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NOVA is the most-watched primetime science series on television reaching an average of five million viewers weekly. The NOVA website has been pioneering new forms of web-original content since it debuted in early 1996. NOVA’s online presence amplifies the impact of its programs, with a website that garners well over a million visitors each month, and with audiences on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and more. NOVA’s mission is to make science accessible to viewers so that they can better understand the world around them.
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From NOVA PBS Official. Lionfish – long prized in home aquariums – have invaded the Atlantic, and are now one of the ocean’s most successful invasive species, wreaking havoc in waters across the globe. #lionfish #invasivespecies #marinebiology
From NOVA PBS Official. Can NASA’s most powerful telescope detect key ingredients for life as we know it? There are three places in our solar system, beyond Earth, that are good candidates to look for life: Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, Enceladus, and Titan, two of Saturn’s moons. Follow on social for more NOVA content!…
From NOVA PBS Official. Ancient paintings on rock walls in the Amazon rainforest feature human figures and animals of today, like deer, tapirs, and jaguars. But they also appear to show animals that went extinct thousands of years ago. #amazonrainforest #ancientpainting #iceage
From NOVA PBS Official. Discover the science behind Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpieces—and Mona Lisa’s iconic smile. (Aired November 13, 2019) Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/3ZJHjmY | #NOVAPBS Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance genius. Not only did he paint masterpieces of art, but he was an obsessive scientist and inventor, dreaming up complex machines centuries ahead of…
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From NOVA PBS Official. Who says you need brains to be smart? Extremely primitive life-forms called slime molds can navigate mazes, choose between foods, and create efficient networks—no brain required. #Science #brain #slimemold
From NOVA PBS Official. What do you hope we learn from the JWST? #JWST #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #space
From NOVA PBS Official. Data image developers combine science and art to bring color to JWST’s images. Follow on social for more NOVA content! Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
From NOVA PBS Official. Ancient paintings on rock walls feature human figures and animals of today’s rainforest, like deer, tapirs, and jaguars. But they also appear to show animals that went extinct thousands of years ago. Follow on social for more NOVA content! Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
From NOVA PBS Official. Across dozens of forums there were a number of attempts to design a system of digital cash. And then, on Halloween, 2008 a new name, Satoshi Nakamoto, appeared. Enter, Bitcoin, called by its inventor a “peer-to-peer electronic cash system.” Even now, no one knows who Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin…
From NOVA PBS Official. Mysterious stone arrangements reveal Senegal’s ancient connections to astronomy. Along the river Gambia in Senegal, there are more than a thousand stone circles. The people who placed these stones would have observed how the locations of sunrise and sunset varied over the year. By aligning the stones to these points, they…
From NOVA PBS Official. See the latest stunning images and discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope. #NOVAPBS Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/3kde5xp In July 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released its first images, looking further back in time than ever before to show our universe in stunningly beautiful detail. But that was just the beginning:…
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From NOVA PBS Official. Archaeological discoveries reveal long-forgotten ancient civilizations in the Amazon. #NOVAPBS Official Website https://to.pbs.org/3HX6oTP Recent stunning discoveries are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a primeval wilderness, revealing traces of ancient civilizations that flourished there for centuries. Dense settlements indicate populations in the millions, supported by sophisticated agricultural systems, while huge…
From NOVA PBS Official. It is one of Islamic science’s most important and complex astronomical instruments. Follow on social for more NOVA content! Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
From NOVA PBS Official. In the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment pre-school aged kids are given a single marshmallow and are told they can eat it immediately or resist temptation for 15 minutes alone in order to get a second one. Can cuttlefish pass this test? #cuttlefish #marinebiology #experiment
From NOVA PBS Official. #NOVAPBS Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/3Yz4RKb Eleven dimensions, parallel universes, and a world made out of strings? It’s not science fiction, it’s string theory. Bestselling author and physicist Brian Greene offers a tour of this seemingly strange world in "The Elegant Universe," a three-part Peabody Award-winning miniseries. Part 1, "Einstein’s Dream," introduces string…
From NOVA PBS Official. Since 2014, at least eight confirmed craters have been found on or close to the Yamal Peninsula, in Siberia. This mysterious sinkhole is a hundred-and-fifty feet deep. Filled up with rainwater, its volume is greater than 10 Olympic swimming pools — and for a time, no one knew what caused it.…
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From NOVA PBS Official. Can trains save their drivers time by changing direction on their own? Watch the full episode: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/london-super-tunnel/ Follow on social for more NOVA content! Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
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From NOVA PBS Official. Part of the new London track is directly below an iconic performing arts center. Watch the full episode: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/london-super-tunnel/ Follow on social for more NOVA content! Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
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From NOVA PBS Official. Walter Cunningham was the last surviving member of the Apollo 7 mission. He died at the age of 90, in January of 2023. This interview, and nearly 150 additional unedited interviews from “To the Moon” are available in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Watch now: https://americanarchive.org/special_collections/to-the-moon Thumbnail credit: NASA https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/apollo-astronaut-walter-cunningham-dies-at-90…
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From NOVA PBS Official. These computer programs use artificial intelligence to look for patterns in data without human instruction. Follow on social for more NOVA content! Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
From NOVA PBS Official. Geologists attempt to restore limestone at Notre Dame Cathedral after a fire. Follow on social for more NOVA content! Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
From NOVA PBS Official. Join scientists as they grab light from across the universe to prove quantum entanglement is real. #NOVAPBS Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/3vqiMpg Einstein called it “spooky action at a distance,” but today quantum entanglement is poised to revolutionize technology from computers to cryptography. Physicists have gradually become convinced that the phenomenon—two subatomic particles…
From NOVA PBS Official. From rocket launches, to dazzling new images, and even planetary defense, 2022 was a big year for space discovery. Follow on social for more NOVA content! Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
From NOVA PBS Official. The advancement could help pave the way for new energy sources. Follow on social for more NOVA content! Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
From NOVA PBS Official. Glass experts uncover the South Rose window’s hidden past. Follow on social for more NOVA content! Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
From NOVA PBS Official. Computer scientists and digital rebels built the revolutionary crypto system. Watch the full episode: https://to.pbs.org/3E8H7E3 Follow on social for more NOVA content! Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
From NOVA PBS Official. Apoorva Panidapu earned the moniker “the human calculator” for her math skills. Follow on social for more NOVA content! Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
From NOVA PBS Official. Lobsters are territorial creatures, and males fight each other from their caves. What happens next will shock you! #weirdscience #lobsters #marinebiology #shorts Follow on social for more NOVA content! Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
From NOVA PBS Official. Scientists have retrieved the oldest DNA ever, which points to an ecosystem unlike anything on Earth today. Read the NOVA Next article: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article… PRODUCTION CREDITS: Digital Producer: Emily Zendt Production Assistance: Abe Musselman, Shyla Duff Additional footage provided for NOVA by HHMI Tangled Bank Studios and Handful of Films Music: APM…