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From NOVA PBS Official. Subscribe to our Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/novabuildingstuff/ How does fusion work? Today we’re touring MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center to learn how they’re trying to harness fusion energy. Building Stuff with NOVA is your home for engineering content on Twitch. Dr. Nehemiah Mabry streams engineering games, news, interviews, and field trips…
From NOVA PBS Official. How many did you already know? The Eiffel Tower is an engineering icon that changed the face of the modern world. Calling all NOVA superfans to join our new community! Get access to exclusive content, badges, emojis and more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjHz5SVHeMT0AViCYZvsGDA/join Shop official NOVA 50th anniversary merch: https://nova-shop.org/ Follow on social for…
From NOVA PBS Official. Subscribe to our Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/novabuildingstuff/ Today, Dr. Nee and chemical engineer Camille Smith @iamcamillesmith simulate regenerating cell tissue for sports injuries. Building Stuff with NOVA is your home for engineering content on Twitch. Dr. Nehemiah Mabry streams engineering games, news, interviews, and field trips Monday through Friday at 1 pm…
From NOVA PBS Official. Discover the lasting impact of how international trade forever changed the Gulf of Maine’s bounty. Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/3SjE1VE | #novapbs Discover the Gulf of Maine and how its bounty was forever changed by a global appetite for fish. Now with the Gulf warming faster than 97 percent of the world’s oceans,…
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From NOVA PBS Official. Discovery of a vase covered in hieroglyphics gives clues about a critical period in Maya history.
From NOVA PBS Official. Sun-soaked asphalt roads can make cities hotter but a 2020 pilot program may help lay the groundwork toward a cooler future.
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From NOVA PBS Official. Subscribe to our Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/novabuildingstuff/ Dr. Nee is joined by Jay Flores to discuss his show "It’s Not Magic, It’s Science", his time on American Ninja Warrior and the science experiment he did before performing! Building Stuff with NOVA is your home for engineering content on Twitch. Dr. Nehemiah Mabry…
From NOVA PBS Official. This potent insecticide contributed to the near-extinction of our national bird. Years after the chemical was banned, populations began to rebound. The bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list in 2007.
From NOVA PBS Official. This orangutan should open an ape-othecary 🦧. Chimpanzees eat specific leaves to get rid of parasites, and there are reports of orangutans applying certain plants to their skin topically– although not for wound care– but wild primates have never been observed using medicinal plants to treat wounds, until now. #orangutan #animalbehavior…
From NOVA PBS Official. Subscribe to our Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/novabuildingstuff/ Tune in to our stream today as our host Dr. Nehemiah Mabry is joined by energy systems engineer Dr. Melissa Lott! Melissa Lott is a professor at Columbia University’s Climate School, and an energy & climate communicator Building Stuff with NOVA is your home for…
From NOVA PBS Official. Enjoy this exclusive extended interview with Melissa Lott from the production of the "Chasing Carbon Zero". If you want more interviews like this, sign up to be a part of our community here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjHz5SVHeMT0AViCYZvsGDA/join Follow on social for more NOVA content Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
From NOVA PBS Official. Subscribe to our Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/novabuildingstuff/ Tune in to our stream today as our host Dr. Nehemiah Mabry is joined by astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi! Hakeem Muata Oluseyi is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, inventor, educator, science communicator, author, actor, veteran, and humanitarian. Building Stuff with NOVA is your home for engineering content…
From NOVA PBS Official. The culprit is a lack of microbial biodiversity in the mold used to make iconic French cheeses. But, don’t fret – at-risk cheeses are not going to disappear instantly, but they are getting much harder to make.
From NOVA PBS Official. Tune in to our stream today as our host Dr. Nehemiah Mabry is joined by Transportation Engineer @JakeVoorhees Subscribe to our Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/novabuildingstuff/ Building Stuff with NOVA is your home for engineering content on Twitch. Dr. Nehemiah Mabry streams engineering games, news, interviews, and field trips Monday through Friday at…
From NOVA PBS Official. Enjoy this exclusive extended interview with Bobby Kasthuri from the production of the "Your Brain" series. If you want more interviews like this, sign up to be a part of our community here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjHz5SVHeMT0AViCYZvsGDA/join Follow on social for more NOVA content Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
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From NOVA PBS Official. People from all over the country converge on a small Texas town to see a total solar eclipse. Calling all NOVA superfans to join our new community! Get access to exclusive content, badges, emojis and more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjHz5SVHeMT0AViCYZvsGDA/join Shop official NOVA 50th anniversary merch: https://nova-shop.org/ Follow on social for more NOVA content…
From NOVA PBS Official. It’s not just your imagination, winters across the U.S. are changing. Calling all NOVA superfans to join our new community! Get access to exclusive content, badges, emojis and more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjHz5SVHeMT0AViCYZvsGDA/join Shop official NOVA 50th anniversary merch: https://nova-shop.org/ Follow on social for more NOVA content Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
From NOVA PBS Official. It’s not just your imagination, winters across the U.S. are changing. Calling all NOVA superfans to join our new community! Get access to exclusive content, badges, emojis and more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjHz5SVHeMT0AViCYZvsGDA/join Shop official NOVA 50th anniversary merch: https://nova-shop.org/ Follow on social for more NOVA content Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
From NOVA PBS Official. Explore big discoveries that have revolutionized our understanding of the universe. Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/3QMiyEm | #novapbs How big is the universe? If it began with the Big Bang, will it also have an end? Is there life beyond our planet? Questions like these inspired the launch of Voyager I in 1977…
From NOVA PBS Official. You do have some control in how much data you share online. Calling all NOVA superfans to join our new community! Get access to exclusive content, badges, emojis and more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjHz5SVHeMT0AViCYZvsGDA/join Shop official NOVA 50th anniversary merch: https://nova-shop.org/ Follow on social for more NOVA content Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@novapbs
From NOVA PBS Official. A product you were just talking about pops up in an online ad. How? Advertising algorithms are so good that they may know what you want even before you do. Calling all NOVA superfans to join our new community! Get access to exclusive content, badges, emojis and more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjHz5SVHeMT0AViCYZvsGDA/join Shop official…
From NOVA PBS Official. Find out who’s using your data and what you can do about it. Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/3QEVLKC | #novapbs Whether you’re on social media or surfing the web, you’re probably sharing more personal data than you realize. That can pose a risk to your privacy – even your safety. But at the…
From NOVA PBS Official. How has China’s magnificent Forbidden City withstood centuries of earthquakes? (Aired October 18, 2017) Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/4aT92ad | #novapbs The Forbidden City is the world’s biggest and most extravagant palace complex ever built. For five centuries, it was the power center of imperial China and survived wars, revolution, fires, and earthquakes.…
From NOVA PBS Official. An international group of astronomers have announced a hint that could fundamentally change what we think we know about the universe—and how we think it might come to an end. Calling all NOVA superfans to join our new community! Get access to exclusive content, badges, emojis and more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjHz5SVHeMT0AViCYZvsGDA/join Follow on…
From NOVA PBS Official. Join the hunt for the universe’s most common—yet most elusive and baffling—particle. (Aired October 6, 2021) Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/4b5VqIx | #novapbs Outnumbering atoms a billion to one, neutrinos are the universe’s most common yet most elusive and baffling particle. NOVA joins an international team of neutrino hunters as they try to…
From NOVA PBS Official. A solar eclipse provides precious moments of darkness where scientists can explore a region of the Sun normally invisible, its outer atmosphere, the solar corona. Every now and then the sun hurls a piece of itself into the solar system. Here’s why that matters. Calling all NOVA superfans to join our…
From NOVA PBS Official. Explore the buried clay warriors, chariots, and bronze weapons of China’s first emperor. (Aired November 12, 2014) Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/4cWvO2i | #novapbs In central China, a vast underground mausoleum conceals a life-size terracotta army of cavalry, infantry, horses, chariots, weapons, administrators, acrobats, and musicians, all built to serve China’s first emperor,…
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From NOVA PBS Official. This force makes up more than half of universe, and scientists still don’t fully understand it!
From NOVA PBS Official. In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set off to chart the elusive Northwest Passage, commanding 128 men in two robust and well-stocked Royal Navy ships, the Erebus and Terror. They were never heard from again.