NOVA scienceNOW

NOVA scienceNOW - Season 4 Episode 8 Earthquakes in the Midwest/Sleep/Sang-Mook Lee/First Primates

2012-11-14 55 minutes.
8.00 8 votes

Season - Episode

6 Season 6 Oct 10, 2012
5 Season 5 Jan 19, 2011
2 Season 2 Oct 03, 2006
1 Season 1 Jan 25, 2005

Overview

Using new data from cave stalagmites and the Mississippi riverbed to understand how and why earthquakes strike in the heartland; the crucial role sleep plays in strengthening memories and facilitating learning; a profile of marine geologist Sang-Mook Lee; paleontologist Jonathan Bloch, who thinks that tiny bones embedded in limestone may be the evolutionary evidence of the creatures that evolved into primates.

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Language English