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SciTech Now Episode 38

Season 1 Episode 138 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

In this episode of SciTech Now, we ask a scientist “Does extinction matter?" and more.

We meet wildlife cops on the Columbia River working hard to stop poachers from catching and killing valuable sturgeon; we ask a scientist “Does extinction matter?” We go “Inside the Lab” and visit a group of Central Florida engineers who are building a flight simulator; we sit down with MIT Professor Manolis Kellis to discuss this human epigenome; and we meet an expert who explains dark energy.

08/05/2015 | Rating NR

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SciTech Now Episode 38

Season 1 Episode 138 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

We meet wildlife cops on the Columbia River working hard to stop poachers from catching and killing valuable sturgeon; we ask a scientist “Does extinction matter?” We go “Inside the Lab” and visit a group of Central Florida engineers who are building a flight simulator; we sit down with MIT Professor Manolis Kellis to discuss this human epigenome; and we meet an expert who explains dark energy.

08/05/2015 | Rating NR

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