Melanie Stiassny, the Axelrod Research Curator and Curator-in-Charge of the Department of Ichthyology at the American Museum of Natural History, invites listeners into her world as she describes the excitement of surveying freshwater fish in the Malebo region of the Congo and Kasai Rivers.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

New findings from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center may help explain the mechanics behind the widely documented phenomenon of living creatures being totally frozen and then successfully brought back to life.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

Inventor Realizes Dream to Create Stronger Metal Foam -- New material absorbs seven to eight times the energy absorbed by similar foams. Downloads and related information This is an episode from ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

HERB, the Robot Butler -- Who wouldn't want a butler to wait on them hand and foot? Meet HERB, a robot butler in training. Downloads and related information This is an episode from This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

Princeton University scientists may have discovered the oldest fossils of animal bodies. These findings push back the clock on the scientific world's thinking regarding when animal life appeared on Earth.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

What is the sizzle of science? From August 30 - September 23, 2010, we invite you to record a video about what you think is cool-inspiring-fascinating-beautiful-amazing about science and post it on the NSF Facebook fan page (This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

In this audio slideshow, Christopher J. Raxworthy, a herpetologist at the American Museum of Natural History, talks briefly about his research and his latest trip to Madagascar.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego's, Calit2 (California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology) show their StarCAVE surround-view adaptation of images of the 2007 Harris Fire to members of the HPWREN team. The pictures, which were taken by cameras that ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

Three new wind turbines located between the United States' McMurdo Station and New Zealand's Scott Base provide alternative energy for both stations. Under optimal wind conditions, the three turbines produce approximately 330 kilowatts of electricity each, for a total of 990 kw. This would power ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

Nathaniel B. Palmer in Barilari Bay, Antarctic Peninsula' border='0' align='left' />The Research Vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer in Barilari Bay, Antarctic Peninsula. The research vessel is on a two-month science expedition to the Larsen B Embayment, once occupied by a major ice shelf. In 2002, the ice shelf collapsed in a million pieces, leaving only a shard of the Larsen B ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

A 360-degree-view around a tower site, part of the High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN). HPWREN is a National Science Foundation-funded network research project that also functions as a collaborative cyberinfrastructure on research, education and first ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

Scientists, technicians and drillers on Expedition 323, the Bering Sea Paleoceanography expedition, celebrate setting a new advanced piston corer (APC) depth record of 458 meters below the seafloor at Site U1341 in the Bering Sea. Expedition 323 was conducted using the International Ocean Drilling ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

This 360-degree-view at the Palomar Observatory is almost 44-megapixels in size. It was taken as part of the High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN) program. The camera is owned by the observatory. HPWREN is a National Science Foundation-funded network ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

"Teeth" This artwork is a 3-D CAT scan of human teeth, with a viewpoint behind the lower set of teeth looking upwards towards the upper jaw. The crowns of the teeth are rendered in purple. The central root canal can be seen within the roots of the teeth (in blue).This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

Joides Resolution' border='0' align='left' />Sunset from the International Ocean Drilling Program's (IODP) drillship Joides Resolution during IODP Expedition 320, the Pacific Equatorial Age Transect expedition. IODP is supported by the National Science Foundation (grant OCE 03-52500). For more information about ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

"Within One's Heart" This artistically rendered 3-D computed tomography (CT) scan shows a view peeping in between the columns of muscle at the apex of the left ventricle of the human heart. The two rings above represent the aortic valve (left) and mitral valve (right). The ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

Joides Resolution' border='0' align='left' />A sunset paints the sky over the ocean during the International Ocean Drilling Program's (IODP) Expedition 320, the Pacific Equatorial Age Transect expedition. The expedition was conducted using the IODP drillship Joides Resolution. IODP is supported by the National Science ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

"Web" This artistically rendered 3-D computed tomography (CT) scan looking down the human head shows the complicated arteries and veins (in blue) supplying the brain above the base of the skull (in green). The skull base resembles a spider sitting in a web waiting for its ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

Whale sharks were frequent visitors during the International Ocean Drilling Program's (IODP) Expedition 320, the Pacific Equatorial Age Transect expedition. The expedition was conducted using the IODP drillship Joides Resolution. IODP is supported by the National Science ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

"Sound Track" This artistically rendered 3-D computed tomography (CT) scan shows a view inside the human ear canal. The two tiny bones (center) are the ear ossicles known as malleus and incus marking the location of the ear drum that guards the opening to the middle ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.