This Week’s NOVA Next Feature
The tireless efforts of two men have transformed the once-formidable Iron Curtain into a wildlife reserve for the 21st century. Follow the epic tale, reported by NOVA Next contributing editor Phil McKenna, in this collaboration between NOVA Next and
In other news from NOVA and around the web:
- Sunday marked the second anniversary of the Chelyabinsk meteor strike. Watch “Meteor Strike” streaming online .
- Women can choose among a variety of birth control methods, but men have limited options. But that could change .
- The onset of Alzheimer’s disease could be delayed by a molecule that occurs naturally in humans.
- The joy of eating may be lost on the penguin, which likely can’t taste its own food .
- Anti-smoking pills are typically only prescribed to people who have set a precise quitting date. But now, the door may be open to those who want to quit more gradually .
- Mars One has narrowed its applicant pool down to 100 people. Learn why scientists have ruled out the option of a round trip.
- Is general relativity too perfect ?
- Our friend Oliver Sacks on how his perspective on life changed after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Did you miss "Petra: Lost City of Stone" this week? You can watch it streaming online here.
- Up to 180 people may have been exposed to a deadly superbug at an L.A. hospital. Experts are turning to hospitals’ microbiomes to prevent the spread of pathogens.
- In the once-mysterious epigenome, scientists find what turns genes on .
- Evolution privileges large body size , especially for animals dwelling in the sea.
- For this man, “college” tastes like sausage & “yogurt” like hairspray. Meet the man who tastes words.
- Humans can only distinguish between about 30 shades of gray .
