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Can you explain science with 7 everyday objects? We’re looking for videos that explain a part, process or system of the human body in two minutes or less.
Enter today, first 100 qualified submissions win a free digital subscription!
In addition to appearing on camera, contestants must use:A panel of judges will declare a winner, whose video will be featured on the Scientific American website along with runners-up. There will also be a viewer’s choice selection.
The contest, conducted in partnership with SciVee, remains open to December 17, 2012. We will announce winners in January 2013. You must be 18 or older to enter.
Click here to read the official contest rules and guidelines at SciVee, which will also has instructions on how to upload your videos.
The first 100 qualified submissions will receive a digital subscription to Scientific American, with access to an archive going back to 1993 plus the Tablet edition for the iPad.
Official contest rules, guidelines and entry instructions—click here »
Emmy-award winning science documentary producer, Smithsonian Channel, National Geographic Channel and WGBH/NOVA.
Cell and molecular biology lecturer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Scientific American network blogger for PsiVid, a video-based blog.
Professor of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College and a member of editorial boards of several journals.
Video editor and producer, Scientific American.
Executive editor of Reuters Health and adjunct professor at New York University's Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program. A founder of the Retraction Watch and Embargo Watch blogs.
Science media personality and a specialist in learning and memory, hosts the This Week in Science (TWIS) podcast and radio show. She has worked for OnNetworks, Revision3, The Video Project, The Science Channel, TWiT.TV, and has appeared on CBS's "The Doctors."
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. To participate in the “Iron Egghead" Video Contest, upload your original video at www.scivee.tv/uploadvideo, beginning June 25, 2012 and ending on December 17, 2012. Winners will be selected on the basis of adherence to the guidelines, the quality of the explanation, originality and production value, each factor applied equally. Open to users of ScientificAmerican.com who are legal U.S. residents 18 years of age and older. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited by law. For complete Official Rules, go to http://www.scivee.tv/node/48834 Sponsor: Scientific American, Inc., 75 Varick Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10013.
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