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Season 1 – NOVA scienceNOW

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Reporter David Pogue hosts a witty, partly animated newsmagazine version of the long-running PBS series "Nova." Each episode features stories on the most-intriguing discoveries and breakthroughs in a host of scientific fields, plus a profile piece spotlighting a compelling scientific personality.
NOVA scienceNOW — Season 1

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jun 25, 2008 Dark Matter Scientists use detectors to search for evidence of a ghostly substance they believe makes up most of the matter of the universe. Details Episode 2 Aired Jul 2, 2008 Personal Genome; Digital Art Authentication; Carbon Sequestration; Pardis Sabeti Profile Personal genetic profile; whether computers can identify real works of art; carbon dioxide; professor Pardis Sabeti. Details Episode 3 Aired Jul 9, 2008 Hubble Repair; First Primate; Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa; Iraqi Bacteria Repairing the Hubble telescope; finding the first primates; professor Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa; a bacteria in Iraq has become resistant to most antibiotics. Details Episode 4 Aired Jul 16, 2008 Finch Brains; Northern Lights; Yoky Matsuoka; Smart Bridges Genetics behind language acquisition; space weather; Yoky Matsuoka creates robot technology for the disabled; detecting structural damage of bridges. Details Episode 5 Aired Jul 23, 2008 Leeches; SETI; Stem Cells; Edith Widder Leeches; systematic survey of millions of star systems for signs of advanced civilizations; embryonic-like stem cells without the embryo. Details Episode 6 Aired Jul 30, 2008 Phoenix; Mammoth Mystery; Judah Folkman Tribute The NASA mission to send a lander to Mars; a look inside fossilized tusks of two mammoths; the angiogenesis work of Judah Folkman. Details Episode 7 Aired Aug 6, 2008 Scientists work on a pill that could extend the human life span; space elevators; satellite imaging helps uncover 2,000-year-old Mayan ruins. Details Episode 8 Aired Aug 13, 2008 Genetic research that may solve the mystery of longevity; ancient papyrus scrolls. Details Episode 9 Aired Aug 20, 2008 Understanding the chemical switches inside human cells could lead to cancer cures; a coded sculpture; ancient proteins recovered from dinosaur bones. Details Episode 10 Aired Aug 20, 2008 Possible consequences of an asteroid hitting the earth in 2036; genes and hormones that regulate body weight; MIT roboticist Karl Iagnemma. Details

Season Info

Network
PBS
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jun 25, 2008