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NOVA scienceNOW |  NOVA Short | Blocking Bitter Taste

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Meet a genetically modified mouse that can't sense bitter. For more go to

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NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Detecting Life

Once we find a planet that has Earth-like potential, how can we tell if there is life on it? Harvard astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger ...

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NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Martian Salt

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If cellulose survived 250 million years on Earth, could it survive in salt deposits on Mars? For more go to

NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Journey Through the Center of the Earth

NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Journey Through the Center of the Earth

Ever wonder what would happen if you dug a whole from one side of the Earth, through the center, out the other side, and then ...

NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Aiding Aging Muscles

NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Aiding Aging Muscles

See how "exercise in a pill" could one day help the elderly and the bedridden. For more visit

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NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Friendly Robots

NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Friendly Robots

Cynthia Breazeal, Director of the Robotic Life Group at the MIT Media Lab, builds some of the world's most sociable robots. In this ...

NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Amber Slide Show

NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Amber Slide Show

George Poinar, Jr., is a research fellow at Oregon State University. Together with his wife Roberta, he has coauthored several ...

NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Manhattanhenge

NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Manhattanhenge

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NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Sleepless Surgeons

NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Sleepless Surgeons

How does sleep affect a surgeon's learning and performance?

NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Going Lunar on Less

NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short | Going Lunar on Less

See how a mission to search for water on the moon is exploring a big question on a small budget. For more go to ...

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NOVA scienceNOW | NOVA Short| Dark Matter Mystery

We can't see dark matter, and some skeptics doubt its existence, but many scientists think it makes up 20-some percent of our ...