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Liaoning Province in the northeastern corner of China has produced some of the most spectacular fossils ever seen, including one that may hold clues to the origin of flight. The dinosaur-bird connection first came to light in the 1860′s, when quarrymen in Germany discovered a fossil called Archaeopteryx, a creature with feathered wings of [...]
Go inside NASA’s risky field trip to the red planet in this tense and dramatic behind-the-scenes chronicle of the $820 million Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project. Beginning a year before launch, NOVA’s cameras follow MER scientists and engineers.
An expedition of archeologists and historians sets off to explore a legendary cave in the Judean Desert. A cache of papyrus documents and other artifacts offers a portrait of the Jews who sought refuge in the cave 2,000 years ago. Using remote sensing equipment, team members peer through 15 feet of rubble seeking evidence that [...]
Ant expert E.O. Wilson has spent his career studying tiny creatures. Yet what sets him apart is his ability to step back and see the grand scheme of things. Newly appointed to Harvard, Wilson ignores charges by molecular biologists that his work with ants is mere “stamp-collecting.” He goes on to discover ants’ extraordinary means [...]
From 1996 to 2001, Boeing and Lockheed Martin produced rival designs and prototypes for the Joint Strike Fighter, a stealthy, affordable combat plane intended for the 21st century needs of the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marines. In “Battle of the X-Planes,” NOVA goes behind the scenes to show the world’s newest fighter taking shape, [...]
Millions remember the countdowns, launchings, splashdowns, and parades as the U.S. raced the USSR to the moon in the 1960s. But few know that both countries also ran parallel space programs, whose covert goal was to launch military astronauts on spying missions. In this program, NOVA delves into the untold story of this top-secret space [...]
High in the unforgiving environment North of the Arctic Circle, two teams of paleontologists unearth dozens of dinosaur fossils. Scientists dynamite a 65-foot tunnel into the permafrost along Alaska’s Colville River while a second team uses more traditional methods to excavate a Pachyrhinosaurus graveyard. Paleobotanist Robert Spicer attempts to find out how much warmer the [...]
Science with sideburns and a few tokes. Carl Sagan produced this 1980 series of spacey shows which was the most popular PBS TV show in the 1980′s even though there were only 13 episodes. “Billions and Billions… whoa dude!…. nuclear winter …. yawah… cough…hackk!!!!”
Cosmos – s1 | e13 – Who Speaks for Earth?
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