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Picture a Scientist
Season 48
Episode 3
Women make up less than a quarter of STEM professionals in the United States, and numbers are even lower for women of color. But a growing group of researchers is exposing longstanding discrimination and making science more inclusive.
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Follow three women enrolled in a new study to try to prevent Alzheimer’s.
53:16
Sir David Attenborough explores a site with traces of ancient mammoths and Neanderthals.
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53:32
Join biologists on an ingenious hunt for the clues hidden in animal poop.
53:30
In the Arctic, enormous releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, threaten the climate
53:31
Explore great ancient Maya cities and why their inhabitants abandoned them.
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53:21
Intrepid paleontologists discover that dinosaurs thrived in the Arctic’s cold and dark.
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53:20
Explore how the scientific secrets of butterflies are inspiring technological innovations.
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53:16
Venture back to the birth of space and time as NOVA probes the mystery of the Big Bang.
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53:16
Take a seat on the ultimate thrill ride as NOVA explores the universe’s strangest objects.
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53:17
Visit exotic worlds orbiting distant suns as NOVA tackles the big question: are we alone?
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53:17
Explore the wonders and mysteries of our galaxy—the giant city of stars we call home.