Scientists describe emergence, a science that studies how complex patterns and behaviors arise from the actions of individual units acting independently. This NOVA scienceNOW segment: states that ...

NOVA scienceNOW is a News magazine version of the long-running and venerable PBS science program Nova. Premiering on January 25, 2005, the series was originally hosted by Robert Krulwich, who ...

In response to mechanical force, these rings break, changing the color of the polymer [ScienceNOW Daily News]. In the study, published in Nature, lead researcher Nancy Sottos tested the stretchy ...

This episode of NOVA scienceNOW delves into some pretty heady stuff, examining magic and the brain, artificial intelligence, magnetic mind control, and the work of neuroscientist and synesthesia ...

This NOVA scienceNOW segment: focuses on research efforts that attempt to explain how lightning propagates, a phenomenon researchers are still trying to understand.