Television

'NOVA' moves to the edge of discovery with 'scienceNow'

By Suzanne C. Ryan

Globe Staff / January 23, 2005

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For 32 years, WGBH-TV's "NOVA" has painstakingly explored abstract topics like black holes and global warming. Its one-hour documentaries have been thorough in content, but not particularly timely. Tuesday night at 8, the PBS program hopes to liven things up when it launches its first spinoff show, a newsmagazine called"NOVA scienceNOW," which will use humor, funky graphics, and fast pacing ... (Full article: 1134 words)