NOVA scienceNOW (2005)

NOVA scienceNOW

NOVA scienceNOW is a News magazine version of the long-running and venerable PBS science program Nova. Premiering on January 25, 2005, the series was originally hosted by Robert Krulwich, who described it as an experiment in coverage of "breaking science, science that's right out of the lab, science that sometimes bumps up against politics, art, culture". At the beginning of season two, Neil deGrasse Tyson replaced Krulwich as the show's host. Tyson announced he would leave the show and was replaced by David Pogue beginning season 6.

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

Season 4

Season 4

Season 5

Season 5

Season 6

Season 6

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Mirror neurons, hurricanes, sand dunes

  • 1x2

    3-foot humans, t. rex, stem cells

  • 1x3

    Hydrogen cars, petunias, glaciers

  • 1x4

    Life in the lab, lightning, fish surgery

  • 1x5

    Tenth planet, twin primes, bird flu

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Asteroid

  • 2x2

    Mass extinction

  • 2x3

    Aging

  • 2x4

    Sleep

  • 2x5

    Dino blood?

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    Dark matter, mice, crowd wisdom

  • 3x2

    Personal genome; digital art authentication; carbon sequestration; pardis sabeti profile

  • 3x3

    Saving hubble, first primates, iraqibacter

  • 3x4

    Bird brains, space storms, smart bridges

  • 3x5

    Leeches; seti; stem cells; edith widder

  • 3x6

    Phoenix; mammoth mystery; judah folkman tribute

  • 3x7

    Aging, space elevator, maya from space

  • 3x8

    Mass extinction, 1918 flu, papyrus

  • 3x9

    Asteroid, island of stability, karl iagnemma

  • 3x10

    T-rex blood, epigenetics, kryptos

Episodes season 4

  • 4x1

    Diamond factory / anthrax investigation / auto-tune / luis von ahn

  • 4x2

    Hunt for alien earths / art authentication / maydianne andrade / autism genes

  • 4x3

    Marathon mouse/dinosaur plague/franklin chang-díaz/space storms

  • 4x4

    Picky eaters/capturing carbon/sea lions and walruses/sangeeta bhatia

  • 4x5

    Moon smasher/secrets in the salt/bird brains/lonnie thompson

  • 4x6

    Public genomes/algae fuel/arctic ocean seafloor/yoky matsuoka

  • 4x7

    Saving hubble update/gangster birds/alfredo quiñones-hinojosa/how memory works

  • 4x8

    Earthquakes in the midwest/sleep/sang-mook lee/first primates

Episodes season 5

  • 5x1

    Can we make it to mars?

  • 5x2

    Can we live forever?

  • 5x3

    How does the brain work?

  • 5x4

    How smart are animals?

  • 5x5

    Where did we come from?

  • 5x6

    What's the next big thing?

Episodes season 6

  • 6x1

    What makes us human?

  • 6x2

    Can science stop crime?

  • 6x3

    How smart can we get?

  • 6x4

    Can i eat that?

  • 6x5

    What are animals thinking?

  • 6x6

    What will the future be like?

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