NOVA scienceNOW - Season 2

NOVA scienceNOW - Season 2

Season 2

DatesOct 3, 2006 - Jul 24, 2007
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Episodes

Asteroid, Island of Stability, Obesity
Season 2Episode 155 min

Asteroid, Island of Stability, Obesity

The Apophis asteroid, the size of a football stadium, is headed towards Earth and should arrive in 2036.Island of Stability: The long road to creating element 114.Obesity: The biology of eating.Profile: Karl Iagnemma: A look at MIT roboticist and fiction writer Karl Iagnemma.
Oct 3, 2006
1918 Flu, Mass Extinction, Papyrus
Season 2Episode 255 min

1918 Flu, Mass Extinction, Papyrus

What caused the greatest mass extinction nearly 250 million years ago?1918 Flu: The 1918 flu virus is revived and decoded in the hopes that we can learn from it before the next pandemic.Profile: Cynthia Breazeal: A look at MIT social roboticist Cynthia Breazeal.Papyrus: Can we use space-age technology to read papyri fragments that are almost 2,000 years old?
Nov 21, 2006
Aging, Space Elevator, Maya
Season 2Episode 355 min

Aging, Space Elevator, Maya

A look at recent research on the aging process, and how we might slow it down.Space Elevator: The possible creation of a "space elevator" made from nanotubes, and a NASA contest designed to fuel innovation behind this idea.Maya: The use of a new NASA satellite technique to find lost Maya ruins.Profile: Bonnie Bassler: A look at Princeton molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler and her research on bacteria communication.
Jan 9, 2007
Sleep, CERN, Emergence
Season 2Episode 455 min

Sleep, CERN, Emergence

Sleep may play an important role in strengthening memories.CERN: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) nears completion at the international particle physics lab in Geneva, Switzerland.Emergence: Scientists try to understand a phenomenon called emergence, which allows a flock of birds or a school of fish to maintain such impressive order.Profile: Julie Schablitsky: A profile of University of Oregon archaeologist Julie Schablitsky, whose research is helping to rewrite the history of the Old West.
Jul 10, 2007
T. Rex Blood?, Epigenetics, Kryptos
Season 2Episode 555 min

T. Rex Blood?, Epigenetics, Kryptos

A paleobiologist has discovered preserved blood vessels and red blood cells in a 68-million-year-old dinosaur bone.Epigenetics: It seems that diet and lifestyle actually change the expression of our genes.Kryptos: A sculpture called Kryptos in the courtyard of CIA headquarters, contains a code that has yet to be fully broken.Profile: Arlie Petters: A look at Duke University Professor of Mathematics and Physics, and his research in the field of gravitational lensing.
Jul 24, 2007

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