NOVA scienceNOW: Season 4, Episode 7

Saving Hubble Update/Gangster Birds/Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa/How Memory Works

Get an astronaut's view of the Hubble repair mission, find out why cowbirds are called "gangster birds," meet a Mexican immigrant farmworker-turned-brain surgeon, and learn how neuroscientists are finding ways to erase memories.

Release Date: 2005-01-25
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6
TMDb: 8.0/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 55

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