NOVA's scienceNOW is an innovative science news magazine show that draws on a limitless range of potential stories: from the secrets of the genetic code to fuel cells and hydrogen powered cars, from the battle against cancer and heart disease to the quest to slow down aging and "grow" new organs. Hosts Robert Krulwich of Nightline and ABC News and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson enthusiasm for science, quirky humor and uncanny ability to make difficult subjects compelling and entertaining, bring a distinctive flair to the series. The program brings to life the "how" and "why" behind cutting-edge discoveries and show the everyday impact and human side of science with accuracy, clarity and flair.
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Scientists have struggled for centuries to pinpoint the qualities that distinguish humans from the millions of other animal species we share the vast majority of our DNA with. NOVA scienceNow explores those traits once tho... SEE MORE >>
Can science create a world without crime or help catch crooks before they can act again? NOVA scienceNow peers inside the criminal mind and discovers cutting-edge forensic techniques that are helping investigators stop cri... SEE MORE >>
How do you get a genius brain? Is it all in the genes? Or does it come with hard work? Is it possible that everyone’s brain has untapped genius just waiting for the right circumstances to be unleashed?
What are the scientific secrets behind your favorite foods? NOVA scienceNow ventures into labs and kitchens where everything from junk food to holiday turkey is diced, sliced, dissected and put under the microscope to unc... SEE MORE >>
Have you ever wondered what is going on inside your pet’s mind? Dogs, pigeons, and bees interpret the world using senses and abilities that are sometimes truly amazing. NOVA scienceNow explores how a beehive resembles a ... SEE MORE >>
The technologies that will transform our lives decades from now are already taking shape in laboratories around the world. Innovative engineers and computer scientists working to create thought-controlled video games, robo... SEE MORE >>
Where did the very first living thing on Earth come from? Can a simple injection erase a painful memory? From a single human cell to the entire universe, NOVA scienceNOW asks where did we come from.
Would you care to match wits with a dog, an octopus, a dolphin, or a parrot? You may want to think twice after watching this intriguing new NOVA scienceNOW. While we may not be ready for barnyard Barnards or sending pets t... SEE MORE >>
NOVA scienceNOW delves into some pretty heady stuff to examine magic and the brain, artificial intelligence, mind control, and the nature of reality in an astonishing episode on how the brain works.
Thrilling innovations and new discoveries are being made all the time in science, and there are a few things on the horizon in the fields of medicine and technology and energy that are really poised to change the way we li... SEE MORE >>
This provocative episode explores themes of life span and whether we can slow down the aging process, looks at the latest on human hibernation, and checks in with those inventing ways to keep us “going forever.”
Can humans survive a trip to Mars and back that could take two to three years? NOVA scienceNOW examines all of the perils and dilemmas of this journey—as well as the ingenuity being used to design innovative new material... SEE MORE >>
EARTHQUAKES IN THE MIDWEST Some of the most dramatic earthquakes to strike North America haven't been in California or Alaska -- they've hit in the heart of the country. In 1811 and 1812, a powerful string of quakes struck ... SEE MORE >>
FINCH BRAINS What can the songs of Zebra Finches tell us about the human evolution of language? A lot more than we once thought. It turns out the way a finch learns to sing is very similar to how babies learn to speak. N... SEE MORE >>
LEECHES Leeches, those innocent bloodsuckers, have been bad-mouthed to the point that they've become synonymous with obnoxious freeloaders. Even host Neil Tyson gets creeped out while wading through leech-infested waters wi... SEE MORE >>
PHOENIX (MARS MISSION) NOVA scienceNOW reports on the upcoming touchdown of the latest NASA Mars probe. The Phoenix lander is set to touch down for the first time on the Martian arctic. Its mission is to dig in to the Mar... SEE MORE >>
DIAMOND FACTORY A blindfolded Tyson is led to a top-secret "diamond farm" to investigate breakthroughs in the engineering of artificial diamonds. Indistinguishable from the real thing, these glittering creations may one day... SEE MORE >>
HUNT FOR ALIEN EARTHS NOVA scienceNOW visits astronomers on the brink of finding "another Earth" in our galaxy with a new planet-hunting machine that will soon be operational: the Kepler telescope. This and other ingenious ... SEE MORE >>
MARATHON MOUSE After studying mice his team managed to genetically alter for heightened endurance, Ron Evans has found two drugs that have the same effect as gene modification. Now that both drugs have been approved by the ... SEE MORE >>
THE SCIENCE OF PICKY EATERS Neil deGrasse Tyson sets out to find out more about the science behind our sense of taste: and discovers out that you can't understand taste without also getting into smell. Just when he thinks h... SEE MORE >>
MOON SMASHER Tag along with a team of scientists at NASA who will smash two SUV-sized rockets onto the lunar surface and unleash a debris cloud to study with LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite). The data... SEE MORE >>
PUBLIC GENOMES To test or not to test? NOVA scienceNOW revisits the question Neil deGrasse Tyson asked himself last season, as he pondered whether to get a personal genetic profile that would predict his chances of contract... SEE MORE >>
SAVING HUBBLE UPDATE The Hubble Space Telescope -- an orbiting eye on the universe that has greatly advanced our knowledge of the cosmos -- is in need of repairs never intended to be performed in orbit. Neil de Grasse Tyson... SEE MORE >>
HUBBLE REPAIR MISSION Hubble is in trouble: the Hubble Space Telescope, that is. The amazingly productive scientific instrument that has generated so many stunning images of the universe for the world to marvel at is due fo... SEE MORE >>
PERSONAL GENOME To test? Or not to test? That's the question that faces host Neil Tyson as he ponders whether to get a personal genetic profile that will predict his chances of contracting one of several serious diseases. I... SEE MORE >>
DARK MATTER Host Neil Tyson reports from a half mile underground in an abandoned mine, where scientists are using special detectors to look for evidence of a ghostly substance that they believe makes up most of the matter o... SEE MORE >>
The latest installment of NOVA's science newsmagazine draws on a range of absorbing stories from groundbreaking new genetic research that may solve the mystery of longevity, to unlocking the secrets of ancient papyrus scro... SEE MORE >>
This episode includes four intriguing science stories: a mass-extinction murder mystery; a daring experiment with a killer-flu bug; robots with emotions; and how space-age technology is helping to decipher crumbling ancie... SEE MORE >>
NOVA ScienceNOW catapults viewers into 2007 with a penetrating hour featuring four of the most fascinating stories yet from the frontlines of science, and another thought-provoking Cosmic Perspective from host and astrophy... SEE MORE >>
Stories in this hour include a look into epigenetics: Is DNA our destiny? Also, the new phenomenon scientists are calling "Emergence," the "Experiment that Will Change the World," a trip to a particle physics lab in Switz... SEE MORE >>
In this hour, an investigation into sleep and memory. We spend about one third of our lives sleeping. Why? Also, of a bone sample of a 68 million year old Tyrannosaurus Rex, questions about "Kryptos", the statue on the ... SEE MORE >>
