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NOVA: Making Stuff: Colder

David Pogue doing a liquid nitrogen demonstration.
Courtesy of David Pogue
David Pogue doing a liquid nitrogen demonstration.

Airs Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013 at 9 p.m. & Sunday, Nov. 3 at 3 p.m. on KPBS

David Pogue during test at USARIEM's Doriot facility.
Courtesy of David Pogue
David Pogue during test at USARIEM's Doriot facility.
David Pogue preparing to try Lockheed Martin flight simulator.
Courtesy of David Pogue
David Pogue preparing to try Lockheed Martin flight simulator.
David Pogue looks on as Melissa Gooch does demonstration, University of Houston.
Courtesy of David Pogue
David Pogue looks on as Melissa Gooch does demonstration, University of Houston.

Host and New York Times technology columnist David Pogue returns to the acclaimed miniseries, MAKING STUFF, which this time explores how technology makes stuff faster (October 16), wilder (October 23), colder (October 30) and safer (November 6).

MAKING STUFF "Colder" airs Wednesday, October 30 at 9 p.m. - Cold. For centuries we’ve fought it, shunned it and huddled against it. Cold has always been the enemy of life, but now it may hold the key to a new generation of science and technology that will improve our lives.

David Pogue explores the frontiers of cold science, from saving the lives of severe trauma patients and cooling a warming planet to ultracold physics, where bizarre new properties of matter are the norm and the basis of new technologies like levitating trains and quantum computers.

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In this brave new world, cold isn’t to be avoided. Cold is the new hot.

Past episodes of NOVA are available for online viewing. NOVA is on Facebook, and you can follow @novapbs on Twitter.

Enjoy "Exploration Wednesdays" including new season of NATURE, NOVA Making Stuff…, and RAW To Ready, on KPBS-TV beginning at 8 p.m. October 16-Novemeber 6, 2013.

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