NOVA scienceNOW
A new view of leeches; SETI — the search for extraterrestrial intelligence; stem cells; and a profile of Edie Widder, a specialist in marine bioluminescence. Wednesday, July 23rd, 9 pm KUAT6 & KUAT-HD
NOVA Mystery of the Megaflood
It was the greatest flood of the past two million years, and it posed a giant scientific riddle. Tuesday, July 22nd 8:00pm KUAT6 & KUAT-HD
MYSTERY! Foyle’s War, Series V
ALL CLEAR - It’s April 1944, and victory is at hand for the Allies. But, in his final case, Foyle must reveal truths the Allies would rather keep hidden. Sunday, July 27th 8pm KUAT6 & 9pm KUAT-HD
NOVA scienceNOW
What the songs of zebra finches can tell us about the evolution of language; the glorious but mysterious northern lights; a profile of Yoky Matsuoka, a leader in the emerging field of neurobotics; and smart bridges. Wednesday, July 16th 8pm KUAT6 9pm HD
NOVA The Great Inca Rebellion
An ancient Peruvian cemetery crammed with disfigued mummies helps explain a long-standing mystery about the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Tuesday, July 15th 8:00pm KUAT6 & KUAT-HD
HISTORY DETECTIVES
A balloon scrap that may be a missing piece of a secret weapon; a circus program that connects a society woman, FDR and the Boy Scouts; and a letter that links a Navy captain to Camp David. Monday, July 14th 9pm KUAT6 & HD
NATURE Encountering Sea Monsters
Imagine coming face to face with a cannibalistic creature that is as tall as you are and has long tentacles, a razor-sharp beak, and skin that flashes with bizarre, dazzling color. Sunday, July 13th 7:00pm on KUAT6 & 8:00pm KUAT-HD
NOVA scienceNOW
Hubble Space Telescope; early primates; a profile of Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, a former farmworker who is now an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins; Iraqi bacteria. Wednesday, July 9th, 8pm KUAT6 & 9pm KUAT-HD
HISTORY DETECTIVES Episode 602
A mysterious flag may be linked to an African-American infantry regiment that fought in WW I; a painting that may be the work of Seth Eastman; and a two-story building that may have housed a Chinese Tong. Monday, July 7th 9pm KUAT6 & HD
NATURE Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies
The remarkable story of a wild white stallion in the mountains of Montana, whose life has been captured on film by a filmmaker who has spent years documenting the lives of nearly 150 wild mustangs. Thursday, July 10th 8pm KUAT-HD
A CAPITOL FOURTH
Jimmy Smits hosts America’s biggest birthday party, live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. With Huey Lewis and the News, Taylor Hicks, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hayley Westenra and the NSO. Friday, July 4, 5 & 9pm KUAT and 5,6:30,8, 9:30pm on HD
NOVA scienceNOW
The implications of personal genetic profiles; using computers to authenticate art; carbon sequestration; and a profile of Harvard professor Pardis Sabeti, a researcher on the genetics of malaria. Wednesday, July 2, 9-pm KUAT6 & KUAT-HD
WIDE ANGLE Heart of Darfur
WIDE ANGLE's season premiere presents an account of what the U.N. Secretary-General has called “the largest humanitarian crisis in the world.” Tuesday, July 1st, 10 p.m. KUAT6 & 9:30 p.m. KUAT-HD
HISTORY DETECTIVES Season Six Premiere
The history detectives investigate the diary of a WWII pilot; an 1856 book purported to be the memoirs of a New York woman married to a Mormon elder; and an 1853 Napoleon coin said to be shot by Annie Oakley. Monday, June 30th 9 p.m. KUAT6 & KUAT-HD
NOVA scienceNOW
In its third season premiere, NOVA scienceNOW features dark matter; experiments with memory loss in mice; “digital detective” Hany Farid, professor of computer science at Dartmouth; and the “wisdom of the crowd.” Wednesday, June 25th 9 p.m. KUAT6 & HD
