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NOVA scienceNOW | PBS

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.

NOVA scienceNOW: Mammoth Mystery
A pair of mammoth skeletons is found locked together by their tusks. What happened?
NOVA scienceNOW: Brain Trauma
Even so-called "mild" head injuries turn out to be anything but.
NOVA scienceNOW: Profile: Judah Folkman
Once scorned for his ideas about how cancer grows, the late Judah Folkman is now hailed as a visionary.
NOVA scienceNOW: Dispatch: Asking Big Questions
In 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 scienceNOW: Phoenix Mars Lander
NASA's latest robot has already found frozen water and is looking for more signs that the Red Planet could support life.
NOVA scienceNOW: Profile: Edith Widder
Meet a marine biologist and explorer who has engineered new ways to spy on deep-sea creatures.
NOVA scienceNOW: The Search for ET
Astronomers have their radio telescopes tuned to receive signals from alien worlds. But is anybody out there?
NOVA scienceNOW: Stem Cells Breakthrough
Three separate teams overcome a biomedical hurdle -- creating stem cells without the use of human embryos.
NOVA scienceNOW: Leeches
A century after falling out of favor among doctors, medicinal leeches are back in hospitals, sucking away on patients' wounds.
NOVA scienceNOW: Bird Brains
Clues to the origins of human language are turning up in the brains of birds.