 
science & nature Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 8:00pm
NOVA: What are Dreams?
What are dreams and why do we have them? Are they a window into a hidden realm within us? Science is only just beginning to understand. NOVA joins the leading dream researchers and witnesses the extraordinary experiments they use to investigate the world of sleep. From human narcoleptics to sleepwalking cats, from recurrent nightmares to those who can’t dream, each sequence contains a vital clue to the question these scientists are pursuing: Why do we dream? more info | more stories like this
 Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 8:00pm
NOVA: The Last Great Ape
Deep in the Congo lives a little-studied group of apes called the bonobos. Like chimpanzees, bonobos are among humans' closest relatives. But unlike chimps, known for violent behavior, bonobos are far more peaceful, even matriarchal. They embrace their neighbors and resolve conflict in an unusual way - by having sex. Much like humans, bonobos have sex not just to procreate, but for pleasure as well. more info | more stories like this
 Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 8:00pm
NOVA: What Darwin Never Knew
Stunning breakthroughs in a new science - nicknamed "evo devo" - are linking the enigma of origins to another of nature’s great mysteries: the development of an embryo. To explore this exciting new idea, NOVA takes viewers on a journey from the Galapagos Islands to the Arctic, from the Cambrian explosion of animal forms half a billion years ago to the research labs of today. more info | more stories like this
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