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<p>What makes onions so oniony? Why does stuffing sometimes come out gummy? Learn the secret to making delicious stuffing with the perfect texture—and why onions might make you cry as you&#x27;re cooking it.</p>

<p>Learn the secret to making delicious stuffing that&#x27;s not gummy.</p>

Turn to Science for Great Thanksgiving Stuffing

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The Science of Flavor

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<p>Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance genius. Not only did he paint masterpieces of art, but he was an obsessive scientist and inventor, dreaming up complex machines centuries ahead of his time, including parachutes, armored tanks, hang gliders, and robots. On the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death, with the help of biographer Walter Isaacson, NOVA investigates the secrets of Leonardo’s success. How did his scientific curiosity, from dissections of cadavers to studies of optics, shape his genius and help him create perhaps the most famous painting of all time, the &quot;Mona Lisa&quot;? (Premiered November 13, 2019)</p>

<p>Discover the science behind Leonardo da Vinci&#x27;s masterpieces—and Mona Lisa&#x27;s iconic smile.</p>

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<p>Since the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947, these fragile parchment relics have intrigued scholars, religious leaders, and profiteers alike. The 2,000-year-old scrolls include the oldest-known versions of the Hebrew Bible and hold vital clues about the birth of Christianity. While certain scrolls have survived intact, others have been ravaged by time—burnt, decayed, or torn to pieces—and remain an enigma. Now, scientists are using new technologies to read the unreadable, solve mysteries that have endured for millennia, and even discover million-dollar fakes. (Premiered November 6, 2019)</p>

<p>New technologies unravel the Dead Sea Scrolls’ mysteries and uncover million-dollar fakes.</p>

Dead Sea Scroll Detectives

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<p>NOVA Education tailors NOVA&#x27;s digital resources for educators in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Our free educator library is produced according to teaching standards and includes videos, audio segments, lesson plans, and interactives designed to facilitate effective classroom integration. Please let us know how we&#x27;re doing and what you might like to see. NOVA Education is committed to creating digital learning resources that work for you.</p>

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<p>NASA designs a mission to crash a spent rocket stage into a lunar crater to detect the presence of water ice on the Moon in this video from NOVA <i>Back to the Moon. </i></p>

Searching for Water

<p>Scientists describe the Moon’s unique topography and explain why direct sunlight never reaches the inside of some of its craters in this video from NOVA <i>Back to the Moon.</i></p>

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      <div class="rich-text"><p>Self-driving cars are being tested on public roads around the world every day and have already sparked debate due to concerns about their safety, cost, and impact on America&#x27;s infrastructure. This month, NOVA is hosting three events that will dive into how autonomous vehicles work, how they may change the way we live, and whether we will ever be able to entrust them with our lives. If you can&#x27;t join an event in person, make sure to tune in to the live streams on Facebook.</p><p></p><p><a href="/pages/videopages/look-whos-driving/"><i>Look Who&#x27;s Driving</i></a> airs on Wednesday, October 23 at 9/8c p.m. on PBS.</p></div>
  

  
      <div class="rich-text"><h2>Lunch Hour Live: NOVA Investigates Self-Driving Cars</h2><p>Thursday, October 17, 2019 | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.</p><p></p><p><b>Location:<br/></b>WGBH Studio at the Boston Public Library<br/>700 Boylston Street<br/>Boston, MA 02116</p><p></p><p>Science Correspondent for PBS NewsHour, Miles O&#x27;Brien, sits down with Dr. Bobbie Seppelt from MIT and Dr. Sam Anthony from Perceptive Automata to discuss NOVA&#x27;s new documentary, &quot;Look Who&#x27;s Driving,&quot; exploring how self-driving cars work, how close we are to the large-scale development of them and if we&#x27;ll ever be able to trust AI with our lives. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WGBHBoston/">Watch the conversation live on the WGBH Facebook page.</a></p></div>
  

  
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      <div class="rich-text"><h2><i>Look Who&#x27;s Driving</i> Film Screening &amp; Panel Discussion</h2><p>Friday, October 18, 2019 | 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. | <a href="https://computerhistory.org/events/look-whos-driving/#register">RSVP Here</a></p><p></p><p><b>Location:<br/></b>Computer History Museum<br/>1401 N. Shoreline Blvd<br/>MountainView, CA 94043</p><p></p><p>How can we train artificial intelligence to be better than humans at making life-and-death decisions? How do self-driving cars work? How close are we to large-scale deployment of them? Join us for a special screening of this fascinating documentary followed by our panel of pioneering company leaders and academic experts who will tackle not just these technical issues, but some of the potential economic and social implications. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/computerhistory/">This panel discussion will be streamed live on the Computer History Museum Facebook page.</a> To reserve your ticket, <a href="https://computerhistory.org/events/look-whos-driving/#register">visit this link</a>.</p><p></p><h2>Wireless Connectivity: The 6th Sense of Self-Driving Vehicles</h2><p>Tuesday, October 22, 2019 | 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. | <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wireless-connectivity-the-6th-sense-for-self-driving-vehicles-tickets-75003065187">RSVP Here</a></p><p></p><p><b>Location:<br/></b>WGBH Studio at the Boston Public Library<br/>700 Boylston Street<br/>Boston, MA 02116</p><p></p><p>Can wireless connectivity make self-driving cars safer? At this month&#x27;s NOVA Science Café, find out how Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor Dr. Alex Wyglinski is using wireless connectivity to facilitate vehicle-to-vehicle communication and create a comprehensive situational awareness of the road environment for self-driving vehicles. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wgbhforum/">Watch the conversation live on the WGBH Forum Network Facebook page</a>. To reserve your seat, <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wireless-connectivity-the-6th-sense-for-self-driving-vehicles-tickets-75003065187">visit this link</a>.</p></div>
  

  
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<p>This month, NOVA is hosting three events that will dive into how autonomous vehicles work, how they may change the way we live, and whether we will ever be able to entrust them with our lives.</p>

October Events: "Look Who's Driving" Screenings & Panel Discussions

<p>Through a series of video clips, a viewing guide for the video clips, and a community screening guide for the documentary NOVA <i>Addiction</i>, the collection will help students better understand opioids and the disease of addiction.</p>

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<p>Learn how biological feedback mechanisms contribute to people’s susceptibility to opioid addiction and other substance use disorders in this video from NOVA: <i>Addiction</i>.</p>

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<p>Meet Cade, a high school hockey player, and learn how his addiction to nicotine from vaping has had physical and behavioral impacts on his life in this digital video from NOVA.</p>

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      <div class="rich-text"><p>“I want to become a doctor when I grow up,” stated Razan Mohammed, a rising high school sophomore from the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. “I don’t know what kind of doctor. My little brother was almost diagnosed with autism and I wanted to talk about the brain, so I was interested in that [for my project]. I might become an autism doctor in the future.” Like Razan, many of the students in the inaugural cohort of the NOVA Science Studio chose to explore topics that reflected their personal lives and curiosity about issues in their communities. The pilot of the new program, which concluded in June 2019 and was funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, featured an interdisciplinary curriculum focused on science communication, digital media literacy, and video production. With a goal to empower youth to tell stories about the world in new ways, the NOVA Science Studio was able to give students exposure to a wide range of careers in STEM, journalism, and media production.</p></div>
  

  
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      <div class="rich-text"><p>The NOVA Science Studio marks NOVA’s first foray into youth programming and our first attempt to create educational resources to teach science communication to teens. To do this, NOVA Science Studio tapped in-house talent working across several teams at NOVA including the editorial, broadcast, and digital teams to work with students and support them as they explored best practices for science storytelling over the course of 6 months. With students varying in age and skill set, it was no easy feat to address the needs of nearly thirty students across three pilot sites in Greater Boston, but according to NOVA Digital Producer Emily Zendt, “It was amazing to witness the tenacity these young talents brought to the big questions they tackled. It gives me so much hope for the future of the field to watch them tell these important stories.”</p></div>
  

  
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      <div class="rich-text"><p>These stories were so important because they explored topics at the intersection of science and social issues. For example, several students investigated whether or not exposure to trauma as a child predisposes people to crime, as well as the impact of medical racism on Black mothers’ mortality rates. Another topic that interested many students was artificial intelligence and its growing presence in everyday life. High school seniors Kendrick Echeverri and DuWayne Gary, the latter of whom will start a degree in mechanical engineering this fall, focused on AI and the future of the workforce. They wanted to educate themselves and their peers about the reality of the job prospects that await them in the next few years as the use of AI in the workforce increases. Inspired by the young climate change activist Greta Thunberg, eighth graders Shianne Henry and Derian Peña interviewed professors from Harvard for their project about the role that teens can play in mitigating climate change.</p><p></p>
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            src="/wgbh/nova/media/images/herrera_family.width-800.jpg"/><figcaption><p><i>A family affair! Members of the Herrera family which boasted two students in the program look on at a photo slideshow in the WGBH Atrium (Photo by: Meredith Nierman)</i></p><div class="credit"><p></p></div></figcaption>
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            <p>On June 20th, the pilot of the NOVA Science Studio culminated with a showcase event celebrating the hard work of all the participants. In attendance were members from across the WGBH Educational Foundation including NOVA Co-Executive Producers Julia Cort and Chris Schmidt, VP Of National Programming John Bredar, and most importantly the families and friends of the students. Guests were treated to a gallery walk featuring the research articles penned by students in the cohort, a sight which made NOVA Digital Editor Katherine J. Wu especially proud as she reflected on workshopping topics with students stating “All of them were able to refine their musings about the world around them into researchable questions—many of which blended science and social justice. Seeing that transformation over just a few short months was pretty incredible, and it was wonderful to see the students come away with something tangible and scientific that they’d produced all on their own,” said Wu. “And it was fun.”</p><p>After screening a highlight reel of the student produced videos, a small panel of students and the adults who worked at the NOVA Science Studio sites shared their experiences and insights from the pilot, noting that the synthesis of science and media set the program apart from others. “Having the opportunity to work with and learn from professional practitioners of science journalism was extremely valuable,” remarked Andrew Chi Keong Yim, Program Assistant at 826 Boston, one of the three pilot sites. “The times when NOVA/WGBH staff were able to come in to sessions, or when students were able to go to WGBH for a workshop, were the most effective.&quot;</p><p></p>
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            <p>The curriculum created for NOVA Science Studio will be available this fall on PBS LearningMedia and stay tuned for more program updates.</p></div>
  

  
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