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NOVA scienceNOW Episode 9 (July 2007)

Find out why you shouldn't shortchange sleep, look inside the biggest atom smasher ever, examine the strange phenomenon of emergence, and see a profile of archeologist Julie Schablitsky. Watch now (46 mins.)

Saved by the Sun (Apr. 2007)

Is it time to take solar energy seriously? Watch now (50 mins.)

Forgotten Genius (Feb. 2007)

Against all odds, African-American chemist Percy Julian became one of the great scientists of the 20th century. Watch now (108 mins.)

NOVA scienceNOW Episode 8 (Jan. 2007)

NOVA scienceNOW 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. Watch now (45 mins.)

NOVA scienceNOW Episode 7 (Nov. 2006)

Mass extinction, the 1918 flu pandemic, ancient texts, and a profile of Cynthia Breazeal are the topics that host Neil deGrasse Tyson takes on in this episode. Watch now (47 mins.)