NOVA
Beyond the Elements: Life Preview
Show title: NOVA
Video title: Beyond the Elements: Life Preview
Video duration: 0m 30sVideo description: Without the chemistry of photosynthesis, ozone, and a molecule called Rubisco, none of us would be here. So how did we get so lucky? To find out, host David Pogue investigates the surprising molecules that allowed life on Earth to begin, and ultimately thrive. Along the way, he finds out what we’re all made of—literally.
Eclipse Over America Preview
On August 21, 2017, millions of Americans will witness the first total solar eclipse to cross the continental United States in 99 years. While hordes of citizens prepare to flock to the eclipse’s path of totality, scientists, too, are staking out spots for a very different reason: to investigate the secrets of the sun’s elusive atmosphere.
Best Way to Learn to Ride a Bike
Two centuries of bikes, and we’re still debating the best way to learn to ride one.
How to Build Your Dragon
Game of Thrones got us thinking — what would a real dragon look like?
School of the Future - Spanish Version
How can the science of learning help us rethink the future of education for all children? Airing September 14, 2016 at 9 pm on PBS
How to Find an Exoplanet
Want to find another world beyond our solar system? Here are the 5 ways you can do it.
Grow Your Own Crystals
What should you do with the borax you have leftover from making slime? Make crystals!
Flint: A Timeline
Follow the emergency in Flint from the switch in water supply to today’s health crisis.
Scandal's Joe Morton on Flint
Actor Joe Morton, narrator of “Poisoned Water,” discusses the Flint water crisis.
WannaCry Cyberattack Explained
The WannaCry cyberattack cost the economy billions of dollars. Here's why that's scary.
This Woman Helped Save Flint
LeeAnne Walters, of Flint, Michigan, helps save the city from a lead water crisis.
Meet the Gastric-Brooding Frog
These extinct frogs used to barf up their babies—and now scientists are trying to bring them back from the dead. Discover more in this episode of Gross Science.
Poisoned Water Q&A with Scientists and Filmmakers
In this special report, NOVA investigates what happened in Flint, Michigan when local officials changed the city’s water source to save money, but overlooked a critical treatment process. As the water pipes corroded, lead leached into the system, exposing the community—including thousands of children—to dangerous levels of poison. NOVA uncovers the science behind this manmade disaster.
Should You Wash Your Hands?
Gross Science explores hand hygiene, with some help from the show Clean My Space.