I’m so excited about July’s episodes on NOVA ScienceNOW! The series has a great line-up of genetic and other science segments that can hold anyone’s interest. And it’s perfect if you want your kids to get some brain-juice flowing through the summer.
So beginning June 30 and every Tuesday night at 9pm ET/PT, NOVA at PBS will feature “Super-Science Tuesdays” with new stories from genetics (!!), technology, science and medicine. Check out a couple of these episodes –
June 30 (Tuesday) Episode 1.
Remember the anthrax scare after 9-11 that took months to solve? Well now scientists are using genetic …read more

Anecdotally, you may have heard (or read) of people with autism who are gifted or talented in the arts, music or math. Now researchers have found evidence that autism is associated with intellectual skills.

The finding has emerged from a study of autism among 378 Cambridge University students, which found the condition was up to seven times more common among mathematicians than students in other disciplines. It was also five times more common in the siblings of mathematicians.

No gene has actually been associated, and that’s the next step, but the incidence among family members for autism may suggest some genetic …read more