Magnetic Fish Hooks Save Sharks
It sounds like a plot device from a comic book: a simple substance that can make the powerful...
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Costa Rica, a tropical country known for its national parks and ecotourism, has proposed a...
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(Repeat) NOVA Minute: How to Speak Walrus
Marine biologist Colleen Reichmuth says that few mammals can match the vocal talents of the...
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(Repeat) NOVA Minute: Whiz Kid
In this episode, biochemist Erika Ebbel describes how a mentor helped her transform into a...
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NOVA scienceNOW's Dean Irwin discusses what he learned about this new computer technology while...
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Brenden Foley hunts ancient shipwrecks for a living. But he's not after sunken treasure--he's...
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Anthropologist Barbara Macleod says that studying the ancient Maya language offers a unique...
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Ecologist Charlie Crisafulli describes how the ecosystem around Mt. St. Helens is rebuilding...
05:19
In order to develop from an embryo, animals as different as fruit flies and humans call on a...
05:26
After Pluto was discovered in 1930, it enjoyed the title of planet for more than 75 years. But in...
06:44
Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species," changed science forever. His radical notions still draw...
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In this podcast, biologist Maydianne Andrade explains that sexual cannibalism-a gruesome mating...
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For Chief Anne "Little Fawn" Richardson, Pocahontas is more than a legendary historical figure....
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Primate researcher Vanessa Woods says that when it comes to emotional intelligence, bonobos put...
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Galileo has been called the "father of modern science". His observations of the night sky in the...
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The Big Deal with CERN: Stephon Alexander
Cosmologist Stephon Alexander says he'd be surprised if we didn't find the Higgs particle....
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Space and Time Explained: Leonard Susskind
Physicist Leonard Susskind says that Einstein radically changed the way we think about space, but...
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Space and Time Explained: Alan Guth
Physicist Alan Guth says that the concept of "space" is more complicated than you might think....
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Space and Time Explained: Max Tegmark
Physicist Max Tegmark says that researchers still don't fully understand what time is. It's one...
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Space and Time Explained: Steven Weinberg
The concept of "Space," is a tough one to explain--even for a Nobel prize-winnig physicist like...
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