This episode of NOVA scienceNOW looks at NASA's LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite); joins microbiologist Jack Griffith on a hunt for the oldest organic molecules on earth; asks what the songs of zebra finches can tell us about human language; and profiles climatologist Lonnie Thompson, a recent winner of the prestigious National Medal of Science, who has been drilling tropical ice cores at high elevations since 1976.
Producer: NOVA / WGBH
Production Year: 2009
Copyright Year: 2009
Host: Chad Cohen, Deborah Tong, Neil deGrasse Tyson
Discs: 1
DVI: Y
Audio Format: Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 Widescreen