NOVA

Decoding Neanderthals

Neanderthals died off 30,000 years ago. Now, as scientists look at a newly reconstructed Neanderthal genome, what they find suggests that modern humans and Neanderthals might be family.

Wednesday at 9pm on WGBH 2

NOVA

Lessons from a Fatal Crash

NOVA: How Air Flight France 447 Could Have Been Saved

What have scientists learned from examining the little evidence they obtained from the worst crash in Air France's history? (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Health

Human Genome Research in the Fight Against Cancer

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Quackenbush's Book, The Human Genome

The more we understand the human genetic structure, the better our understanding of how cancer occurs, and how we can detect it earlier.

Earth

Go With The Floe

NOVA: Extinction Happens

Drastic changes to our environment could spell trouble for humans, if we don't have the ability to adapt.

Forum Network

Dr. Gary Small: Preventing Alzheimer's Disease

DR. SMALL ON TWITTER

Can reduced stress, weight loss and eating anti-oxidents prevent Alzheimer's disease? (Photo crabchick/Flickr)

Animals

Using Social Cues For Survival

NOVA: What Is Intelligence?

How do animals make use of squabbles and friendships to thrive?

Technology

Real Questions About Robot Answers

By Cristina Quinn
As we become more and more dependent on technology, and companies create ever-better facsimiles of human conversation, it might be worth asking: Is this really what we want?

Maria Hinojosa: One-On-One

Sheena Iyengar Author of The Art Of Choosing

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How much of our lives is choice? How much is chance? How much is destiny? Sheena Iyengar is a social scientist specializing in the study of how people make choices.

Watch Saturdays at 6pm on WGBH2/HD.

American Experience

Recalling The Stonewall Uprising

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American Experience's Stonewall Uprising recalls the 1969 riot that erupted after police raided a Greenwich Village gay bar.

Independent Lens

Marwencol

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In the lore of Marwencol -- the miniature World War II-era town built by Mark Hogancamp -- American and German soldiers converged simultaneously -- not to fight, but to "be friendly with each other" in this imaginary refuge from the kind of conflict that forever impacted Hogancamp's reality.

María Hinojosa: One-On-One

Legendary Activist Dolores Huerta

WATCH

An interview with legendary activist Dolores Huerta who co-founded the United Farm Workers of America with César Chávez.

Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley with Rick Steves

WATCH

Travel writer Rick Steves says Americans shouldn't get sidetracked by how they are perceived when traveling to foreign countries.

NOVA ScienceNOW

Can We Make it to Mars?

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See new space suits, foods, and rockets that may support future Mars-bound astronauts, and meet a Mars rover driver on NOVA ScienceNOW.

The Secret Life Of Scientists And Engineers

Andre Fenton: Neurobiologist

WATCH

Andre Fenton's secret is meditation. He talks about science of memory and the benefits of meditation.

María Hinojosa: One-On-One

Kevin Bales: Free The Slaves

WATCH

Kevin Bales is one of the world’s leading experts on contemporary slavery. He is the president of Free the Slaves in Washington, D.C. and an advisor to the UN and the US and British governments.

Independent Lens

Scenes From a Parish

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By James Rutenbeck

When a young, irreverent priest arrives at Saint Patrick Parish in Lawrence, Mass., he discovers the unexpected — boiling ethnic tensions in a changing working-class community.

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