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NOVA scienceNOW•Season 4•Episode 6

Public Genomes/Algae Fuel/Arctic Ocean Seafloor/Yoky Matsuoka

Aug 18, 2009
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Explore the controversies behind genetic testing and genome sequencing, learn about algae fuel, follow an expedition to the Arctic Ocean seafloor, and meet a woman engineer designing prosthetic limbs controlled by human thought.

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Episode Summary

"Public Genomes/Algae Fuel/Arctic Ocean Seafloor/Yoky Matsuoka" is episode 6 of NOVA scienceNOW season 4. It aired on August 18, 2009.

Next: E7 · Saving Hubble Update/Gangster Birds/Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa/How Memory WorksBest of Season 4