NOVA scienceNOW | Snail Slime | PBS
Duration: 03:56
-
Program: NOVA scienceNOW
What do get when you cross the world's most famous slowpoke with some of MIT's latest high-tech robotics? Anna Lee Strachan, an associate producer for NOVA scienceNOW, finds out.
Video podcast written and produced by Anna Lee Strachan. Edited by Harlan Reiniger. A NOVA Production by Diatom Media for WGBH/Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
NOVA scienceNOW, the cutting-edge magazine show from the producers of NOVA, airs five Tuesdays a year on PBS and is available for viewing 365 days a year online.
Topics:
Post Date: March 3, 2007
-
NOVA scienceNOW | Social Robots | PBS (#506)
Would you want a robotic friend who could chitchat, do chores, even take care of you? 11:37
-
NOVA scienceNOW | Robotic Cars | PBS (#506)
Tiny, battery-powered cars called EN-Vs can talk to each other and drive themselves. 06:34
-
NOVA scienceNOW | What's The Next Big Thing? | PBS (#506)
Full Program: Greet the future: social robots, a "smart" electric grid & microbes that make diesel fuel. 52:39
-
NOVA scienceNOW | What's the Next Big Thing?... (#506)
Greet the future: social robots, a "smart" electric grid, microbes that make diesel fuel, and more. 00:30
-
NOVA scienceNOW | Profile: James McLurkin | PBS
James McLurkin designs groups of robots that work together for a greater purpose. 09:08
-
NOVA | What Made the 1918 Flu So Deadly? | PBS
The 1918 flu killed at least 50 million people, more than died from battle in World War I. 01:28
-
NOVA scienceNOW | What Will the Future Be Like?... (#606)
Full Program: Meet the people building tomorrow’s robots, mind-reading machines, and more. 52:43
-
Leonardo da Vinci and Robots | NOVA scienceNOW...
David Pogue will take over www.twitter.com Wednesday, Nov. 14th at 10PM during the east coast broadcast of NOVA... 00:58
-
NOVA scienceNOW | What Are Animals Thinking? | PBS (#605)
Full Program: Probe animal morality, the "swarm intelligence" of a beehive, and more. 53:37
-
NOVA scienceNOW | How Smart Can We Get? | PBS (#603)
Full Program: See inside Einstein’s brain, boost your memory, meet post-injury savants, and more. 53:37
-
Savant Kim Peek | NOVA scienceNOW | PBS
NOVA scienceNOW host David Pogue will take over the @novascinow Twitter account Wed., October 24th from 10-11pm ET... 00:51
-
NOVA scienceNOW | Can Science Stop Crime? | PBS (#602)
Full Program: Explore the genetics behind criminal minds, the latest in lie detection, and more. 53:10
-
NOVA scienceNOW | Think Outside the Box | PBS
What happens when tech guru David Pogue is stuck inside the box? Find out on this season of NOVA scienceNOW, starting... 00:31
-
NOVA scienceNOW | Preview | PBS
David Pogue, popular technology reporter for The New York Times, is the new host of the critically acclaimed science... 03:09
-
NOVA scienceNOW | Five Reasons to Eat Insects...
Watch NOVA scienceNOW's "Can I Eat That?" Airing this fall on NOVA scienceNOW on PBS pbs.org Looking for a culinary... 02:10
-
NOVA | The Secret Life of Scientists: Alan Sage...
Alan Sage is only in his first year as an undergraduate, but he's already doing some exceptional biology research.... 01:51
-
NOVA scienceNOW | Dinosaur Plague | PBS (#403)
Insects caught in amber spark a controversial theory about what killed the dinosaurs. 15:05
-
NOVA scienceNOW | Bird Brains, Space Storms,... (#304)
Full Program: “Finch Brains”--What can the songs of zebra finches tells us about the human evolution of language? A lot more than... 51:53
-
NOVA | The Secret Life of Scientists: Emily...
Engineer Emily Whiting studies the principles behind historical buildings to help architects design new buildings. She... 01:47
- Watch more video from this program












