Exploring the 'glass half-full' theory
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Gone are the days when a science show on PBS was the television equivalent of castor oil. The new season of "Nova scienceNOW" is more like a tall glass of really good lemonade
The opening segment documents the search by scientists for "dark matter," an unseen form of matter that apparently affects the motion of the whole universe. "Nova" treats the hunt for dark matter like a classic mystery with a fascinating, offbeat cast. Scientists work in a lab a half-mile underground so their search for this elusive matter is less likely to be compromised by unseen things zipping in from space.
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist himself, downshifts to populist terms as he acknowledges with some amusement that devoting your life to the search for the unseen is an unusual career choice.
The opening segment documents the search by scientists for "dark matter," an unseen form of matter that apparently affects the motion of the whole universe. "Nova" treats the hunt for dark matter like a classic mystery with a fascinating, offbeat cast. Scientists work in a lab a half-mile underground so their search for this elusive matter is less likely to be compromised by unseen things zipping in from space.
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist himself, downshifts to populist terms as he acknowledges with some amusement that devoting your life to the search for the unseen is an unusual career choice.
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