Next on NOVA: NOVA scienceNOW

http://www.pbs.org/nova/sciencenow

Tuesday, November 21 at 8PM ET/PT on PBS

Check your local listings as dates and times may vary.

NOVA scienceNOW's second season continues with its engaging new
host, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. The second episode will
feature these segments:

Mass Extinction
What caused the mother of all extinctions 250 million years ago?

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3318/01.html

1918 Flu
A virus that killed up to 50 million people is brought back to
life to decipher its deadliness.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3318/02.html

Profile: Cynthia Breazeal
A daring engineer designs robots to communicate and interact
the way people do.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3318/03.html

Papyrus
Scraps of writings from a garbage dump in ancient Egypt reveal
what life was like 2,000 years ago.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3318/04.html

The journey continues on the NOVA scienceNOW Web site. Watch the
entire hour-long episode. E-mail scientists from the broadcast with
your questions. Examine the culprits of the Permian extinction,
cast your vote for or against the 1918 flu revival, hear Cynthia
Breazeal talk about her friendly robots, read ancient papyri, and
much more.

http://www.pbs.org/nova/sciencenow