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Title: Symposium on Space Science and Engineering: Present and Future. Part III: "Kepler" Mission: Discoveries and Future Plans.
Identifier(s): video:1058; 2010_04_021
Description: Borucki describes the aims of the Kepler Mission: how to find terrestrail planets and are they in a certain "habitable" zone?
Subject: History of Science; Exobiology; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2010-04-24

Title: New Discoveries from the Age of Fishes in Pennsylvania: Building on the Paleontological Research of Keith Stewart Thomson
Identifier(s): video:1451
Description: Ted Daeschler gives a glimps into his research on the Devonian era fossils he has collected in Pennsylvania
Subject: History of Science; Geology, Stratigraphic, Devonian; Paleontology, Devonian; Fossils; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2017-11-11

Title: The Starzl Legacy Is Alive and Well Today
Identifier(s): video:1455
Description: James Markmann talks about Thomas Starzl's legacy in organ transplantation, specifically with regards to immunosuppressed patients.; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 162, No. 2 (June 2018)
Subject: History of Science; Patients; Bone marrow; Transplants & implants; Cell adhesion & migration; Liver; Mortality; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2017-11-09

Title: Mosquitoes and Why They Matter
Identifier(s): video:1382
Description: Dr. Vosshall talks about mosquitoes and their place in the animal world. She also examines how the Zika virus has spread throughout the world.
Subject: History of Science; Mosquitoes; Biology, Research; Zika virus, History.; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2016-04-29

Title: Fauci and Thompson in Honor of Barry Blumberg
Identifier(s): video:1379
Description: A video of Anthony Fauci and Mark Thomson discuss the lifework of Barry Blumberg, specifically the Hepatitis B vaccine.
Subject: History of Science; Hepatitis B; Blumberg, Baruch S., 1925-2011; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2016-04-29

Title: Einstein’s Legacy
Identifier(s): video:1401
Description: David Gross discusses the "privileged observer" in Einstein's theory and personal ethics.
Subject: History of Science; Symmetry (Physics), History; Relativity; Physics; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2016-04-29

Title: Consciousness and the Infant Mind
Identifier(s): video:1381
Description: Dr. Woodward talks about how developmental psychologists think children's minds grow. How does our consciousness grow as we age?; Further reading: Woodward, A. Learning and the Infant Mind. (Oxford University Press: 2008)
Subject: History of Science; Conceptual knowledge; Experience and knowledge; Developmental psychology.; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2016-04-28

Title: The Search for Signatures of Consciousness in the Human Brain
Identifier(s): video:1378
Description: Stanislas Dehaene asks the question: is consciousness beyond the reach of the science? Where is it? How does it come about?; Further reading: Dehaene, S. Consciousness and the brain : deciphering how the brain codes our thoughts (Penguin Books: 2014)
Subject: History of Science; Neurology, Philosophy; Consciousness; Cognitive neuroscience; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2016-04-28

Title: Architecture for Cyber Security
Identifier(s): video:70; 2003_11_002
Description: Dr. Lee makes the case for the importance of cyber secruity in order to secure democracy and civilized life.
Subject: History of Computing; History of Science; Computer security; Cryptography; Access control; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2003-11-14

Title: Symposium on Space Science and Engineering: Present and Future. Part IV: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Past, Present, and Future.
Identifier(s): video:1059; 2010_04_022
Description: Dr. Tarter studies extraterrestrial intelligence. She explains how she and her team look for signs of technology of other life.; Further reading: http://opac.amphilsoc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=30438
Subject: History of Science; Exobiology; Extraterrestrial beings.; Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Study group : U.S.); APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2010-04-24

Title: Yellow Fever, a Success Story:;
Identifier(s): video:1238;
Description: ; ; Dr. Choppin talks about the yellow fever vaccine and its success.
Subject: ; History of Science; Yellow fever, History; Vaccines, History; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2013-11-14

Title: 20th and 21st Century Climate Change
Identifier(s): video:493; 2005_04_011
Description: At the spring 2005 meetings, Washington presents a 20 minute talk on the history of climate change and its skeptics
Subject: History of Science; Climactic changes, history; Climactic changes; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2005-04-29

Title: Design Problem-Solving in the Anthropocene
Identifier(s): video:1565
Description: Rubin talks about how his company designs for the future within the reality of climate change
Subject: History of Science; Landscape architecture; Climate change; Design; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2019-04-26

Title: Symposium: Current Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: Across Disciplinary Lines. Part IV: The Origin of Bounded Rationality and Intelligence.
Identifier(s): video:1077; 2010_11_016
Description: Andrew Lo talks about how rationality and intelligence effect our choises and behavior
Subject: History of Science; Human behavior; Intelligence levels; Rationalization (Psychology); APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2010-11-13

Title: Imaging In Medicine
Identifier(s): video:750; 2007_04_002
Description: Dr. Bradley interprets the world of medical imaging, from the x-ray to the MRI. His talk focus on brain diseases, specifially dementia.
Subject: History of Science; X-rays, History; Medical imaging; Dementia; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2007-04-26

Title: Introduction
Identifier(s): video:624; 2006_04_001
Description: Barry Blumberg introduces the speakers for the first sesson on Franklin.
Subject: APS Archives; History of Science; American Philosophical Society, Congresses; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2006-04-27

Title: Benjamin Franklin and the Edinburgh Enlightenment
Identifier(s): video:686; 2006_04_016
Description: Sir Atiyah speaks on Franklin's influence on the Scotish Enlightenment
Subject: History of Science; Science, Scotland, 18th cenutry; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, Scotland; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2006-04-28

Title: Better Living with AI. Part 3: Does This Vehicle Belong to You?: Processing the Language of Policing for Improving Police-Community Relations
Identifier(s): video:1546
Description: Dan Jurasky examines how body camera data can improve police-community relations.
Subject: History of Science; Artificial intelligence; Police brutality, United States; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2018-11-09

Title: Carbon Pricing for Climate Change Policy:;
Identifier(s): video:1263;
Description: ; ; To design a strategy to slow greehouse gas growth, Dr. Nordhaus examines how carbon pricing could have a desired effect.
Subject: ; History of Science; Climate change; Carbon offsetting, Economic aspects.; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2014-04-25

Title: Chemical Communication Among Plants and Insects
Identifier(s): video:1051; 2010_04_014
Description: Professor de Moraes talks about chemical communication between plants and insects.
Subject: History of Science; Chemistry; Botany; Fertilization of plants by insects; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2010-04-23