Nova ScienceNow

Nova ScienceNow (2005)★ 8.5/10

US · 60 min · January 25, 2005 · 6 seasons

  • Documentary

Directed by: Joshua Seftel, Julia Cort, Terri Randall, Dean Irwin, Robe Imbriano

Written by: Elizabeth Arledge, Kristian Berg, Michael Bicks, David Chmura, Matthew Collins

Uncover the complicated truth behind our sense of taste.

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Neil deGrasse TysonSelf - HostChad CohenSelf - CorrespondentZiya TongSelf - CorrespondentDavid PogueSelf - HostPeter StandringSelf - CorrespondentJacob WardSelf - CorrespondentRobert KrulwichSelf - CorrespondentStephen SteinerSelf - Materials ScientistBrian HareSelfSherry TurkleSelfRodney BrooksSelf - MITMary SchweitzerSelf - paleontologistKristi Curry RogersSelf - PaleontologistManel EstellerSelfDavid SpergelSelfDerek BriggsSelfElonka DuninSelfCarla WohlSelfRandy JirtleSelfEd ScheidtSelfJim GilloglySelfJean-Pierre IssaSelfSaid MusaSelfJames SanbornSelfJim WycheSelfJennifer WittmeyerSelfRaymond RogersSelf - geologistBernice WaightSelfArlie PettersSelfHany FaridSelf - Digital Forensic ExpertRob MorsbergerSelfMatthew WalkerSelfDoug QuadeCorrespondentHarold Andy HildebrandSelf - Inventor of Auto-Tune Pitch Correction Software, Founder of Antares Audio TechnologiesRobert StickgoldSelfAmita SehgalSelfJonathan BlochSelfMatthew WilsonSelfDoug BoyerSelfEric SargisSelfKun Woo LeeSelfTish TuttleSelfSang-Mook LeeSelfMary T. SilcoxSelfMike GurnisSelfBruce FoukeSelfBeatrice MagnaniSelfDan ShimSelfGary PattersonSelfJustin Goger MaloSelf... Technical Manager for Antares Audio TechnologiesPenn JilletteSelf - MagicianTellerSelf - MagicianMichael MassiminoSelf - NASA AstronautMo RoccaSelf - CorrespondentApollo RobbinsSelf - MagicianPaolo MacchiariniSelf - USP Instituto Universitario DexeusAlex LiuSelfKirk WolfingerSelf - CorrespondentRaymond KurzweilSelf - Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.Peggy WhitsonSelf - NASA AstronautDoug HamiltonSelf - CorrespondentMac KingSelf - MagicianRoger HanlonSelf - Marine Biological LaboratorySuni WilliamsSelf - NASA AstronautDavid EaglemanSelf - NeuroscientistSteffie TomsonSelf - Research AssistantJerry LinengerSelf - NASA Astronaut, 1992-1998Franklin Chang-DiazSelf - Astrophysicist, Ad Astra Rocket Co.David FerrucciSelf - IBM ResearchDiana ReissSelf - Hunter CollegeRebecca SaxeSelf - MITJason LeighSelf - Computer ScientistCynthia KenyonSelf - University of California, San FranciscoMichael FoaleSelf - NASA AstronautDava NewmanSelf - MITJean-Jacques HublinSelf - Max Planck InstituteAndre FentonSelf - NeurobiologistMeenakshi WadhwaSelf - Director, Meteorite Studies Center, Arizona State UniversityLaurence GarvieSelf - Geochemist, Arizona State UniversitySusana Martínez-CondeSelf - Barrow Neurological InstituteDoris TaylorSelf - University of MinnesotaRobert LangerSelf - MITClive D.L. WynneSelf - University of FloridaNir BarzilaiSelf - Albert Einstein College of MedicineJack SzostakSelf - Massachusetts General HospitalJohn CallasSelf - Mars Rover Project ManagerJohn SutherlandSelf - University of ManchesterIrene PepperbergSelf - BiologistDavid ReedSelf - Florida Museum of Natural HistoryDavid HansonSelf - Hanson RoboticsVijay VaitheeswaranSelf - The EconomistVandi VermaSelf - Mars Rover DriverSmith JohnstonSelf - NASA Flight SurgeonDavid GondekSelf - IBM ResearchJay KeaslingSelf - Joint BioEnergy InstituteMark StonekingSelf - Max Planck InstituteSigrid CloseSelf - Stanford UniversitySteve DeschSelf - Astrophysicist, Arizona State UniversityJanna KaplanSelf - Brandeis UniversityStan KuczajSelf - University of Southern MississippiJean Berko GleasonSelf - Psycholinguist, Boston UniversityClayton AndersonSelf - NASA AstronautBradley WillcoxSelf - Kuakini Medical CenterAlan BossSelf - Astrophysicist, Carnegie Institute of WashingtonRuben GarciaSelf - Meteorite HunterIrv GordonSelf - Car OwnerAlvaro Pascual-LeoneSelf - Harvard Medical SchoolVickie KloerisSelf - NASA Food ScientistMichele PerchonokSelf - NASA Food ScientistHarald OttSelf - Massachusetts General HospitalStephen MacknikSelf - Barrow Neurological InstituteAndrew S.W. ThomasSelf - NASA AstronautRichard J. Coppedge Jr.Self - The Culinary Institute of AmericaMark GeorgeSelf - Medical University of South CarolinaJoseph VacantiSelf - Massachusetts General HospitalErnest MajerSelf - Lawrence Berkeley National LabTom JordanSelf - University of Southern CaliforniaDaniel DarancouSelf - General MotorsJames LacknerSelf - Brandeis UniversityDon VaughnSelf - Research AssistantThomas H. JordanSelf - Southern California Earthquake CenterBlake SimmonsSelf - Joint BioEnergy InstituteAngela LinSelf - SynestheteJames HiraiSelf - 91 Years OldKathie HahnSelf - Fan of AlexArlene LewinSelf - Lab ManagerHannah BosleySelf - SynestheteTodd SacktorSelf - Neurologist, SUNY DownstateMatt AndrewsSelf - University of MinnesotaAndrea ThomazSelf - Georgia TechDallas K. Schittler Jr.Self - Fan of AlexBill HicksSelf - Hanson RoboticsClaudia CastilloSelf - Transplant PatientTimothy DonlonSelf - Kuakini Medical CenterSabrina GilmoreSelf - NASA Space Suit InstructorJoe OrnatoSelf - Virginia Commonwealth UniversityBeth Van De BusscheSelf - WifeJose-Manuel AlonsoSelf - State University of New YorkMark HallSelf - Biomes Marine Biology CenterEric LightnerSelf - U.S. Department of EnergyCharlie KempSelf - Georgia TechDieuseul AngladeSelf - Haiti Bureau of Mines and EnergyLisa RobinsonSelf - Andre's WifeJohn W. PillySelf - Wofford CollegeChristopher Borroni-BirdSelf - General MotorsEmily BurdettSelf - SynestheteDuane MatejkaSelf - MechanicEric CalaisSelf - Purdue UniversityErik WilsonSelf - GM, Labrador Mountain Ski ResortMax KeaslingSelf - Jay's FatherTodd Van De BusscheSelf - Cooling Therapy PatientEdgar BeringSelf - Astrophysicist, University of HoustonDonald HendersonSelf - White Sands Test FacilityRiche VermontSelf - MechanicAnna SchwartzSelf - Research AssistantChuck YogiSelf - 91 Years OldCarol SokalskiSelf - Fan of AlexWendy RogersSelf - Georgia TechTeri BoltonSelf - Roatan Institute for Marine SciencesMatt PownerSelf - University of ManchesterBéatrice GerlandSelf - University of ManchesterHarold LaufmanSelf - 98 Years OldKathleen LanceSelf - Fan of AlexJoseph ZerrSelf - SynesthetePaul TompkinsSelf - Space Robotics EngineerWolfgang PuckSelfBridget LancasterSelfMichael OrenSelfDavid MarantzDr. Thomas HarveyDerek AmatoSelfNathan MyhrvoldSelfDonald Carl JohansonSelfDaniel LiebermanSelfEd GreenSelfTom SeeleySelfDennis HongSelfLaurie SantosSelfDarold A. TreffertSelfBruce BradleySelfJohn GolfinosSelfAdrien TreuilleSelfKate SpradleySelfJim KorinekSelfRichard WranghamSelfIain D. CouzinSelfTan LeSelfFriederike RangeSelfLarry CahillSelfClifford NassSelfJohn DonoghueSelfAlexandra HorowitzSelfMarcel JustSelfDale DoughertySelfDean FalkSelfNita A. FarahanySelfZeresenay AlemsegedSelfCharles WalcottSelfMichael O'BoyleSelfFred SpoorSelfGuy CrosbySelfRuss AngoldSelfTodd DennisSelfJoshua W. BuckholtzSelfLeigh HochbergSelfTadayoshi KohnoSelfPeter CummingsSelfJon HagstrumSelfPeggy MasonSelfLinda BartoshukSelfStephen SecorSelfApril RuizSelfMarina Davila-RossSelfAlberto GiordanoSelfRichard HaierSelfBruce MillerSelfShyam NarayananSelfJennifer VendemiaSelfAnne PringleSelfGina MireaultSelfNikko JacksonSelfDonald J. KrapohlSelfJeff TomberlinSelfThierry ChaminadeSelfSandra WitelsonSelfBarb StuckeySelfSelam HailemariamSelfFred LeporeSelfKarl KoscherSelfThurmon LockhartSelfFranzi RoesnerSelfNelly Alia-KleinSelfKeith GainesSelfDavid FrayerSelfRodeny BrooksSelfDietrich StoutSelfKevin M. BeaverSelfMichelle D. HamiltonSelfGerardo RamirezSelfCynthia ThompsonSelfMichael TateSelfJeffery SchallSelfSian BeilockSelfHenry FuchsSelfDan LeeSelfBabak ParvizSelfConor MyhrvoldSelfScott HeimendingerSelfDaniel HalperinSelfTaryn KohnoSelfMonica MartinezSelfRhiju DasSelfMike WalkerSelfTom MitchellSelfGordon M. ShepherdSelfJoy HirschSelfAnna GagliardoSelf