Watching the Daily Show and the Colbert Report on Hulu, I came across Nova which is a science show on PBS. From their website they state "NOVA's approach, developed over more than a quarter century, is to select a topic of great interest to viewers and then produce a film that is as entertaining as it is informative, using the tools of good pacing, clear writing, and crisp editing."
On my hiatus of TED Talks, I've been watching several episodes of this show. I have come to find it so very fascinating. Then again, its is PBS...the same channel that brought you Reading Rainbow (oh the memories).
Nova has 54 min. episodes on a range of topics from Gothic Cathedrals to Cuttlefish (amazing episode by the way, which is below). The first show I watched was a show called Making Stuff: Smarter where they talk about new materials being invented for different purposes and taking cues from biology to produce these materials. Sharks, geckos, and the Terminator Cop are some of the inspirations for these materials. One of my favorite parts is when they are trying to understand how a gecko can climb any kind of surface easily. Taking what they know, scientists invented this type of pad that acts just like a geckos' foot and can climb surfaces. Of course they demonstrate it with a robot...thus my fascinations ran wild. Here is the episode below, but be aware it is a long episode.
Making Stuff: Smarter
"Explore a new generation of ingenious materials, including real-life invisibility cloaks."
Watch the full episode. See more NOVA.
Here are two other videos I would highly recommend if you like this sort of thing: CUTTLEFISH AND MICRORAPTORS (Just for Adam).
Watch the full episode. See more NOVA.
DON'T FORGET YOU CAN ALSO WATCH NOVA ON HULU!
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