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- Link
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0380wf8/episodes/downloads
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- Science and Technology
- Subject
- Biology, Botany, General Science, Physics, Technology
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
BBC Radio 4 seven-part series on the history of science in Britain from the Restoration to the present day presented by Lisa Jardine.
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- Link
- https://elifesciences.org
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
- Subject
- Biology, General Science, Genetics, Medicine
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Blogs, Journals, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
eLife publishes outstanding research in the life sciences and biomedicine, from the most fundamental and theoretical work, through to translational, applied, and clinical research. It aims to esearch to improve the way important results are presented and shared and the open-access eLife journal is the first step in the initiative to make science publishing more effective. The epodcasts produced by The Naked Scientists include magnetic nerve cells, the social behaviour of ants, optogenetics and gene therapy. Transcripts can be downloaded.
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- Link
- https://www.parliament.uk/about/podcasts/scienceinparliament/
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
- Subject
- Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, General Science, Medicine, Physics, Politics and Government
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Streaming/Download
Podcasts dealing with science issues being discussed in Parliament. Titles include ‘Biofuels’ - MPs, Peers, parliamentary researchers and leading industry figures debate biofuels and climate change, ‘Regenerative Medicine’ - a new approach to the treatment of illnesses caused by damaged or diseased tissues or organs and ‘Counterfeit Medicine’ in which representatives from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) discuss what a counterfeit medicine is, the risks they pose and how the government and industry are working to tackle this problem. The podcasts are also available via the Parliament Podcast Channel.
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- Link
- https://richarddawkins.net/
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
- Subject
- General Science
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Streaming/Download
The mission of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science is to promote scientific literacy and a secular worldview. The Video section of the site, which promotes critical scientific thinking, streams a small number of films including philosopher A.C. Grayling explaining why "teaching the controversy" isn’t a good approach to science education and Robert Seyfarth describing how monkey calls used by velvet monkeys might be a precursor to language.
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- Link
- https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
- Subject
- Biology, Economics, Engineering, Environmental Studies, General Science, Medicine, Sports Science, Technology
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Courses, Streaming/Download
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of almost all Massachusetts Institute of Technology course content. The majority of courses contain video or audio lectures. Several courses are translated into other languages. Among the many courses covered are: Neuroscience and Behaviour, Engineering Dynamics, Energy Decisions, Markets and Policies and Computational and Systems Biology.
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- Link
- https://www.amnh.org/
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- Science and Technology
- Subject
- Environmental Studies, General Science, Nature
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Information Sources, Streaming/Download
The American Museum of Natural History’s mission is to discover, interpret, and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe through a wide-ranging programme of scientific research, education, and exhibition. The Museum hosts a YouTube channel where many videos are streamed. Titles include the 2015 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate where experts discuss the future of water on earth; SciCafe: Mapping the Urban Microbiome, Genome and Metagenome and Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease.
Other Online
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- Link
- https://www.bbc.com/earth/uk
- Category
- Science and Technology
- Subject
- Environmental Studies, General Science, Nature, Photography
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Streaming/Download
Website produced by BBC Worldwide. Videotapes of wildlife including extracts from previously broadcast BBC television and radio programmes. The videos are broadly divided into categories - British Wildlife, On Location, Through the Lens, Nature’s Wonders and Earth on TV and Radio. There is good contextual information with each video. The footage is also streamed on BBC Earth’s YouTube channel.
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- Link
- https://documentary.net/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
- Subject
- Art, Economics, Education, General Science, History, Media Studies, Music, Nature, Politics and Government, Sports Science, Technology
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Discussion Lists, Streaming/Download
A site offering free streamed documentaries; new titles are added daily. Films can be selected by broad categories (e.g. Economy, Media, Nature), by country of production and by duration - short (up to 10 mins), mid (11-30 mins) and long (30 mins or over). Filmmakers are invited to send the site their films for potential distribution. An online magazine/gives industry news, new gadgets, reviews, and notice of forthcoming films. Free tutorials and guides on documentary filmmaking are available from the site.
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- Link
- https://veccs.org/recover-cpr/veritas-online-cpr-course-www-veritasdvm-com/
- Category
- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
- Subject
- General Science, Medicine
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Courses, Streaming/Download
Veritas is a site that offers veterinarians, veterinary technicians and others in the veterinary profession with web-based, peer-reviewed continuing education courses using online teaching technologies. Veritas is a partnership between the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, and Zoetis.
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- Link
- http://www.vetvideos.com/
- Subject
- General Science, Medicine
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Streaming/Download
Veterinary Educational Videos website is collection of online videos for veterinarians, veterinary students and veterinary technicians/nurses. The site uploads videos from different users and organisations hosted on such sites as YouTube and Vimeo.
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