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Nova: "Big Bang Machine"
On July 4, 2012, scientists at the giant atom smashing facility at CERN announced the discovery of a subatomic particle that seems like a tantalizingly close match to the elusive Higgs Boson, thought to be responsible for giving all the stuff in the universe its mass. The Higgs has been the holy grail of particle physicists: finding it completes the “standard model” that underlies all of modern particle physics.
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Big Bang Machine
Big Bang Machine
NOVA
Watch as CERN scientists prepare to restart the history-making Large Hadron Collider.
60 min.
Exclusive: Edward Snowden on Cyber Attacks
Exclusive: Edward Snowden on Cyber Attacks
NOVA
The former NSA contractor sat down with NOVA to discuss the future of cyber warfare.
Rise of the Drones
Rise of the Drones
NOVA
The technologies behind drone aircraft are investigated.
60 min.
Making Stuff Wilder
Making Stuff Wilder
NOVA
Explore bold innovations inspired by the Earth’s greatest inventor, life itself.
60 min.
Killer Landslides
Killer Landslides
NOVA
A look at what may have caused a massive landslide.
60 min.
Emperor's Ghost Army
Emperor's Ghost Army
NOVA
The terra-cotta army of Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang.
60 min.
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