Karl Marx – His 200th Birthday

Darrell Castle talks about the 200th birthday of Karl Marx and what Marxism (...)

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#703 Deeper Shades of House

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Matt Berry on "What We Do in the Shadows," "Toast of London" and more

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Billions in Stimulus Money Available for Low-Income Families

Millions of low- and moderate-income Americans could be missing out on (...)

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The world news at 07:00 UTC on 07/14/2020

Up-to-the-minute news from around the world

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Why Tech Stocks Are (Still) Rallying

Even amidst the pandemic, tech stocks have been on an upswing. Our reporter (...)

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SLoS | Guitar Hero and Clarinetist: Eran Egozy

Meet Eran Egozy-a developer of Guitar Hero and Rock Band by profession and (...)

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NSN | Moon Smasher

A NASA satellite called LCROSS heads to the moon in hope of finding buried (...)

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SLoS | Neurobiologist & Meditator: Andre Fenton

Andre Fenton studies the biological basis of human memory. And he never (...)

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NOVA Short | Founders of Modern Astronomy

William Herschel often gets the credit, but his sister Caroline was also a (...)

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NSN Short | Magic and Autism

Tapping into social cues to trick their audience, magicians rely on a (...)

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SLoS | Education Engineer & Dancer: Shaundra Daily

Meet Shaundra Daily, a computer scientist and engineer who designs (...)

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NSN | How Smart Are Dolphins?

These brainy marine mammals can "read," plan ahead, and communicate in (...)

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NSN | Profile: Irene Pepperberg & Alex

One woman's 30-year relationship with an African gray parrot transformed (...)

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NOVA Short | Put a Lid on It

Bill Nye, TV's "Science Guy," conducts a pasta-making experiment that can (...)

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Obesity

Examine the biology behind the compulsion to eat. NOVA is produced by WGBH (...)

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NSN Short| Hippocampus Humor

Meet the hippocampus, a part of the brain responsible for memory and (...)

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Judo with Nature | NOVA Short

Eco-engineers in the Netherlands are taking hints from nature to rein in (...)

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SLoS | Kate Sweeny: Shake Off Your Anxiety

Kate Sweeny is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of (...)

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Brain Trauma

Even so-called "mild" head injuries turn out to be anything but. NOVA is (...)

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On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea: Part 2

In this series of video stories, "On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea," explore (...)

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The Search for ET

Astronomers have their radio telescopes tuned to receive signals from alien (...)

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Killer Microbe

A relatively benign bug becomes a highly lethal pathogen, known to U.S. (...)

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Animating the Bible

Get a behind-the-scenes look at how filmmakers and visual-effects artists (...)

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NSN | T. Rex Blood?

Preserved soft tissue, including possible blood vessels and red blood (...)

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NSN | Magic and the Brain

Neuroscientists join Penn and Teller to explore why humans are so easily (...)

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(refeed) Comet Airburst Destruction

In this video clip, see why an explosion three miles above Earth would act (...)

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NOVA Short | The Memorial Plaques

The names of the victims of September 11 are inscribed on 152 bronze panels (...)

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(refeed) NSN | Emergence

How does the "intelligence" of an ant colony or the stock market arise out (...)

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NSN | Profile: Lonnie Thompson

A climatologist struggles to save ancient history preserved in ice that is (...)

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NSN | Profile: Luis von Ahn

A computer scientist finds novel ways to stop spammers and harness the (...)

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SLoS | Psychologist & Foot Photographer: Laurie Santos

Meet Laurie Santos-a clinical psychologist by profession and a foot (...)

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NOVA Short | The 9/11 Memorial Mock-Up

Bronze, granite, and water will all play a role at the 9/11 Memorial. In (...)

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NOVA Labs|The Climate Wild Card

Clouds have a powerful influence on the temperature of our planet. Just how (...)

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SLoS | Engineer and Daredevil: Nate Ball

Meet Nate Ball-a mechanical engineer by profession and a daredevil on the (...)

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NSN | Profile: Sangeeta Bhatia

Intrigued by the idea of artificial organs, a biomedical engineer uses (...)

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NSN Short | Ask the Astrophysicist: Antimatter Engines

Neil deGrasse Tyson holds office hours in central park. Send us your (...)

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NSN | Human Hibernation

Medical researchers and ER doctors are testing therapies that cool down (...)

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SLoS | Product Designer & TV Host: Judy Lee

Meet Judy Lee, a product designer and engineer who also hosts the tv show (...)

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SLoS | Architectural Engineer & Rock Climber: Emily Whiting

Meet Emily Whiting, a Ph.D. student at MIT who explores the intersection of (...)

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NSN | How Smart Are Dogs?

Meet an extraordinary Border collie and other dogs that are changing our (...)

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NSN | How Smart Is An Octopus?

Hold your fork—octopuses and other mollusks are more intelligent than you (...)

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NSN Short | Blocking Bitter Taste

In this video, Neil deGrasse Tyson meets a genetically modified mouse that (...)

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A Magical Migration

In this excerpt from NOVA's "The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies," (...)

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Dark Matter

Learn more about dark matter, and how science is searching for it. Watch (...)

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NOVA Short | Heisenberg Humor

According to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, you can't know both the (...)

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NOVA Short | Quantum Confidential

If you were a spy, how could you ensure that an encrypted message got (...)

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Reimagining New York | NOVA Short

Disaster risk management expert Klaus Jacob speaks candidly about the (...)

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NOVA Short | Gothic Cathedrals: Science and Religion

Even in the so-called "Dark Ages," faith and science struck a harmonious (...)

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Portraying the Writers

Find out how scenes for NOVA's upcoming two-hour special, "The Bible's (...)

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Profile: Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

He jumped the fence from Mexico to work as a farmhand and ended up a (...)

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Bird Brains

Clues to the origins of human language are turning up in the brains of (...)

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NSN | Profile: Bonnie Bassler

Her insight into how bacteria "talk" has launched a revolution in (...)

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NOVA Short | Light My Fire

The ability of the elements to change phase—to transform from a solid to a (...)

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(refeed) NOVA Short | Founders of Modern Astronomy

William Herschel often gets the credit, but his sister Caroline was also a (...)

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SLoS|10 Questions with Tom Yang

We ask Tom Yang 10 Questions, and he tells us about a surprise Elvis (...)

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NSN Short | Detecting Life

Once we find a planet that has Earth-like potential, how can we tell if (...)

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NOVA Short | Surviving an Elevator Plunge

Everybody's worst nightmare: You're riding in an elevator, and suddenly it (...)

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NOVA Short| Swarming Drones

A University of Pennsylvania lab is developing tiny drones that sense their (...)

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NSN | Marathon Mouse

With an "exercise pill," researchers turn couch-potato rodents into (...)

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NOVA Short | Solving an Engineering Problem

What are composting toilets, computers, and a restaurant doing suspended (...)

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NOVA Short | Shabbat Elevator

For many Orthodox Jews, conventional elevators and observing the Sabbath (...)

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NSN | Anthrax Investigation

The new science of microbial forensics reveals the source of the anthrax (...)

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SLoS | Aerospace engineer & Sailor: Dava Newman

Meet Dava Newman—an aerospace engineer by profession and sailor on the side. (...)

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NSN Short | Martian Salt

If cellulose survived 250 million years on Earth, could it survive in salt (...)

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NOVA Short | Hubble’s Amazing Rescue

In this excerpt from NOVA's "Hubble's Amazing Rescue" watch as the (...)

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NSN Short | Cosmic Ray Danger

Cosmic rays are inescapable in space. They can rip right through an (...)

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NSN | Profile: Jason Leigh

Computer scientist Jason Leigh has a novel way of achieving immortality—creating

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SLoS|Crystal Dilworth: Ballet, Neuroscience & A Man Eating Plant

Crystal Dilworth recently completed her Ph.D. in Molecular Neuroscience at (...)

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NOVA Short| Scripting the Truth

An innovative computer-based handwriting analysis technique helps NOVA dig (...)

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NSN | Obesity

Examine the biology behind the compulsion to eat. Watch NOVA every (...)

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California’s Energy Bet

In this excerpt from NOVA's "The Big Energy Gamble," California Governor (...)

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NOVA Short | Inside Oliver Sacks’s Brain

See an expanded version of the film's sequence on Oliver Sacks's brain as (...)

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NOVA Short | Reflections on the 9/11 Memorial

After years of planning and construction, the 9/11 Memorial opened to the (...)

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(repeat) NSN | Profile: Maydianne Andrade

By peering into the sex lives of Australian redback spiders, this (...)

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NSN | Auto-tune

Can't carry a tune? Andy Hildebrand's pitch-correction software can help (...)

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SLoS | Neuroscientist & Cheerleader: Mollie Woodworth

Meet Mollie Woodworth—neuroscientist by profession and cheerleader on the (...)

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Did God Have a Wife?

In this excerpt from NOVA's two-hour special, "The Bible's Buried Secrets," (...)

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Nature’s Hidden Geometry

In this excerpt from NOVA's "Hunting the Hidden Dimension," get a glimpse (...)

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On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea: Part 1

In this series of video stories, "On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea," explore (...)

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NSN | Island of Stability

Follow the decades-long quest to create the elusive element 114. NOVA is (...)

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NSN | New Photos of Einstein’s Brain

Researchers who've studied Einstein's brain have long known that parts of (...)

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SLoS | Student of Physics & Rock: Joe DeGeorge

Meet Joe DeGeorge-a physics student by day and a rock star by night. He is (...)

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NSN Short| The Waggle Dance

Honeybees communicate using the "Waggle Dance," a form of bee body (...)

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SLoS | James Levine: "I Came Alive as a Person"

James Levine is a medical doctor and obesity researcher at the Mayo Clinic (...)

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SLoS | Physicist & Saxophonist: Stephon Alexander

Meet Stephon Alexander—theoretical physicist by profession and saxophonist (...)

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NOVA Labs|The Making of a Cloud

Clouds affect us every day, no matter the weather. But what exactly are (...)

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NOVA Short | Walls of Glass

The glass façade, or curtain wall, of One World Trade Center does far (...)

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NSN Short| David Pogue’s Brain Scan

What could you learn just by looking at a brain? As it turns out, Dean Falk (...)

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SLoS | Microbiologist & Wrestler: Rachel Collins

Meet Rachel Collins—microbiologist by profession and wrestler on the side. (...)

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Studying Elephant Seals

In this excerpt from NOVA's "Ocean Animal Rescue," join biologist Daniel (...)

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SLoS | Researcher and Runner: Eva Vertes

Meet Eva Vertes-a cancer researcher by profession and a runner on the side. (...)

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NSN | Smart Sea Lions and Talking Walruses

Marine mammals are wowing researchers with more than just circus tricks. (...)

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NSN Short | Blocking Bitter Taste

In this video, Neil deGrasse Tyson meets a genetically modified mouse that (...)

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SLoS | Astrophysicist & Tie Collector: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Meet Neil deGrasse Tyson—astrophysicist by profession and tie collector on (...)

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NOVA Short | Taking the Heat

In his pursuit of strong materials, David Pogue, New York Times technology (...)

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NSN | Can We Slow Aging?

A gene called FOXO may be a real elixir of longevity. Can all of us harness (...)

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The Higgs Particle Matters

In 1964, physicist Peter Higgs predicted the existence of the Higgs boson, (...)

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NSN | Profile: Andre Fenton

Can we erase bad memories with a shot? This neurobiologist has glimpsed the (...)

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NSN | Profile: Bonnie Bassler

Her insight into how bacteria "talk" has launched a revolution in (...)

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Aging

Will research into "longevity genes" help us live longer and healthier (...)

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NSN | Profile: Jay Keasling

A synthetic biologist's Nebraska farm roots are serving him well in his (...)

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NOVA Short | Rebuilding 7 World Trade Center

7 World Trade Center was the first tower rebuilt at Ground Zero after 9/11. (...)

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(Repeat) NSN | Smart Bridges

Can we engineer bridges that tell us what's wrong with them before it's too (...)

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SLoS | Nanoscientist and Photographer: Rich Robinson

Meet Rich Robinson-a nanoscientist by profession and a photographer on the (...)

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Mammoth Mystery

A pair of mammoth skeletons is found locked together by their tusks. What (...)

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The Egyptian Bow

Water buffalo tusks, fish bladders, and animal sinew all went into the (...)

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First Primates

Our most distant primate ancestors, which took the stage shortly after the (...)

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Papyrus

Scraps of writings from a garbage dump in ancient Egypt reveal what life (...)

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Doctors’ Lives: Jane

Do you have what it takes to be a doctor? Follow Jane Liebschutz's journey (...)

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NOVA |How to Land a Mars Rover

Can't get enough of Curiosity? Neither can we. In this video, get a sneak (...)

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SLoS | Climate Scientist & Juggler: Gavin Schmidt

Meet Gavin Schmidt—a climate scientist by profession and juggler on the (...)

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SLoS|10 Questions for Michelle Thaller

We ask Michelle Thaller 10 questions, and she talks a lot about Carl Sagan. (...)

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NSN | Secrets in the Salt

Salt deposits that formed 250 million years ago hold tantalizing hints of (...)

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SLoS | Guitar Hero and Clarinetist: Eran Egozy

Meet Eran Egozy-a developer of Guitar Hero and Rock Band by profession and (...)

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Carnivorous Plants and Killer Ants | NOVA’s Gross Science

Gross Science: These flesh-eating plants usually prey on unsuspecting (...)

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Higgs Boson Revealed

Go behind the scenes at CERN for exclusive interviews with lead scientists (...)

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NSN | Hunt for Alien Earths

Astronomers may be on the brink of finding Earth-like planets beyond our (...)

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NOVA Short | Gothic Cathedrals: Birth of Gothic

Gothic architecture didn't appear all at once. In this video clip, see (...)

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Smart Bridges

Can we engineer bridges that tell us what's wrong with them before it's too (...)

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NSN | Profile: Arlie Petters

A boy from a rural village in Belize grows up to become a world-class (...)

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NSN | The Science of Picky Eaters

Don't like broccoli? Your DNA may explain why. NOVA is produced by WGBH in (...)

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NSN Short | Going Lunar for Less

See how a mission to search for water on the moon is exploring a big (...)

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SLoS | Physicist & Figure Skater: Michio Kaku

Meet Michio Kaku—a renowned physicist as well as an impressive figure (...)

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NSN | Next-Generation Space Suits

Today's suits are notoriously bulky. MIT's Dava Newman is out to change (...)

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SLoS | Vegetarian Scientist & Rapper: Alan Sage

Meet Alan Sage, a finalist in Intel's Science Talent Search who recently (...)

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SLoS|Geoff Tabin: Getting Sight Back

Geoff Tabin is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and (...)

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NSN | Lice and Human Evolution

Icky and itchy, yes, but lice hold important clues to our evolution in (...)

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NOVA Short | The Weather on Mars

Is the weather on Mars anything like the weather on Earth? NOVA asked Vicky (...)

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Put a Lid on It

Bill Nye, TV's "Science Guy," conducts a pasta-making experiment that can (...)

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Profile: Pardis Sabeti

By night she's a rocker. By day, she's a Harvard geneticist tracking the (...)

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NOVA Short | The Making of the Quantum Club

It took hundreds of hours to shoot and animate a scene in the so-called (...)

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(Refeed) Of Mice and Memory

Mice placed in enriched environments can recover lost memories, giving hope (...)

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NSN Short | What if? Falling into a Black Hole

Neil deGrasse Tyson falls into a black hole. Ever wonder "What if? Send us (...)

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Phoenix Mars Lander

NASA's latest robot has already found frozen water and is looking for more (...)

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Stem Cells Breakthrough

Three separate teams overcome a biomedical hurdle-creating stem cells (...)

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Saving Hubble

Two teams of spacewalkers take on the risky mission of reviving the ailing (...)

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A Plague of Rats

In this excerpt from NOVA's "Rat Attack," see how an infestation of rats, (...)

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NOVA Short | Elemental Bloopers

Host David Pogue had his fair share of comic mishaps on the set of NOVA's (...)

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(refeed) Profile: Pardis Sabeti

By night she's a rocker. By day, she's a Harvard geneticist tracking the (...)

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NSN | Origins of the Solar System

The shock wave from a supernova may have triggered the formation of our sun (...)

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NSN Short| Five Reasons to Eat Insects

Looking for a culinary adventure? Try some bugs for dinner. They are a (...)

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SLoS|Bill Nye: I Took Astronomy From Carl Sagan

Bill Nye is a Cornell-trained engineer who worked at Boeing before winning (...)

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SLoS|10 Questions for Ian Lipkin

Ian Lipkin is a self-described "microbe hunter." A professor at Columbia (...)

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NOVA Short| A Neanderthal Burial

Until recently, scientists have encountered scant evidence of Neanderthal (...)

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Leeches

A century after falling out of favor among doctors, medicinal leeches are (...)

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SLoS | Ethnobotanist & Dancer: Ina Vandebroek

Meet Ina Vandebroek-an ethnobotanist by profession and a salsa dancer on (...)

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NOVA Short | Gothic Cathedrals: A Colorful Past

A restoration project is underway at Chartres Cathedral, where experts are (...)

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NSN Short | Snail Slime

What do you get when you cross the world's most famous slowpoke with some (...)

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NSN Short | Ask the Astrophysicist: Meteors

Neil deGrasse Tyson holds office hours in central park. Send us your (...)

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NSN | Profile: Franklin Chang-Díaz

The first Latino-American astronaut is also a scientist designing a new (...)

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NSN Short | A Memorable Snail

In this short video, UCLA's David Glanzman shows what a spineless sea snail (...)

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SLoS | Biology Teacher & Artist: Caryn Babaian

Meet Caryn Babaian—a biology teacher for whom art is as essential as (...)

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NSN | Profile: Vandi Verma

A daredevil engineer born in India now drives NASA's Mars rovers. NOVA is (...)

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SLoS | Climate Scientist & Evangelical Christian: Katharine Hayhoe

Meet Katharine Hayhoe, a Research Associate Professor of Atmospheric (...)

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SLoS | Teen Astronomer & Singer: Caroline Moore

Meet Caroline Moore—a teen astronomer by profession and singer on the side. (...)

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(repeat) NSN | Earthquakes in the Midwest

Three massive earthquakes struck the American Midwest in 1811-12. Could it (...)

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NOVA Short | A Magical Migration

In this excerpt from NOVA's "The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies," (...)

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Profile: Judah Folkman

Once scorned for his ideas about how cancer grows, the late Judah Folkman (...)

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NSN | Diamond Factory

Visit a laboratory where entrepreneurs are growing perfectly pure diamonds. (...)

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(refeed) NOVA Short | Soccer-Playing Robots

They shuffle around, find the ball, plan their next move, and, of course, (...)

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NSN Short | Aiding Aging Muscles

See how "exercise in a pill" could one day help the elderly and the (...)

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Comet Airburst Destruction

In this video clip, see why an explosion three miles above Earth would act (...)

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The Weather on Mars

Is the weather on Mars anything like the weather on Earth? NOVA asked Vicky (...)

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Personal DNA Testing

Genetic testing to assess risk factors for a handful of serious illnesses (...)

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No Simple Mission

In this excerpt from NOVA's "Space Shuttle Disaster," get a glimpse of the (...)

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Profile: Karl Iagnemma

An innovative MIT roboticist is also an acclaimed fiction writer. NOVA is (...)

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NSN | Profile: Julie Schablitsky

Meet an archeologist who is helping to rewrite the history of the Old West. (...)

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(refeed) NSN | Detecting Earthquakes

Can we predict earthquakes? NOVA scienceNOW visits Haiti and California in (...)

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NSN | Revealing the Origins of Life

How did molecules first make the leap from non-living to living? An English (...)

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Cryonics| NOVA Short

Since 1972, a company called Alcor has been preserving legally dead people (...)

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SLoS | Cancer Researcher & Shofar Player: Len Zon

Meet Len Zon—cancer researcher by profession and shofar player on the side. (...)

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NOVA Short| A Volcanic Labyrinth

Thrihnukagigur crater is the only place on Earth where the anatomy of a (...)

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NSN | Profile: David Eagleman

A neuroscientist finds inventive ways to study the brain—like sending test (...)

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NOVA Short | Chemotherapy and Breast Cancer

It used to be standard practice that all patients received chemotherapy (...)

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NSN | Profile: Maydianne Andrade

By peering into the sex lives of Australian redback spiders, this (...)

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Cockroach Cyborgs| NOVA’s Gross Science

Gross Science: With just a few simple tools, anyone can turn a cockroach (...)

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NSN Short | Dolphin Reading Test

The ability to read is not just limited to humans. The trainers at Roatan (...)

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NSN Short | Ask the Astrophysicist: See the Beginning of Time

Neil deGrasse Tyson holds office hours in central park. Send us your (...)

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NSN | Dinosaur Plague

Insects caught in amber spark a controversial theory about what killed the (...)

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NSN Short | What if? The World Without Us

Author Alan Weisman ponders the world without humans. Ever wonder "What if? (...)

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SLoS | Theoretical Physicist & Glider Pilot: Allan Adams

Meet Allan Adams—theoretical physicist by profession and glider pilot on the (...)

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SLoS | Neuroscientist & Elephant Band Leader: Dave Sulzer

Meet Dave Sulzer, a neuroscientist at Columbia University who studies how (...)

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NOVA Short | Drinking "Mastodon Juice"

Move over Evian. While filming "Ice Age Death Trap," the excavation team (...)

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NSN | Algae Fuel

In the search for alternatives to gasoline, are algae the answer? NOVA is (...)

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NSN | Detecting Earthquakes

Can we predict earthquakes? NOVA scienceNOW visits Haiti and California in (...)

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NSN | Smart Grid

Our electric grid is a marvel of 20th-century engineering, but it's showing (...)

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NSN | Robotic Cars

Tiny, battery-powered cars called EN-Vs, now in R&D, can talk to each (...)

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NOVA Short | NOVA Elements iPad App

If you ever thought the periodic table was a boring collection of elements (...)

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NSN | Plasma Rockets

With a "small sun" for an engine, a new rocket might be able to zip us to (...)

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NSN | Can My Car Live Forever?

Irv Gordon has driven his 1966 Volvo more than 2.7 million miles. But don't (...)

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Roger That! Podcast

Roger That!, the podcast born out of spite by two completely unqualified (...)

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The Football Friday Tailgate Podcast

Dan Mullen of FootballFridayTailgate.com discusses the latest news and buzz (...)

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Come join in on the laughs with these friends Al and Paul as they talk and (...)

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Nice Podcast

Nice Podcast brings Neil Constantine, Kunal Aorora, Chris Carolan and Max (...)

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Smart Flight Training

Learn how to become a pilot the smart way! Learning to fly is a huge (...)

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