Every few weeks there we feature an interesting short science video brought to you by the PWSSC and “Science Friday” a great science and technology radio program heard on KCHU Terminal Radio @ 88.1 FM in Cordova, Tatitlek and Chenega Bay and 770 AM in Valdez.

ISS Tour - Welcome To The International Space Station!

Bringing Down the Bolt

Lightning is one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of the atmospheric sciences, researchers say. Scientists at the International Center for Lightning Research and Testing in Florida are inducing lightning to strike so they can understand it better. (~5:00)

Seeing Through The Eyes Of An Armadillo

Sam Easterson has refined the art of the critter cam. He is the curator of the Museum of Animal Perspectives--an online repository of remotely-sensed wildlife imagery. All the footage comes from cameras implanted in the landscape or strapped to the backs of animals. (~5:00)

Fluke Footage Catches Whale In the Act

For years, longline fishermen in Alaska have complained that whales have been stealing their sablefish catch. A team of researchers, including Aaron Thode, Delphine Mathias and Jan Straley, mounted a video camera to a fishing line and caught a sperm whale stealing. Thode, a research scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, explains what the video reveals about whale behavior. (~5:00)

Are you ready to cut out grass? Try moss

Summertime doesn’t have to mean hours behind the lawn mower, at least for shade-dwellers. David Benner, horticulturist and moss enthusiast, cut grass out of his life 40 years ago. In its place, he cultivated moss. He now has 25 different species of moss growing on his property near New Hope, Pa. Benner, whose son Al Benner runs Moss Acres, shares tips for moss cultivation. (3:00)

Melting Permafrost and Wildlife

Green Packaging

The Sahara Desert– Seen Wetter Days!

Did you know that the Sahara Desert used to be green? Farouk El-Baz, the director for the Center of Remote Sensing at Boston University, explains how the Sahara's sandy dunes were formed. (3:51 minutes)

Tagging Tuna

See how giant blue-fin tuna are tagged.

Oceans Broadcast

With global warming, over-fishing and pollution, are the oceans doomed? (4:28 minutes)

Life on Our Skin

What lives on our skin? Dr. Martin Blaser, the chairman of the department of medicine at NYU School of Medicine, is trying to find out. After swabbing the arms of six people, Blaser and his lab found 182 different species of bacteria--thirty of which had never been seen before. (4:55 minutes)

Oysters, Not Just For Eating:

Think oysters are good on the half shell? They may be even better whole. Oysters can restore marine habitats by cleaning water, creating homes for other sea life and preventing coastal erosion. (4:10 minutes)

Turning Carbon Dioxide into Stone

Mushroom Collecting Basics

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