Everything about science on the screen 2012-01-17T04:41:59Z http://sciencevids.com/feed/atom/ WordPress Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=1227 2012-01-17T04:41:59Z 2012-01-16T20:12:29Z A sperm whale&#8217;s penis has no bones. This allows its flexible member to penetrate a female sperm whale from any number of directions; a necessity when two multi-ton animals are trying to line up...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 0 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=1154 2012-01-08T16:58:08Z 2012-01-08T16:57:02Z It was a bit unsettling to see a crocodile occupy the same several square meters of ocean where I&#8217;d swam only a few days before. The croc must have been over ten feet in length and appeared...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 0 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=1124 2012-01-06T03:39:43Z 2011-12-24T17:06:44Z I had planned to blog about crocodiles this week and post an accompanying video. But unfortunately my video editing program developed a mind of its own just before the car showed up to transport me...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 1 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=1095 2011-12-08T23:06:27Z 2011-12-08T14:00:42Z A few weeks ago, I wrote about Discovery Channel&#8217;s reluctance to air the climate change episode of the Frozen Planet series&#8211;an episode they helped fund.  I asked that we label this act...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 0 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=1064 2011-11-30T13:26:31Z 2011-11-30T04:01:06Z Filmmaking, like any other craft, is best learned by doing rather than reading. The reason? You need to fail&#8211;a lot. Along the way, you learn the tricks to overcome the many obstacles thrown at...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 0 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=1024 2011-11-30T13:11:47Z 2011-11-18T02:04:32Z On Tuesday the Daily Mail reported that the Discovery Channel will not broadcast the final episode of the popular Frozen Planet series in the U.S. Why? Because the show deals with climate change, an...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 0 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=1006 2011-11-10T04:08:27Z 2011-11-10T03:56:11Z The winners of this year&#8217;s AAAS Kavli science journalism awards were announced today, which included four awards for stand-out science video. And the winners are (drum roll please!)&#8230; SPOT...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 0 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=959 2011-11-29T03:52:16Z 2011-11-03T02:12:08Z In the last chapter of his book In the Blink of an Eye (Viking, 2001) film editor Walter Murch explores the possibilities inherent in the digital future of  film editing. He predicts film editors...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 0 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=889 2011-11-03T01:24:32Z 2011-10-08T14:18:22Z Here is a fun and informative video by scientist-filmmakers Neil Losin and Dan Nappen on the bite of the crested anole&#8211;a lizard native to Puerto Rico which has invaded South Florida. Neil is...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 0 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=876 2011-09-28T02:25:15Z 2011-09-28T02:23:42Z Wired.com has a nice video package on paleontologist Jack Horner and his plan to reverse-evolve a chicken into a dinosaur.  You can read the accompanying feature here. Thanks to science journalist...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 0 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=847 2011-04-30T15:13:13Z 2011-04-30T15:13:13Z This might be of interest to budding science filmmakers&#8211;I just published a video interview with legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog on his new film Cave of Forgotten Dreams, which opened to U.S....<br/> <br/> Read more.... 0 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=789 2011-02-06T19:30:58Z 2011-02-06T19:30:58Z Ever wondered what makes a video go viral? As an online science video producer I&#8217;m constantly mulling over this question, trying to figure out the right formula of content and style to create a...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 1 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=694 2011-01-31T15:24:02Z 2011-01-31T15:24:02Z www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMxuocCN1O0 Thanks to the web everything&#8217;s being crowd-sourced--from encyclopedias (see Wikipedia) to science (see FoldIt) to journalism (see iReport) to political...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 1 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=663 2011-09-25T04:15:01Z 2011-01-24T01:57:48Z Editor&#8217;s note: This post originally appeared on scienceofthetimes.com It&#8217;s 2011 and one of this year&#8217;s goals  is to relaunch this blog. When I started ScienceoftheTimes.com back in...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 3 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=594 2009-12-28T18:29:49Z 2009-12-28T18:29:49Z If you are looking for an exhaustive, comprehensive list of 2009&#8242;s best science stories&#8211;you have come to the wrong place. If that&#8217;s your cup of tea, I&#8217;ll direct you to...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 0 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=530 2011-09-25T23:31:26Z 2009-10-29T19:38:23Z Celiac disease, an allergy to gluten, may be the most underdiagnosed health problem in America today. Health officials estimate more than two million Americans  suffer from it, but only a small...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 13 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=437 2009-10-09T05:22:47Z 2009-10-09T05:22:47Z A Seattle Times headline caught my eye on Wednesday, stating that leafy greens are the number one “riskiest” food item in terms of food-borne illness.  I found that surprising, as you would expect...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 0 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=384 2009-10-02T18:56:52Z 2009-10-02T18:56:52Z Yesterday saw a blizzard of media surrounding the Ardipithecus paper published in the October 2nd issue of Science. A quick Google search reveals more than 600 articles published on the subject since...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 0 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=338 2009-08-28T22:36:05Z 2009-08-28T22:36:05Z One of the most frustrating things about working in biomedical research is the inability to translate infinitely small processes into something both visually meaningful and easy to digest. Within...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 0 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=285 2009-07-23T22:41:45Z 2009-07-23T22:41:45Z Only a subway ride away from Manhattan, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is located on a sandy atoll in the middle of Jamaica Bay, Queens. It is a small sanctuary for both aquatic birds and turtles. No...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 1 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=250 2011-09-25T23:30:46Z 2009-06-11T17:36:26Z Students from New York and New Jersey recently put their robotic LEGO designs to the test,  in the BUILD IT final design challenge held at  Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken. &#8220;The...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 1 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=168 2011-09-26T00:10:03Z 2009-06-02T18:43:33Z Editor&#8217;s Note: This post was originally published on scienceofthetimes.com In April, a new strain of H1N1 flu virus hopped from a pigs into people. This event sparked a pandemic that is now...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 2 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=110 2009-05-12T16:11:50Z 2009-05-12T16:11:50Z I am currently producing a short, animated video about the flu virus that I intend to either sell, or publish right here on Science of the Times.  I had wanted to include a video interview with a flu...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 0 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=88 2009-04-15T13:05:33Z 2009-04-15T13:05:33Z While pounding away on my gym&#8217;s treadmill last night, a ridiculous number of TV screens staring at me from across the  room,  my eyes fixed on Lou Dobbs&#8217; show.  The TV&#8217;s sound was...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 0 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=68 2009-04-13T21:03:15Z 2009-04-13T21:03:15Z After taking a short hiatus from writing after graduation from the  SHERP program at NYU,  I&#8217;m ready to launch this blog properly. What sort of blog is this going to be you might ask? What the...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 1 Eric R. Olson http://sciencevids.com/?p=24 2008-09-11T12:03:47Z 2008-09-11T12:03:47Z I just posted an article and multimedia extravaganza to Scienceline, the webmagazine published by the students of the SHERP program. If I was trying to learn one thing from my time at SHERP,...<br/> <br/> Read more.... 0