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NOVA scienceNOW•Season 4•Episode 8

Earthquakes in the Midwest/Sleep/Sang-Mook Lee/First Primates

Sep 1, 2009

Using new data from cave stalagmites and the Mississippi riverbed to understand how and why earthquakes strike in the heartland; the crucial role sleep plays in strengthening memories and facilitating learning; a profile of marine geologist Sang-Mook Lee; paleontologist Jonathan Bloch, who thinks that tiny

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Earthquakes in the Midwest/Sleep/Sang-Mook Lee/First Primates

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Ziya Tong

Self (Correspondent)

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Peter Standring

Self (Correspondent)

C

Chad Cohen

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Episode Summary

"Earthquakes in the Midwest/Sleep/Sang-Mook Lee/First Primates" is episode 8 of NOVA scienceNOW season 4. It aired on September 1, 2009.

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