Neil deGrasse Tyson to host NOVA scienceNOW

Astrophysicist and CSICOP Fellow Neil deGrasse Tyson has been named to host the PBS television science magazine series NOVA scienceNOW. Tyson is director of the Hayden Planetarium in the Rose Center for Earth and Space Science at the American Museum of Natural History: He succeeds departing first-season host Robert Krulwich, who is moving on to National Public Radio.

NOVA scienceNOW is a quarterly hour-long science news magazine launched by NOVA in January 2005. Tyson previously hosted the 2004 PBS series Origins and was a featured scientist on several 2005 episodes of NOVA scienceNOW.

"We are thrilled to have Nell deGrasse Tyson on the NOVA scienceNOW team," Paula Apsell, the senior executive producer, said. "Neil's scientific background and the passion he brings to his work complement perfectly the series' commitment to reporting the most astonishing stories from the frontlines of science-in-process."

Tyson, author of seven science books, including Just Visiting This Planet and The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist, said, "NOVA scienceNOW is the only show on television that presents cutting-edge science stories in this exciting and fresh magazine format, and I relish the challenge of making science accessible and relevant to many different audiences."

COPYRIGHT 2006 Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning