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Cosmic Radiation

Through his hot air balloon experiments, physicist, Victor Hess discovers the phenomenon and effects of cosmic radiation.

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  • Play Greatest Discoveries in Earth Science
    10 Clips Playlist Greatest Discoveries in Earth...

    100 Greatest Discoveries (21:05)

    Explore the Earth under your feet.
  • Play When Earth Erupts: The Western Pacific Rim
    4 Clips Playlist Western Pacific Rim

    Geologic Journey (08:16)

    The Pacific Rim is home to half of the world's active volcanoes, and ninety percent of the world's earthquakes, yet nearly 800 million people continue to live within its violent edge.
  • Play World Science Festival
    5 Clips Playlist World Science Festival

    (14:27)

    Reporter-at-large Dr. Kiki interviews the movers and shakers in science.
  • Play When Earth Erupts: Along The African Rift
    4 Clips Playlist Along the African Rift

    Geologic Journey (08:54)

    The African Rift is a massive gash that runs through eastern Africa and was likely the birthplace of life on earth. Find out how the geology of these places shaped our past and how their location on a tectonic boundary threatens the future.

The Science Channel Clips

  • Play 100 Greatest Discoveries: The Discovery of Penicillin
    The Discovery of Penicillin

    100 Greatest Discoveries (02:14)

    Penicillin was one of medical sciences biggest breakthroughs.
  • Play 100 Greatest Discoveries: Cosmic Radiation
    Cosmic Radiation

    100 Greatest Discoveries (01:23)

    Through his hot air balloon experiments, physicist, Victor Hess discovers the phenomenon and effects of cosmic radiation.
  • Play 100 Greatest Discoveries: The Beginning of Anesthesia
    The Beginning of Anesthesia

    100 Greatest Discoveries (02:38)

    Anesthesia allowed surgeries to be completely painless for the patient.
  • Play 100 Greatest Discoveries: The Core of the Earth
    The Core of the Earth

    100 Greatest Discoveries (02:39)

    Take an in depth look at our planet with host Bill Nye, as he examines the Earth's inner and outer core.
  • Play 100 Greatest Discoveries: Plate Tectonics
    Plate Tectonics

    100 Greatest Discoveries (02:05)

    Bill Nye and geologist, Dr. Neal Driscoll visit the California coastline where the Pacific and North American plates collide to help explain the phenomenon and effects of plate tectonics
  • Play 100 Greatest Discoveries: Global Warming, Shrinking Glaciers and CO2 Emissions
    Global Warming, Shrinking...

    100 Greatest Discoveries (01:57)

    Watch one of the most visible effects of global warming and how the emission of fossil fuels may contribute to current warming trends.
  • Play 100 Greatest Discoveries: Continental Drift
    Continental Drift

    100 Greatest Discoveries (02:12)

    Groundbreaking research by Alfred Wegener reveals that the phenomenon of continental drift.
  • Play 100 Greatest Discoveries: Opabinia
    Opabinia

    100 Greatest Discoveries (00:40)

    Opabinia, one of the underwater creatures discovered in the Burgess Shale, having five eyes and a trunk like appendage was unlike any animal today
  • Play 100 Greatest Discoveries: Germ Theory Origins
    Germ Theory Origins

    100 Greatest Discoveries (01:30)

    Pasteur discovered how to "pasteurize" to keep things germ free.
  • Play 100 Greatest Discoveries: KT Boundary Discovery
    KT Boundary Discovery

    100 Greatest Discoveries (02:44)

    Created by a miles long Meteor, the KT Boundary marks the end of the Dinosaurs
  • Play 100 Greatest Discoveries: David Keeling - Global Warming
    David Keeling - Global Warming

    100 Greatest Discoveries (01:52)

    David Keeling's research help illuminate the link between global warming and carbon dioxide emissions.
  • Play 100 Greatest Discoveries: William Harvey: Blood Flow Theory
    William Harvey: Blood Flow...

    100 Greatest Discoveries (02:43)

    William Harvey discovers how blood is actually circulated
 

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