Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers
The Dark Side of the Universe (#1405)
Alan Alda joins some of the world's leading astronomers as they wrestle with the startling implications of their latest discoveries: that everything we can see, from the world around us to the most distant galaxies, is only a tiny fraction of the entire cosmos. Most of what's out there is dark - either dark matter or dark energy. And our universe is perhaps only one in an infinity of universes. [56 minutes]
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Scientific American Frontiers | The Dark Side... (#1405)
Full Program: Alan Alda joins some of the world's leading astronomers as they wrestle with the implications of their latest... 55:15
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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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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.
- Forever Wild? (#1304)
- The Intimate Machine (#1303)
- Make Up Your Mind (#1302)
- Unearthing Secret America (#1301)
- Calls of the Wild (#1308)
- Surgical Slimmers (#1501)
- Coming to America (#1406)
- The Dark Side of the Universe (#1405)
- Hot Times In Alaska (#1404)
- Future Car (#1403)
- Don't Forget (#1402)
- Losing It (#1401)