NOVA

Season 33 Episode 19: ScienceNOW: Extinction

The "Nova scienceNOW" magazine delves into a case of mass extinction some 250 million years ago; investigates the 1918 influenza outbreak, which killed as many as 50 million people; details the work of MIT roboticist Cynthia Breazeal's efforts to create "sociable robots"; and examines attempts to decipher 2000-year-old papyrus scrolls. Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

53

Episodes:

1020

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1974

IMDb:

7.0