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Science Matters

Explore the latest scientific developments, research, innovations and inventions in St. Louis and around the world. Produced and hosted by Nine’s Jim Kirchherr.

Science Matters is a local public television program presented by Nine PBS

November 18, 2015

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Kids build a robot, hitting instruction, graphene, 1920s travel technology. (25m 57s)

November 11, 2015

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Universal flu shot, 1918 Spanish Flu, below Lake Huron, Parkinson’s disease tremors. (26m 48s)

October 28, 2015

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Chain of Rocks Water Treatment, honeybees, American Library Association, Brian Green. (25m 59s)

October 21, 2015

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Museum of Westward Expansion, Arch stains, abalone population, urban garden. (27m 50s)

October 14, 2015

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Badminton, Wildlife Rescue Center Education Camps, Bill Nye, 3D printing. (25m 49s)

September 30, 2015

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Race car aerodynamics, Aerotrain, anti-biotic use, high-tech submersible camera. (27m 9s)

September 23, 2015

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Dr. Eric Green, robot cook, family trees, black market eagle parts. (28m 22s)

September 16, 2015

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DigiGirlz, supersonic car, autism video game, eSports, emergency responders & drones. (27m 30s)

September 2, 2015

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Washington University planetary scientist William McKinnon, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (27m 19s)

August 5, 2015

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Arch stains, bat disease, innovative math teachers, White sturgeon in peril. (28m 8s)

July 29, 2015

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St. Louis STARS program, wildfires, air potato vine, nutrition labels, fertilizers. (27m 53s)

July 22, 2015

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Danforth Plant Science Center, Mark Norell, Elwha River, Story Collider, Dr. John Morley. (28m 19s)

July 8, 2015

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Wildlife Rescue Center, black bears, theremin, Dr. Michael Lipton. (25m 27s)

July 1, 2015

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St. Louis University’s Archaeological Field School, testing video games, SciGirls. (27m 37s)

June 24, 2015

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Teen Science Café, coral reefs, Fireflies, Cradle of Aviation museum. (25m 15s)

May 20, 2015

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Science Day at Cool Valley Elementary School, Explorers Club, Charles Lindbergh. (27m 52s)

May 13, 2015

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Planting Trees, Asthma clinic, Wendy Chung, Hubble Telescope replacement, Black Tuesday. (28m 42s)

April 29, 2015

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Fremont’s leather flower, Antarctica, Grizzly Bears, Brother Guy Consolmagno (25m 10s)

April 22, 2015

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Metropolitan Sewer District, tablets for grandparents, Hari Sreenivasan on technology. (25m 19s)

April 15, 2015

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Cancer treatment, room lighting technologies, star fish. (25m 26s)

April 8, 2015

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Simulated patients, mobile robots, kinetic furniture, high-tech museums. (25m 37s)

April 1, 2015

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Growing plants in space, alien signals, rapid algae growth, scientists study crows. (26m 44s)

March 25, 2015

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Arch Reactor Hackerspace, Griffin 3D, neurologist Dr. John Morris. (26m 18s)

March 18, 2015

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Cancer Goggles, NYU Game Innovation Lab, Virtual Reality, Drones and Farms. (25m 24s)

February 25, 2015

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Honeysuckle, Lake George in New York, mass extinction, Mastodon State Historic Site. (25m 54s)

February 18, 2015

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Spirit of St. Louis restoration, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, STEM 4H Club, wearable devices (24m 47s)

February 11, 2015

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CoderGirl, Girls who Code, traffic control, Austin energy use, Cool Roofs. (25m 22s)

February 4, 2015

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Ivan Horozov, Museum of Math, Restoring oyster reefs, The Unforgettables, Jane Goodall. (26m 33s)

January 28, 2015

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Hellbender salamanders, Google Lunar X prize, Space Age memorabilia. (26m 55s)

January 21, 2015

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1918 Spanish flu pandemic, Emperor penguins, Trumpeter swans, irrigating crops. (26m 58s)

January 14, 2015

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Gateway Arch, drones, driverless cars, outdoor classroom. Hosted by Jim Kirchherr. (26m 20s)

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