Science Matters
April 1, 2015
Special | 26m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Growing plants in space, alien signals, rapid algae growth, scientists study crows.
SIU-Edwardsville professor Darron Luesse sent thousands of tiny seeds to sprout on the International Space Station. PBS NewsHour’s Hari Sreenivasan talks with the man listening for signals that might be coming from alien life forms. Efforts are underway to control rapid algae growth that can harm water supplies. Do crows hold funerals? Scientists are studying these social, intelligent birds.
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Science Matters is a local public television program presented by Nine PBS
Science Matters
April 1, 2015
Special | 26m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
SIU-Edwardsville professor Darron Luesse sent thousands of tiny seeds to sprout on the International Space Station. PBS NewsHour’s Hari Sreenivasan talks with the man listening for signals that might be coming from alien life forms. Efforts are underway to control rapid algae growth that can harm water supplies. Do crows hold funerals? Scientists are studying these social, intelligent birds.
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