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It's the decade of Ronald Reagan and Margret Thatcher; cold war and glasnost; big beats, big hair and fashions that seemed like a good idea at the time. The inventions of the 1980s have people looking inward at DNA and outward to the far reaches of space. Featured inventions include: the internet, DNA profiling, the nicotine patch, MIR Space Station, and the endoscopy capsule.
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The climate of the ocean may not be as harsh as once thought. Maritime archaeologists are discovering well-preserved ship wrecks. These sites are providing information about cultures, technologies, and histories of past civilizations. Part of the "Adventures of a Maritime Archaeologist" series.
Researchers have developed a new way of delivering insulin to patients. It is patterned after the shape of a tortoise shell. New research shows that bees keep their hives cool based on the physics of friction and flow. Other segments include the discovery of carbon dioxide reservoirs in the ocean floor and evidence that tropical reef can flip from coral clusters to fields of seaweed. Part of the "4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week" series.
The Magic School Bus is an award winning animated children’s television series based on the book series of the same title by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. It is notable for its use of celebrity talent and being both highly entertaining and educational. The only contribution the kids in Ms. Frizzle's class have made to the Walkerville Space Capsule is an empty jar. But they soon discover the jar isn’t empty; it full of air. They learn the power of air when the bus shrinks and gets stuck inside the jar, and the class finds that their only hope for escape is... air.
Half a century ago, astronauts got on top of a really big rocket and sent a tiny little capsule on a 384,000 km trip to the moon and back. They were able to do it because a lot of extremely smart and dedicated people pushed engineering and chemistry to the limits. In this episode, host Joe Hanson travels to NASA in Houston to talk to astronaut Don Pettit about the rocket equation. Part of the "It's Okay to Be Smart" series.
