http://www.pbs.org/nova/sciencenow/ NOVA turns its lens on the timeliest developments and most intriguing personalities in science and technology in a new magazine series, NOVA scienceNOW, and we want to hear what you think about it. Copyright 2008-2012 NOVA/WGBH Educational Foundation en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss nova@wgbh.org nova_tech@wgbh.org Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:16:04 EST Thu, 14 Mar 2012 16:16:04 EST http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/images/logo-nsn-rss.gif http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/body/five-reasons-eat-insects.htmlSave room for bugs! They're the future of green cuisine.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/body/five-reasons-eat-insects.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/secretlife/scientists/shaundra-daily/This software engineer and dancer found her groove teaching children about their emotional lives.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 9:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/secretlife/scientists/shaundra-daily/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/what-is-the-next-big-thing.htmlWatch the program online on NOVA nowNOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 9:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/what-is-the-next-big-thing.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/tech/cars-power-grid.htmlElectric cars that feed energy back to the power grid may play a critical role in a future "smart grid."NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/tech/cars-power-grid.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/where-did-we-come-from.htmlWatch the program online on NOVA nowNOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 9:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/where-did-we-come-from.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/how-smart-are-animals.htmlWatch the program online on NOVA nowNOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 9:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/how-smart-are-animals.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/nature/dolphin-reading.htmlWatch as a dolphin's reading ability is put to the test.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/nature/dolphin-reading.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/how-does-the-brain-work.htmlWatch the program online on NOVA nowNOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 9:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/how-does-the-brain-work.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/body/change-blindness.htmlHow can we miss big visual changes that happen right before our eyes?NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/body/change-blindness.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/can-we-live-forever.htmlWatch the program online on NOVA nowNOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 9:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/can-we-live-forever.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/secretlife/scientists/steffie-tomson/Neuroscientist Steffie Tomson doesn't just study the bizarre phenomena of synesthesia, she's a synesthete herself.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 9:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/secretlife/scientists/steffie-tomson/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/can-we-make-it-to-mars.htmlWatch the program online on NOVA nowNOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 9:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/can-we-make-it-to-mars.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0306/01.htmlNASA's latest robot has already found frozen water and is looking for more signs that the Red Planet could support life.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0306/01.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0306/02.htmlEven so-called "mild" head injuries turn out to be anything but.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0306/02.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0306/03.htmlA pair of mammoth skeletons is found locked together by their tusks. What happened?NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0306/03.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0306/04.htmlOnce scorned for his ideas about how cancer grows, the late Judah Folkman is now hailed as a visionary.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0306/04.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080522.htmlIn this excerpt from a 2002 commencement address at Oberlin College, the late cancer researcher Judah Folkman describes how he learned to think outside the box when he was in high school. Listen in. NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080522.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0305/01.htmlA century after falling out of favor among doctors, medicinal leeches are back in hospitals, sucking away on patients' wounds.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0305/01.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0305/02.htmlAstronomers have their radio telescopes tuned to receive signals from alien worlds. But is anybody out there? NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0305/02.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0305/03.htmlThree separate teams overcome a biomedical hurdle -- creating stem cells without the use of human embryos.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0305/03.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0305/04.htmlMeet a marine biologist and explorer who has engineered new ways to spy on deep-sea creatures.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0305/04.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0304/01.htmlClues to the origins of human language are turning up in the brains of birds.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0304/01.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0304/02.htmlBehind the dazzling display of the aurora borealis are space storms that could turn the lights off here on Earth.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0304/02.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0304/03.htmlA former tennis prodigy aims to create advanced prosthetic limbs controlled by human thought.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0304/03.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0304/03.htmlCan we engineer bridges that tell us what's wrong with them before it's too late?NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0304/03.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080710.htmlIn this audio feature, engineer Michael Todd explains how new sensing technologies may help detect structural problems within bridges before they become dangerous.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080710.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0303/01.htmlTwo teams of spacewalkers take on the risky mission of reviving the ailing Space Telescope.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0303/01.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0303/02.htmlOur most distant primate ancestors, which took the stage shortly after the dinosaurs left it, were tree-dwellers the size of mice.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0303/02.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0303/03.htmlHe jumped the fence from Mexico to work as a farmhand and ended up a leading brain surgeon.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0303/03.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0303/04.htmlA relatively benign bug becomes a highly lethal pathogen, known to U.S. soldiers as Iraqibacter.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0303/04.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080627.htmlIn this video dispatch, learn why George Church of Harvard Medical School hopes to recruit 100,000 people and sequence all of their DNA.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080627.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080624.htmlJoin host Neil deGrasse Tyson for a fantastic voyage through Earth's molten core -- without getting burned.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080624.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0302/01.htmlGenetic testing to assess risk factors for a handful of serious illnesses is now commercially available. But is it a good idea?NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0302/01.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0302/02.htmlSee how clever computer algorithms can distinguish a master fake from a masterpiece.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0302/02.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0302/03.htmlAn eighth-grader's science fair project prompts her scientist father to develop a new way to pull excess carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0302/03.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0302/04.htmlBy night she's a rocker. By day, she's a Harvard geneticist tracking the evolution of the human genome.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0302/04.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080606.htmlJohn Grunsfeld, an astronomer and astronaut, says that fixing the Hubble Space Telescope will be a delicate operation. Here, he explains how astronauts will have to literally let their fingers do the walking when working on the satellite -- and why the gloves of their space suits will play a major role in the mission's success.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080606.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0301/01.htmlTurns out most of the universe is held together by a mysterious, invisible substance.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0301/01.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0301/02.htmlMice placed in enriched environments can recover lost memories, giving hope to those who study Alzheimer's.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0301/02.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0301/03.htmlThis self-proclaimed "accidental scientist" is a digital detective inventing new ways to tell if photos have been faked.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0301/03.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0301/04.htmlAsk enough people to estimate something, and their combined guesses will get you surprisingly close to the right answer.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0301/04.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080522.htmlIn this excerpt from a 2002 commencement address at Oberlin College, the late cancer researcher Judah Folkman describes how he learned to think outside the box when he was in high school.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 22 May 2008 11:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080522.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080424.htmlIn diseases like Alzheimer's, are forgotten memories gone for good? MIT's Eric Lander and Li-Huei Tsai discuss new experiments that are exploring whether these "lost" memories can be regained.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080424.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080410.htmlCan a computer tell the difference between an original van Gogh painting and a fake? NOVA scienceNOW producer Dean Irwin describes how 21st-century technology can help museum curators catch even the most skilled forgers.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080410.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080305.htmlSeth Shostak, senior astronomer at SETI, thinks it's just a matter of time before we find evidence of other intelligent life in the universe.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080305.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080221.htmlGlaciologist Lonnie Thompson says that glaciers around the world are disappearing -- fast.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080221.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080207.htmlNeurosurgeon Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa's career didn't start in a hospital -- it began in a farm field. Listen in. And watch for Dr. Q's profile on NOVA scienceNOW this summer.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080207.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/071121.htmlMark Siddall, a leech expert at the American Museum of Natural History, wants to change how you think about nature's most notorious blood-suckers. Listen in.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/071121.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/070822.htmlDark matter is a cosmic enigma. We can't see it or touch it—so what is it? We asked MIT physicist Max Tegmark about the nature of this strange substance and why it remains so mysterious. NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/070822.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/02-ask.htmlRandy Jirtle answered viewer questions about epigenetics on August 2, 2007.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/02-ask.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/01-ask.htmlOn July 31, 2007, Mary Schweitzer answered selected viewer questions about her discovery of what may be T. rex blood vessels and red blood cells, the implications of that and similar discoveries, and other matters dinosaurian and paleontological.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/01-ask.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/03-ask.htmlOn July 30, 2007, Jim Sanborn answered selected viewer questions about his sculpture Kryptos, including ones about the unsolved fourth part.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/03-ask.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/04-ask.htmlOn July 30, 2007, Arlie Petters answered selected viewer questions about his life and work.NOVA <nova@wgbh.org>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:00:00 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/04-ask.html