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NOVA Channel - What is the weather like on Mars? Is it like the weather on Earth? Planetary Scientist, Vicky Hipkin, explains the similarities and differences between the two planets. Produced by Melissa Salpietra NOVA goes behind the scenes of the latest NASA missions to the Red Planet to reveal new clues and challenges on the road to answering this ultimate question. Is There Life on Mars? premieres on NOVA Tuesday, December 30 at 8pm ET on PBS (check local listings). Check out more online about Mars at our companion website http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mars/ Author: NOVAonline Keywords: NOVA PBS mars red planet NASA space mission Phoenix exploration rover earth weather astronomy science meteorology Added: December 24, 2008

NOVA Channel - After four decades of fly-by probes, orbiters, landers, and rovers, the quest for life on Mars is as tantalizing as ever. NOVA goes behind the scenes of the latest NASA missions to the Red Planet to reveal new clues and challenges on the road to answering this ultimate question. Is There Life on Mars? premieres on NOVA Tuesday, December 30 at 8pm ET on PBS (check local listings). To find out more about Mars please check out our companion website http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mars/ Become a fan of NOVA by joining our Facebook page ttp://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/NOVA/29589997195 Author: NOVAonline Keywords: NOVA PBS NASA Mars red planet space astronomy life water phoenix lander rover Added: December 24, 2008

NOVA Channel - Ocean Animal Emergency: Premiering November 25 at 8pm ET/PT on PBS (check local listings). The world's oceans are in trouble. Warming seas and man-made pollutants are combining to unleash toxic algae blooms that are decimating whales, sea lions and other marine mammals. NOVA explores this crisis through the exploits of Dr. Frances Gulland, a San Francisco veterinarian who runs the equivalent of a West Coast ER for marine mammals. Please visit us online at www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ocean911/ and our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/NOVA/29589997195 Author: NOVAonline Keywords: NOVA pbs ocean animal emergency marine mammals seals sea lions veterinarians Frances Gulland Felicia Nutter medicine hospital Added: November 25, 2008

NOVA Channel - R everend James Forbes is asked about "The Bible's Buried Secrets" by Lisa Miller, the Religion Editor of Newsweek magazine. Watch "The Bible's Buried Secrets" November 18th on PBS at 8 PM. This clip took place on 11/13 in NYC at the event Science and Faith : Complementary or Contradictory? Reverend James Forbes is the Senior Minister Emeritus of The Riverside Church, President of the Healing of the Nations Foundation. Please join us at www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bible to learn more about "The Bible's Buried Secrets." Author: NOVAonline Keywords: Nova PBS smoothie might happen bible's buried secrets Reverend James Forbes Newsweek lisa miller religion Exodus Added: November 18, 2008

NOVA Channel - Dr. William Dever, considered the godfather of biblical archaeology was asked during the Chicago panel discussion of "The Bible's Buried Secrets" if biblical archaeology affects the relationship between the Palenstians and the Israelis and who is using these new findings. Author: NOVAonline Keywords: NOVA PBS william dever bible buried secrets archaeology israelis palenstians european revisionists panel discussion chic Added: November 17, 2008

NOVA Channel - Get a behind-the-scenes look at how filmmakers and visual-effects artists created a 3-D animation of the Hebrew Bible for NOVAs two-hour special, The Bibles Buried Secrets. Watch NOVA every Tuesday night on PBS. Or join us online at pbs.org/nova. Original footage produced for NOVA by Gary Glassman; video podcast produced by Melissa Salpietra and Susan K. Lewis and edited by Melissa Salpietra. The Bibles Buried Secrets is a Providence Pictures Production for NOVA in association with National Geographic Channel. Materials provided by Handcranked Productions (www.handcrankedproductions.com). Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for The Bible's Buried Secrets is provided by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund, and the Righteous Persons Foundation. Additional funding for this program is provided by the Skirball Foundation and by The Solow Art and Architecture Foundation. To learn more, visit http://www.pbs.org/nova/bible Author: NOVAonline Keywords: science NOVA PBS Bible archeology behind the scenes production 3D effects stop frame animation learn Added: November 11, 2008

NOVA Channel - Find out how scenes for NOVAs upcoming two-hour special, The Bibles Buried Secrets, were filmed. Watch NOVA every Tuesday night on PBS. Or join us online at pbs.org/nova. Original footage produced for NOVA by Gary Glassman; video podcast produced by Melissa Salpietra and Susan K. Lewis and edited by Melissa Salpietra. The Bibles Buried Secrets is a Providence Pictures Production for NOVA in association with the National Geographic Channel. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for The Bible's Buried Secrets is provided by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund, and the Righteous Persons Foundation. Additional funding for this program is provided by the Skirball Foundation and by The Solow Art and Architecture Foundation. To learn more, visit http://www.pbs.org/nova/bible Author: NOVAonline Keywords: science NOVA PBS Bible archeology behind the scenes production writers of Moses who wrote bible Added: November 10, 2008

NOVA Channel - Gary Glassman, producer and director of NOVAs two-hour special, The Bibles Buried Secrets, and associate producer Tristan Barako take you behind the scenes on a tour of Solomons Temple. Watch NOVA every Tuesday night on PBS. Or join us online at pbs.org/nova. Original footage produced for NOVA by Gary Glassman; video podcast produced by Melissa Salpietra and Susan K. Lewis and edited by Melissa Salpietra. The Bibles Buried Secrets is a Providence Pictures Production for NOVA in association with National Geographic Channel. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for The Bible's Buried Secrets is provided by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund, and the Righteous Persons Foundation. Additional funding for this program is provided by the Skirball Foundation and by The Solow Art and Architecture Foundation. To learn more, visit http://www.pbs.org/nova/bible Author: NOVAonline Keywords: science NOVA PBS Bible archeology behind the scenes production temple of Solomon Israel Hebrew Added: November 7, 2008

NOVA Channel - In this excerpt from NOVAs two-hour special, The Bibles Buried Secrets, archeologist William Dever describes evidence that the ancient Israelite God, YHWH, had a female counterpart. Watch NOVA every Tuesday night on PBS. Or join us online at pbs.org/nova. The Bibles Buried Secrets is a Providence Pictures Production for NOVA in association with National Geographic Channel. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for The Bible's Buried Secrets is provided by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund, and the Righteous Persons Foundation. Additional funding for this program is provided by the Skirball Foundation and by The Solow Art and Architecture Foundation. To learn more, visit http://www.pbs.org/nova/bible Author: NOVAonline Keywords: science NOVA PBS Bible archeology bible wife monotheism polytheism God religion Israel Hebrew Added: November 7, 2008

NOVA Channel - An ancient legend on the Indonesian island of Flores tells of an elf-like creature similar to the fictional hobbit of novels and film. But a controversial 2003 archeological find not only suggests that there could be some truth behind the legend but promises to rewrite a key chapter in the human evolutionary story. NOVA investigates the discovery, analysis, and startling implications of the hobbit of Flores, on Alien From Earth, premiering Tuesday, November 11 at 8pm ET/PT on PBS (check local listings). Please also visit our website http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hobbit/ and NOVA's Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/pages/NOVA/29589997195 Author: NOVAonline Keywords: NOVA PBS nova alien hobbit science archaeology human evolution floresiensis Added: November 7, 2008

NOVA Channel - NOVA's "The Bibles Buried Secrets" premieres on PBS on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 8 pm (check local listings) " The Bibles Buried Secrets" is a landmark two-hour NOVA special taking viewers on a fascinating scientific journey that began 3,000 years ago and continues to this day. The film presents the latest archeological scholarship from the Holy Land to explore the beginnings of modern religion and the origins of the Hebrew Bible, or the Old Testament. This archeological detective story tackles some of the biggest questions in biblical studies. Where did the ancient Israelites come from? Who wrote the Bible, when, and why? How did the worship of one god the foundation of modern Judaism, Christianity, and Islam emerge? A powerful intersection of science, scholarship, and scripture, "The Bible's Buried Secrets" provides unique insight into the deeper meaning of these biblical texts and their continuing resonance through the centuries. Please visit our website at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bible/ Author: NOVAonline Keywords: science NOVA PBS nova bible buried secrets Judaism Christianity Muslim Islam God archeology Hebrew old testament Added: October 27, 2008

NOVA Channel - Premiering on PBS October 28, 2008, "Hunting the Hidden Dimension" weaves together fresh reporting from the front lines of science with a mathematical detective story, NOVA's "Hunting the Hidden Dimension" takes us into the mysterious realm inside our world that these maverick mathematicians endeavor to map, exploring the remarkable findings that are deepening our understanding of nature and inspiring a new wave of scientific innovation. Please visit NOVAs web site at www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fractals/ Author: NOVAonline Keywords: NOVA PBS science aviation space video game environment math hunting hidden dimension biology geometry benoit mandelbrot fractals Added: October 23, 2008

NOVA Channel - Watch NOVA to find out! Tuesday, October 14 at 8pm on PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/columbia/ Author: NOVAonline Keywords: nova pbs science nasa Columbia space shuttle challenger launch cape Canaveral story musgrave Added: October 8, 2008

NOVA Channel - Mark Oliver Everett, leader of the cult band EELS, makes a journey of discovery to learn about his father, Hugh Everett III, a physicist who penned one of science's most bizarre theories—the "many worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics. Premieres Tuesday, October 21 at 8pm on most PBS stations. www.pbs.org/nova Author: NOVAonline Keywords: Nova pbs wgbh science parallel worlds mark oliver Everett hugh eels universes quantum mechanics many wo Added: September 5, 2008

NOVA Channel - An elevator to space? Don't miss NOVA scienceNOW, airing Wednesday, August 6 at 9pm on PBS. Watch past episodes of the program, try out interactives, and more on our Web site: www.pbs.org/nova/sciencenow Original footage and interviews for NOVA scienceNOW produced by Joe McMaster. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0407101. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Author: NOVAonline Keywords: science NOVA PBS Neil deGrasse Tyson elevator space scienceNOW Liftport earth atmosphere aviation Added: August 1, 2008

NOVA Channel - Neil deGrasse Tyson embarks on a quest with leech expert Mark Siddall in the swamps of Connecticut to seek out the infamous decorated leech. Don't miss the new episode of NOVA scienceNOW, airing Wednesday, July 23 at 9pm on PBS. Watch past episodes of the program, try out interactives, and more on our Web site: www.pbs.org/nova/sciencenow Video podcast produced and edited by Melissa Salpietra. Original footage and interviews for NOVA scienceNOW produced by Julia Cort. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0407101. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Author: NOVAonline Keywords: science NOVA PBS leeches Mark Siddall Neil deGrasse Tyson blood scary horror species nature animals parasites Added: July 21, 2008