Asteroid, Island of Stability, Karl Iagnemma

20th August 2008 Season 3 Episode 9

Asteroid - Will a doomsday rock the size of the Rose Bowl hit Earth in 2036? Island of Stability - Follow the decades-long quest to create the elusive element 114. Obesity - Examine the biology behind the compulsion to eat. Profile: Karl Iagnemma - An innovative MIT roboticist is also an acclaimed fiction writer.

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Season 3 · Episode 10

T-Rex Blood, Epigenetics, Kryptos

T-Rex Blood? - Preserved soft tissue, including possible blood vessels and red blood cells, are turning up in dinosaur fossils. Epigenetics - Our lifestyles can change the way our genes are expressed, leading even identical twins to become distinct as they age. Kryptos - A coded sculpture at CIA headquarters has yet to be fully broken. Profile: Arlie Petters - A boy from a rural village in Belize grows up to become a world-class mathematician and cosmologist.

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