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NOVA scienceNOW•Season 3•Episode 8

Mass Extinction, 1918 Flu, Papyrus

Aug 13, 2008

Mass Extinction - What caused the mother of all extinctions 250 million years ago? 1918 Flu - A virus that killed up to 50 million people is brought back to life to decipher its deadliness. Profile: Cynthia Breazeal - A daring engineer designs robots to communicate and

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Season 3 Episodes10

Dark Matter, Mice, Crowd Wisdom

Personal Genome; Digital Art Authentication; Carbon Sequestration; Pardis Sabeti Profile

Saving Hubble, First Primates, Iraqibacter

Bird Brains, Space Storms, Smart Bridges

Leeches; SETI; Stem Cells; Edith Widder

Phoenix; Mammoth Mystery; Judah Folkman Tribute

Aging, Space Elevator, Maya from Space

Mass Extinction, 1918 Flu, Papyrus

Asteroid, Island of Stability, Karl Iagnemma

T-Rex Blood, Epigenetics, Kryptos

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Ziya Tong

Self (Correspondent)

P

Peter Standring

Self (Correspondent)

C

Chad Cohen

Self (Correspondent)

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Episode Summary

"Mass Extinction, 1918 Flu, Papyrus" is episode 8 of NOVA scienceNOW season 3. It aired on August 13, 2008.

Next: E9 · Asteroid, Island of Stability, Karl Iagnemma Best of Season 3