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From the award-winning producers of NOVA, NOVA scienceNOW is a fast-paced and provocative science magazine show that highlights four timely science and technology stories per episode. Launched in 2005, the show is hosted by renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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NOVA scienceNOW
Full episodes
27 VIDEOS

How Smart Can We Get? New
52:37 Air Date 11/15/12

What Will the Future Be Like?
52:43 Air Date 11/14/12

What Are Animals Thinking?
53:37 Air Date 11/07/12

Can I Eat That?
53:37 Air Date 10/31/12

How Smart Can We Get?
53:37 Air Date 10/24/12

Can Science Stop Crime?
53:10 Air Date 10/17/12

What Makes Us Human?
53:37 Air Date 10/10/12

What's The Next Big Thing?
52:38 Air Date 02/23/11

Where Did We Come From?
51:29 Air Date 02/16/11

How Smart Are Animals?
53:06 Air Date 02/09/11

How Does the Brain Work?
53:06 Air Date 02/02/11

Can We Live Forever?
53:07 Air Date 01/26/11
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Previews
13 VIDEOS

What Will the Future Be Like? Preview
0:30 Air Date 10/18/12

How Smart Can We Get? Preview
0:29 Air Date 09/19/12

Can Science Stop Crime? Preview
0:30 Air Date 09/12/12

What Are Animals Thinking? Preview
0:30 Air Date 09/12/12

What Makes Us Human? Preview
0:30 Air Date 09/12/12

Can I Eat That? Preview
0:30 Air Date 09/11/12

NOVA scienceNOW Season 6 Promo
3:05 Air Date 07/24/12

Where Did We Come From? Preview
0:30 Air Date 02/23/11

What's the Next Big Thing? Preview
0:30 Air Date 02/16/11

How Smart Are Animals? Preview
0:30 Air Date 02/09/11

How Does the Brain Work? Preview
0:30 Air Date 01/26/11

Can We Live Forever? Preview
0:31 Air Date 01/26/10
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Shorts
103 VIDEOS

Criminal Minds: Born or Made?
15:40 Air Date 12/20/12

New Photos of Einstein’s Brain
3:49 Air Date 11/15/12

Augmented Reality and Touch
4:29 Air Date 11/13/12

Sneak Peek: What Will the Future Be Like?
4:23 Air Date 11/13/12

Slime Mold Smarts
2:01 Air Date 11/06/12

The Waggle Dance
3:25 Air Date 11/05/12

1918 Flu
12:33 Air Date 11/01/12

Profile: Nathan Myhrvold
9:46 Air Date 10/31/12

Cook's Illustrated Burgers
2:59 Air Date 10/25/12

Cook's Illustrated Potatoes
2:46 Air Date 10/25/12

Cook's Illustrated Sauces
3:05 Air Date 10/25/12

Cook's Illustrated Sugar
2:49 Air Date 10/25/12
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