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It took hundreds of hours to shoot and animate a scene in the so-called Quantum Club, from "The Fabric of the Cosmos" with Brian Greene. NOVA's Julia Cort, one of the producers of the show, explains how she and her colleagues created the scene to make the quantum world come alive.

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If you were a spy, how could you ensure that an encrypted message got safely to your allies? Send it using entangled particles! Here, watch how a technique called quantum cryptography could save a state secret from falling into enemy hands.

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According to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, you can't know both the location and momentum of a particle at the same time. You might not think this could be funny, but watch this video and you might think again.

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After years of planning and construction, the 9/11 Memorial opened to the public on September 12, 2011. In this short video, visitors weigh in on the design and importance of the memorial. "It's very moving, it's graceful, and it's also dignified," says one visitor from Miami, Florida. "It's beautiful. ...
7 World Trade Center was the first tower rebuilt at Ground Zero after 9/11. Developer Larry Silverstein describes some of the building's new features, and explains why he and architect David Childs made changes to the original design.

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Bronze, granite, and water will all play a role at the 9/11 Memorial. In this short video, the memorial's architect and designer, Michael Arad, examines a small mock-up that has been assembled at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to see how the materials interact, how they hold up to the elements, and what the ...
What are composting toilets, computers, and a restaurant doing suspended hundreds of feet above Ground Zero? In this short video, learn how an engineering conundrum allowed the steel company, DCM Erectors, to install modern amenities at the One World Trade Center worksite.

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The glass façade, or curtain wall, of One World Trade Center does far more than let light into the building. In this short video, learn how state-of-the-art glass panels covering the tower offer strength, safety, and beauty to the new skyscraper.

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Would summer be complete without hot days, lemonade stands, and... cosmology? We asked people near the MIT campus to explain spacetime in exchange for free lemonade. See what they said.

Got your own explanation for spacetime? Post your videos on our Facebook page.

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A synthetic biologist's Nebraska farm roots are serving him well in his search for new, clean-burning biofuels.

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Our electric grid is a marvel of 20th-century engineering, but it's showing signs of strain. Can a "smart grid" help?

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Tiny, battery-powered cars called EN-Vs, now in R&D;, can talk to each other, come when called, even drive themselves.

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Can we predict earthquakes? NOVA scienceNOW visits Haiti and California in search of answers.

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Would you want a robotic friend who could chitchat, do chores, even take care of you? Such bots may be here soon.

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Can we erase bad memories with a shot? This neurobiologist has glimpsed the possibility.

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Icky and itchy, yes, but lice hold important clues to our evolution in their DNA.

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The shock wave from a supernova may have triggered the formation of our sun and planets five billion years ago.

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One woman's 30-year relationship with an African gray parrot transformed our understanding of bird intelligence.

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Hold your fork—octopuses and other mollusks are more intelligent than you may think.

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These brainy marine mammals can "read," plan ahead, and communicate in astounding ways.

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