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Chasing Down Dinner Evolving an ability to run long distances might have been key to survival for early humans. In this podcast, we talked to Dan Lieberman, an evolutionary biologist at Harvard University, to find out why.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Original interview by Gaia Remerowski. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
To learn more, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How We Became HumanToday, humans are rapidly changing the world's climate-but some anthropologists think climate may have once changed us. In this podcast, Rick Potts, director of the Human Origins Program at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, explains why a rapidly shifting environment could have shaped early human behavior.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Original interview by Graham Townsley. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hands on HubbleJohn Grunsfeld, an astronomer and astronaut, says that fixing the Hubble Space Telescope was be a delicate operation. In this podcast, he explains how astronauts had to literally let their fingers do the walking when working on satellite-and why the gloves of their space suits played a major role in the mission's success.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Rush DeNooyer. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Capturing Darwin's DilemmaIn 1862, Charles Darwin faced his greatest dilemma-whether or not to go public with his incendiary theory of evolution. It was a turning point for him, and for science as a whole. Today, scriptwriter John Goldsmith, former head of the British Writer's Guild, has crafted the story into a two-hour special for NOVA. In this interview, he talked to NOVA's Susan Lewis about the challenges of making of the film, and his fascination with the Darwin family.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interv ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Portland Science PubIn this podcast, Neil deGrasse Tyson visits Portland, Oregon, to participate in a monthly event called the “Science Pub.” Sponsored by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, the “Pub” invites researchers to talk about their work, answer audience questions, and have a beer. It's a science conversation done Oregon style. The original event lasted over two hours, but we trimmed the Q&A down to about 30 minutes.
Podcast edited by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Fun ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cosmic Perspective: Looking UpAs an astrophysicist, NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson has a unique view of the universe. Hear his “Cosmic Perspective” on looking up at the night sky.
Audio editing by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cosmic Perspective: Bad NewsAs an astrophysicist, NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson has a unique view of the universe. Hear his “Cosmic Perspective” on bad news.
Audio editing by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Ins ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cosmic Perspective: The Search for LifeAs an astrophysicist, NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson has a unique view of the universe. Hear his “Cosmic Perspective” on the search for life in the universe.
Audio editing by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cosmic Perspective: Dark MatterAs an astrophysicist, NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson has a unique view of the universe. Hear his “Cosmic Perspective” on dark matter.
Audio editing by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cosmic Perspective: WaterAs an astrophysicist, NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson has a unique view of the universe. Hear his “Cosmic Perspective” on finding water on other planets.
Audio editing by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the How ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cosmic Perspective: Coming To Our SensesAs an astrophysicist, NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson has a unique view of the universe. Hear his “Cosmic Perspective” on coming to our senses.
Audio editing by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cosmic Perspective: Northern LightsAs an astrophysicist, NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson has a unique view of the universe. Hear his “Cosmic Perspective” on the Northern Lights.
Audio editing by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cosmic Perspective: Finding PlanetsAs an astrophysicist, NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson has a unique view of the universe. Hear his “Cosmic Perspective” on the search for other planets.
Audio editing by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cosmic Perspective: CarbonAs an astrophysicist, NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson has a unique view of the universe. Hear his “Cosmic Perspective” on the element carbon.
Audio editing by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes M ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Bolt From the BlueNeurologist and author Oliver Sacks has come across plenty of odd stories while studying the human brain, but none are quite as mysterious as that of his colleague, Tony Cicoria. In 1994, Cicoria was struck by lightning, and developed a sudden, inexplicable passion for playing and writing piano music. In this podcast, hear Sacks describe Cicoria's transformation.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Original interview by Dempsey Rice/Daughter One productions. Music by The New You. NOVA is prod ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pitch PerfectLearning to sing like the pros isn't something you can do overnight. Over the last decade, though, recording studios have been fudging things a bit with software called Auto-Tune. It lets engineers change the pitch of sour notes. But can it make even hopeless amateurs sound decent? In this podcast, we enlisted the help of a few brave souls on the NOVA staff to find out.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interviews by David Levin and Vin Liota. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Life in SpaceFor a boy from Costa Rica, being an astronaut must have seemed like a pipe dream. But despite long odds, Franklin Chang-Diaz made the cut. In this podcast, he reflects on hurdles he's cleared on his path to space, and describes the sense of both danger and elation that comes with the job.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Josh Seftel. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporati ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Forgotten Genius: Who was my father?Percy Julian was a groundbreaking African-American scientist in the 20th century. Long before the Civil Rights Movement, he pioneered a path in a field that was dominated by whites and plagued by racial prejudice. Yet few people today even know his name. In this podcast, Julian's late son, Percy Jr., describes his father's personality.
Podcast produced by David Levin and Susan Lewis. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medica ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Forgotten Genius: Percy JulianPercy Julian was a groundbreaking African-American scientist in the 20th century. Long before the Civil Rights Movement, he pioneered a path in a field that was dominated by whites and plagued by racial prejudice. Yet few people today even know his name. In this podcast, hear an excerpt of a speech this forgotten genius gave at Indiana University in 1965.
Podcast produced by David Levin and Susan Lewis. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sexual CannibalismIn this podcast, biologist Maydianne Andrade explains that sexual cannibalism-a gruesome mating behavior shown of Redback Spiders-is a prime example of how evolution works.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Josh Seftel. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the Nati ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Insider Who KnewNASA engineer Rodney Rocha, whose warnings and calls for action went unheeded, speaks out about the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster.
This podcast was produced by David Levin. Interview by Arun Rath. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
For more on E = mc2, visit www.pbs.org/nova/columbiaListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Speaking Ancient MayaAnthropologist Barbara Macleod says that studying the ancient Maya language offers a unique window into the past.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Rima Chaddha. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for "Cracking the Maya Code" is provided by the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Hu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Global WarningIn this podcast, glaciologist Lonnie Thompson describes why global warming and melting glaciers could impact everything from drinking water supplies to the spread of infectious disease-and even political issues like refugees and terrorism.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Dana Rae Warren. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public televis ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website More Than GamesIn this podcast, computer scientist Luis Von Ahn describes how tapping into the countless hours people spend playing games can help solve complex problems that stump computers.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Inteview by Josh Seftel. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the N ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tom and Ray Take LibertiesAs producer Joe Seamans notes in this podcast, the hundreds of e-mails we've received from our audience for "Car of the Future" have been terrific, with great questions for the experts as well as ideas for alternative vehicles. There also have been a few, well, rather imaginative suggestions. Tom and Ray, naturally, couldn't help having a little fun with them. Listen in.
This podcast was produced by Susan Lewis and edited by David Levin. Interview by Joe Seamans. NOVA is produced by WGBH i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Back To the MoonIn this podcast, David Morrison, interim director of NASA's Lunar Science Institute, discusses why he thinks it's important for humans to return to the Moon.
Podcast produced by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard H ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Photographing Extreme IceJames Balog has been working as a nature photographer for more than 30 years. His latest project, the Extreme Ice Survey, is helping scientists document the rapid melt of glaciers worldwide--something he says is visible evidence of human-caused climate change. In this interview, he discusses his work.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Forging the Inca EmpireThe Inca Empire of South America lasted just over 100 years. But in that short span, the Incas conquered an area almost as vast as the Roman Empire. In this podcast, Terence D'Altroy of Columbia University describes why the Incas were so successful.
Podcast produced and edited by David Levin. Interview by Peter Tyson. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Neil on HubbleIn this podcast, our series host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, describes where he'd point the Hubble Space Telescope if he had the chance. He also touches on past debates over whether or not to keep the Hubble program alive.
Podcast produced by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is p ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Art of RunningIn this podcast, elite athlete Uta Pippig describes her philosophy on running and her experiences as an advisor to 13 novice runners NOVA is following as they embark on their first marathon.
Podcast produced and edited by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
To learn more, visit www.pbs.org/nova/marathonListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The 2012 HoaxOur series host Neil deGrasse Tyson says that despite all those doomsday claims on the Internet, the world will NOT end in 2012.
Podcast produced by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, and the Howard Hughes Medical Instit ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Defining Science: The Power of ScienceNeil Shubin is a Paleontologist at the University of Chicago and the Field Museum. He says that scientific theories like evolution are different from other ideas for some very specific reasons.
Produced by Susan Lewis and David Levin. Interview by Gary Glassman. "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" is produced by NOVA and Vulcan Productions, Inc. in association with The Big Table Film Company. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, Pacific Life, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Defining Science: Science Is Not DogmaticRobert Pennock is a philosopher of science at Michigan State University. He says that while some creationists claim that science itself is a religion, their argument simply doesn't hold up.
Produced by David Levin and Susan Lewis. Interview by Gary Glassman. "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" is produced by NOVA and Vulcan Productions, Inc. in association with The Big Table Film Company. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, Pacific Life, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Med ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Defining Science: Science vs. ReligionBrown University biologist Ken Miller was a key witness in the 2005 trial of Kitzmiller v. Dover, the latest battle over the teaching of evolution in public schools. In this podcast, he describes the nature of science, its limits, and how it differs from religion.
Produced by David Levin. Interview by Gary Glassman. "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" is produced by NOVA and Vulcan Productions, Inc. in association with The Big Table Film Company. Funding for NOVA is provided by Ex ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Defining Science: Only a Theory?Philosopher Barbara Forrest of Southeast Louisiana University was a key witness in the 2005 trial of Kitzmiller v. Dover, the latest battle over the teaching of evolution in public schools. In this podcast, she explains that people who claim evolution is “only a theory” are misusing the word “theory”.
Produced by Susan Lewis and David Levin. Interview by Gary Glassman. "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" is produced by NOVA and Vulcan Productions, Inc. in association with ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Caught in a Culture WarJournalist Lauri Lebo grew up in the area of Dover, Pennsylvania, and her father was a devout fundamentalist Christian. When a controversy over the teaching of evolution began to tear the town apart, Lebo not only covered the story, but also was personally affected by it.
Produced by Susan K. Lewis and David Levin. Interview by Gary Glassman. "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" is produced by NOVA and Vulcan Productions, Inc. in association with The Big Table Film Company. Funding ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Judging Intelligent DesignIn this podcast, U.S. District Judge John Jones describes what it was like to preside over the landmark case of Kitzmiller v. Dover, explains why he ruled that intelligent design does not qualify as a science, and more.
Produced by David Levin. Interview by Richard Maurer and David Levin. "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" is produced by NOVA and Vulcan Productions, in association with The Big Table Film Company. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, Pacific Life, David H. K ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Decoding SpeechIn this podcast, Vlad Sejnoha, an expert in speech recognition software, describes why recognizing and transcribing spoken language with computers is not as easy as you might think.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interviews by David Levin and Rachel VanCott. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Voice recognition is just on ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The GovernatorIn this podcast, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger describes his state's plan to fight global warming.
Podcast produced by David Levin and Susan Lewis. Interview by Larry Klein. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
To learn more about California's new green energy policies, visit our website at pbs.org/nova/energy
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Digital Diamonds?Can man-made diamond pave the way for the electronics of the future? It depends who you talk to.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Julia Cort. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Add ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Luscious GarageMost auto repair shops don't make a point of being environmentally friendly-but Luscious Garage isn't your average shop.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Larry Klein. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
To learn about other companies that are helping California go green, visit our website at pbs.org/nova/energyListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Life on IceCould permafrost under Martian soil be the key to finding life on the red planet? Chris McKay, a planetary scientist for NASA, thinks there's a good chance we'll see evidence of ancient microbes if we just follow the ice.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Anna Lee Strachan. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
F ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Coldest FrontierSimon Schaffer is a historian of science at the University of Cambridge, England. In this podcast, he discusses the search for absolute zero and its impact on science and technology.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by David Dugan. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
To learn more about the race to conquer cold, visit our Web site at pbs.org/nova/ze ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Phoenix ArrivesThousands of things could go wrong at any stage of the Mars Phoenix Lander's mission. But Peter Smith, the mission's Principal Investigator, says that the most nerve-wracking parts are getting Phoenix safely into space and back down again on Mars.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Jonathan Grupper. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and publi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Did Bugs Do In the Dinos?Did a massive asteroid kill off the dinosaurs? Maybe not. Entomologist George Poinar thinks something much smaller might have done the job.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Terri Randall. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundatio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Touching the PastFor Chief Anne “Little Fawn” Richardson, Pocahontas is more than a legendary historical figure. Richardson can trace her own ancestry back to the 17th century, when her tribe, the Rappahannocks, were part of a vast domain ruled by Pocahontas's father. In this podcast, Richardson reflects on the clash of cultures between Pocahontas's people and the English settlers of Jamestown.
Podcast produced and edited by Susan K. Lewis. Interview by Kirk Wolfinger. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Bost ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talking With ApesIn this podcast, hear about about Sue Savage-Rumbaugh's language studies with bonobos, a primate closely related to humans.
Interview conducted by Rima Chaddha. Podcast produced and edited by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
For more on bonobos and what they might teach us about ourselves, visit www.pbs.org/ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dizzying HeightsDr. Peter Hackett is the Executive Director of the Institute for Altitude Medicine in Telluride, Colorado. In this podcast, he discusses the effects that altitude can have on the body.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
To learn more about the dangers of climbing tall peaks and what it takes to survive, visit our Web site at ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Finding Other EarthsThe Kepler Space Telescope, which is scheduled to launch in 2009, may help astronomers find other earth-like planets for the first time.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interviews by Julia Cort. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
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