Biologist Maria Viteri uses data she collected herself, as well as evidence collected by other scientists for other projects, to better understand how animals are affected by humans living near them.
See how how technological and scientific advances propel one another forward through an example that connects the cathode ray tube to modern DNA technologies.
Learn more about how science works as you follow Walter Alvarez and team on a journey of discovery toward solving the mystery of the dinosaur extinction.
Follow the intertwined paths of Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and others that contributed ideas and evidence to the discovery of DNA's double helix.
Follow a group of scientists as they work together to understand - and then help fix - a problem that threatens the future of the planet: a hole in the ozone layer.
Find out how microbiologist Lynn Margulis developed an unlikely idea that overcame strong resistance within the scientific community to become an accepted part of evolutionary theory.
This 10-minute video uses the Understanding Science flowchart to describe how a team of scientists investigates climate change throughout Earth's history with ocean sediment cores.
Find out how the scientific community discovers and deals with fraud and bad scientific behavior in the story of Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann's "discovery" of cold fusion.