NSN Short| The Waggle Dance
Honeybees communicate using the "Waggle Dance," a form of bee body language. A worker bee will shake her body after finding a food source or potential nest site. The direction and length of each shimmy...
View ArticleNOVA Short| Finding Earth-Like Planets
Scientists have never set foot on an alien world, but that hasn't kept them from looking for life beyond our solar system. In this short video, astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger explains how we determine...
View ArticleNOVA Short| Space Kids
For Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) engineers, Curiosity's landing represented the culmination of many years of hard work and personal aspiration. In this video, they trace their love of space back to...
View ArticleSLoS|10 Questions with Tom Yang
We ask Tom Yang 10 Questions, and he tells us about a surprise Elvis sighting. Tom Yang is a food technologist for the US Army's Food Processing, Engineering and Technology Team. In his off-hours, Tom...
View ArticleSLoS|10 Questions for Ian Lipkin
Ian Lipkin is a self-described "microbe hunter." A professor at Columbia University, he does research on a wide array of infectious diseases. When Ian's not in the lab, he helps Hollywood put science...
View ArticleSLoS|10 Questions for Bruce Jackson
Bruce Jackson is Professor and Head of the Biotechnology Programs at Massachusetts Bay Community College. His work focuses on how DNA - in conjunction with other tools - can help solve mysteries of...
View ArticleNOVA Short| Meet the Volcanoes
In big blockbuster films, all volcanoes look the same: they are huge pointed peaks that violently erupt, destroying everything in their path. While some volcanoes do look like their Hollywood...
View ArticleNOVA Short| A Volcanic Labyrinth
Thrihnukagigur crater is the only place on Earth where the anatomy of a volcano can be studied from the inside. When geologists journeyed into its heart, they discovered that a network of fissures...
View ArticleNOVA Short| A Neanderthal Burial
Until recently, scientists have encountered scant evidence of Neanderthal ritual or religious practice. A new discovery, though, suggests that Neanderthals—much like today's bear hunters—ceremoniously...
View ArticleNOVA Short| Swarming Drones
A University of Pennsylvania lab is developing tiny drones that sense their environment. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public...
View ArticleNOVA Short| Scripting the Truth
An innovative computer-based handwriting analysis technique helps NOVA dig deeper into the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh's baby. But while the results might sway investigators in a certain direction,...
View ArticleNSN Short | Egyptian Armor
Protective armor was a necessity in Egyptian chariot warfare. Military historian Mike Loades explains what made it so strong. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical...
View Article(Refeed) NOVA Short | Evolution in Action
NOVA visits David Wake, a renowned evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, as he explains why members of the same species of California salamander look and behave so...
View ArticleNOVA Short | The Volga Trade Route
The Vikings didn't invent crucible steel, so where did it come from? Many experts believe that the Volga trade route supplied Vikings with prized crucible steel from the Middle East, where people were...
View Article(Refeed) The Higgs Particle Matters
In 1964, physicist Peter Higgs predicted the existence of the Higgs boson, a particle that would confer mass on other particles. Today, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN may be on the...
View Article(Refeed) Higgs Boson Revealed
Go behind the scenes at CERN for exclusive interviews with lead scientists on the historic 4 July announcement. Hear from Joe Incandela of CMS, Fabiola Gianotti of ATLAS, and Lyn Evans of the Large...
View Article(Refeed) Personal Genome Project
The Personal Genome Project, spearheaded by George Church, the Director of Harvard's Center for Computational Genetics, aims to recruit 100,000 people to offer up their DNA and personal life histories,...
View Article(Refeed) Dark Matter
Learn more about dark matter, and how science is searching for it. Watch past episodes of the program, try out interactives, and more on our Web site: www.pbs.org/nova/sciencenow Funding for NOVA...
View Article(Refeed) NSN | Revealing the Origins of Life
How did molecules first make the leap from non-living to living? An English chemist may have solved part of the mystery. Funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation, the...
View Article(Refeed) NSN | Public Genomes
Thousands of people are signing up to post their DNA sequences on the Internet, for all to see. Are they crazy? Funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation, the Alfred P....
View Article(Refeed) NSN Short|Aiding Aging Muscles
See how "exercise in a pill" could one day help the elderly and the bedridden. For more, visit pbs.org/sciencenow NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the...
View Article(Refeed) NSN | Replacing Body Parts
Custom-made hearts, lungs, kidneys, and other organs could revolutionize organ transplantation. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science...
View Article(Refeed) Brain Trauma
Knocks to the head may seem funny in cartoons, sports replays, and YouTube videos, but even minor head injuries often lead to serious concussions. A concussion may leave no trace on a conventional MRI...
View Article(Refeed) NOVA Short | Chemotherapy and Breast Cancer
It used to be standard practice that all patients received chemotherapy after surgery to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer. Today, a genetic test called Oncotype DX allows doctors to analyze the...
View Article(Refeed) Stem Cells Breakthrough
Three separate teams overcome a biomedical hurdle-creating stem cells without the use of human embryos. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National...
View Article(Refeed) NSN | Profile: Luis von Ahn
A computer scientist finds novel ways to stop spammers and harness the brainpower of millions of people. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National...
View ArticleThe Egyptian Bow
Water buffalo tusks, fish bladders, and animal sinew all went into the making of the ancient Egyptian composite bow. While the materials may seem primitive, this powerful weapon was not so different...
View Article(Refeed) NOVA Short | Quantum Confidential
If you were a spy, how could you ensure that an encrypted message got safely to your allies? Send it using entangled particles! Here, watch how a technique called quantum cryptography could save a...
View Article(Refeed) NSN | Autism Genes
Researchers have begun to zero in on genes that might be responsible for autism. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. National corporate funding for NOVA is provided by The Boeing Company. Major funding...
View ArticleNSN | New Photos of Einstein's Brain
Researchers who've studied Einstein's brain have long known that parts of his parietal lobe—a part of the brain involved in spatial imagination—were unusually large. But now, a collection of 14...
View Article(Refeed) NSN | Can Machines Think Like Us?
A computer named Watson is the latest contestant in machine versus human battles of the "mind." Funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan...
View Article(Refeed) Of Mice and Memory
Mice placed in enriched environments can recover lost memories, giving hope to those who study Alzheimer's. Funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation, the Alfred P....
View ArticleNOVA Labs|The Climate Wild Card
Clouds have a powerful influence on the temperature of our planet. Just how they will respond as global temperatures increase is one of the most pressing scientific questions of our time. NOVA is...
View ArticleNOVA Labs|Clouds and Weather
A perfectly sunny day one moment and driving rain the next. What atmospheric conditions are involved in the development of storm clouds and the dramatic weather effects they can unleash? NOVA is...
View ArticleNOVA Labs|Why So Many Cloud Types?
What exactly is a cloud? Why do clouds form over some areas and not others? Take a look inside: learn about factors that cause clouds to develop in the first place and find out why there are so many...
View ArticleNOVA Labs|Clouds and Severe Storms
We might prefer beautiful weather reports, but we really pay attention when severe storms are predicted. So how do Earth's most powerful storms develop, and how is this related to cloud formation? NOVA...
View ArticleNOVA Labs|The Making of a Cloud
Clouds affect us every day, no matter the weather. But what exactly are clouds and how do they form? And how can they help us predict severe storms, the availability of water, and our future climate?...
View ArticleCarnivorous Plants and Killer Ants | NOVA's Gross Science
Gross Science: These flesh-eating plants usually prey on unsuspecting insects. But one species of ant calls this plant home. Watch the drama unfold... through watercolor animation! National corporate...
View ArticleCockroach Cyborgs| NOVA's Gross Science
Gross Science: With just a few simple tools, anyone can turn a cockroach into a tiny controllable 'bugborg.' Why would you want to? It turns out that these nasty pests could turn into life savers in...
View ArticleCryonics| NOVA Short
Since 1972, a company called Alcor has been preserving legally dead people at very low temperatures. The hope is that in the future, scientists will be able to revive these "patients," giving them a...
View ArticleJFK | NOVA Short
Witnesses to JFK's assassination heard three shots, and police found three cartridges in Oswald's perch. Nevertheless, only two bullets were ever found. Could this missing bullet have hit a tree or the...
View ArticleReimagining New York | NOVA Short
Disaster risk management expert Klaus Jacob speaks candidly about the effects of climate change and sea level rise on New York City. He says we need to think ahead to what New York will look like 400...
View ArticleJudo with Nature | NOVA Short
Eco-engineers in the Netherlands are taking hints from nature to rein in flooding. One idea is to plant trees in front of dikes to lower the height of approaching waves. They compare this type of...
View ArticleFinding Earth-Like Planets | NOVA Short
Scientists have never set foot on an alien world, but that hasn’t kept them from looking for life beyond our solar system. In this short video, astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger explains how we determine...
View Article(Refeed) NOVA Short| Space Kids
For Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) engineers, Curiosity's landing represented the culmination of many years of hard work and personal aspiration. In this video, they trace their love of space back to...
View ArticleSLoS | Kate Sweeny: Shake Off Your Anxiety
Kate Sweeny is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of California Riverside. She studies threat management in everyday life – how we wait for potentially bad news. By night and on the...
View ArticleSLoS|Bill Nye: I Took Astronomy From Carl Sagan
Bill Nye is a Cornell-trained engineer who worked at Boeing before winning a gazillion Emmys and turning millions of kid onto science as "Bill Nye, the Science Guy." The man also totally knows how to...
View ArticleSLoS|Geoff Tabin: Getting Sight Back
Geoff Tabin is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Director of International Ophthalmology at the John A. Moran Eye Center and University of Utah. He is also the Co-Founder of the...
View ArticleSLoS|Crystal Dilworth: Ballet, Neuroscience & A Man Eating Plant
Crystal Dilworth recently completed her Ph.D. in Molecular Neuroscience at Cal Tech. Her research has focused on the molecular basis for nicotine dependence. An accomplished life-long dancer, Crystal...
View ArticleSLoS | James Levine: "I Came Alive as a Person"
James Levine is a medical doctor and obesity researcher at the Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University. He is also the inventor of the treadmill desk. While he's standing up (whether at his treadmill...
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