science videos

1 February 2010. Scientific American is pleased to announce The World Changing Ideas Video Contest, in partnership with SciVee. Continuing the theme of the Scientific American December 2009 cover story, “World Changing Ideas,” the contest encourages readers to submit video entries about innovative ways to build a cleaner, healthier, smarter world. Entries can be submitted today through June 14, 2010 when the contest concludes.

(Philadelphia, PA) – July 28, 2009 – Lights, camera, science! The Scientist magazine and SciVee™ announced the four winners of The Scientist Video Awards 2009. Winners were divided in two categories: Individual (funded by an individual or research grant) and Institutional (funded by a corporation or research institution). Within each category, both judges’ and audience awards were given. The Scientist’s readers and SciVee’s users picked the Audience Winners. The winners are:

* Judge’s Individual Winner: Tom McFadden for “Synaptic Cleft”

It's always worth seeing the first lecture at any popular introductory-level college course, because that's when the professor rolls out the crowd-pleasing stuff.

Like electrified pickles!