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NOVA scienceNOW Launches
Online Destination for Hot Science
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The NOVA
scienceNOW web site features streaming video of each hour-long
broadcast episode, in-depth interactive
scientist profiles, downloadable podcasts, a blog of dispatches from the
production team in the field, viewer forums, and much more, all in a variety
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The NOVA
scienceNOW web site is a newly designed portal on NOVA's Web site,
the most trafficked destination on pbs.org.
Launched January 18, 2005, the
site will be updated regularly with fresh content throughout the year,
creating an exciting ongoing presence for the series and a 24/7 online
destination for thought-provoking science.
The site features streaming
video of each hour-long broadcast episode, in-depth interactive scientist
profiles, downloadable podcasts, a blog of dispatches from the production
team in the field, viewer forums, and much more, all in a variety of engaging
formats.
Web Site Features at http://www.pbs.org/nova/sciencenow:
Dispatches
Hear from the production team
in the field about stories under investigation for installments of NOVA
scienceNOW.
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Send in ideas for future episodes,
or share your thoughts on NOVA scienceNOW with others in this online
forum.
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Watch NOVA scienceNOW on
the Web site (available post-broadcast in QuickTime, Windows Media, or
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Donate your unused computing
time to science, attend a science café, tell us what you think about
the stories were telling on air and on the Web site, or send us your ideas
for future NOVA scienceNOW installments.
For Educators
Find classroom activity ideas
for before and after viewing NOVA scienceNOW, create a NOVA scienceNOW
news board, and more.
For further information contact
Diane Buxton, NOVA scienceNOW (617-300-4274 -
diane_buxton(-at-)wgbh.org
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