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• Nova scienceNOW (#3401)

  Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts this fast-paced and provocative science newsmagazine.

  • Thu, August 7, 6:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
  • Thu, August 7, 11:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
  • Sat, August 9, 5:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
  • Sun, August 10, 1:00 AM on IPTV
  • Sun, August 10, 11:00 AM on IPTV HD
  • Tue, August 12, 9:00 AM on IPTV HD

• Dimming the Sun (#3310)

  Global dimming causes air pollution that allows less sunlight to reach earth's surface.

  • Fri, August 8, 12:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
  • Sat, August 9, 6:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
  • Mon, August 11, 12:00 PM on IPTV HD

• Kings of Camouflage (#3402)

  Cuttlefish can hypnotize their prey, impersonate the opposite sex & kill with lightening fast speed.

  • Tue, August 12, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Tue, August 12, 7:00 PM on IPTV
  • Tue, August 12, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Fri, August 15, 12:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
  • Sat, August 16, 6:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
  • Sat, August 16, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Sat, August 16, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD

• Nova ScienceNOW - Extinction (#3318)

  Is it possible that the biggest extinction in the history of life was caused by global warming?

  • Thu, August 14, 6:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
  • Thu, August 14, 11:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
  • Fri, August 15, 1:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Sat, August 16, 5:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
  • Mon, August 18, 12:00 PM on IPTV HD

• Family That Walks On All Fours (#3317)

  Examines the scientific implications of this family's strange impairment using evolutionary data.

  • Tue, August 19, 12:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Fri, September 5, 11:00 AM on IPTV HD

• Storm that Drowned a City (#3218)

  A minute-by-minute account of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, exploring the human failures.

  • Tue, August 19, 7:00 PM on IPTV
  • Tue, August 19, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Tue, August 19, 10:30 PM on IPTV HD
  • Fri, August 22, 12:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
  • Sat, August 23, 6:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
  • Sat, August 23, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Sat, August 23, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD

• Nova scienceNOW (#3313)

  Explores whether a doomsday asteroid will hit the earth in 2036 and what the consequences could be.

  • Wed, August 20, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Wed, August 20, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Fri, August 22, 9:00 AM on IPTV HD
  • Mon, August 25, 10:00 AM on IPTV HD

• Nova scienceNOW (#3411)

  A look at startling new research that has recovered ancient proteins from dinosaur bones.

  • Wed, August 20, 11:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Thu, August 21, 6:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
  • Thu, August 21, 11:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
  • Fri, August 22, 10:00 AM on IPTV HD
  • Sat, August 23, 5:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
  • Sun, August 24, 1:00 AM on IPTV
  • Mon, August 25, 1:00 PM on IPTV HD

• The Ghost In Your Genes (#3413)

  New findings call into question the belief that all inherited traits are passed on by our genes.

  • Tue, August 26, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Sat, August 30, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Sat, August 30, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD

• Building On Ground Zero (#3311)

  This look back at the events of 9/11 reviews the investigation of the World Trade Center collapse.

  • Tue, September 2, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Thu, September 4, 9:00 AM on IPTV HD
  • Sat, September 6, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Sat, September 6, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Tue, September 9, 7:00 PM on IPTV

• Hitler's Sunken Secret (#3216)

  The team explores a sunken German ferryboat to find if it was sabotaged by the Norwegian resistance.

  • Tue, September 9, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Tue, September 9, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Wed, September 10, 12:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Fri, September 12, 12:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
  • Sat, September 13, 6:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
  • Sat, September 13, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Sat, September 13, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD

• Einstein's Big Idea (#3213)

  Ingenuity and human conflict surrounded Einstein's breakthrough unleashing the power of the atom.

  • Tue, September 16, 7:00 PM on IPTV
  • Tue, September 16, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Tue, September 16, 10:30 PM on IPTV HD
  • Thu, September 18, 9:00 AM on IPTV HD
  • Thu, September 18, 11:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
  • Mon, September 22, 9:00 AM on IPTV HD

• Monster of the Milky Way (#3314)

  Reveals the dark secrets of black holes, from their birth to their destructive waves of energy.

  • Tue, September 23, 7:00 PM on IPTV
  • Tue, September 23, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Tue, September 23, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Thu, September 25, 7:35 PM on IPTV Create/World
  • Fri, September 26, 12:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
  • Sat, September 27, 7:00 PM on IPTV HD
  • Sat, September 27, 10:00 PM on IPTV HD

Past Episodes

These episodes of NOVA aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.

• Lord of the Ants (#3510)
• Car of the Future (#3509)
• Walk to Beautiful (#3506)
• Master of the Killer Ants (#3417)
• Secrets of the Samurai Sword (#3412)
• The Great Inca Rebellion (#3409)
• First Flower (#3405)
• Nova scienceNOW (#3401)
• Family That Walks On All Fours (#3317)
• Wings of Madness (#3316)
• Mystery of the Megavolcano (#3312)
• Dimming the Sun (#3310)
• The Ghost Particle (#3305)
• The Perfect Corpse (#3303)
• Newton's Dark Secrets (#3217)
• Sinking The Supership (#3212)
• Mystery of the Megaflood (#3211)
• Fireworks! (#2903)

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