![]() ESO 1 Science![]() ![]() DownloadPreviousNextClose 1. The Earth in the Universe2. Matter3. The Atmosphere and the Weather4. The Water and the Hydrosphere7. Prokaryotes, Protozoa, Algae and FungiFungi: the good, the bad and the edible. Though fungi are essential in the production of bread, beer and some cheeses, it can also be a threat to human life in the form of deadly disease and infection. Fungi experts discuss the diverse and complex nature of this underappreciated kingdom of organisms. 8. The Plant Kingdom9. The Animal Kingdom![]() ESO 2 Science![]() ![]() DownloadPreviousNextClose 1. Forces and Movements2. EnergyA truly green source of energy: algae. Ira Flatow and guests discuss the future of algae-based energy, including plans for a new algae-fueled power plant in Venice, Italy. Biologist Jerry Brand explains why biotech companies are snapping up samples from his extensive algae collection at the University of Texas at Austin. 3. Heat and Temperature4. Light5. Sound9. Interaction and Coordination in Living BeingsButterfly larvae trick ants with scent and sound. Ecologists report in Science how a species of butterfly tricks red ants into caring for them. The larvae chemically "smell" like ants, and can imitate noises that the ant queens make. Ecologist Jeremy Thomas describes the intertwined natural history of these two species. Streamed from NPR Science Friday Podcast. 10. Reproduction in Living Beings11. The Ecosphere and the Ecosystems![]() ESO 3 Biology and Geology![]() ![]() DownloadPreviousNextClose 1. Organization of Living Matter2. Nutrition in Humans3. Interaction in Humans4. Reproduction in Humans![]() Childbirth the Monty Python's way. Fragment from the Monty Python's film "The meaning of Life"… with the very expensive machine that goes "ping". You can read the transcript at http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/mol/m-03-i.htm. 5. Health and Disease![]() ESO 4 Biology and Geology![]() ![]() DownloadPreviousNextClose 1. Cellular Functions2. Heredity and Transmission3. The Evolution of Living MatterNaked evolution. It's 150 years since Darwin's theory of Evolution was presented to the Linnean Society, and so we've Naturally Selected the Science of Evolution! We find out why scientists have revisited a textbook example of natural selection in action, find out why horny sheep are gambling on good weather and how bacteria in the lab can evolve into a new species! We find out why tragedy almost kept Darwin's ideas from ever being seen, by looking at the archives of his own letters. Plus, why crocodiles chat from inside their eggs, a new way to send messages underwater and why Martian soil would be good for growing cabbages! And in kitchen science we find out which surface is best for keeping ice cool. Lamarck's evolution. Before Charles Darwin, Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck created the first theory of evolution in 1809. However, his theory was discredited by most in the scientific community once Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution, 50 years later. Ross Honeywill tells us this fascinating story. ![]() Gradual evolution. The odds that such a complex organ as the human eye could have showed up all at once, and just randomly, are extremely low, creationists say. But the chances for it to appear gradually, step by step, are really high. And this fact can't be better explained than the way this video does. 4. Natural History of the EarthAnthropologist Donald Johanson On "Lucy's Legacy". In 1974, at age 31, Donald Johanson discovered the fossil he dubbed "Lucy", a previously unknown species of ancient hominid. Johanson talks about what the discovery meant for the human family tree and discusses his new book Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins. 5. Plant Physiology6. Dynamics of Ecosystems![]() The disappearing male. Documentary about one of the most important, and least publicized, issues facing the human species: the toxic threat to the male reproductive system. The last few decades have seen steady and dramatic increases in the incidence of boys and young men suffering from genital deformities, low sperm count, sperm abnormalities and testicular cancer. At the same time, boys are now far more at risk of suffering from ADHD, autism, Tourette's syndrome, cerebral palsy, and dyslexia. The Disappearing Male takes a close and disturbing look at what many doctors and researchers now suspect are responsible for many of these problems: a class of common chemicals that are ubiquitous in our world. Found in everything from shampoo, sunglasses, meat and dairy products, carpet, cosmetics and baby bottles, they are called "hormone mimicking" or "endocrine disrupting" chemicals and they may be starting to damage the most basic building blocks of human development. 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