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Einstein's Quantum Riddle

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Kīlauea: Hawaiʻi on Fire

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Decoding the Great Pyramid

Decoding the Great Pyramid

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The Next Pompeii

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Back to the Moon

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Rise of the Mammals

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Why Bridges Collapse

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NOVA Wonders Can We Build a Brain?

Season 45 Episode 104

Artificially intelligent machines are taking over. They’re influencing our everyday lives in profound and often invisible ways. They can read handwriting, interpret emotions, play games, and even act as personal assistants. They are in our phones, our cars, our doctors’ offices, our banks, our web searches…the list goes on and is rapidly growing ever longer.

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