Nova Sciencenow

A team of NASA scientists who will smash two SUV-sized rockets onto the lunar surface and unleash a debris cloud to stud... (more)

A team of NASA scientists who will smash two SUV-sized rockets onto the lunar surface and unleash a debris cloud to study data that could provide the key to understanding how to build a permanent base on the moon; microbiologist Jack Griffith, who made a phenomenal discovery - the oldest known organic molecules on earth; research on an Australian songbird called the zebra finch, shedding light on the neuronal processes that lead from understanding sounds to producing them; and a profile of climate scientist Lonnie Thompson, aka Tropical Ice Core Man. (less)

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each episode, framed as a simple question that... (more)

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each episode, framed as a simple question that ordinary people wonder and worry about. Neil will guide us as he explores dramatic discoveries and the frontiers of research that connect each central, provocative mystery. Episode includes: Short story, can my car live forever? Irv Gordon, a retired science teacher from East Patchogue, NY, has managed to keep his 1966 Volvo P1800 going for four decades. (less)

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each episode, framed as a simple question that... (more)

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each episode, framed as a simple question that ordinary people wonder and worry about. Neil will guide us as he explores dramatic discoveries and the frontiers of research that connect each central, provocative mystery. Episode includes: ORIGINS OF LIFE: Scientists have long argued that billions of years ago, life emerged on its own, from the self-assembly of non-living matter, but no knows exactly how. (less)

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each episode, framed as a simple question that... (more)

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each episode, framed as a simple question that ordinary people wonder and worry about. Neil will guide us as he explores dramatic discoveries and the frontiers of research that connect each central, provocative mystery. Episode includes: Space Dangers. A trip to Mars and back could take two to three years. Can humans survive the journey, fraught with deadly meteoroids, bone and muscle wasting? (less)