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Personal Genome; Digital Art Authentication; Carbon Sequestration; Pardis Sabeti Profile

NOVA scienceNOW · Season 3 · Episode 2
Personal DNA Testing - Genetic testing to assess risk factors for a handful of serious illnesses is now commercially available. But is it a good idea?



Art Authentication - See how clever computer algorithms can distinguish a master fake from a masterpiece.



Capturing Carbon - An eighth-grader's science fair project prompts her scientist father to develop a new way to pull excess carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.



Profile: Pardis Sabeti - By night she's a rocker. By day, she's a Harvard geneticist tracking the evolution of the human genome.

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Season
3
Episode
2
Air Date
02/Jul/2008
Air Time
Runtime
55 min

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Personal DNA Testing - Genetic testing to assess risk factors for a handful of serious illnesses is now commercially available. But is it a good idea?



Art Authentication - See how clever computer algorithms can distinguish a master fake from a masterpiece.



Capturing Carbon - An eighth-grader's science fair project prompts her scientist father to develop a new way to pull excess carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.



Profile: Pardis Sabeti - By night she's a rocker. By day, she's a Harvard geneticist tracking the evolution of the human genome.

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