Science Pilots | PBS

WIRED SCIENCE brings WIRED magazine's cutting-edge vision, stylish design and irreverent attitude to the screen with breakout ideas, recent discoveries and the latest innovations. The pilot episode takes the viewer into the world of meteorite hunters, where space, commerce and art intersect; travels to Yellowstone National Park to harvest viruses that may hold the key to a technology revolution; and dives underwater to explore NEEMO, NASA's extreme astronaut training program. Viewers will meet rocket-belt inventors, stem cell explorers and the developer of an electric car that goes from zero-to-60 in under four seconds. WIRED SCIENCE is produced by KCET Los Angeles in association with WIRED magazine. Visit WIRED SCIENCE at http://www.pbs.org/wiredscience/

Science Investigators is a new and groundbreaking television program that takes a 21st century, cutting-edge approach to the subject of science. The show will provide solutions to a series of scientific mysteries in a fresh, captivating way. Full of information told through compelling stories, the series is presented by four lively young hosts, armed with the latest gadgets and technology, who make this a science show with attitude for the blog-generation. In the first episode, we ask: What can DNA from a more than 30,000 year-old Neanderthal man tell us about ourselves? Are vanishing frogs an early warning sign of hazards to come? Why is the knuckleball one of the most mind-boggling pitches in baseball? Will bacteria be used to power iPods in the future? We also tell the moving story of an injured Iraq war veteran searching for a better bionic arm. Finally, we ask whether NASCAR drivers are ready for a new kind of racecar - one that's all electric. Science Investigators is produced by WGBH Boston and Lion Television. Visit Science Investigators at http://www.pbs.org/si/

22nd Century examines dramatic changes being made by contemporary scientific and technological research. The pilot episode, "World Wide Mind," is about a new theory that suggests in the coming decades all our brains will be wired together just as computers were wired together via the World Wide Web during the 1990s. Three characters view these scientific advances from past, present and future perspectives. An actor portraying Aldous Huxley, late author of Brave New World, who worried about the dehumanizing consequences of new technology, will be the voice from the past. The second character will be an impartial observer from the present, an everyday person who is affected by current technological developments. The third will be a character from the future, who presents an optimistic view of all the possibilities these technologies offer. 22nd Century is produced by Boston Science Communications, Inc. and Towers Productions in collaboration with Twin Cities Public Television. Visit 22nd Century at http://www.pbs.org/22ndcentury/