the benefits to plants are now overwhelmed by longer and more frequent droughts. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=676 2010-08-22 Mars Orbiter Helps Scientists "Follow the Water" Five years ago, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was launched in search of evidence that water persisted on the surface of Mars over a prolonged period of time. Previous Mars missions indicated that, at some point in the Red Planet's history, water flowed across its surface. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=671 2010-08-14 Ray Kurzweil Speaks at Singularity University Opening Ceremony Ray Kurzweil Speaks at singularity university opening ceremony for 2010 summer session. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=659 2010-06-24 STS-131 Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver Discovery performs the Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver before docking to the International Space Station during the STS-131 mission. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=608 2010-04-10 Graham Hancock: Quest for the Lost Civilization From Easter Island to Angkor Wat, Graham Hancock puts forward compelling evidence to suggest that cultures we term ancient were in fact the heirs to an older lost civilization. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=607 2010-04-10 STS-131 Launch NASA video of the STS-131 Launch. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=605 2010-04-08 Graham Hancock on Coast to Coast AM: March 31, 2010 Graham Hancock discusses his new novel, "Entangled," on Coast to Coast AM. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=600 2010-04-03 Singularity University: The best way to predict the future Peter Diamandis, Chairman and Co-Founder of Singularity University, discusses the best way to predict the future. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=576 2010-03-24 Buzz Aldrin on "Dancing with the Stars" Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin stepped out of the history books and onto the dance floor as a contestant on the ABC Television series, Dancing with the Stars. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=575 2010-03-24 NASA: The Webb Telescope The Webb Telescope will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=574 2010-03-24 Math Genius Turns Down Million Dollar Prize A reclusive Russian mathematician has rejected a one million dollar award for solving a problem that has baffled some of the finest brains for a century. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=572 2010-03-24 New Swirled Order (crop circle documentary 2009) New documentary "New swirled order" deals with questions about extraordinary Crop circle formations in 2008. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=571 2010-03-23 NASA's Heliophysics Program This short program overview for NASA's heliophysics division explains how NASA studies the sun--and more importantly--how it affects our daily lives. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=567 2010-03-23 Reclusive Russian Mathematical Genius Wins $1million Prize A reclusive Russian mathematician has been awarded a million dollars for proving a theory which has baffled some of the finest brains for a century. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=555 2010-03-21 Astronauts Honored as Bell Ringers at the NYSE STS-125 Commander Scott Altman and Mission Specialist Rick Massimino ring the closing bell above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan March 18. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=554 2010-03-21 WIRED: The Planck Space Telescope The European Space Agency's Planck Telescope is making the best ever map of cosmic background radiation. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=544 2010-03-20 New Scientist: Inflatable Spacecraft Fabric spacecraft are now being scaled up as they gain interest from NASA. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=540 2010-03-20 Space Station: "Under New Management" In a ceremony held 220 miles above the Earth, NASA astronaut Jeff Williams handed over command of the International Space Station to Expedition 23 commander, cosmonaut Oleg Kotov. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=536 2010-03-18 Conscious Understanding: What is its Physical Basis? Sir Roger Penrose the case that the quality of human understanding is not something that can be simulated in a trustworthy way, by any entirely computational system. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=530 2010-03-18 Stolen Sarcophagus Handed Over to Egypt Confiscated by U.S. Customs agents in Miami, a brightly painted, 3,000-year-old sarcophagus was handed over to Egypt's antiquities chief, Zahi Hawass, on March 10. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=528 2010-03-17 NASA: Surprise Shrimp Under Antarctic Ice At a depth of 600 feet beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet, a small shrimp-like creature managed to brighten up an otherwise gray polar day in late November 2009. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=522 2010-03-17 In Their Own Words with NASA Astronaut Mike Gernhardt Join NASA Astronaut Michael Gernhardt as he recalls in this "In Their Own Words" video his spacewalking experiences and what inspired him to "greater heights." http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=507 2010-03-12 New Scientist: Black Hole Tour A new simulator lets you tour black holes from the safety of your own home. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=489 2010-03-10 Cities at Night: An orbital tour around the world Astronauts onboard the International Space Station capture nighttime photographs of city lights. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=475 2010-03-03 Art Bell Interviews Michio Kaku: January 29, 2010 Filling in for George Noory, Art Bell interviews theoretical physicist Michio Kaku on Coast to Coast AM. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=456 2010-01-30 Google Tech Talks: Human Cognitive Neuroscience Google Tech Talk January 14, 2010 presented by Bradley Voytek. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=438 2010-01-21 Space shuttle Endeavour rolls out Space shuttle Endeavour rolls from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=434 2010-01-21 Shuttle Astronauts Hold Launch Pad Press Conference The six-member crew of the next space shuttle mission spoke with media on Jan. 20 at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A in Florida. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=431 2010-01-20 Technocalypse Part 3: The Digital Messiah This part covers the metaphysical consequences of the new technological revolution. On the one hand scientist start to use metaphysical concepts to describe the impact of their research; on the other hand, a surprisingly large number of scientific projects is inspired by religious aspirations. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=401 2010-01-11 Technocalypse Part 2: Preparing for the Singularity In this part advocates and opponents of a transhuman future are weighed against each other; prognoses are done when we can expect the transhuman revolution and how people are preparing for it already now. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=400 2010-01-11 Technocalypse Part 1: Transhuman Transhuman Part 1 gives an overview of recent technological developments (biogenetics, artificial intelligence, robotics, implants, nanotechnology) and prognoses made by leading scientists about the impact of these developments in the near future. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=399 2010-01-11 Terence McKenna: Psychedelic Society Terence McKenna discusses what he thinks about the notion of a psychedelic society. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=385 2010-01-05 The Alchemical Dream: Rebirth Of The Great Work (2008) Terence McKenna video on John Dee and alchemy. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=383 2010-01-05 Happy New Year from NASA NASA Televisions Happy New Year ID for 2010. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=379 2009-12-30 Season's Greetings from NASA NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and Deputy Administrator Lori Garver extend seasons greetings and New Years wishes to members of the NASA family. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=364 2009-12-18 MAP's Rick Doblin Discusses Psychedelic Research at Google Tech Talks MAP's Rick Doblin gives a talk on "Mainstreaming Psychedelics: From FDA to Harvard to Burning Man" at Google Tech Talks. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=229 2009-11-20 Ray Kurzweil Delivers Keynote Address to Singularity Summit Futurist Ray Kurzweil Delivers the Keynote Address to Singularity Summit. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=222 2009-11-19 NASA Kepler News Conference: August 6, 2009 Kepler discovers an exoplanet with an atmosphere a 1000 light years from Earth. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=158 2009-08-07 Apollo 40th Anniversary: Robert Zimmerman on Coast to Coast AM Robert Zimmerman discusses the history of the space program and the latest news. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=132 2009-07-22 Apollo 40th Anniversary Logo Animation Nasa design team celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Apollo. http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=43 2009-06-30 June 27th Launch of Weather Satellite from Cape Canaveral http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=39 2009-06-29 Report on NASA's Unmanned Moon Mission http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=38 2009-06-29 Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch HD: Mission to Repair Hubble http://www.thepopulation.tv/science/video.php?VideoID=25 2009-06-27