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NOVA Season 34 (2007)
![]() | 34x01 NOVA scienceNOW - 8 Aging, will research into "longevity genes" help us live longer and healthier lives? Space Elevator, can we build a 22,000-mile-high cable to transport cargo and people into space? Maya, ... | Jan. 09, 2007 |
![]() | 34x02 Forgotten Genius The grandson of Alabama slaves, Percy Julian met with every possible barrier in a deeply segregated America. He was a man of genius, devotion, and determination. As a black man he was ... | Feb. 06, 2007 |
![]() | 34x03 The Last Great Ape [add summary] | Feb. 13, 2007 |
![]() | 34x04 Kings of Camouflage [add summary] | Apr. 03, 2007 |
![]() | 34x05 First Flower [add summary] | Apr. 17, 2007 |
![]() | 34x06 Saved by the Sun [add summary] | Apr. 24, 2007 |
![]() | 34x07 Pocahontas Revealed [add summary] | May. 08, 2007 |
![]() | 34x08 NOVA scienceNOW - 9 Sleep, why do we need sleep? Part of the answer may be to strengthen memories. CERN, beneath the Alps, the mother of all particle accelerators nears completion. Emergence, how does ... | Jul. 10, 2007 |
![]() | 34x09 NOVA scienceNOW - 10 T. Rex Blood?, Preserved soft tissue, including possible blood vessels and red blood cells, are turning up in dinosaur fossils. Epigenetics, Our lifestyles and environment can change ... | Jul. 24, 2007 |
![]() | 34x10 Bone Diggers An expedition into a cavern located in the Australian outback finds complete skeletons of the Thylacoleo, a marsupial lion that died out some 30,000 to 50,000 years ago; and the remains ... | Jun. 19, 2007 |
![]() | 34x11 The Great Inca Rebellion An examination of how human remains found at an ancient cemetery near Lima, Peru, coupled with forensic science and historical documents, may upend the accepted story that a small band ... | Jun. 26, 2007 |
![]() | 34x12 Secrets of the Samurai Sword The science behind samurai swords is explored. Included: the six-month creation process of one sword, from smelting to the sharpening of the blade; a Japanese receptionist whose interest ... | Oct. 09, 2007 |
![]() | 34x13 Ghost in Your Genes An examination of the gatekeeper role played by the epigenome, which can shape everything from whether people develop diseases to whether they are fat or slim by turning on and off ... | Oct. 16, 2007 |
![]() | 34x14 Marathon Challenge Thirteen novices, ranging in age from 22 to 60, train nine months for the Boston Marathon. The group includes a former smoker, a heart-attack survivor and an overweight woman, and receives ... | Oct. 30, 2007 |
![]() | 34x15 Sputnik Declassified The early years of the space race are recalled, including the Soviet launch of the Sputnik I satellite on Oct. 4, 1957; the failed U.S. attempt to launch a satellite eight weeks later; ... | Nov. 06, 2007 |
![]() | 34x16 Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, a 2005 federal law suit that successfully challenged the mention of intelligent design in a Dover, Pa., public-school ninth-grade science class ... | Nov. 13, 2007 |
![]() | 34x17 Master of the Killer Ants Driven by drought, termites invade the huts and granaries of the Mofu, a Cameroon tribe that relies on fierce dragon-shaped army ants to subdue the termites. Included: footage of the ... | Nov. 20, 2007 |
![]() | 34x18 Missing in MiG Alley The Korean War air battles between the American F-86 Sabre and the Soviet MiG-15 are recalled via archival footage, comments from American and Soviet pilots and dramatic reconstructions. ... | Dec. 18, 2007 |
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