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The Venom Chronicles: Platypus Tales

PBS.org — Inside NOVA Imagine yourself standing on the shore of a river in eastern Australia, arms outstretched to avoid being nipped by the flailing, angry platypus you have suspended upside down by its tail. The scene is strange enough

The Venom Chronicles: Platypus Tales

PBS.org — Inside NOVA Imagine yourself standing on the shore of a river in eastern Australia, arms outstretched to avoid being nipped by the flailing, angry platypus you have suspended upside down by its tail. The scene is strange enough

The Venom Chronicles: Dinosaur Venom

PBS.org — Inside NOVA The venom-spitting dinosaur in Jurassic Park may have been fictional, but in a great case of life imitating art, scientists have discovered evidence of a real venomous dinosaur that walked the earth in China over 120 million

The Venom Chronicles: Dinosaur Venom

PBS.org — Inside NOVA The venom-spitting dinosaur in Jurassic Park may have been fictional, but in a great case of life imitating art, scientists have discovered evidence of a real venomous dinosaur that walked the earth in China over 120 million

The Venom Chronicles: Super Spiders

PBS.org — Inside NOVA There are more than 41,000 described species of spider, and over 99% of them are venomous. Mercifully, there are only four small groups of spiders whose venom is lethal to humans, but insects beware: Spider venom can inflict

The Venom Chronicles: Super Spiders

PBS.org — Inside NOVA There are more than 41,000 described species of spider, and over 99% of them are venomous. Mercifully, there are only four small groups of spiders whose venom is lethal to humans, but insects beware: Spider venom can inflict

The Venom Chronicles: Box Jellies

PBS.org — Inside NOVA Jamie Seymour is hunting shadows. Box jellyfish–some of the most terrifying animals on the planet–are completely invisible in water, so the best Seymour can hope to find are the shadows they project onto the shallow ocean

The Venom Chronicles: Box Jellies

PBS.org — Inside NOVA Jamie Seymour is hunting shadows. Box jellyfish–some of the most terrifying animals on the planet–are completely invisible in water, so the best Seymour can hope to find are the shadows they project onto the shallow ocean

The Venom Chronicles: Cobra Face-Off

PBS.org — Inside NOVA When Bruce Young walks into a room filled with spitting cobras, he elicits a terrifying response. “They just love to spit at me,” says the professor at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Spitting cobras have evolved

The Venom Chronicles: Cobra Face-Off

PBS.org — Inside NOVA When Bruce Young walks into a room filled with spitting cobras, he elicits a terrifying response. “They just love to spit at me,” says the professor at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Spitting cobras have evolved

The Venom Chronicles: Venom FAQs

PBS.org — Inside NOVA In anticipation of the NOVA/National Geographic special Venom: Nature’s Killer, premiering February 23 at 9pm on most PBS stations, Inside NOVA is bringing you The Venom Chronicles, a five-part blog series exploring fascinating venomous animals and

The Venom Chronicles: Venom FAQs

PBS.org — Inside NOVA In anticipation of the NOVA/National Geographic special Venom: Nature’s Killer, premiering February 23 at 9pm on most PBS stations, Inside NOVA is bringing you The Venom Chronicles, a five-part blog series exploring fascinating venomous animals and

Repairing Sun-Damaged DNA with Light

PBS.org — Inside NOVA Why don’t trees ever get sunburned? And could we harness their secret to protect our own skin? Researchers are studying how proteins called photolyases, which have been lost to humans through evolutionary time, provide most other

Repairing Sun-Damaged DNA with Light

PBS.org — Inside NOVA Why don’t trees ever get sunburned? And could we harness their secret to protect our own skin? Researchers are studying how proteins called photolyases, which have been lost to humans through evolutionary time, provide most other

A Color-Coded Guide to the Brain

PBS.org — Inside NOVA A new brain mapping technique uses viruses to illuminate neurons in beautiful colors, and can give us detailed visuals of how information travels through the brain. Imagine the brain like an old house, full of complex electrical

A Color-Coded Guide to the Brain

PBS.org — Inside NOVA A new brain mapping technique uses viruses to illuminate neurons in beautiful colors, and can give us detailed visuals of how information travels through the brain. Imagine the brain like an old house, full of complex electrical