Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers
Hot Times In Alaska (#1404)
Alaska is warming up. It's now a few degrees warmer than it was a century and a half ago, and the trend seems to be accelerating. Already the landscape is changing dramatically - permafrost is thawing, glaciers are melting, forests are succumbing to drought and insect attack. Alan Alda meets Alaskan scientists who are working to find out if these are the first signs of global warming and what the future may hold. [56 minutes]
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Scientific American Frontiers | Hot Times in... (#1404)
Full Program: Alaska is warming up. It's now a few degrees warmer than it was a century and a half ago, and the trend seems to be... 55:44
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Scientific American Frontiers | You Can Make... (#1309)
Full Program: As digital technology gets smaller and less expensive, it is empowering people in unprecedented ways. 55:44
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Scientific American Frontiers | Worried Sick | PBS (#1310)
Full Program: Stress is the curse of modern living, but is it actually so new? 56:04
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Scientific American Frontiers | Losing It | PBS (#1401)
Full Program: This sequel to a popular FRONTIERS episode, "Fat and Happy?," tackles the basic problem that confronts those who are... 55:28
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Scientific American Frontiers | Don't Forget | PBS (#1402)
Full Program: Alan Alda investigates how people create memories - and how as they age, memories become slippery and elusive,... 55:52
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Information For Teachers
- Grade Levels
- 6-8, 9-12
- Curricular Areas
- Science & Technology
- Social Studies
- Series Length
- 28 episodes
- Average Episode Length
- 42 minutes
- Record Rights
- Record and retain for 1 year from each broadcast. No duplication allowed.
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Series Description: Alan Alda brings his unique blend of curiosity and humor to the exploration of the latest trends in science, medicine, technology and the environment.
All Upcoming Episodes
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Unearthing Secret America (#1301)
The great arc of early American history is brought to life through three tremendous archeological finds: Jamestown fort reveals the struggles of the colonists; slave quarters at Monticello and... [56 minutes]
- Thu, May 23, 3:00 AM on IPTV
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Make Up Your Mind (#1302)
This episode discovers the 'you' inside your head - the part of your mind, sitting right behind your forehead, that decides what you do every waking second of the day. The program reconstructs a... [56 minutes]
- Thu, May 30, 3:00 AM on IPTV
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The Intimate Machine (#1303)
Alan Alda gets to communicate with computers that know who he is, where he is, what he's doing and even how he's feeling. The ultimate computer - actually a cute and cuddly robot - is being... [56 minutes]
- Thu, June 6, 3:00 AM on IPTV
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Forever Wild? (#1304)
What exactly does it take to make wild places work the way they must? [56 minutes]
- Thu, June 13, 3:00 AM on IPTV
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Mysteries of the Deep (#1305)
This episode features stories of the submarines and their pioneering crews that explored earth's last frontier. [56 minutes]
- Thu, June 20, 3:00 AM on IPTV
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Deep Crisis (#1306)
Follow efforts by biologists to figure out what's going on with salmon, once abundant on both East and West coasts of North America and now in catastrophic decline. [56 minutes]
- Thu, June 27, 3:00 AM on IPTV
Past Episodes
These episodes of Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.