NOVA scienceNOW

Personal Genome; Digital Art Authentication; Carbon Sequestration; Pardis Sabeti Profile

TV-G
S3 • E2    Jul 2, 2008
Personal DNA Testing - Genetic testing to assess risk factors for a handful of serious illnesses is now commercially available. But is it a good idea?

Art Authentication - See how clever computer algorithms can distinguish a master fake from a masterpiece.

Capturing Carbon - An eighth-grader's science fair project prompts her scientist father to develop a new way to pull excess carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

Profile: Pardis Sabeti - By night she's a rocker. By day, she's a Harvard geneticist tracking the evolution of the human genome.

Where to Watch NOVA scienceNOW - S3 • E2

  • Neil deGrasse TysonHost
  • Ziya TongSelf (Correspondent)
  • Peter StandringSelf (Correspondent)
  • Chad CohenSelf (Correspondent)

 

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