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
NOVA Secrets of the Samurai Sword
NOVA travels deep into Japan's ancient foundries, follows the craft of the traditional swordsmiths and attends samurai fighting school to reveal the art and science behind making what many call the perfect sword. Saturday, June 28th 8PM KUAT-HD
P.O.V. Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North
When first-time filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history, she and nine fellow descendants set off to retrace the Triangle Trade. Tuesday, June 24th 10PM KUAT6
American Experience: Summer of Love
View a complex portrait of the event many consider the peak of the 1960s counter-culture movement.
MASTERPIECE™ MYSTERY! Inspector Lewis, Series I
Don't miss episode 2, “Old School Ties” - Detective Inspector Robbie Lewis faces his past when he's drawn into a case driven by celebrity, ambition and sexual politics. Sunday, July 6th at a special time - 2:30pm on KUAT6
CARRIER Controlled Chaos
The men and women of the USS Nimitz live beneath the runway of a major airport. They sleep on the roof of a nuclear power plant. It’s a perilous environment. Wednesday, June 25th 10 p.m. KUAT6 & KUAT-HD
NOVA Mystery of the Megavolcano
The Toba eruption during the Ice Age may have helped kick the climate into a freeze and perhaps pushed ancestral human populations to the brink of extinction. Thursday, June 19th 10:00 PM KUAT6
FRONTLINE Young and Restless in China
FRONTLINE presents intimate portraits of nine young Chinese over the course of four years, examining the reality of their lives as they navigate their way through a country that is changing daily. Tuesday, June 17th 9:00 p.m. KUAT6 & KUAT-HD
