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Summer 2008 Broadcasts
Airs at 9pm on most PBS Stations
(Check local listings)
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June 25
Host
and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson examines new findings on dark matter,
regaining lost memories, the art and science of digital forensics, and how a
crowd can prove "smarter" than each of its individual members.
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July 2
Explore
genetic tests that can tell you your chances of developing diseases like
diabetes and cancer, see how digital scans and clever algorithms can reveal
counterfeit paintings, learn how artificial "trees" could someday help remove
excess carbon from the atmosphere, and meet Pardis Sabeti, a geneticist by day
and a rocker by night.
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July 9
This
broadcast looks at attempts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, the discovery
of our earliest primate ancestors, a dangerous bacterium that's making soldiers
sick, and a profile of neurologist and cancer researcher Dr. Alfredo
Quiñones-Hinojosa.
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July 16
Examine
bird songs and what they tell us about language, learn how violent space
weather causes the northern lights, see how structural engineers are developing
"smart" bridges, and meet neuroboticist Yoky Matsuoka, who is developing a
robotic hand that could one day be controlled by brain signals.
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July 23
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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July 30
Explore new discoveries about brain trauma, watch a tribute to the late "cancer warrior" Judah Folkman, follow the Phoenix mission to Mars, and delve into a mystery of truly mammoth proportions.
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August 6
This
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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August 13
Host
Neil deGrasse Tyson looks into mass extinction, the killer 1918 flu virus,
high-tech ways to read ancient papyrus, and an MIT roboticist who designs
sociable robots.
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August
20, 8pm
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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August
20
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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