NOVA announces 50th anniversary activities

NOVA Announces 50th Anniversary Activities Celebrating Half a Century of Stories of Scientific Progress

The iconic PBS series looks back on 50 years of groundbreaking science programming and offers an incredible lineup of new features and initiatives in 2024.

Pasadena, California. February 12, 2024 – Nearly 50 years ago, PBS series Nova It filled a gap in broadcast television, bringing entertaining and informative science stories to viewers at a time when there were very few science programs on the air.produced by GBH Branded as “Science Adventures for Curious Adults,” it began airing on March 3, 1974, establishing a new standard for science documentary storytelling and becoming one of PBS’s flagship series. Ta. today, Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Californiathe series looks back at nearly half a century of groundbreaking science and human curiosity, announcing a celebration featuring an incredible lineup of new features, content and initiatives through the end of 2024.

“Science and technology are deeply integrated into our lives, and the need for accurate and engaging science communication is greater today than it was 50 years ago.” NOVA Co-Executive Producer Julia Cote. “We are proud of that Nova It continues to play an important role in not only informing the American public about the most important stories in science, but also inspiring viewers with the deep discoveries about our world and universe that only science can provide. ”

NOVA programming has evolved over time. CGI in particular has enhanced the way we visualize science from the smallest subatomic particles to the latest in space exploration, enabling visually stunning series and films like NOVA Universe Revealed and Looking for Life. became. On Mars,” “Making North America,” “Polar,” “Dinosaur Apocalypse,” and many more. The series also explores some of the most difficult issues we have faced as a society over the past 50 years, including the 1983 film The Climate Crisis and the previously released 1985 film AIDS: Chapter 1. It focused on some of the. President Ronald Reagan speaks publicly about AIDS for the first time.

Fifty years after its first episode premiered, NOVA remains one of PBS’s most popular series, reaching more than 55 million people each year across broadcast and digital platforms, and every broadcast It has won industry awards and won a Peabody Award. He has won awards such as the Emmy Award and the DuPont Columbia Award.

“We all share a fundamental curiosity about ourselves and the world around us,” he said. NOVA Co-Executive Producer Chris Schmidt. “For half a century, NOVA has strived to satisfy that curiosity. We continue to support the inspiring work of scientists who tenaciously follow nature’s clues and ultimately add to humanity’s collective knowledge. It’s this secret sauce of scientific storytelling that has kept NOVA season after season, and people feel uplifted and inspired with each new mystery solved. We’ve kept it exciting and relevant.”

Throughout 2024, NOVA will be rolling out a series of digital initiatives, content, education, outreach, and powerful new programs to celebrate our 50th anniversary. These plans all reflect major scientific advances over the past 50 years, as well as the relationship between artificial intelligence, data, and the most groundbreaking moment in the history of physics, including the 2024 total solar eclipse.

“At GBH, we are proud to have produced NOVA for 50 years, bringing science stories to audiences across the country in an entertaining and educational way,” he said. Susan Goldberg, President and CEO, Boston GBH. “Today, science is more important than ever. We look forward to bringing NOVA to new audiences on new platforms and continuing to inspire a love of science with these important stories.” Masu.”

Winter/Spring 2024 programming highlights include:

“HUNT FOR THE OLDEST DNA” premieres on PBS on Wednesday, February 21st at 9pm ET/8pm Central Time
for decades, Scientists have been trying to unlock the secrets of ancient DNA. But life’s genetic blueprint is incredibly fragile, and researchers have struggled to find DNA in fossils that could survive millions of years. So a maverick scientist came up with the controversial idea of ​​looking for his DNA in the soil rather than in fossils or frozen ancient tissue. Join the hunt as scientists sequence the oldest DNA ever discovered, revealing for the first time the genes of a long-extinct creature that once thrived in the warm, green Arctic.

“AI REVOLUTION” premieres Wednesday, March 27th at 9pm ET/8pm CT on PBS
Can we harness the power of artificial intelligence to solve the world’s toughest problems without creating uncontrollable forces that will ultimately destroy us? ChatGPT and other new AI tools are helping us solve complex questions. You can now write answers, essays, and generate real-looking images in seconds. You can also pass the bar exam for lawyers. Should we celebrate? Or are you worried? Or both? Correspondent Miles O’Brien investigates how researchers are using AI to transform the world, finding big solutions in fields from medicine to climate change.

“The Great American Eclipse” premieres Wednesday, April 3rd at 9pm ET/8pm CT on PBS
Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse. In April 2024, the moon’s shadow will stretch from Texas to Maine, and the continental United States will see the last total solar eclipse until 2044. This unusual astronomical phenomenon will keep places in the path of the total solar eclipse in darkness for more than four minutes, or almost twice as much as in previous years. Learn how to safely observe a solar eclipse, and follow scientists as they uncover the secrets of the sun, from why the sun’s atmosphere is hundreds of times hotter than the surface, to the causes of solar storms. I might even predict them someday.

SECRETS IN YOUR DATA premieres Wednesday, May 15th at 9pm ET/8pm CT on PBS
Whether you’re on social media or surfing the web, you’re sharing more personal data than you realize. This can threaten your privacy and even safety. But at the same time, big data sets can lead to major advances in areas such as health, transportation, and climate science. Host Alok Patel leads a quest to understand what happens to all the data we shed, and examines the latest efforts to maximize profits without compromising personal privacy. .

DECODING THE UNIVERSE: COSMOS premieres Wednesday, May 22nd at 9pm ET/8pm CT on PBS
How big is the universe? If it started with the Big Bang, will it also end? Does life exist outside of our planet? Questions like these led him to launch Voyager I in 1977 and have driven groundbreaking space research and exploration ever since. From a time when there were no planets outside our solar system, to today when there is evidence of thousands of them and estimates that there are trillions more, follow the groundbreaking discoveries that have forever changed our view of the universe. Let’s look at. And follow his team as they try to solve his two biggest mysteries in cosmology today: what is dark matter and dark energy?

Fall 2024 programming will be announced in the coming months and will include a three-part series on world building and a five-part series from the popular 2019 series, featuring fundamental principles and most innovative projects in engineering. Contains sequels. The Planets is a BBC Studios production from NOVA and GBH. More information about NOVA’s 50th anniversary celebration will be published at the following URL: pbs.org/nova and follow the hashtag #NOVA50.

NOVA broadcastWednesday in PBS 9pm ET/8pm CT It is available for streaming. pbs.org/nova, NOVA on YouTube, And that PBS app, Available on iOS, Android, Roku streaming devices, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TV, Chromecast, VIZIO, and more. PBS Documentary Prime Video Channel. Members of PBS stations can watch many series, documentaries, and specials in the following ways: PBS passport. For more information about PBS Passport, please visit: PBS Passport FAQ Website.

NOVA’s executive producers are Julia Cote and Chris Schmidt. NOVA is a production of GBH.

funding for Nova is brought to you by Carlisle Companies, Viking Cruises, NOVA Science Trust, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS viewers.

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About NOVA
Nova is the most popular prime-time science series on American television, demystifying the scientific and technological concepts that shape and define our lives, our planet, and our universe. The PBS series is also one of the most widely distributed science programs in the world, a multimedia, multiplatform brand that is watched by more than 55 million Americans each year on television and online. NOVA’s important and inspiring stories of human ingenuity, exploration, and the quest for knowledge regularly win the industry’s most prestigious awards. As part of our mission to make the scientific enterprise accessible to all, NOVA is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in all of our work, from our production processes to amplifying the different stories and voices we tell. Working on sexuality. Additionally, science educators across the country rely on his NOVA for resources used not only in the classroom, but also in museums, libraries, and after-school programs. NOVA is his GBH production. For more information, please visit: pbs.org/novaor follow NOVA Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), or Instagram.

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GBH is America’s leading multiplatform creator of public media. As PBS’s largest content producer and a partner of NPR and PRX, GBH delivers engaging experiences, stories and information to viewers wherever they are. GBH produces digital and broadcast programming that captivates, illuminates and inspires through drama, science, history, art, culture and journalism. He is the creator of signature programs such as MASTERPIECE, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, FRONTLINE, NOVA, and AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. arthur and Molly of Denali, Also includes WORLD Channel, a catalog of streaming series, podcasts, and on-demand videos. GBH is headquartered in Boston, with studios and newsrooms and serves all of New England on GBH 89.7, Boston’s local NPR®. CRB Classic 99.5; CAI, Cape and Islands NPR® Station. GBH is dedicated to making media accessible and inclusive to diverse cultures and is a pioneer in providing media to the deaf, hard of hearing, blind, and visually impaired. GBH uses PBS LearningMedia to create curriculum-based digital content for educators across the country and has won hundreds of the nation’s leading broadcast, digital, and journalism awards. For more information, please visit: wgbh.org.

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