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Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers
Michelle Thaller: Dancing With The Stars
Season 2012
Episode 4
Michelle Thaller finds dance partners across time and space. Michelle Thaller is an astronomer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. She loves to study binary stars and the life cycles of the stars. In her off-hours, Michelle often puts on about 30 lbs of Elizabethan garb and performs intricate Renaissance dances.
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What does an around-the-world pilot do to stay awake while flying? SING!
2:50
Barrington Irving completes his flight around the world & get kids excited about aviation.
0:44
We give Barrington Irving 30 seconds to describe flying around the world solo.
2:58
Barrington Irving starts his journey from "humble beginnings" to trailblazing pilot.
1:00
Amy Cuddy explains why President Lyndon Johnson was the "Poser-In-Chief."
1:34
Amy Cuddy tells us why dance is her favorite kind of body language.
3:31
Amy Cuddy loses her mojo, gets it back and teaches other people how to maximize their mojo
0:37
Amy Cuddy describes power poses, and she tells us we should all stand like Wonder Woman.
1:46
Jill Tarter describes a math error that found its way into the movie "Contact".
3:23
Jill Tarter tries to find aliens and uses Jodie Foster to help move the process along.
0:50
Jill Tarter tries to answer one of the oldest questions we've got.... Are we alone?
1:59
Jill Tarter's football player Dad inspires her to hunt and fish and become an engineer.