Video Topic: Science and Technology

EcoFest 2015

Recently, APN visited Ecofest at Arlington Town Hall, an annual celebration of the environment, filled with music, educational forums, and hands on activities. This year’s event focused on energy –

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Newscast: February 5, 2015

At Arlington Public News, we bring you stories of interest to Arlington and surrounding communities. In tonight’s newscast, we feature a visit with Arlington’s own Mildred Dresselhaus, a celebrated physicist

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Mildred Dresselhaus

APN met with MIT Physics and Engineering Professor Mildred Dresselhaus, a recent Presidential Medal of Freedom winner.

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Newscast: January 15, 2015

At Arlington Public News, we bring you stories of interest to Arlington and surrounding communities. In tonight’s newscast, we present highlights of a panel discussion on “Race Matters,” we learn

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Spotting Neptune

On January 19, you can see Neptune for yourself with the aid of Mars (and some binoculars).

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People’s Climate March

On Sunday, Sept 21, hundreds of thousands converged on New York City for what is described as the largest ever rally around climate change. The People’s Climate March preceded a

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Newscast: August 14, 2014

In tonight’s newscast, we will look at the problem of an invasive plant in the Mystic River, we’ll discuss issues of class and classism with activist Betsy Leondar-Wright, and we’ll

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2014 Super Moon

Now we’ll take a look at our recent night sky. Resident Astronomer and APN Science Correspondent Dr. Gareth Williams teaches us about the Super Moon that has been glowing brightly

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Newscast: August 7, 2014

In tonight’s newscast, we speak to the co-founders of a very special, local non-profit, we bring you highlights from the recent “Chairful 2014” event, and we wrap up our series

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Robots: MERS

The concepts behind Automata and Robots have been part of ancient mythologies, and have been the stuff of sci-fi books for ages. For a look at some of the latest,

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Newscast: June 19, 2014

In tonight’s newscast we talk with an Arlington resident who founded an addiction recovery program, we learn about the water quality of the Mystic River, and we introduce a new

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“The Mathematical Universe”

Recently, APN’s Science Correspondent Dr. Gareth Williams attended a “Science for the Public” event at Robbins Library. The event speaker, Dr. Max Tegmark, presented information from his new book, “The

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Newscast: May 22, 2014

In tonight’s newscast, we explore the challenges working women face as they move in and out of the workforce, we learn about a very special camp that took place at

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Newscast: January 9, 2014

https://vimeo.com/83881350 In tonight’s newscast, we speak to Anant Agarwal, president of EdX, about online learning; we introduce a new series on adolescence; and we visit a local home featured in

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Asteroid

Did you know that a small asteroid burned up over the Atlantic at the start of 2014? APN has this exclusive report from Science correspondent Dr. Gareth Williams, who was

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