Keywords and topics that are found in this program: SOLS, spider silk, webs,
species, venom, movie, natural history museum, arachnologist, arachnology.
| Topic |
Time |
| Intro |
00:00 |
| How did you get interested in spiders? |
01:17 |
| How many species of spiders are in the world? |
01:58 |
| How many spiders species are left to be discovered? |
02:08 |
| The number of spiders you have discovered. |
02:23 |
| How many spiders are dangerous to humans? |
03:19 |
| How many species of spiders in the U.S. that are dangerous to
humans? |
04:29 |
| Black widow bytes misdiagnosed as an appendicitis. |
05:03 |
| Brown recluse spider |
05:22 |
| So spiders are not that dangerous for humans and are critical to the
planet. |
06:08 |
| What if there were no spiders on Earth? |
06:47 |
| Why do you think people are afraid of spiders? |
08:22 |
| What are some of the best things about spiders - what are some of
your favorite spiders? |
09:20 |
| What are some of the coolest characteristics of
spiders - silk - types - strength. |
10:43 |
|
SPIDA-web - artificial neural network |
12:18 |
| SPIDA-web learns? |
13:44 |
| Can anyone use SPIDA-web? |
14:22 |
| How was SPIDA-web funded and how much did it cost? |
16:10 |
| Other spider resources on the web. |
17:30 |
| What's it like to work in a natural history museum
- American Museum of Natural History? |
17:58 |
| Spiderman meets Spiderman - is Tobey Maguire afraid of
spiders? |
19:12 |
| What's an average day like for you? |
19:52 |
| Travel as part of your job. |
21:26 |
| Do you have any interesting travel adventure stories? |
21:49 |
| Launch of the new International Institute for Species Exploration -
what do you hope the IISE will do? |
22:26 |
| When did you know you wanted to be a biologist - scientist? |
24:36 |
| What would you be if you were not a biologist? |
25:44 |
| The importance of artists in science. |
26:40 |
| What advise do you have for someone wanting to become a biologist? |
27:33 |
| Sign-off |
28:10 |
