#nova pbs

[chubby-aphrodite]

oh also FYI there's a lot of PBS documentaries on youtube for free uploaded by pbs themselves. nova, american experience, frontline--it's there!

[miceofpardise]

I need more shows about 17th century Polish graveyards full of corpses subjected to anti-vampire rituals and elaborate works of medieval art discovered under the floor of Notre Dame Cathedral during renovation.

[sileana]

Nova generally does a good job of making scientists seem like pretty cool people who happen to really love science, but a lot of the scientists in the Four Winged Dinosaur episode seem like utter jackasses.

[todaysbat]

Bat Superpowers

Could the source of the deadliest viruses hold the secret to a healthier and longer life?

The most recent episode of Nova is about bats, specifically their longevity and bat viruses.

The above link is to Nova's site, where you can watch the full nearly hour long episode.

[keenestpeach]

This dude in a documentary about Middle Ages armor was talking about how it was designed so the knights could still move around and to prove it he was just discussing that while doing a full on split in some armor. Like you didn’t have to Do That

[pbstv]

This New Nanogenerator Can Power 20 LEDs with the Tap of a Finger.

More from NOVA Next.

[scientiflix]

Amazing Calendar Trick

With a dash of math, know the day of the week for any date on the calendar.

The calendar is a mathematical object with regular patterns, such as leap years happening every four years. This results in your birthday increasing by one or two days as you go from one year to the next in a very predictable pattern. Using easy mnemonics, and by adding three numbers together -- derived from the month, date, and year -- the total yields the day of the week. This is a practical application of something called modular arithmetic -- in this case, we're adding and subtracting mod 7 because there are 7 days in a week.

For more: http://lifehacker.com/5848651/how-to-quickly-figure-out-the-day-of-the-week-any-date-falls-on

By: NOVA PBS. Get Nova merchandise

[wpbt2-blog]

Experience the colossal geologic forces that shaped our continent over 3 billion years. NOVA: Making North America Origins.