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Nova Wonders: What's The Universe Made of?
1:00 PM
Nature: Sex, Lies and Butterflies
2:00 PM
SciGirls: Butterfly Diaries
2:30 PM
Insecta: Science That Stings
3:00 PM
Emma Goldman: American Experience
In the 1950s and early '60s, a small band of high-altitude pioneers exposed themselves to the extreme forces of the space age long before NASA's acclaimed Mercury 7 would make headlines. Though largely forgotten today, balloonists were the first to venture into the frozen near-vacuum on the edge of our world, exploring the very limits of human physiology and human ingenuity in this lethal realm.