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Gale In Context: Science is an engaging online resource that provides contextual information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics. By integrating authoritative reference content with headlines and videos, learners see how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity. Users can explore millions of full-text articles from national and global publications, 200+ experiments and projects, and top reference content.
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This is your ticket to understand the good, the bad, and the key components of the AP Biology exam. There's more to this test than just filling in those tiny little circles, and this cast of young actors breaks it down so you'll know how to take the test and master the free response section while brushing up on the 30 most important topics. By the end of this program you'll know how to properly manage your time, strategies for tackling the multiple...
23) Food Goes Green
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With a little inspiration from Mother Nature, scientists are finding exciting new ways to grow food.
24) Whales
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Discover the ways whales have inspired new inventions that help us ride bicycles and surfboards.
25) Edible Insects
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From crunchy crickets to nutty fly grubs, NOVA takes a tasty look at insect foods and how they could benefit our health and our warming planet.
28) Reptiles
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They are scaly, cold-blooded, and one of the most-feared species: reptiles. This extraordinary species has adapted creatively to survive on this planet. Some have developed the ability to change skin color, have poisonous venom, or grow strong protective shells. This program will explore the unique origins, characteristics, and habitats of tortoises and turtles, tuatara, crocodiles, and lizards.
31) Leap of Faith, A
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Perched high up on their cliff-side nests, the young guillemots are getting restless. The short arctic summer is coming to an end and it is time to take to the sea and head south. But there is a problem - the sea is 800 meters away, the chicks flight feathers are still poorly developed, and hungry arctic foxes and glaucous gulls patrol the ground below. But the young chicks have no choice and, urged on by their parents, they take the plunge and...
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What can we learn from the relationship between our diet, exercise, gut bacteria and general health? It’s not clear which body defence functions mechanisms are most dependent on gut bacteria but Teagasc’s Paul Cotter recently conducted a study with the Irish Rugby team to examine the impact of exercise and diet on gut microbial diversity. This is the first report that shows exercise increases microbial diversity in humans as while others have...
33) Crocodiles
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Crocodile mother takes care of newly hatched babies by taking them to the water in her mouth, protecting them from prey, and schools them in hunting.
35) Beach Babies
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Life's a beach for a troop of Macaques that live on the shores of Koshima Island, Japan. They spend their days gathering tasty morsels of seafood washed up along the shore. A young macaque emerges from his forest nursery and takes his first ride on his mother's back down to the beach. From this vantage point he observes that beach life is not always a harmonious one, and learns that as a macaque it is important to work out who your friends are....
36) African Bullfrog
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The survival of Bullfrog Tadpoles. The father protects babies from dehydration and death, by digging channels from pool to pool.
37) Born to Run
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Thousands of wildebeest are born over a few short weeks in one of the greatest mass synchronized births on the planet. Their first few steps in life are filled with danger and they must get to their feet in record time. As hyenas wait in the wings, ready to pick out the weak, the new born have no choice but to keep on running with the herd.
38) Moles
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After baby moles are born they stay in the nest until they have developed fur and claws. Then the mother pushes them out of the tunnel to fend for themselves and build their own tunnels.
39) Scottish Summer
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In the summertime many species of sea bird return to their breeding ground in the Scottish Highlands, but some unwelcome birds are not there to breed at all.
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Hidden among the sea grass in tropical seas, a sea horse is about to give birth. Most unusually for animals, it is the male of the species who becomes pregnant. He cares for the young in his brood pouch before he forces out hundreds of tiny copies of himself. They join the rich soup of plankton of the ocean. Here they feed on hundreds of organisms smaller than they, however they too could make tasty morsels for passing jellyfish.