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NOVA scienceNOW Season 4

June. 30,2009
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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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NOVA scienceNOW

2005  / TV-G

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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NOVA scienceNOW Season 4 Full Episode Guide

Episode 8 - Earthquakes in the Midwest/Sleep/Sang-Mook Lee/First Primates
First Aired: September. 01,2009

Using new data from cave stalagmites and the Mississippi riverbed to understand how and why earthquakes strike in the heartland; the crucial role sleep plays in strengthening memories and facilitating learning; a profile of marine geologist Sang-Mook Lee; paleontologist Jonathan Bloch, who thinks that tiny bones embedded in limestone may be the evolutionary evidence of the creatures that evolved into primates.

Episode 7 - Saving Hubble Update/Gangster Birds/Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa/How Memory Works
First Aired: August. 25,2009

Get an astronaut's view of the Hubble repair mission, find out why cowbirds are called "gangster birds," meet a Mexican immigrant farmworker-turned-brain surgeon, and learn how neuroscientists are finding ways to erase memories.

Episode 6 - Public Genomes/Algae Fuel/Arctic Ocean Seafloor/Yoky Matsuoka
First Aired: August. 18,2009

Explore the controversies behind genetic testing and genome sequencing, learn about algae fuel, follow an expedition to the Arctic Ocean seafloor, and meet a woman engineer designing prosthetic limbs controlled by human thought.

Episode 5 - Moon Smasher/Secrets in the Salt/Bird Brains/Lonnie Thompson
First Aired: July. 28,2009

Follow a NASA satellite looking for water on the moon, see what ancient salt deposits reveal about life 250 million years ago, learn how bird brains are remarkably similar to our own, and meet a climatologist who digs for clues to climate change in the world's highest glaciers.

Episode 4 - Picky Eaters/Capturing Carbon/Sea Lions and Walruses/Sangeeta Bhatia
First Aired: July. 21,2009

Discover why picky eaters may have a genetic excuse, learn about a new strategy for capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, see just how intelligent marine mammals can be, and meet a biomedical engineer who has figured out a way to make tiny livers in her lab.

Episode 3 - Marathon Mouse/Dinosaur Plague/Franklin Chang-Díaz/Space Storms
First Aired: July. 14,2009

Watch how an "exercise pill" turns couch-potato mice into athletes, explore a controversial new theory of what killed the dinosaurs, meet the first Latino-American astronaut, and find out why the beautiful northern lights signal a threat to our electronic society.

Episode 2 - Hunt for Alien Earths / Art Authentication / Maydianne Andrade / Autism Genes
First Aired: July. 07,2009

Join astronomers hunting for Earth-like planets, see how computers distinguish authentic art from forgeries, meet a spider biologist who studies sexual cannibalism, and learn about genes that may be involved in causing autism.

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