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- http://earthsky.org
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- Science and Technology
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- Astronomy, Biology, General Science, Geography, Geology
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- Film/Video
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- Streaming/Download
This popular American resource covers the sciences of earth and space: astronomy, geology, geography and biology. Featuring articles, news items and videos, the site is intended for a general audience but aggregates contents about the latest academic research and presents its content in an accessible and enthusiastic way, and is therefore suitable for specialists and enthusiasts alike.
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- http://www.open.ac.uk/library/digital-archive/
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- Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Drama, Education, General Science, Politics and Government, Social Studies, Technology
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- Film/Video
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- Organisations, Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download
This site provides online access to a selection of the Open University’s materials - images and text-based items as well as audio and videos - as well as functioning as a record and an archive of the OU’s collections. Publicly available collections currently include over 160 images from the Historical Archives Collection, over 100 videos of OU events, such as degree ceremonies and other programmes about the OU, dating back to 1971. OU’s programmes are represented by a series of clips from courses which include science, technology and the arts. A number of online exhibitions have also been created to contextualise some of the material. These include: ‘Shakespeare at the OU’, ‘Harold Wilson and the OU’ and ‘The OU Story’.
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- https://www.bas.ac.uk/project/british-antarctic-oral-history-project/
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- General Science, Physics
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- Radio/Sound
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- Streaming/Download
This resource features interviews gathered by the British Antarctic Survey Archives Service. The audio clips are freely available and are accompanied by transcripts. The focus is on those involved with polar science, especially people who worked for, or closely with, Operation Tabarin, 1943–45, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1945–61, and British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1962–present. Interviewees include members of the scientific teams such as meteorologists, geologists and ionosphericists, as well members of the technical and support teams such as radio operators, pilots, medics, mechanics and cooks. Searching can be done by subject keyword, location and person name.
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- https://www.youtube.com/user/HeadsqueezeTV/featured
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- Chemistry, Computing, General Science, Mathematics, Physics, Technology
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- Film/Video
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- Streaming/Download
Science video channel on Youtube featuring content presented by Greg Foot and Hannah Fry. The Brit Lab Original series consists of a series of short films featuring experiments and investigations into various phenomena, including decomposition, spontaneous combustion and cannibalism. Hannah Fry’s Number Hub videos see the mathematician explaining mathematical concepts and theories in an entertaining and engaging way. The channel also includes videos from James May’s Head Squeeze series and a small selection from the BBC ‘Tomorrow’s World’ series, including this demonstration of early touch screen technology.
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- http://podcast.ft.com/s/ft-science-with-clive-cookson
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, General Science, Genetics, Mathematics
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
The Financial Times science podcast is no longer being updated but the archive features all the episodes in the series, freely available. The FT’s Science Editor presents the podcast, covering every aspect of science from biomedicine to space.
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- https://www.astronomycast.com/
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- Science and Technology
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- Astronomy, General Science
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Weekly podcast about astronomy hosted by Fraser Cain (of the Universe Today site) and Dr Pamela L. Gay (of the Cosmo Quest site. The podcasts, which are free to download and accompanied by transcripts, cover a wide range of subjects under the astronomical umbrella, dealing with everything from how spacecraft navigate the solar system to the dangers of fire on board spacecraft. Gay and Cain also consider wider scientific topics such as confirmation bias, science funding and women in science. The podcast has been around since 2006 and as of November 2016 has racked up over 400 episodes.
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- https://www.sciencephoto.com/
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, General Science, Genetics, Medicine, Nature
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Footage Sources, Information Sources, Streaming/Download, Video Sources
Specialist science imagery and footage is available to licence from this longstanding company. There are over 600,000 images and 40,000 clips available on the site, all of which are freely available to preview online but users need to register in order to buy clips.
The moving image collections are divided into Healthcare, Science & Technology, Space, History, Environment, Animals and Flowers. The company also runs a free research service and has an educational plan available with subscriptions starting at £25.00.
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- https://92yondemand.org/
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- Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Art, Business Studies, General Science, Literature, Music, Religious Studies, Social Studies, Sports Science, Technology
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Huge archive of freely available audio and video interviews with around 1000 notable figures from the worlds of literature, art, music, entertainment, politics and sport who have appeared at the 92Y, a New York community centre and cultural institution with a history stretching back to the late nineteenth century. Users can search by year, topic or performer name to find Kurt Vonnegut’s first public reading from ‘Breakfast of Champions’ in 1970, Wallace Stevens reciting ‘An Ordinary Evening in New Haven’, Iris Murdoch discussing philosophy and novel writing and Christopher Hitchens debating whether or not Islam is a religion of peace. Known for its sophisticated, well-read audiences, the quality of debate is high and the topics range widely, covering sports, comedy, Jewish issues, business & finance and science & technology, as well as literature.
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- https://www.ibiology.org/
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- Biology, General Science, Nature
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- Film/Video
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- Streaming/Download
Useful resource featuring free open-access videos about biology, presented by leading scientists and researchers, who discuss their work and research methods, with the aim of making the subject accessible to a broad audience. The clean design makes searching and browsing easy and the site is conveniently divided into broad thematic areas: BioSeminars; BioEducation and Bio Films. The Education pages feature a series of courses for secondary school and undergraduate level students on topics including microbiology, ecology, genetics, cell biology and biochemistry. There are also two flipped learning courses, featuring course curricula, online seminars, and questions for classroom discussion.
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- http://www.sciencealert.com/
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- Astronomy, Biology, Environmental Studies, General Science, Medicine, Nature, Physics
Popular website which aggregates and promotes the latest scientific research from universities and research bodies around the world, featuring news stories, articles, videos and images. There is a particular (though not exclusive) emphasis on the Australian scientific research community. Users can search under several broad categories, including Health, Environment, Space, Physics and Nature. The videocontent is collected on one page.
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