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With growing pressure on the world's gas supply, University of Nebraska biologist George Oyler is working with researchers in California and New Mexico on a fuel alternative -- algae for fuel.
What can Australia reveal about how Earth was born and how life took hold? Join NOVA and host Dr. Richard Smith as they journey back to the very beginning of the Australian story in "Awakening." The first stop is Western... more››
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How did life storm the beaches and dominate planet Earth? Ancient Australian fossils offer clues in "Life Explodes." Half a billion years ago, Australia was still part of the super-continent Gondwana. The oceans were teeming with... more››
"Monsters" begins Down Under at the dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs. Host Richard Smith comes face-to-face with the previously unknown reptilian rulers of prehistoric Australia. NOVA resurrects the giants that stalked the Great... more››
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Join photographer Mike Forsberg and UNL hydrologist Jim Goeke seeks connections between Nebraska Sandhills wildlife and the hidden underground water supply known as the Ogallala Aquifer.
Dodge, NE hog farmer Danny Kluthe uses a methane digester to convert the hog waste from his 7,500 pigs to into methane gas that generates electricity for Kluthe’s home…and nearly 40 other homes.
Nebraska has one of the rarest endangered species – the Salt Creek Tiger Beetle. Watch how Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Lincoln Children’s Zoo are working to rescue, breed and save Tiger Beetles.
ANDRILL's rock cores reveal evidence of changing climate and ice conditions in Antarctica's past. Within the cores are ocean fossils - some easily seen, others microscopic. Watch this NET exclusive video to learn how the biggest discoveries come from the tiny clues - diatoms and forams.
Most of Antarctica's history is buried in layers of rock, deep beneath the ice. Rock cores that ANDRILL retrieves are packed with evidence. But once found, how do geologists read climate history embedded in rock? Watch the following NET exclusive video to find out more.
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Explore Nebraska’s science museums, zoos and parks in this interactive map.