Tag: PBS
How the red delicious apple got it’s name
by Greg on Nov.17, 2009, under Science Life
Michael Pollan’s book, Botany of Desire, has been adapted by PBS into a 2 hour long special that is amazing. It’s a must watch. I wanted to share this bonus video with you in the hope that it gets you to watch it or read the book.
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Watch Nova: Extreme Ice
by Greg on Mar.23, 2009, under Science Event, Science Life
This could be a seminal moment in understanding the effects of climage change and global warming. Tomorrow night at 8 pm, PBS is airing Nova’s Extreme Ice, a photographer’s journey looking at the rapid and cataclysmic process of the world’s melting ice. These are unprecented human events. Think of it as watching all of the world’s skyscrapers just falling to the ground. And these skyscrapers are much, much bigger.
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Panorama of the East Coast
This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb and light activity from Aurora Borealis appear "intertwined." Image Credit: NASA
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