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Why Kicking a Field Goal is Harder Than it Looks

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Kicking a field goal seems pretty straightforward: you just kick the ball as hard as you can between the goal posts at the back of the end zone. But if it were that easy, then kickers would almost never miss. Join physicist Tim Gay and semi-pro football kicker Hermes Lima as they explain all the factors that go into kicking a successful field goal.

Aired: 02/06/19

Rating: NR

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Can Super Corals Save Reefs?

Scientists are trying to help reefs around the world the world by identifying super corals

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Can Super Corals Save Reefs?

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Why Hurricane Florence Caused So Much Flooding

Warming air and sea surface temperatures are making storms wetter and more intense.

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Why Hurricane Florence Caused So Much Flooding

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Climate Change Flooding: A Threat to National Security?

Sea level rise and heavy rains pose logistical challenges to Norfolk, Virginia's Navy.

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Climate Change Flooding: A Threat to National Security?

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Did Climate Change Cause Hurricane Harvey?

Climate models can be used to analyze rainfall, heatwaves, and even coral bleaching events

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Did Climate Change Cause Hurricane Harvey?

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What is Coral Bleaching?

It changes the dynamic of the entire reefscape, and can be detrimental to corals.

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What is Coral Bleaching?

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What Does the Polar Vortex Have to do With Climate Change?

If you think you understand the polar vortex, think again.

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What Does the Polar Vortex Have to do With Climate Change?

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AI Helps Young Man with Cerebral Palsy Find Independence

Can AI technology help 12-year-old Kaden, who is nonverbal, find his voice?

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AI Helps Young Man with Cerebral Palsy Find Independence

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How Does a Government Shutdown Affect Science?

The government shutdown has brought experiments to a halt and affected other areas.

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How Does a Government Shutdown Affect Science?

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Five Moon Names to Know for Successful Moongazing

What's the meaning behind moon names?

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Five Moon Names to Know for Successful Moongazing

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The Next Pompeii Preview

In the shadow of Vesuvius and Pompeii, a lesser-known volcano puts Naples at risk.

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Volcanologists Descend into Mt Vesuvius' Crater

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Volcanologists Descend into Mt Vesuvius' Crater

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How Do You Get a Rocket to Land Back on Earth?

There's a reason why so few rockets are designed to come back to their launch sites.

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How Do You Get a Rocket to Land Back on Earth?

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The Next Pompeii

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Rise of the Rockets

New technologies are promising a new renaissance in space travel.

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Decoding the Great Pyramid

New archeological evidence shows the stunning engineering of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

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Kīlauea: Hawaiʻi on Fire

Journey to Kīlauea volcano to investigate the eruptions that shook Hawaiʻi in 2018.

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Einstein's Quantum Riddle

Join scientists as they grab light from across the universe to prove quantum entanglement.

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Einstein's Quantum Riddle

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Pluto and Beyond

The New Horizons spacecraft zooms toward an object 4 billion miles from Earth.

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Pluto and Beyond

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