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Science journalism

Channel | updated January 14, 2013

Telling the story about research advances and complex topics. Many videos come from the Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT, which gives experienced journalists the opportunity to increase their understanding of science, technology, medicine and the environment

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The Coldest Place in the Universe
  • Physics,
  • Feature
The Coldest Place in the Universe

A short documentary on the Bose-Einstein Condensate work done in Wolfgang Ketterle's lab.

Matthew Hutson: The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking
  • Guest speakers and special events,
  • Event
Matthew Hutson: The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking

Matthew Hutson's talk on his book "The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep us Happy, Healthy, and Sane" at MIT May 14, 2012.   Introduction by Alan Lightman. Read more about Matthew Hutson on the Graduate Program in Science Writing's website: ...

Knight Seminar: Charles Marshall
  • Science journalism,
  • Event
Knight Seminar: Charles Marshall

Knight seminar with Charles Marshall, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley: "Gauging Ecosystem Response to Climate Change" September 22, 2011

Knight Seminar Preview: Charles Marshall
  • Science journalism,
  • Event
Knight Seminar Preview: Charles Marshall

Knight seminar with Charles Marshall, Director, Museum of Paleontology, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley"Gauging Ecosystem Response to Climate Change" September 22, 2011

Telling the Stories of Science Panel 1
  • Science journalism,
  • Event
Telling the Stories of Science Panel 1

Attention and Memory: How the Brain Does What It Does

Telling the Stories of Science: Panel 2
  • Science journalism,
  • Event
Telling the Stories of Science: Panel 2

Fifty Years Ahead: Imagining Nanotechnology, Quantum Computing, and Molecular Biology in 2062 Stata Center 32-141, March 24, 2012 Angela Belcher, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MITSeth Lloyd, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MITPhillip Sharp, Institute Professor, ...

Energy, the Media and You
  • MIT Energy Initiative,
  • Event
Energy, the Media and You: Behind the scenes with top science reporters

Public discourse on energy topics from nuclear technology to climate impacts to biofuels is often characterized by tall claims, exaggerated risks, biased coverage and impenetrable legalese.

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Finding Empathy
  • Science journalism,
  • Feature
Finding Empathy

Kristina Bjoran and Stephanie McPherson explore the neurological and biological roots of empathy at the Saxe lab with Emile Bruneau.

The Neuroscience of Conflict
  • Science journalism,
  • Community
World Pieces: The Neuroscience of Conflict

A study of conflict resolution through neuroscience with Emile Bruneau and Rebecca Saxe. By Kenrick Vezina, Gillian Conahan and Emily Ruppel.

Seat of Power
  • Science journalism,
  • Feature
Seat of Power

Video documentary of Rebecca Saxe's lab, and the work of Emile Bruneau in that lab. By Jordan Calmes and Allison MacLachlan.

The Good Side of Nightmares
  • Science journalism,
  • Feature
The Good Side of Nightmares

The average person dreams several hundred times a week. Most are about relatives, friends, colleagues and loved ones. Most of the time, nothing special happens - and we tend to forget most dreams. However, once in a while people wake up screaming or sweating from dreams so frightening that ...

The Light of the Dark Ocean
  • Science journalism,
  • Feature
The Light of the Dark Ocean

A brief look at bioluminescence in deep sea creatures with Harvard Professors Woody Hastings & Karsten Hartel. By Knight Fellow Wojciech Mikoluszko.

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Stereoptic Motion: A 2-D Movie about 3-D Vision
  • Science journalism,
  • Educational
Stereoptic Motion: A 2-D Movie about 3-D Vision

Rafael Garcia of the Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT takes an inside look at Peter Schiller's research on visual depth perception.

Ethics & Forensics in the age of Photoshop Photojournalism
  • Science journalism,
  • Feature
Ethics & Forensics in the age of Photoshop Photojournalism

Guest Speakers Santiago Lyon & Hany Farid discuss common issues surrounding modern photojournalism. Sponsored by Knight Science Journalism at MIT.

Fire Making in a South African Village
  • Science journalism,
  • Feature
Fire Making in a South African Village

By Andrew Mombondiyani, a science reporter from Zimbabwe. Andrew is currently a Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT. HOST INTRODUCTION: Host Intro:Traditional music is still part of the Makuleke people in South Africa. Makuleke is a remote village sharing a boundary with Kruger National ...

Fire Making in a South African Village
  • Science journalism,
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Fire Making in a South African Village

By Andrew MombadiyaniBy Andrew Mombondiyani, a science reporter from Zimbabwe. Andrew is currently a Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT. HOST INTRODUCTION: Host Intro:Traditional music is still part of the Makuleke people in South Africa. Makuleke is a remote village sharing a boundary ...

An Underground Cellist
  • Science journalism,
  • Profile
An Underground Cellist

By Wojciech Mikoluszko, a science reporter from Poland. Mikoluszko is currently a Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT.You could hardly find a bigger contrast: the clean voice of a cello breaking through the dirty noise of a subway. And this is what people hear in Cambridge subway stations. ...

New England Science Writers Blogging Panel - Jan 2011
  • Science journalism,
  • Feature
New England Science Writers Blogging Panel - Jan 2011

WCSJ-2011
  • Science journalism,
  • Feature
WCSJ-2011

Multimedia Panel at the World Conference Science Journalists 2011, Cairo, Egypt Produced by John Bohannon and Dianne Finch

Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts
  • Science journalism,
  • Feature
Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts

2009-2010 Fellow Marcin Jamkowski produced this story while learning to shoot and edit video at KSJ. Since then, he's revamped the film and sent it to us from Poland! Enjoy.

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