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Ask a Scientist: How Did You Become a Scientist?

This video from the National Eye Institute features Chris Thomas answering children's questions about how you can become a scientist and the variety of jobs they do.

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Danielle Bassett: The Flexible Brain

A neuroscientist describes how a friend's attempted suicide motivated her to use her knowledge of physics to study the brain.

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Sol Snyder: Daring Creativity in Research

The neuroscientist discusses how creative thinking led to some of his most groundbreaking discoveries.

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Jennifer Morgan: Finding Inspiration in Unexpected Places

A researcher explains how her undergraduate experience inspired a career studying spinal cord injury.

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Fruit Flies and the Smell Sense: How a Molecule's Vibration Can Change Its Smell

How can a fruit fly teach us about our senses? Watch this video and see how scientists use fruit flies to learn more about our sense of smell.

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Judy Illes: Ethical Considerations for Neuroscience

The neurology professor contemplates the ethical issues raised by neuroscience research.

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David Jentsch: Commitment to Science

Scientist targeted by animal rights activists asks about the ethics of inaction.

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Sten Grillner: Advancing Research in the European Community

An interview with Sten Grillner, current president of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS).

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Alan Guttmacher: Sharing National Priorities, Reaching Common Goals

Alan Guttmacher is the director of the Eunice Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

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Pierre J. Magistretti: A Global Collaborative Approach

An interview with Pierre J. Magistretti, secretary-general of the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) and a past president of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS).