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The Best Episodes of NOVA scienceNOW Season 2

Every episode of NOVA scienceNOW Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NOVA scienceNOW Season 2!

NOVA scienceNOW is a News magazine version of the long-running and venerable PBS science program Nova. Premiering on January 25, 2005, the series was originally hosted by Robert Krulwich, who described it as an experiment

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    NOVA scienceNOW Season 2 Episode 1 - Asteroid
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    The Apophis asteroid, the size of a football stadium, is headed towards Earth and should arrive in 2036.Island of Stability: The long road to creating element 114.Obesity: The biology of eating.Profile: Karl Iagnemma: A look at MIT roboticist and fiction writer Karl Iagnemma.

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  2. NOVA scienceNOW Season 2 Episode 2 - Mass Extinction
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    #2 - Mass Extinction

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    What caused the greatest mass extinction nearly 250 million years ago?1918 Flu: The 1918 flu virus is revived and decoded in the hopes that we can learn from it before the next pandemic.Profile: Cynthia Breazeal: A look at MIT social roboticist Cynthia Breazeal.Papyrus: Can we use space-age technology to read papyri fragments that are almost 2,000 years old?

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  3. NOVA scienceNOW Season 2 Episode 3 - Aging
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    A look at recent research on the aging process, and how we might slow it down.Space Elevator: The possible creation of a "space elevator" made from nanotubes, and a NASA contest designed to fuel innovation behind this idea.Maya: The use of a new NASA satellite technique to find lost Maya ruins.Profile: Bonnie Bassler: A look at Princeton molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler and her research on bacteria communication.

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  4. NOVA scienceNOW Season 2 Episode 4 - Sleep
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    #4 - Sleep

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    Sleep may play an important role in strengthening memories.CERN: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) nears completion at the international particle physics lab in Geneva, Switzerland.Emergence: Scientists try to understand a phenomenon called emergence, which allows a flock of birds or a school of fish to maintain such impressive order.Profile: Julie Schablitsky: A profile of University of Oregon archaeologist Julie Schablitsky, whose research is helping to rewrite the history of the Old West.

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  5. NOVA scienceNOW Season 2 Episode 5 - Dino Blood?
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    #5 - Dino Blood?

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    A paleobiologist has discovered preserved blood vessels and red blood cells in a 68-million-year-old dinosaur bone.Epigenetics: It seems that diet and lifestyle actually change the expression of our genes.Kryptos: A sculpture called Kryptos in the courtyard of CIA headquarters, contains a code that has yet to be fully broken.Profile: Arlie Petters: A look at Duke University Professor of Mathematics and Physics, and his research in the field of gravitational lensing.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Asteroid" is the best rated episode of "NOVA scienceNOW" season 2. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/3/2006. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Mass Extinction".