Browse results: Processes of Evolution
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Ancient Farmers of the AmazonThis video segment from Evolution: "Evolutionary Arms Race" tells the story of the leafcutter ant and the fungus it farms -- an example of mutually beneficial symbiosis. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Biological InvadersThis video segment from Evolution: "Extinction!" shows the impact of invasive species on native ecosystems. Accessibility features: Caption |
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The Common Genetic CodePaul Nurse describes his research that showed that humans share some genes with organisms as different from us as simple brewer's yeast. Footage from Secret of Life: "Immortal Thread." Accessibility features: Caption |
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Engineering BiofuelsIn this video segment adapted from KQED's QUEST, find out how synthetic biologists use the techniques of metabolic engineering and directed evolution to make more effective biofuels. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Evolution of CamouflageThis video segment from Evolution: "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" illustrates the remarkable camouflage of a praying mantis against its leafy backdrop. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Evolution of the EyeZoologist Dan-Erik Nilsson demonstrates how the complex human eye could have evolved from simple light-sensitive cells. From Evolution: "Darwin's Dangerous Idea." Accessibility features: Caption |
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Evolving Ideas: How Does Evolution Really Work?The process of evolution through natural selection is the focus of this video segment from Evolution, which presents a field study of hummingbird speciation in Ecuador. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Evolving Ideas: How Do We Know Evolution Happens?This video from Evolution focuses on one of the several lines of evidence for evolution -- fossils, highlighting the evolution of whales from land-dwelling mammals to the aquatic creatures we know today. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Evolving Ideas: Why Does Evolution Matter Now?In this video from Evolution, an exploration of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in the Russian prison system highlights one reason it is important to understand evolution. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Fish with FingersIn this video segment from Evolution: "Great Transformations," paleontologist Jenny Clack explains that vertebrates evolved fingers before they invaded land. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript |
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Floral ArrangementsExplore a few of the ways plants pollinate each other in this video segment from Sexual Encounters of a Floral Kind. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript |
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Frozen Frogs This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW shows how the common wood frog freezes solid every winter, an adaptation that allows the organism to survive the cold winter.
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Genetically Engineering the Avian FluIn this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn about a radical biotechnology experiment aimed at figuring out how to stop the avian flu virus. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Geneticist Pardis SabetiIn this video profile adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn about geneticist and rock musician Pardis Sabeti, whose innovative insights into natural selection demonstrated how beneficial mutations spread quickly through a population. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Genetic Tool KitThe shared set of genes for body segments, possessed by all animals, are discussed in this video segment from Evolution: "Great Transformations." Accessibility features: Caption |
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Genetic VariationThis video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" explores the genetic similarities and differences among organisms. Accessibility features: Caption |
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HIV ImmunityAlthough repeatedly exposed to HIV, Steve Crohn's blood cells were never infected. Dr. David Ho investigates in this video segment from NOVA: "Surviving AIDS." Accessibility features: Caption |
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Human Chromosome 2 In this video segment adapted from NOVA: "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial," learn how modern genetics and molecular biology offer compelling support for evolution. The video features an interview with biologist Ken Miller.
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Hummingbird Species in the Transitional ZonesThis video segment from Evolution: "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" shows biologists Chris Schneider and Tom Smith studying hummingbirds and other animals in Ecuador. Their research is investigating the processes by which new species are formed. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Investigating NeanderthalsThis video excerpt from NOVA scienceNOW looks at how head shapes of Neanderthals and modern humans differ. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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