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Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist | Apprenticeship | PBS
Graduate students research the structure of a protein that controls the burning and storage of fat. 01:14
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NOVA scienceNOW | Hunt for Alien Earths, Art Authentication, Maydianne Andrade, Autism Genes | PBS (#402)
Full Program: Astronomers on the brink of finding “another Earth” in our galaxy, using a new planet-hunting machine: the Kepler telescope; Rudy Tanzi, a pioneer in discovering genes for Alzheimer’s disease, and... 52:19
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NOVA scienceNOW | Diamond Factory, Anthrax Investigation, Auto-Tune, Luis von Ahn | PBS (#401)
Full Program: Breakthroughs in the engineering of artificial diamonds; the science that went into solving the deadly post-9/11 anthrax attacks and the ingenious technique researchers developed to pinpoint the... 52:02
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NOVA scienceNOW | Detecting Life | PBS (#402)
Once we find a planet that has Earth-like potential, how can we tell if there is life on it? Harvard astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger explains how scientists might sniff out life by looking at the... 04:07
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NOVA scienceNOW | Dark Matter, Of Mice and Memory, Hany Farid, Wisdom of the Crowds | PBS (#301)
Full Program: “Dark Matter”--Host Neil deGrasse Tyson reports from a half-mile underground in an abandoned mine, where scientists are using special detectors to look for evidence of a ghostly substance that they... 51:49
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NOVA scienceNOW | Leeches, The Search for ET, Stem Cell Breakthroughs, Edith Widder | PBS (#305)
Full Program: “Leeches”--Leeches, those innocent bloodsuckers, have been bad-mouthed to the point that they’ve become synonymous with obnoxious freeloaders. Even host Neil deGrasse Tyson is creeped out while... 51:58
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Cosmos | The Harmony of the Worlds | PBS (#103)
Full Program: This episode is a historical re-creation of the life of Johannes Kepler, the last scientific astrologer, the first modern astronomer and the author of the first science fiction novel. 58:31
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Cosmos | The Edge of Forever | PBS (#110)
Full Program: Dr. Sagan leads us to a time when galaxies were beginning to form, and to show how humans of this century discovered the expanding universe and its origin in the big bang. 01:03:06
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Independent Lens | Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita | PBS (#911)
Full Program: The human face of stem cell research: a neurologist seeks a cure for his paralyzed teenage daughter. 01:26:16
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NOVA scienceNOW | Kingdom of the Leeches | PBS (#305)
Meet the terrifying, bloodsucking, decorated leech! Neil deGrasse Tyson embarks on a quest with leech expert Mark Siddall in the swamps of Connecticut to seek out the infamous decorated leech. 04:14
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NOVA scienceNOW | Free the Fossils! | PBS (#303)
How do paleontologists get fossils out of the rocks they find them in? Watch as scientists free a fossil from the rock in which it is embedded. 01:16
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NOVA scienceNOW | Journey Through the Center of the Earth | PBS
Ever wonder what would happen if you dug a whole from one side of the Earth, through the center, out the other side, and then jumped in? 02:00
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SECRETS OF THE DEAD | The Hunt for Nazi Scientists | Trailer | PBS (#501)
At the end of World War II, Allied agents engaged in a desperate race to capture the elite of Germany¹s scientific community in an effort to gain an advantage in the Cold War and Space Race. 00:31
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Beyond Human | Designing Humanoids | PBS
To build a humanoid that can function in our world is a bold challenge being taken up by isolated labs around the world. Researchers are infusing robots with abilities ranging from grasping and... 07:25
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Beyond Human | The Cyborg Revolution | PBS
Over the centuries, scientists speculated that we could tap into the body's electrical system to restore lost functions or enhance our powers? like machines. It took modern electronics to show us how. 09:58
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