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- https://bigpictureeducation.com/
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- Biology, General Science, Genetics, Mathematics, Medicine, Nature, Psychology
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Journals, Streaming/Download
This website is a free educational resource that explores the innovations and implications of modern science. It sets out to connect modern biomedical science with its ethical and social challenges and place bioscience research in a historical and cultural context. The wide range of Resources includes animations, videos and audio clips. Users can filter their searches by topic, resource type and educational level, which ranges from 5-7 years old up to undergraduate and continuing professional development.
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- http://arcticcentre.ulapland.fi/afbare/default.aspx#.V39ZOj_sL9k
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- Science and Technology
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- General Science, Geography, Geology, Nature
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- Film/Video
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- Archives/Museums, Databases, Streaming/Download
The Arctic and Barents Documentary Film database contains information on over 35,000 films made in or about the Arctic held by the archives of the Russian TV companies GTRK Murman, TV Pomorye and Finnish broadcaster YLE. Detailed information with scene by scene description and a digitised preview (in avi format) is available for more than 1000 films, but researchers wishing to view the films in their entirety will have to travel to the University of Lapland.
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- https://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/collection/1092396
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- Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Archaeology, Economics, Ethnology, General Science, Literature
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- Streaming/Download
Freely available archive of over 200 interviews with leading scientists, anthropologists, historians, economists, ethno-musicologists, international travellers and others. Most of the interview were conducted and filmed by Professor Alan Macfarlane and subjects include literary critic George Steiner, historian Eric Hobsbawm, artist Anthony Gormley, anthropologist, Mary Douglas. The interviews include transcripts. The site is hosted by the University of Cambridge.
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- https://www.samharris.org/podcast
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- General Science, Psychology, Religious Studies
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
The podcast of philosopher and neuroscientist Sam Harris features a mixture of topics from neuroscience and philosophy to religion, violence and human reasoning. Harris explores controversial and complex issues from a rational, evidence-based point of view.
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- https://www.youtube.com/user/scishow
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- Science and Technology
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- Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, General Science, Medicine, Physics, Psychology
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- Film/Video
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- Information Sources, Streaming/Download
Extremely popular daily science show, streamed via YouTube and presented by Hank Green and Michael Aranda. Each day has a different format news (eg. Friday is Science News Day, Monday features a short video about our ‘Weird World’, whereas Wednesday’s video features longer, more in-depth investigations). The format is energetic, upbeat and engaging and the items generally well-researched, although one video on Genetically Modified Organisms caused some controversy and was taken down from the site after being criticised, as biased and inaccurate by science blogger Myles Power. SciShow made a new video Why Are GMOs Bad? in which they acknowledge the flaws in the previous film and present a more balanced case.
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- https://www.sciencefriday.com/
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, General Science, Genetics, Nature, Physics, Psychiatry, Technology
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Also known as Sci Fri, this popular American science podcast and radio programme has covered all aspects of science since 1991. One of the first US radio science talk shows, the programme has over the years featured such names as Carl Sagan, Jane Goodall, Sylvia Earle and Oliver Sacks and has a reputation for groundbreaking and original science reporting. According to the site, the show’s founder and executive producer Ira Flatow was the first person to use the word ‘podcast’ on the airwaves. Archives go back as far as 2004 but there is also a substantial amount of video content. A section of the attractively laid out website features a range of educational resources, mainly aimed at primary and secondary school level.
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- https://www.storycollider.org/podcasts/
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- Science and Technology
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- General Science
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- Radio/Sound
Weekly podcast featuring over 250 personal stories from people whose lives have been affected by science in a particular way. The site showcases the personal experiences of neuroscientists, doctors and physicists, comedians, writers and actors and some aspects of the shows format have been used in universities to demonstrate to science academics how to incorporate narrative into their lessons in order to make lectures more engaging.
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- https://gastropod.com/
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- Science and Technology
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- Biology, Food, General Science, History, Nature
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- Blogs, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Gastropod looks at food from the perspective of science and history. The podcast is nicely designed and is produced and presented by Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley, who are both journalists with an academic background in the sciences. Witty and stimulating in equal measure and with an archive going back to 2014, there are two episodes a month, each one a mixture of short items and longer in-depth reports. Episodes have covered caffeine, fungi, alcohol consumption, the calorie as a unit of energy and snails. Each podcast comes with notes, and is often accompanied by stills and short videos. The podcasts are available on Soundcloud, iTunes and as RSS feeds.
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- https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast
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- Science and Technology
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- Biology, Chemistry, General Science, Medicine, Physics
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
This site posts one sentence ‘Tweetable’ summaries of recent scientific research which is relevant in some way to everyday life. The podcast, which began in September 2015, consists of hour long discussions about the research, aiming to explore the summaries in more depth. Each podcast is about an hour long and consists of a rotating panel of experts. Attractively laid out and easy to navigate, users can explore a range of broad subject headings including Health, Nutrition, Creativity, Persuasion, Productivity and Sleep. Users can click through the summary to find the original research (or a detailed summary thereof) as presented in the relevant scientific journal. Scholarly, yet accessible, this resource has potential appeal and use to a general listenership as well as science students, researchers and postgraduates.
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- https://drsporea.wordpress.com/potential-difference-podcast/
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- Science and Technology
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- Engineering, General Science
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Personal podcast of Radu Sporea, who is Royal Academy of Engineering Academic Research Fellow at the Advanced Technology Institute (ATI), University of Surrey. The rationale behind the podcasts is to give an insight into science and engineering through the eyes of young researchers. There are interviews with PhD students, early career researchers and young engineers who share their views on their subject, as well as their experience of life in academia, and the opportunities and the challenges of an academic career in the sciences. The podcast is also available on iTunes.
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