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From NOVA PBS Official. In 2018, the National Academies of Science, Medicine, & Engineering released a report on sexual harassment in STEM fields. "The best estimates are that about 50% of women faculty and staff in academia experience sexual harassment—and those numbers have not really shifted over time," Wellesley College President Paula Johnson says. "Generally…
From NOVA PBS Official. "Picture a Scientist," a 90-minute feature film from NOVA, captures the longstanding discrimination against women in STEM. Those with intersectional identities, like Dr. Raychelle Burks, experience layered discrimination. Here, she reflects on her experience as—and becoming—a professional scientist, from attending college and not having any Black female chemistry professors to experiencing…
From NOVA PBS Official. Why does a widely-used internet search engine deliver results that can be blatantly racist and sexist? "Beyond the Search" tells the story of two leading information researchers who made shocking discoveries about hidden biases in the search technology we rely on every day. It begins when Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble set…
From NOVA PBS Official. As many as one in four Americans have invested in speculative "meme" stocks in 2021, many using new mobile apps like Robinhood. How risky is it for small investors entering a volatile market? PRODUCTION CREDITS: Produced by: Alex Clark Production Assistance: Amanda Willis, Christina Monnen & Robin Kazmier MEDIA CREDITS: Archival:…
From NOVA PBS Official. In the fall of 2020, Massachusetts’ Suffolk County—where NOVA producer Arlo Pérez Esquivel lives—reported tens of thousands of COVID-19 cases among its population of 800,000 people. Pérez Esquivel’s hometown of Uruapan, Mexico and the surrounding region, collectively home to about 700,000 people, reported only a fraction of the cases seen in…
From NOVA PBS Official. Many Texans are still reeling from the power outage crisis that occurred earlier this year. And "It’s not just about Texas," says an environmental engineer. It’s about the need to rethink our aging energy infrastructure throughout the U.S. Here’s why—and how it may be a sign of things to come. PRODUCTION…
From NOVA PBS Official. Inaccurate information has been spread for thousands of years. But now it moves more rapidly—and causes more damage—than ever before. Watch as a piece of false information about llamas is spread across social media and gets disproved, only to have the story continue to circulate. PRODUCTION CREDITS: Produced by: Alex Clark…
From NOVA PBS Official. Monarchs, Mexico, and misinformation: Discover a piece of false information about monarch butterflies and Mexico’s Indigenous Purépecha community, and why tourism may be partly to blame. This video reports on misinformation regarding Mexico’s Indigenous Purépecha community, explaining that monarch butterflies do not have cultural importance for the Purépecha, although they do…
From NOVA PBS Official. Follow along as NASA launches the Mars 2020 Mission, perhaps the most ambitious hunt yet for signs of ancient life on Mars. The spacecraft will blaze into the Martian atmosphere at some 12,000 miles per hour and attempt to lower the Perseverance Rover in the rocky Jezero Crater, home to a…
From NOVA PBS Official. Get a guided tour of the Perseverance rover landing on the red planet from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer Ian Clark. PRODUCTION CREDITS: Producer/Editor: Ari Daniel Producer/Director: Terri Randall Production Assistance: Jedd Ehrmann Camera: Kevin Stevenson Sound: Keith Sikora Production Manager L.A.: Steven Reich Archival: NASA NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Storyblocks…
From NOVA PBS Official. NASA’s Perseverance rover and the first-ever space helicopter landed on Mars on Thursday, Feb. 18. Here’s what the Mars 2020 research team says they’ll be doing on the red planet. PRODUCTION CREDITS: Produced and Directed by: Terri Randall Edited by: Jedd Ehrmann and Ana Aceves Digital Producer: Ana Aceves Production Assistance:…
From NOVA PBS Official. NASA’s Perseverance rover has successfully landed on Mars! But how do you prevent microbes from Earth from contaminating the red planet? This NASA scientist, who worked on the #Perseverance mission, explains. PRODUCTION CREDITS: Producer/Editor: Ari Daniel Producer/Director: Terri Randall Production Assistance: Jedd Ehrmann Camera: Kevin Stevenson Sound: Timothy Kitz Production Coordinator:…
From NOVA PBS Official. Watch the first-ever video documenting this live two-way dream communication. Have you ever felt drawn toward choices without knowing why? Or, as seen in the movie “Inception,” have you ever felt like you’ve woken up with a decision that’s already been made for you? Neuroscience is beginning to demystify such feelings.…
From NOVA PBS Official. Join NOVA Education’s Alex Clark as he traces misinformation on mask-wearing from internet circles, to social media influencers, and back to the CDC, in the new video series Misinformation Nation. PRODUCTION CREDITS: Hosted by: Alex Clark Digital Producer: Alex Clark Production Assistance: Tenijah Hamilton © WGBH Educational Foundation 2021
From NOVA PBS Official. Learn the science behind why misinformation is shared, why it’s believed, and what we can do to address our 21st century information overload. Check out the NOVA Science Studio YouTube channel for more: https://bit.ly/36BSm80
From NOVA PBS Official. Discover how new coronavirus variants formed around the world, and whether personal protective equipment and the new vaccines will successfully work against them. PRODUCTION CREDITS: Produced by: Ari Daniel Production Assistance: Christina Monnen & Amanda Willis Animation: Edgeworx Studios & Mitch Butler Archival: The Noun Project Pfizer Shutterstock Videoblocks CDC, Cynthia…
From NOVA PBS Official. The number of people experiencing "long COVID" is unknown, but experts estimate that millions of Americans could be affected. Could an out-of-order immune system be to blame for lingering symptoms? PRODUCTION CREDITS: Produced by: Emily Zendt Production Assistance: Christina Monnen Animation: Edgeworx Additional Footage: NAID, CDC/C.S. Goldsmith and T.G. Ksiazek ©…
From NOVA PBS Official. NASA Goddard researcher Lola Fatoyinbo shoots lasers at trees in order to measure how much carbon forests store. PRODUCTION CREDITS: Excerpted in part from NOVA’s "Can We Cool the Planet?" Producer/Director: Ben Kalina Director/Camera: Jen Schneider Edited by: Rob Tinworth and Arlo Pérez Digital Producer: Arlo Pérez Animation: Mitch Butler Media,…
From NOVA PBS Official. Some 30 million Americans have sent their DNA to be analyzed by companies like 23andMe and AncestryDNA, hoping to obtain clues to family origins and forecasts of their future health. Some users have found family members and discovered lurking genetic risks. But what happens once the sample is in the hands…
From NOVA PBS Official. 2020 is finally over. After the coronavirus pandemic and everything else the year’s thrown our way, it’s time to dust ourselves off and get ready for 2021. To do that, we need positive motivation (neurologically, that’s how our brains prepare to get things done). First, we hear from a neurologist on…
From NOVA PBS Official. The coronavirus pandemic may have been the biggest science news story of 2020, but it wasn’t the only story. Discover three of the greatest space developments of the year and what 2021 may bring. PRODUCTION CREDITS: Digital Producer: Ana Aceves Production Assistance: Christina Monnen © WGBH Educational Foundation 2020
From NOVA PBS Official. In 2020, the world celebrated two decades of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station (ISS). As an orbiting laboratory that has provided astronauts with a view of Earth from outer space, the ISS may not seem very similar to more recent innovations like tiny CubeSats. But all of these…
From NOVA PBS Official. Here’s how the Pfizer/BioTech, Moderna, and other coronavirus vaccines work, their potential side effects, who’s first in line to receive one, and why we need to address racial and social equities. PRODUCTION CREDITS: Produced by: Ari Daniel Production Assistance: Glorie Martinez & Christina Monnen Animation: Edgeworx Studios Archival: AstraZeneca Pfizer Shutterstock…
From NOVA PBS Official. One out of 50 Covid-19 tests in the U.S. is processed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Here’s how its researchers are tracking the spread of coronavirus on its campus, and how it’s become a model of testing for other flagship universities. PRODUCTION CREDITS: Produced by: Emily Zendt Production Assistance:…
From NOVA PBS Official. Pending FDA approval, safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines could reach the first wave of Americans in a matter of weeks. Manufacturers of leading vaccine candidates are releasing promising results from clinical trials, revealing that some experimental vaccines, including those from Pfizer and Moderna, are more than 90% effective against the coronavirus.…
From NOVA PBS Official. As global temperatures continue to rise, scientists are wondering if we need solutions that go beyond reducing emissions. From sucking carbon straight out of the air, to geoengineering our atmosphere to physically block out sunlight, to planting more than a trillion trees, the options may seem futuristic or tough to implement.…
From NOVA PBS Official. Thanksgiving is around the corner, but COVID-19 cases are surging across the U.S. Is flying on an airplane safe during the pandemic? While airplanes are safer than many indoor spaces, experts say, COVID transmission on airplanes does happen. With good precautions, like wearing a properly-fitted and high-quality face mask, "you can…
From NOVA PBS Official. Approximately 25% of US voters cast ballots by mail in both the 2016 election and 2018 midterms. Mail in voting is not new nor does it easily result in fraud. If you voted early by mail, here’s how your ballot came to you — and how it gets to the right…
From NOVA PBS Official. With so much uncertainty on the eve of the U.S. presidential election, one place we look for clarity is in the numbers. Pollsters learned valuable lessons from the 2016 election results that they’ve applied in the current election cycle to try to yield more accurate predictions. Host Alok Patel interviews a…
From NOVA PBS Official. On Tuesday, October 20, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft successfully touched and collected a sample from the surface of asteroid Bennu—without a human at the controls. Stream "Touching the Asteroid" here on YouTube to learn more: https://bit.ly/37AevVG
From NOVA PBS Official. President Trump said that he’s recovered from COVID-19 in part thanks to an antibody cocktail. What does this mean and how does an antibody cocktail work? PRODUCTION CREDITS: Produced by: Emily Zendt Production assistance: Glorie Martinez and Christina Monnen Animation: Edgeworx © WGBH Educational Foundation 2020
From NOVA PBS Official. “To be a veterinarian in one of the best conservation areas in the country [of Mozambique] is to have the best office in the world,” Dr. Tonecas Paulo says. Stream “Nature’s Fear Factor” online or on the PBS Video app: https://to.pbs.org/36zrXsp
From NOVA PBS Official. By protecting lions from traps and snares, veterinarians, park rangers, and ecologists are working together to restore this feline’s population in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. Stream "Nature’s Fear Factor" online or on the PBS Video app to learn more: https://to.pbs.org/36zrXsp Production Credits: Producer/Writer: David Murdock Executive Producers: Jared Lipworth, Sean B.…
From NOVA PBS Official. On Tuesday, October 20, 2020, a NASA spacecraft called OSIRIS-REx attempts to reach out and grab a piece of an asteroid named Bennu to bring it back to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx team has just three chances to extend its spacecraft’s specialized arm, touch down for five seconds, and collect material from…
From NOVA PBS Official. Mozambique-based veterinarians and research biologists discuss the reintroduction of the African wild dog, an iconic predator, to Gorongosa National Park. Discover whether bringing predators—and fear—back into an ecosystem can help restore its natural balance, and learn about the other species Gorongosa scientists work with. Stream "Nature’s Fear Factor" starting at 9…
From NOVA PBS Official. Christian Cooper, board member of the New York City Audubon, hands out yearbook-style superlatives to numerous bird species and shares some memorable birding encounters. #BirdingWhileBlack PRODUCTION CREDITS: Producer: Angelica Coleman Interviewer: Ari Daniel Production Assistance: Christina Monnen Stock: Storyblocks Pond5 Becky Matsubara/Flickr/CC BY 4.0 Katja Schulz/Flickr/CC by 4.0 narcah/Flickr/CC BY 4.0…