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Clip: Season 45 | 4m 18s
The spinning of the Earth means we don't always see straight paths as straight.
Aired: 09/25/18
Video has closed captioning.National corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Draper. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the David H. Koch Fund for Science, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS viewers.
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Peer into the deep unknowns of the universe to explore its mysteries.
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A revolution in gene editing technology enables scientists to create and edit DNA.
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Discover how a world of microbes living in and on you can make you sick.
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See the world through the eyes of nature’s fastest animal—the peregrine falcon.
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Follow the harrowing operation to rescue 12 boys stranded in a flooded cave in Thailand.
Discover the feats of engineering that made the Concorde the first supersonic airliner.
