NOVA - Season 33 Episode 19 ScienceNOW: Extinction
The "Nova scienceNOW" magazine delves into a case of mass extinction some 250 million years ago; investigates the 1918 influenza outbreak, which killed as many as 50 million people; details the work of MIT roboticist Cynthia Breazeal's efforts to create "sociable robots"; and examines attempts to decipher 2000-year-old papyrus scrolls. Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts.
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: PBS
- Keyword: nature, candid, inspirational, factual, dramatic, informative, instructive
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