Nova

Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. on OPB TV

Peer under the hood of the autonomous automotive industry to learn how exactly driverless cars work.

Photo: Courtesy of WGBH

Oregon Art Beat

Thursday at 8:00 p.m. on OPB TV

In the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration hired up-and-coming photographer Minor White to document some of Portland's early architecture before a number of historic buildings were demolished.

Photo: Minor White/Oregon Historical Society #bb013219

Oregon Field Guide

Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on OPB TV

Visit Alpha Farm, one of the nation's oldest continuously operating communes. Then, see how the group "Unlikely Hikers" is shattering stereotypes about who gets to enjoy the great outdoors, and find out what freshwater mussels tell us about the health of the Willamette River.

Photo: Nick Fisher/Oregon Field Guide/OPB