TV Schedule

July

Mystery of the Megaflood (Repeat)
Tuesday, July 22 at 8 p.m.
What unleashed a catastrophic flood that scarred thousands of square miles in the American Northwest?
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NOVA scienceNOW: July 23, 2008
Wednesday, July 23 at 9 p.m.
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson explores the wonderful world of leeches, searches for intelligent alien life with SETI, examines a breakthrough that could allow for embryonic stem-cell research without the embryo, and goes deep-sea diving with marine-bioluminescence specialist Edith Widder.
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Car of the Future (Repeat)
Tuesday, July 29 at 8 p.m.
Join the "Car Talk" guys as they hit the road in search of a new breed of clean, fuel-efficient vehicles.
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NOVA scienceNOW: July 30, 2008
Wednesday, July 30 at 9 p.m.
Learn about the white matter in your brain and why it's just as important as your gray matter, watch a tribute to the late "cancer warrior" Judah Folkman and his groundbreaking discovery of angiogenesis, and much more.
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August

Dimming the Sun (Repeat)
Tuesday, August 5 at 8 p.m.
New evidence that air pollution has masked the full impact of global warming suggests the world may soon face a heightened climate crisis.
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NOVA scienceNOW: August 6, 2008 (Repeat)
Wednesday, August 6 at 9 p.m.
The August 6 broadcast looks at attempts to build a space elevator, how we age, a new technique for finding Maya ruins, and a profile of biologist Bonnie Bassler.
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Kings of Camouflage (Repeat)
Tuesday, August 12 at 8 p.m.
Meet the cuttlefish, one of the brainiest, most bizarre animals in the ocean.
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NOVA scienceNOW: August 13, 2008 (Repeat)
Wednesday, August 13 at 9 p.m.
The August 6 broadcast looks at attempts to build a space elevator, how we age, a new technique for finding Maya ruins, and a profile of biologist Bonnie Bassler.
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Storm That Drowned a City (Repeat)
Tuesday, August 19 at 8 p.m.
Experts and eyewitnesses reconstruct the devastating floods that Hurricane Katrina unleashed on New Orleans.
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NOVA scienceNOW: August 20, 2008 Hour 1 (Repeat)
Wednesday, August 20 at 8 p.m.
This broadcast investigates doomsday asteroids, the genetics behind overeating, the quest to create a new element, and an MIT roboticist who also writes award-winning fiction.
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NOVA scienceNOW: August 20, 2008 Hour 2 (Repeat)
Wednesday, August 20 at 9 p.m.
Learn how our lifestyles can change the way our genes work, examine a yet-to-be-broken code on a sculpture called Kryptos, see preserved dinosaur blood vessels, and meet cosmologist Arlie Petters.
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