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Can Alzheimer's Be Stopped? Preview
Alzheimer’s disease strikes at the core of what makes us human: our capacity to think, to love, and to remember. The disease ravages the minds of over 40 million victims worldwide, and it is one of the greatest medical mysteries of our time. Join investigators as they gather clues and attempt to reconstruct the molecular chain of events that ultimately leads to dementia.
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Explore great ancient Maya cities and why their inhabitants abandoned them.
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Take a tasty look at insect foods that could benefit our health and our warming planet.
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Join the hunt for the universe’s most common—yet most elusive and baffling—particle.
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As state-legalized cannabis spreads, NOVA explores its little-known risks and benefits.
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A revealing new investigation of one of history’s most iconic aviation disasters.
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Scientists race to help corals adapt to warming oceans through assisted evolution.
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NASA launches its most ambitious search yet for traces of ancient life on Mars.
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Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us.
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Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us.
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Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us.
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Scientists look to geoengineering and other methods to cool the planet.
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We can now edit the human genome with a tool called CRISPR. But how far should we go?