Supernovae, Autonomous Vehicles, Life on Earth: NOVA Next Week in Review

ByAllison EckFriday, January 15, 2016 NOVA NextNOVA Next

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Autonomous vehicles will transform the way we move. The only question is how. NOVA Next contributing editor Phil McKenna

reports the story.

In other news:

This supernova is 570 billion times brighter than the Sun —and pushes the limits of known physics.
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To you, boredom feels… well, boring. But to a scientist, your boredom holds plentiful secrets about the human condition. [Nature News]
This flexible football helmet could protect players’ brains . [Wired]
A baby dinosaur died 67 million years ago. Today, fossil evidence shows it was eaten by a very unlikely predator: a snake. [Scientific American]
Meteorologists are calling for a 54% chance of a below-normal number of tornadoes this year, due to El Niño. [Scientific American]

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