NOVA scienceNOW - Season 4

NOVA scienceNOW - Season 4

Season 4

DatesJun 30, 2009 - Sep 1, 2009
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Episodes

Diamond Factory, Anthrax Investigation, Auto-Tun
Season 4Episode 155 min

Diamond Factory, Anthrax Investigation, Auto-Tun

Jun 30, 2009
Hunt for Alien Earths, Art Authentication
Season 4Episode 255 min

Hunt for Alien Earths, Art Authentication

Join astronomers hunting for Earth-like planets, see how computers distinguish authentic art from forgeries, meet a spider biologist who studies sexual cannibalism, and learn about genes that may be involved in causing autism.
Jul 7, 2009
Marathon Mouse, Dinosaur Plague
Season 4Episode 355 min

Marathon Mouse, Dinosaur Plague

Watch how an "exercise pill" turns couch-potato mice into athletes, explore a controversial new theory of what killed the dinosaurs, meet the first Latino-American astronaut, and find out why the beautiful northern lights signal a threat to our electronic society.
Jul 14, 2009
Picky Eaters, Capturing Carbon, Sea Lions and Walruses
Season 4Episode 455 min

Picky Eaters, Capturing Carbon, Sea Lions and Walruses

Discover why picky eaters may have a genetic excuse, learn about a new strategy for capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, see just how intelligent marine mammals can be, and meet a biomedical engineer who has figured out a way to make tiny livers in her lab.
Jul 21, 2009
Moon Smasher, Secrets in the Salt, Bird Brains
Season 4Episode 555 min

Moon Smasher, Secrets in the Salt, Bird Brains

Follow a NASA satellite looking for water on the moon, see what ancient salt deposits reveal about life 250 million years ago, learn how bird brains are remarkably similar to our own, and meet a climatologist who digs for clues to climate change in the world's highest glaciers.
Jul 28, 2009
Public Genomes, Algae Fuel, Arctic Ocean Seafloor
Season 4Episode 655 min

Public Genomes, Algae Fuel, Arctic Ocean Seafloor

Explore the controversies behind genetic testing and genome sequencing, learn about algae fuel, follow an expedition to the Arctic Ocean seafloor, and meet a woman engineer designing prosthetic limbs controlled by human thought.
Aug 18, 2009
Saving Hubble Update, Gangster Birds
Season 4Episode 755 min

Saving Hubble Update, Gangster Birds

Get an astronaut's view of the Hubble repair mission, find out why cowbirds are called "gangster birds," meet a Mexican immigrant farmworker-turned-brain surgeon, and learn how neuroscientists are finding ways to erase memories.
Aug 25, 2009
Sleep, First Primates, Earthquakes in the Midwest
Season 4Episode 855 min

Sleep, First Primates, Earthquakes in the Midwest

Using new data from cave stalagmites and the Mississippi riverbed to understand how and why earthquakes strike in the heartland; the crucial role sleep plays in strengthening memories and facilitating learning; a profile of marine geologist Sang-Mook Lee; paleontologist Jonathan Bloch, who thinks that tiny bones embedded in limestone may be the evolutionary evidence of the creatures that evolved into primates.
Sep 1, 2009

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