http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/scientific-american-frontiers/194931?rss=object The latest on Scientific American Frontiers TV Guide RSS Publishing Engine V 1.0 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 1440 http://www.tvguide.com/Images/rss/tvg_rss_logo.gif http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/scientific-american-frontiers/194931?rss=object http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Scientific+American+Frontiers+Season+1/1216219?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Scientific+American+Frontiers+Season+1/1216219?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Scientific American Frontiers Season 1" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Produced in conjunction with Scientific American magazine and hosted by Alan Alda, the series investigates a spectrum of fascinating topics in the sciences and beyond. Host and 'M*A*S*H' veteran Alan Alda's natural curiosity and his enthusiasm for science make him the ideal host of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS. Join Alan as he takes us from the depths of the conscious mind to the outer reaches of the universe.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Scientific+American+Frontiers+Season+1/1216219?rss=object Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Scientific+American+Frontiers+Season+1/1216219?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Scientific American Frontiers Season 1" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Produced in conjunction with Scientific American magazine and hosted by Alan Alda, the series investigates a spectrum of fascinating topics in the sciences and beyond. Host and 'M*A*S*H' veteran Alan Alda's natural curiosity and his enthusiasm for science make him the ideal host of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS. Join Alan as he takes us from the depths of the conscious mind to the outer reaches of the universe.</p> Scientific American Frontiers Season 1 http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/The+Secret+Canyon/1066932?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/The+Secret+Canyon/1066932?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22941_512x288_manicured__bLg+jqfye0G7w62c-fjvWw.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="The Secret Canyon" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 8: The best kept secret of American archeology is now revealed.</p> Hulu http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/The+Secret+Canyon/1066932?rss=object Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/The+Secret+Canyon/1066932?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22941_512x288_manicured__bLg+jqfye0G7w62c-fjvWw.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="The Secret Canyon" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 8: The best kept secret of American archeology is now revealed.</p> The Secret Canyon http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Cybersenses/1066931?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Cybersenses/1066931?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22942_512x288_manicured__r8rQEZfk0k67-6eA+F+zbQ.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Cybersenses" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 9: Replacement synthetic senses for people are now a reality.</p> Hulu http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Cybersenses/1066931?rss=object Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Cybersenses/1066931?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22942_512x288_manicured__r8rQEZfk0k67-6eA+F+zbQ.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Cybersenses" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 9: Replacement synthetic senses for people are now a reality.</p> Cybersenses http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Chimp+Minds/1066933?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Chimp+Minds/1066933?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22937_512x288_manicured__d3LsuKWeXESeBhS-sHrbeQ.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Chimp Minds" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 4: A visit with an engaging if unruly bunch of cousins that we formally broke up with about 6 or 7 million years ago.</p> Hulu http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Chimp+Minds/1066933?rss=object Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Chimp+Minds/1066933?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22937_512x288_manicured__d3LsuKWeXESeBhS-sHrbeQ.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Chimp Minds" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 4: A visit with an engaging if unruly bunch of cousins that we formally broke up with about 6 or 7 million years ago.</p> Chimp Minds http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Going+Deep/1066924?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Going+Deep/1066924?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22936_512x288_manicured__2C6AcBdn7EyvYckeRw6OYg.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Going Deep" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 3: The deep sub Alvin, past and future.</p> Hulu http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Going+Deep/1066924?rss=object Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Going+Deep/1066924?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22936_512x288_manicured__2C6AcBdn7EyvYckeRw6OYg.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Going Deep" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 3: The deep sub Alvin, past and future.</p> Going Deep http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hot+Planet++Cold+Comfort/1066934?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hot+Planet++Cold+Comfort/1066934?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22938_512x288_manicured__bFdi8yzlX0e2BLdCy4WFRw.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Hot Planet – Cold Comfort" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 5: So you think global warming won't affect you?</p> Hulu http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hot+Planet++Cold+Comfort/1066934?rss=object Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hot+Planet++Cold+Comfort/1066934?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22938_512x288_manicured__bFdi8yzlX0e2BLdCy4WFRw.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Hot Planet – Cold Comfort" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 5: So you think global warming won't affect you?</p> Hot Planet – Cold Comfort http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hydrogen+Hopes/1066926?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hydrogen+Hopes/1066926?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22939_512x288_manicured__sUmagfML5U6yF+DQwNLnow.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Hydrogen Hopes" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 6: We've all heard of hydrogen as the fuel of the future, but what will it take to get there from here?</p> Hulu http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hydrogen+Hopes/1066926?rss=object Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hydrogen+Hopes/1066926?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22939_512x288_manicured__sUmagfML5U6yF+DQwNLnow.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Hydrogen Hopes" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 6: We've all heard of hydrogen as the fuel of the future, but what will it take to get there from here?</p> Hydrogen Hopes http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hidden+Motives/1066925?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hidden+Motives/1066925?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22940_512x288_manicured__X96kTYQlcUmfO60e77g4vw.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Hidden Motives" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 7: If you think you know why you do things, you're probably wrong.</p> Hulu http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hidden+Motives/1066925?rss=object Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hidden+Motives/1066925?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22940_512x288_manicured__X96kTYQlcUmfO60e77g4vw.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Hidden Motives" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 7: If you think you know why you do things, you're probably wrong.</p> Hidden Motives http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Cars+That+Think/1066928?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Cars+That+Think/1066928?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22980_512x288_manicured__KTtBTjcOWk2JN7Dea6g86A.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Cars That Think" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 2: Cars that do your thinking for you are just around the corner.</p> Hulu http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Cars+That+Think/1066928?rss=object Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Cars+That+Think/1066928?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22980_512x288_manicured__KTtBTjcOWk2JN7Dea6g86A.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Cars That Think" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 2: Cars that do your thinking for you are just around the corner.</p> Cars That Think http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Robot+Pals/1066930?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Robot+Pals/1066930?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22943_512x288_manicured__gq+u9Cp-i02y0QjjVWc5cw.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Robot Pals" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 10: We'll meet three robots - including a future member of an astronaut team - that are trying to better understand us.</p> Hulu http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Robot+Pals/1066930?rss=object Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Robot+Pals/1066930?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22943_512x288_manicured__gq+u9Cp-i02y0QjjVWc5cw.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Robot Pals" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 10: We'll meet three robots - including a future member of an astronaut team - that are trying to better understand us.</p> Robot Pals http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Surgical+Slimmers/1066929?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Surgical+Slimmers/1066929?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22979_512x288_manicured__8J3iU-64q0qiT+p7ZxrkgA.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Surgical Slimmers" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 1: In spite of the risks, people are lining up to solve their weight problems in the operating room.</p> Hulu http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Surgical+Slimmers/1066929?rss=object Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Surgical+Slimmers/1066929?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://thumbnails.hulu.com/8/779/22979_512x288_manicured__8J3iU-64q0qiT+p7ZxrkgA.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Surgical Slimmers" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Season 15, Episode 1: In spite of the risks, people are lining up to solve their weight problems in the operating room.</p> Surgical Slimmers http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Going+Deep/657695?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Going+Deep/657695?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Going Deep" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>A look back at the decades of effort that culminated in the deep sub Alvin reaching the ocean floor, and a look forward to what's next now that Alvin's retiring. In the summer of 1964, the first tentative dives into the shallow waters of Cape Cod, Massachusetts were made by the new deep diving submarine, Alvin. The sub, built for the US Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), was to become arguably the most successful research submarine ever. We go on a typical Alvin science dive, accompanying a biologist as the WHOI pilot takes the sub down 8,000 feet into the pitch darkness of the Galapagos Rift, to collect samples. It was here in 1977 that people first saw, from the Alvin, a kind of life that we had never known existed on the planet - colonies of giant clams, tube worms, fish and crabs living not on sunlight but on bacteria that consume the gases dissolved in superheated ocean water.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Going+Deep/657695?rss=object Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Going+Deep/657695?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Going Deep" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>A look back at the decades of effort that culminated in the deep sub Alvin reaching the ocean floor, and a look forward to what's next now that Alvin's retiring. In the summer of 1964, the first tentative dives into the shallow waters of Cape Cod, Massachusetts were made by the new deep diving submarine, Alvin. The sub, built for the US Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), was to become arguably the most successful research submarine ever. We go on a typical Alvin science dive, accompanying a biologist as the WHOI pilot takes the sub down 8,000 feet into the pitch darkness of the Galapagos Rift, to collect samples. It was here in 1977 that people first saw, from the Alvin, a kind of life that we had never known existed on the planet - colonies of giant clams, tube worms, fish and crabs living not on sunlight but on bacteria that consume the gases dissolved in superheated ocean water.</p> Going Deep http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Robot+Pals/664618?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Robot+Pals/664618?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Robot Pals" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>To be really useful, robots need to behave as cooperative partners rather than mindless machines. We'll meet three robots -- including a future member of an astronaut team -- that are trying to better understand us. Alan meets Ripley - a robot that consists of an arm and a hand with eyes and that tries to understand the world around it. That world is pretty much constrained to a white tabletop, a few objects on the table and - at least while Alan is visiting - Alan's face. Ripley, like a human infant, is learning what things are not just by giving them a name but by experiencing them. The robot responds to Alan's request to "pick up the heavy one" by weighing the two objects on the table in front of it.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Robot+Pals/664618?rss=object Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Robot+Pals/664618?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Robot Pals" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>To be really useful, robots need to behave as cooperative partners rather than mindless machines. We'll meet three robots -- including a future member of an astronaut team -- that are trying to better understand us. Alan meets Ripley - a robot that consists of an arm and a hand with eyes and that tries to understand the world around it. That world is pretty much constrained to a white tabletop, a few objects on the table and - at least while Alan is visiting - Alan's face. Ripley, like a human infant, is learning what things are not just by giving them a name but by experiencing them. The robot responds to Alan's request to "pick up the heavy one" by weighing the two objects on the table in front of it.</p> Robot Pals http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hot+Planet++Cold+Comfort/657687?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hot+Planet++Cold+Comfort/657687?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Hot Planet - Cold Comfort" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>So you think global warming won't affect you? Wait until the great Atlantic Conveyor shuts down. And find out what's already happening in Alaska. In the last couple of decades, oceanographers have come to understand the central role the Gulf Stream plays in the enormous ocean currents that circle the globe. It brings a third of all the sun's heat that falls on the North Atlantic up to northern latitudes and, in the process, warms the northeast U.S., Europe and Scandinavia. Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have found that in recent decades significant amounts of freshwater have been flowing into the Nordic Seas from the Arctic Ocean to the north that could potentially disrupt the operation of the Ocean Conveyor's recirculation pump, in turn reducing or even shutting down the flow of the Gulf Stream.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hot+Planet++Cold+Comfort/657687?rss=object Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hot+Planet++Cold+Comfort/657687?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Hot Planet - Cold Comfort" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>So you think global warming won't affect you? Wait until the great Atlantic Conveyor shuts down. And find out what's already happening in Alaska. In the last couple of decades, oceanographers have come to understand the central role the Gulf Stream plays in the enormous ocean currents that circle the globe. It brings a third of all the sun's heat that falls on the North Atlantic up to northern latitudes and, in the process, warms the northeast U.S., Europe and Scandinavia. Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have found that in recent decades significant amounts of freshwater have been flowing into the Nordic Seas from the Arctic Ocean to the north that could potentially disrupt the operation of the Ocean Conveyor's recirculation pump, in turn reducing or even shutting down the flow of the Gulf Stream.</p> Hot Planet - Cold Comfort http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Cybersenses/656939?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Cybersenses/656939?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Cybersenses" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Replacement synthetic senses for people are now a reality. Children as young as 12 months are already getting artificial hearing - while the first trials of electronic retinas for the blind are just beginning. Alan catches up with Kelley Flynn, whom he saw three years ago as she was undergoing surgery for a cochlear implant. At the time, Kelley was seven, and desperately wanted to both hear and speak normally. Alan recalls filming the dramatic moment when Kelley's artificial hearing was first turned on. Since then Kelley has worked hard on her speech and now, as she tells Alan, she wants to become an actress. Inspired by the success of cochlear implants for the profoundly deaf, many researchers are now trying to develop artificial retinas for those who are blind due to retinal diseases.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Cybersenses/656939?rss=object Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Cybersenses/656939?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Cybersenses" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Replacement synthetic senses for people are now a reality. Children as young as 12 months are already getting artificial hearing - while the first trials of electronic retinas for the blind are just beginning. Alan catches up with Kelley Flynn, whom he saw three years ago as she was undergoing surgery for a cochlear implant. At the time, Kelley was seven, and desperately wanted to both hear and speak normally. Alan recalls filming the dramatic moment when Kelley's artificial hearing was first turned on. Since then Kelley has worked hard on her speech and now, as she tells Alan, she wants to become an actress. Inspired by the success of cochlear implants for the profoundly deaf, many researchers are now trying to develop artificial retinas for those who are blind due to retinal diseases.</p> Cybersenses http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hydrogen+Hopes/656948?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hydrogen+Hopes/656948?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Hydrogen Hopes" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>We've all heard of hydrogen as the fuel of the future, but what will it take to get there from here? How can we create hydrogen from renewable sources like the sun - and how do we store it safely once we've got it? Alan visits a multi-million dollar company, based on the wizardry with exotic metal alloys that soak up hydrogen like a sponge. The best-known of these metal hydrides is the nickel metal hydride rechargeable battery invented by Stan Ovshinsky and now used in millions of electronic devices - as well as the new generation of hybrid cars. Their company now produces flexible, durable solar panels literally by the mile, using a unique technology very different from that used to produce conventional silicon solar cells. Alan sees for himself how the Ovshinskys hope to use these solar panels to make hydrogen in unlimited quantities and without burning fossil fuels.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hydrogen+Hopes/656948?rss=object Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hydrogen+Hopes/656948?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Hydrogen Hopes" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>We've all heard of hydrogen as the fuel of the future, but what will it take to get there from here? How can we create hydrogen from renewable sources like the sun - and how do we store it safely once we've got it? Alan visits a multi-million dollar company, based on the wizardry with exotic metal alloys that soak up hydrogen like a sponge. The best-known of these metal hydrides is the nickel metal hydride rechargeable battery invented by Stan Ovshinsky and now used in millions of electronic devices - as well as the new generation of hybrid cars. Their company now produces flexible, durable solar panels literally by the mile, using a unique technology very different from that used to produce conventional silicon solar cells. Alan sees for himself how the Ovshinskys hope to use these solar panels to make hydrogen in unlimited quantities and without burning fossil fuels.</p> Hydrogen Hopes http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Cars+That+Think/651665?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Cars+That+Think/651665?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Cars That Think" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The fully automatic car may be down the road a ways, but cars that do your thinking for you are just around the corner -- they watch out for hazards, they listen to you, they read your lips, they even know when you're distracted. Alan travels to Germany to find out what happened to the research program originally intended to develop cars that would drive themselves. He finds the goal changed; DaimlerChrysler engineers now working on technology that will help the human driver by alerting him or her to potentially dangerous situations. Equipped with stereo cameras, the research cars are now able to recognize hazards that the driver may have overlooked - like bouncing balls or wayward pedestrians. In a strikingly realistic driving simulator called VIRTTEX at Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, Alan finds out for himself the distraction caused by using a cell phone in a car traveling at high speeds.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Cars+That+Think/651665?rss=object Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Cars+That+Think/651665?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Cars That Think" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The fully automatic car may be down the road a ways, but cars that do your thinking for you are just around the corner -- they watch out for hazards, they listen to you, they read your lips, they even know when you're distracted. Alan travels to Germany to find out what happened to the research program originally intended to develop cars that would drive themselves. He finds the goal changed; DaimlerChrysler engineers now working on technology that will help the human driver by alerting him or her to potentially dangerous situations. Equipped with stereo cameras, the research cars are now able to recognize hazards that the driver may have overlooked - like bouncing balls or wayward pedestrians. In a strikingly realistic driving simulator called VIRTTEX at Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, Alan finds out for himself the distraction caused by using a cell phone in a car traveling at high speeds.</p> Cars That Think http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hidden+Motives/653991?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hidden+Motives/653991?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Hidden Motives" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>If you think you know why you do things, you're probably wrong. Exploring how our unconscious determines our behavior, Alan goes into a magnetic resonance scanner in the Caltech lab of Steven Quartz to find out how his brain reacts to products both "cool" and "un-cool." Quartz and his associate Anette Asp are trying to find out why humans are obsessed with the social status of objects, and so are scanning the brains of people as they look at a range of products. Both Alan and Anette have brains that react strongly to things they find un-cool, as if they are recoiling from them. Steve, on the other hand, shows "shop-aholic" tendencies, his brain responding to cool objects not only in the region where his sense of self resides, but also in those regions controlling movement, as if he is reaching out to grab them.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hidden+Motives/653991?rss=object Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Hidden+Motives/653991?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Hidden Motives" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>If you think you know why you do things, you're probably wrong. Exploring how our unconscious determines our behavior, Alan goes into a magnetic resonance scanner in the Caltech lab of Steven Quartz to find out how his brain reacts to products both "cool" and "un-cool." Quartz and his associate Anette Asp are trying to find out why humans are obsessed with the social status of objects, and so are scanning the brains of people as they look at a range of products. Both Alan and Anette have brains that react strongly to things they find un-cool, as if they are recoiling from them. Steve, on the other hand, shows "shop-aholic" tendencies, his brain responding to cool objects not only in the region where his sense of self resides, but also in those regions controlling movement, as if he is reaching out to grab them.</p> Hidden Motives http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Surgical+Slimmers/647029?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Surgical+Slimmers/647029?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Surgical Slimmers" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>In spite of the risks, people are lining up to solve their weight problems in the operating room. And if the latest device -- an implantable stomach "pacer" -- works out, millions more will be taking the surgical way out. We follow two patients as they go through the life-transforming experience of gastric bypass surgery, causing dramatic weight loss. Both patients achieve major life goals, from the simple act of shopping in a regular - not plus-size - clothing store, to the substantial reduction of health risks like heart attack and diabetes. Alan Alda observes Amy?s surgery at a Boston hospital, and visits Rodney as he recovers the day after his operation. Gastric bypass, in which a small, one-ounce, stomach "pouch" is created to replace the natural stomach, is the most common stomach surgery in the US, with 100,000 procedures performed a year - ten times the rate ten years ago.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Surgical+Slimmers/647029?rss=object Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Surgical+Slimmers/647029?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Surgical Slimmers" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>In spite of the risks, people are lining up to solve their weight problems in the operating room. And if the latest device -- an implantable stomach "pacer" -- works out, millions more will be taking the surgical way out. We follow two patients as they go through the life-transforming experience of gastric bypass surgery, causing dramatic weight loss. Both patients achieve major life goals, from the simple act of shopping in a regular - not plus-size - clothing store, to the substantial reduction of health risks like heart attack and diabetes. Alan Alda observes Amy?s surgery at a Boston hospital, and visits Rodney as he recovers the day after his operation. Gastric bypass, in which a small, one-ounce, stomach "pouch" is created to replace the natural stomach, is the most common stomach surgery in the US, with 100,000 procedures performed a year - ten times the rate ten years ago.</p> Surgical Slimmers http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/The+Secret+Canyon/639221?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/The+Secret+Canyon/639221?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="The Secret Canyon" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The best kept secret of American archeology is now revealed - an entire canyon of perfectly preserved 1,000-year-old remains. Who were these people - and where did they come from? The segment introduces Utah's Range Creek Canyon that was recently sold to the state and federal governments. The canyon held a secret that the owners had kept to themselves - the whole place is filled with the surprisingly well-preserved remains of the Fremont people, a Native American culture that flourished in the region for about a thousand years. The Fremont are among the most enigmatic of America's ancient peoples. For some reason they built houses and storage granaries in extremely precarious and hazardous places. They were prolific creators of often mysterious rock art. And their way of life appears to have come to a sudden end around 1300 AD.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/The+Secret+Canyon/639221?rss=object Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/The+Secret+Canyon/639221?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="The Secret Canyon" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The best kept secret of American archeology is now revealed - an entire canyon of perfectly preserved 1,000-year-old remains. Who were these people - and where did they come from? The segment introduces Utah's Range Creek Canyon that was recently sold to the state and federal governments. The canyon held a secret that the owners had kept to themselves - the whole place is filled with the surprisingly well-preserved remains of the Fremont people, a Native American culture that flourished in the region for about a thousand years. The Fremont are among the most enigmatic of America's ancient peoples. For some reason they built houses and storage granaries in extremely precarious and hazardous places. They were prolific creators of often mysterious rock art. And their way of life appears to have come to a sudden end around 1300 AD.</p> The Secret Canyon http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Chimp+Minds/644188?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Chimp+Minds/644188?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Chimp Minds" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>A visit with an engaging if unruly bunch of cousins that we formally broke up with about 6 or 7 million years ago - with whom we share almost all of our genes but not a lot of our lifestyle. Why the difference? Maybe it's in how we learn. Alan visits a troupe of seven chimpanzees at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago and learns from them how to go fishing in an artificial termite mound - not for termites, but for ketchup. Just how the chimps themselves learn to deftly insert sticks into the mound is what fascinates primatologist Elizabeth Lonsdorf, who first watched chimps termite fishing in Africa. Alan sees for himself what Elizabeth discovered in her studies of wild chimps: that there are big differences between how boy and girl chimps learn. The young females in the Lincoln Park Zoo quickly picked up the skills of fashioning appropriate tools and fishing out the ketchup from holes.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Chimp+Minds/644188?rss=object Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Scientific+American+Frontiers/Chimp+Minds/644188?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cIWC1vyVL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Chimp Minds" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>A visit with an engaging if unruly bunch of cousins that we formally broke up with about 6 or 7 million years ago - with whom we share almost all of our genes but not a lot of our lifestyle. Why the difference? Maybe it's in how we learn. Alan visits a troupe of seven chimpanzees at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago and learns from them how to go fishing in an artificial termite mound - not for termites, but for ketchup. Just how the chimps themselves learn to deftly insert sticks into the mound is what fascinates primatologist Elizabeth Lonsdorf, who first watched chimps termite fishing in Africa. Alan sees for himself what Elizabeth discovered in her studies of wild chimps: that there are big differences between how boy and girl chimps learn. The young females in the Lincoln Park Zoo quickly picked up the skills of fashioning appropriate tools and fishing out the ketchup from holes.</p> Chimp Minds