Nova Sciencenow

Series 4, Episode 6

Season 4, Episode 6 of 8

The implications of the personal genetic profile, which will predict a person's chances of contracting one of several serious diseases; a visit to a Texas algae farm, where researchers are creating tailor-made algae cells to coax the fuel they want out of these little organisms, which just may be our biofuel future; scientists on an unprecedented journey to Gakkel Ridge, deep beneath the Arctic Ocean, which may help scientists determine if Europa, one of Jupiter's many moons, could host life; and a profile of roboticist Yoky Matsuoka.

Previously Aired

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Time
Channel
8/18/2009
9 p.m.
8/19/2009
2 a.m.
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