NaN/100 votes#1 - Asteroid
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2006
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 - Mass Extinction
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/21/2006
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 - Aging
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/9/2007
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 - Sleep
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/10/2007
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 - Dino Blood?
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 7/24/2007
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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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!
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Asteroid" is the best rated episode of "NOVA scienceNOW" season 2. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/3/2006. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Mass Extinction".