NOVA
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First Air DateMar 03, 1974
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ProductionGBH
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Rotten tomato69%
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Original titleNOVA
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ReleaseMar 03, 1974
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Overview
PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and technology, and highlights the people involved in scientific pursuits.
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Casts

Specials ( 1999-07-13)

To The Moon
Eclipse Over America
Blood Sugar Rising

Gene-Editing Reality Check
Search Engine Breakdown
Predicting My MS

Sea Change: Bounty in the Gulf of Maine

Sea Change: Peril in the Gulf of Maine

Sea Change: Survival in the Gulf of Maine

Season 1 ( 1974-03-03)

The Making Of A Natural History Film
Where Did the Colorado Go?
Whales, Dolphins, and Men
The Search For Life
Last of the Cuiva
Strange Sleep
The Crab Nebula
Bird Brain: The Mystery of Bird Navigation
Are You Doing This for Me, Doctor?
The First Signs Of Washoe
The Case of the Midwife Toad
Fusion: The Energy of Promise
The Mystery Of The Anasazi

Season 2 ( 1974-11-03)
Why Do Birds Sing?
How Much Do You Smell?
The Hunting Of The Quark
The Secrets Of Sleep
Inside the Golden Gate
The Men Who Painted Caves
Red Sea Coral
War From the Air
What Time is Your Body?
The Rise And Fall Of DDT
Take the World From Another Point of View
The Lysenko Affair
The Tuaregs
The Plutonium Connection
The Other Way
The Lost World Of The Maya
Will The Fishing Have to Stop?

Season 3 ( 1976-01-04)
Predictable Disaster
Joey
Meditation and the Mind
The Planets
A Desert Place
A Small Imperfection
Ninety Degrees Below
The Race for the Double Helix
The Renewable Tree
The Williamsburgh File
The Overworked Miracle
The Transplant Experiment
The Underground Movement
Hunters of the Seal
Benjamin
The Women Rebel
Death of a Disease
Inside the Shark
The Genetic Chance
The Case of the Bermuda Triangle

Season 4 ( 1977-01-05)

Hitler's Secret Weapon
The Hot Blooded Dinosaurs
What Price Coal?
The Sunspot Mystery
The Plastic Prison
Incident at Brown's Ferry
Bye Bye Blackbird
The Pill for the People
The Gene Engineers
The Human Animal
The Wolf Equation
The Dawn of the Solar Age
The Business of Extinction
The Red Planet
Tongues of Men (1)
Tongues of Men (2)
Linus Pauling: Crusading Scientist
Across the Silent Barrier
The New Healers

Season 5 ( 1978-01-04)
In The Event of Catastrophe
The Green Machine
Blueprints in the Bloodstream
One Small Step
The Final Frontier
BaMiki BaNdula: Children of the Forest
Trial of Denton Cooley
The Great Wine Revolution
The Case of the Ancient Astronauts
The Mind Machines
Icarus' Children
Still Waters
Battle for the Acropolis
The Road to Happiness. : The Life and Times of Henry Ford
Laser : Light of the 21st Century
Insect Alternative
The Desert's Edge
The Tsetse Trap
Memories From Eden
A Whisper from Space
Alaska: The Closing Frontier

Season 6 ( 1979-01-04)
Black Tide
Long Walk Of Fred Young
A World Of Difference
Cashing In On The Ocean
Patterns From The Past
The Invisible Flame
The End Of The Rainbow
The Beersheva Experiment
Einstein
The Keys Of Paradise
A Plague on our Children
Life on a Silken Thread
Sweet Solutions
Race for the Gold
All Part of the Game
India: Machinery of Hope
The Bridge that Spanned the World
Termites to Telescopes
Blindness: Five Points of Views

Season 7 ( 1980-01-15)
The Elusive Illness
A is for Atom, B is for Bomb
Living Machines
Portrait of a Killer
Umealit: The Whale Hunters
The Safety Factor
A Mediterranean Prospect
Mr. Ludwig's Tropical Dreamland
The Pinks and the Blues
The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian
The Sea Behind the Dunes
Do We Really Need the Rockes?
The Big IF
Voyager: Jupiter & Beyond
The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
The Water Crisis
Moving Still
A Touch of Sensitivity
The Red Deer of Rhum
It's About Time

Season 8 ( 1981-01-06)
Doctors of Nigeria
Message in the Rocks
The Dead Sea Lives
Anatomy of a Volcano
The Science of Murder
The Malady of Health Care
Beyond the Milky Way
The Asteroid and the Dinosaur
Animal Olympians
Resolution on Saturn
Computers, Spies and Private Lives
Why America Burns
The Great Violin Mystery
Cosmic Fire
Locusts: War Without End
Did Darwin Get It Wrong?
Artists in the Lab
Notes of a Biology Watcher: A Film with Lewis Thomas
City Spaces, Human Places
Twins

Season 9 ( 1982-01-10)
Salmon on the Run
Test-Tube Babies: A Daughter For Judy
Field Guide to Roger Tory Peterson
The Hunt for the Legion Killer
Finding a Voice
The Television Explosion
Life: Patent Pending
Palace of Delights
Animal Impostors
Aging: The Methuselah Syndrome
The Case of the UFOs
The Fragile Mountain
Here's Looking At You Kid
Adventures of Teenage Scientists
The Cobalt Blues
Goodbye Louisiana
Whale Watch
Tracking The Supertrains
The Making of a Natural History Film

Season 10 ( 1983-01-18)
Hawaii: Crucible of Life
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
Lassa Fever
The Miracle of Life
Asbestos: A Lethal Legacy
City of Coral
Fat Chance in a Thin World
Sixty Minutes to Meltdown
Signs of the Apes, Songs of the Whales
The Artificial Heart
Talking Turtle
Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial
To Live Until You Die: The Work of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
A Magic Way of Going: The Story of Thoroughbreds
A Normal Face: The Wonders of Plastic Surgery
Captives of Care
Twenty-Five Years in Space
Nuclear Strategy for Beginners
The Climate Crisis
Eyes Over China
Alcoholism: Life Under The Influence

Season 11 ( 1984-01-17)
The Case of ESP
Antarctica: Earth's Last Frontier
China's Only Child
Will I Walk Again?
Visions of the Deep: The Underwater World of Al Giddings
Down on the Farm
Make My People Live: The Crisis in Indian Health Care
The World According to Weisskopf
Space Bridge to Moscow
The National Science Test I
Fountains of Paradise
The Mystery of Yellow Rain
The Nomads of the Rain Forest
Farmers of the Sea
Frontiers of Plastic Surgery
Space Women
Jaws: The True Story
Acid Rain: New Bad News
Stephen Jay Gould: This View of Life
The Garden of Inheritance

Season 12 ( 1985-01-15)
Edgerton and His Incredible Seeing Machines
Global Village
Conquest of the Parasites
In the Land of the Polar Bears
AIDS: Chapter One
The Shape of Things
Baby Talk
The Mathematical Mystery Tour
Child's Play: Prodigies and Possibilities
Monarch of the Mountains
The National Science Test II
Seeds of Tomorrow
What Einstein Never Knew
The Robot Revolution?
The Magic of Special Effects
Child Survival: The Silent Emergency
Tornado!
The Genetic Gamble
Animal Architects
The Plane that Changed the World

Season 13 ( 1986-01-21)
Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime
Goddess of the Earth
Horsemen of China
Life's First Feelings
The Case of the Frozen Addict
Toxic Trials
Skydive to the Rain Forest
Return of the Osprey
The Rise of a Wonder Drug
When Wonder Drugs Don't Work
Visions of Star Wars
The Search for the Disappeared
The Planet that Got Knocked on its Side
High-Tech Babies
Can AIDS Be Stopped?
Is Anybody Out There?
Mystery of the Animal Pathfinders
Are You Swimming in a Sewer?
Sail Wars!
Leprosy Can Be Cured!
How Babies Get Made

Season 14 ( 1987-01-20)
Countdown to the Invisible Universe
Children of Eve
Why Planes Crash
Orangutans of the Rain Forest
Freud Under Analysis
The Hole in the Sky
Confessions of a Weaponeer
Great Moments from NOVA
Will the World Starve?
The Desert Doesn't Bloom Here Anymore
Rocky Road to Jupiter

Death of a Star
Spy Machines
Hidden Power of Plants
Japan's American Genius
A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama
Volcano!
How Good is Soviet Science?
Ancient Treasures from the Deep
Riddle of the Joints
Secrets of the Lost Red Paint People

Season 15 ( 1988-01-19)
Top Gun and Beyond
How to Create a Junk Food
Buried in Ice
Why Planes Burn
Battles in the War on Cancer: A Wonder Drug on Trial
Battles in the War on Cancer: Turning the Tide
The Mystery of the Master Builders
Whale Rescue
The Man Who Loved Numbers
Race for the Superconductor
Can You Still Get Polio?
Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft
Pioneers of Surgery: Into the Heart
Pioneers of Surgery: New Organs for Old
Pioneers of Surgery: Beyond the Knife
Can the Vatican Save the Sistine Chapel?
Can the Next President Win the Space Race?
Do Scientists Cheat?
Who Shot President Kennedy?
The Light Stuff
The All-American Bear
Can We Make a Better Doctor?

Season 16 ( 1989-01-17)
Hot Enough for You?
The Last Journey of a Genius
The Strange New Science of Chaos
Back to Chernobyl
God, Darwin and the Dinosaurs
Adrift on the Gulf Stream
Secrets of Easter Island (1)
Legends of Easter Island (2)
The World Is Full of Oil!
Confronting the Killer Gene
The Hidden City
The Controversial Dr. Koop
Design Wars!
Echoes of War
Decoding the Book of Life
Hurricane!
Will Venice Survive Its Rescue?
What Is Music?
Yellowstone's Burning Question
The Schoolboys Who Cracked the Soviet Secret

Season 17 ( 1990-01-09)
Poison in the Rockies
Race for the Top
Disguises of War
The Bomb's Lethal Legacy
The Big Spill
The Genius That Was China: Rise of the Dragon
The Genius That Was China: Empires in Collision
The Genius that Was China: The Threat from Japan
The Genius That Was China: Will the Dragon Rise Again?
The KGB, The Computer and Me
Neptune's Cold Fury
To Boldly Go...
Poisoned Winds of War
The Blimp is Back!
Earthquake!
Killing Machines
Can the Elephant Be Saved?
We Know Where You Live
In the Land of the Llamas
What's Killing the Children?

Season 18 ( 1991-01-08)
Return to Mt. St. Helens
ConFusion in a Jar
The Hunt for China's Dinosaurs (1)
Case of the Flying Dinosaur
T. rex Exposed
The Russian Right Stuff: The Invisible Spaceman
The Russian Right Stuff: The Dark Side of the Moon
The Russian Right Stuff: The Mission
Swimming With Whales
The Chip vs. the Chess Master
Sex, Lies and Toupee Tape
So You Want to Be a Doctor?
Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Suicide Mission to Chernobyl
Taller Than Everest?
Fastest Planes in the Sky
Avoiding the Surgeon's Knife
Skyscraper! A NOVA Special
The Fine Art of Faking It

Season 19 ( 1992-01-14)
Hell Fighters of Kuwait
Submarine!
Saddam's War on Wildlife
What Smells?
Can You Believe TV Ratings?
Making a Dishonest Buck
Rescuing Baby Whales
An Astronaut's View of the Earth
Eclipse of the Century
Animal Olympians II
The Genius Behind the Bomb
Mind of a Serial Killer
Search for the First Americans
Rafting Through the Grand Canyon
This Old Pyramid
Iceman
Private Lives of Dolphins
Brain Transplant
Can You Stop People From Drinking?
Sex and the Single Rhino

Season 20 ( 1993-01-05)

The Hunt for Saddam's Secret Weapons

Can Bombing Win a War?
The Deadly Deception
Nazis and the Russian Bomb
In the Path of a Killer Volcano
Can Science Build a Champion Athlete?
Diving for Pirate Gold
Murder, Rape and DNA
The Lost Tribe
The NOVA Quiz
Wanted: Butch and Sundance
Secrets of the Psychics
Dying to Breathe
Shadow of the Condor
The Real Jurassic Park

Roller Coaster!
Mysterious Crash of Flight 201
Great Moments from NOVA
The Best Mind Since Einstein
Stranger in the Mirror

Season 21 ( 1994-01-18)
Codebreakers
Dinosaurs of the Gobi
Daredevils of the Sky
Journey to Kilimanjaro
Can Chimps Talk?
In Search of Human Origins, Part One
In Search of Human Origins, Part Two
In Search of Human Origins, Part Three
Can China Kick the Habit?
Aircraft Carrier!
The Great Wildlife Heist
Secret of the Wild Child
Haunted Cry of a Long Gone Bird
What's New About Menopause
The Tribe that Time Forgot
Killer Quake!
Buried in Ash
Rescue Mission in Space
Journey to the Sacred Sea
In Search of the First Language

Season 22 ( 1995-01-08)
Mammoths of the Ice Age
Vikings in America
Little Creatures Who Run the World
Nazi Designers of Death
Siamese Twins
Mystery of the Senses—Hearing
Mystery of the Senses—Smell
Mystery of the Senses—Taste
Mystery of the Senses—Touch
Mystery of the Senses—Vision
The Universe Within
Making of a Doctor
Fast Cars

Season 23 ( 1995-10-10)
Anastasia Dead or Alive?
Venus Unveiled
Hawaii Born of Fire
The Doomsday Asteroid
Lightning!
Hunt for the Serial Arsonist
Treasures of the Great Barrier Reef
Race to Catch a Buckyball
Can Buildings Make You Sick?
Terror in the Mine Fields
The Day the Earth Shook
B-29 Frozen in Time
Plague Fighters
War Machines of Tomorrow
Kidnapped by U.F.O.'s?
Flood!
Dr. Spock the Baby Doc
Warriors of the Amazon
Bombing of America

Season 24 ( 1996-10-01)
Einstein Revealed
Lost City of Arabia
Three Men and a Balloon
Secrets of Making Money
Top Gun Over Moscow
Shark Attack
Odyssey of Life: The Ultimate Journey (1)
Odyssey of Life: The Unknown World (2)
Odyssey of Life: The Photographer's Secrets (3)
Cracking the Ice Age

Kaboom!
Titanic's Lost Sister

Secrets Of Lost Empires (1): Pyramid

Secrets of Lost Empires: Stonehenge (1)

Secrets of Lost Empires: Inca (2)

Secrets of Lost Empires: Obelisk (3)

Secrets of Lost Empires: Colosseum (4)
Hunt for Alien Worlds
Curse of T.rex
Cut to the Heart
Kingdom of the Seahorse

Season 25 ( 1997-10-07)
Coma

Faster Than Sound
Bomb Squad
The Proof
Wild Wolves With David Attenborough
Super Bridge

Treasures of the Sunken City
Avalanche!
Danger in the Jet Stream
Night Creatures of the Kalahari
Mysterious Mummies of China
Supersonic Spies
Animal Hospital
The Brain Eater
Everest - The Death Zone
Search for the Lost Cave People
Warnings from the Ice
Crocodiles! With David Attenborough
The Truth About Impotence
The Perfect Pearl

Season 26 ( 1998-10-06)

Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
Chasing El Nino
Terror In Space
Special Effects: Titanic and Beyond
Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius

Ice Mummies: Frozen in Heaven (1)
Ice Mummies: Siberian Ice Maiden (2)
Ice Mummies: Return of the Iceman (3)
Leopards of the Night with David Attenborough

The Perfect Pearl
The Beast of Loch Ness

Submarines, Secrets, and Spies
Everest: The Mystery of Mallory and Irvin
Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Fire (1)
Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Car Crash (2)
Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Plane Crash (3)
Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Abandon Ship (4)
Battle Alert in the Gulf
Volcanoes of the Deep
Surviving AIDS

Season 27 ( 1999-10-05)

Fall of the Leaning Tower

Time Travel

The Killer's Trail

Island of the Spirits

Decoding Nazi Secrets

Voyage of Doom

Electric Heart

Tales from the Hive

Lost on Everest

Secrets of Lost Empires: Medieval Siege (1)

Diamond Deception

Secrets of Lost Empires: Pharaoh's Obelisk (2)

Trillion Dollar Bet

Secrets of Lost Empires: Easter Island (3)

Mystery of the First Americans

Secrets of Lost Empires: Roman Bath (4)

Lost Tribes of Israel

Secrets of Lost Empires: China Bridge (5)

What's Up with the Weather?

Stationed in the Stars

The Vikings

Season 28 ( 2000-10-24)

Lincoln's Secret Weapon

Holocaust on Trial

Hitler's Lost Sub

Runaway Universe

Garden of Eden

Dying to Be Thin

Japan's Secret Garden

Sultan's Lost Treasure

Vanished!

Nazi Prison Escape

Lost King of the Maya

The Cancer Warrior

Survivor M.D.: Tattooed Doctor (1)

Survivor M.D.: Second Opinions (2)

Survivor M.D.: Hearts & Minds (3)

Cracking the Code of Life

Harvest of Fear

Season 29 ( 2001-10-02)

Search for a Safe Cigarette

18 Ways to Make a Baby

Secrets of the Mind

Sex: Unknown

Russia's Nuclear Warriors

Bioterror

Life's Greatest Miracle

Methuselah Tree

Flying Casanovas

Death Star

Neanderthals on Trial
Fireworks

Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies

The Missing Link

Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance

Why the Towers Fell

Fire Wars

Season 30 ( 2002-09-03)

Killer Disease on Campus

Mysterious Life of Caves

Lost Roman Treasure

Galileo's Battle for the Heavens

Volcano's Deadly Warning

Sinking City of Venice

The Orchid Hunter

Spies That Fly

Last Flight of Bomber 31

Ancient Creature of the Deep

Battle of the X-Planes

Mountain of Ice

Lost Treasures of Tibet

Dirty Bomb

Deep Sea Invasion

Secret of Photo 51

Season 31 ( 2003-09-30)

Infinite Secrets

Who Killed the Red Baron?

The Elegant Universe: Einstein's Dream (1)

The Elegant Universe: String's the Thing (2)

The Elegant Universe: Welcome to the 11th Dimension (3)

Wright Brothers' Flying Machine

Magnetic Storm

Volcano Above the Clouds

MARS Dead or Alive

Secrets of the Crocodile Caves

Dogs and More Dogs

Descent Into the Ice

Crash of Flight 111

Life and Death in the War Zone

Hunt for the Supertwister

World in the Balance: The People Paradox (1)

World in the Balance: China Revs Up (2)

Battle Plan Under Fire

Season 32 ( 2004-09-28)

Origins: Earth is Born

Origins: How Life Began

Origins: Where Are the Aliens?

Origins: Back to the Beginning

The Most Dangerous Woman in America

America's Stone Age Explorers

Great Escape

Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land

Welcome to Mars

The Boldest Hoax

Supersonic Dream

The Viking Deception

Saving the National Treasures

A Daring Flight

Wave That Shook the World
Hitler's Sunken Secret
Newton's Dark Secrets
Storm That Drowned a City

Season 33 ( 2005-09-20)

Mystery of the Megaflood

Sinking the Supership

Einstein's Big Idea

Volcano Under the City

Hitler's Sunken Secret

Newton's Dark Secrets

Storm That Drowned a City

The Mummy Who Would Be King

Deadly Ascent

The Perfect Corpse

Jewel of the Earth

The Ghost Particle

Arctic Passage

The Great Robot Race: Nova

Voyage to the Mystery Moon

Dimming the Sun
Wings of Madness
Family That Walks on All Fours
ScienceNOW: Extinction
Underwater Dream Machine

Season 34 ( 2006-09-05)

Building on Ground Zero

Mystery of the Megavolcano

The Deadliest Plane Crash

Monster of the Milky Way

Wings of Madness

Family That Walks on All Fours

Underwater Dream Machine

Forgotten Genius

The Last Great Ape

Kings of Camouflage

First Flower

Saved by the Sun

Pocahontas Revealed

Bone Diggers

The Great Inca Rebellion

Season 35 ( 2007-10-09)

Secrets of the Samurai Sword

Ghost in Your Genes

Marathon Challenge

Sputnik Declassified

Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial

Master of the Killer Ants

Missing in MiG Alley

Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold

Absolute Zero: The Race for Absolute Zero

Secrets of the Parthenon

Astrospies

Ape Genius

The Four Winged Dinosaur

Cracking the Maya Code

Car of the Future

A Walk to Beautiful

Lord of the Ants

Season 36 ( 2008-10-07)

Arctic Dinosaurs

Space Shuttle Disaster

Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives

Hunting The Hidden Dimension

Alien From Earth

The Bible's Buried Secrets

Ocean Animal Emergency

Is There Life On Mars?

The Big Energy Gamble

The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies

The Spy Factory

Rat Attack

Extreme Ice

Last Extinction

Doctors' Diaries Pt.1

Doctors' Diaries Pt.2

Musical Minds

Season 37 ( 2009-10-06)

Darwin's Darkest Hour

Hubble's Amazing Rescue

Lizard Kings

Becoming Human: First Steps

Becoming Human: Birth of Humanity

Becoming Human: Last Human Standing

What Are Dreams?

What Darwin Never Knew

Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor

Building Pharaoh's Ship

Riddles of the Sphinx

Ghosts of Machu Picchu

Extreme Cave Diving

The Pluto Files

Hunting the Edge of Space: The Mystery of the Milky Way

Hunting the Edge of Space: The Ever Expanding Universe

Mind Over Money

Mt. St. Helens Back From the Dead

Season 38 ( 2010-10-19)

Building the Great Cathedrals

Emergency Mine Rescue

Trapped in an Elevator

Dogs Decoded

Secrets of Stonehenge

Quest for Solomon's Mines

Secrets Beneath the Ice

Deadliest Earthquakes

Making Stuff: Stronger

Making Stuff: Smaller

Making Stuff: Cleaner

Making Stuff: Smarter

Smartest Machine on Earth

Crash of Flight 447

Venom: Nature's Killer

Japan's Killer Quake

Power Surge

How Smart Are Animals?

Season 39 ( 2011-09-07)

Engineering Ground Zero

Surviving the Tsunami

Finding Life Beyond Earth: Are We Alone?

Iceman Murder Mystery

The Fabric of the Cosmos: What is Space?

The Fabric of the Cosmos: The Illusion of Time

The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap

The Fabric of the Cosmos: Universe or Multiverse?

Deadliest Volcanoes

Bombing Hitler's Dams

3D Spies of WWII

Mystery of a Masterpiece

Ice Age Death Trap

Separating Twins

Cracking Your Genetic Code

Hunting the Elements

Deadliest Tornadoes

Why Ships Sink

Secrets of the Sun

Season 40 ( 2012-10-10)

Secrets of the Viking Sword

Forensics on Trial

Mystery of Easter Island

Ultimate Mars Challenge

Inside the Megastorm

Doomsday Volcanoes

Decoding Neanderthals

Rise of the Drones

Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?

Building Pharaoh's Chariot

Earth From Space

Mind of a Rampage Killer

Meteor Strike

Ancient Computer

Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Awakening

Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Life Explodes

Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Monsters

Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures

Manhunt - Boston Bombers

Oklahoma's Deadliest Tornadoes

Season 41 ( 2013-09-11)

Ground Zero Supertower

Megastorm Aftermath

Making Stuff Faster

Making Stuff Wilder

Making Stuff Colder

Making Stuff Safer

Cold Case JFK

At the Edge of Space

Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday?

Alien Planets Revealed

Zeppelin Terror Attack

Killer Typhoon

Ghosts of Murdered Kings

Roman Catacomb Mystery

Great Cathedral Mystery

Wild Predator Invasion

Inside Animal Minds: Bird Genius

Inside Animal Minds: Dogs & Super Senses

Inside Animal Minds: Who's the Smartest?

Why Sharks Attack

Escape From Nazi Alcatraz

D-Day's Sunken Secrets

Season 42 ( 2014-09-10)

Vaccines Calling the Shots

Rise of the Hackers

Why Planes Vanish

Surviving Ebola

Ben Franklin's Balloons

First Air War

Bigger Than T. rex

Emperor’s Ghost Army

Killer Landslides

First Man on the Moon

Big Bang Machine

Sunken Ship Rescue

Sinkholes—Buried Alive

Colosseum: Roman Death Trap

Petra: Lost City of Stone

Hagia Sophia: Istanbul’s Ancient Mystery

The Great Math Mystery

Invisible Universe Revealed

Nazi Attack on America

Lethal Seas

Chasing Pluto

Nuclear Meltdown Disaster

Season 43 ( 2015-09-16)

Dawn of Humanity

Arctic Ghost Ship

Secrets of Noah's Ark

Cyberwar Threat

Animal Mummies

Making North America: Origins

Making North America: Life

Making North America: Human

Inside Einstein's Mind

Secret Tunnel Warfare

Life's Rocky Start

Mystery Beneath the Ice

Himalayan Megaquake

Creatures of Light

Memory Hackers

Iceman Reborn

Rise of the Robots

Vikings Unearthed

Can Alzheimer's Be Stopped?

Wild Ways

Operation Lighthouse Rescue

Bombing Hitler's Supergun

Season 44 ( 2016-09-07)

15 Years of Terror

School of the Future

Great Human Odyssey

Super Tunnel

Treasures of the Earth: Gems

Treasures of the Earth: Metals

Treasures of the Earth: Power

Secrets of the Sky Tombs

The Nuclear Option

Search for the Super Battery

Ultimate Cruise Ship

The Origami Revolution

Why Trains Crash

Holocaust Escape Tunnel

Building Chernobyl's Megatomb

Chinese Chariot Revealed

Poisoned Water

Eclipse Over America

Ghosts of Stonehenge

Death Dive to Saturn

Secrets of the Shining Knight

Secrets of the Forbidden City

Killer Volcanoes
Killer Hurricanes

Killer Floods

Extreme Animal Weapons

Bird Brain

Day the Dinosaurs Died

Season 45 ( 2018-01-10)

Black Hole Apocalypse

The Impossible Flight

First Face of America

Great Escape at Dunkirk

Prediction by the Numbers

Decoding the Weather Machine

Rise of the Superstorms

Transplanting Hope

Operation Bridge Rescue

Volatile Earth: Volcano on Fire

Volatile Earth: Volcano on the Brink

Addiction

Flying Supersonic

Last B-24

Thai Cave Rescue

World's Fastest Animal

Apollo's Daring Mission

NOVA Wonders What Are Animals Saying?

NOVA Wonders What's Living in You?

NOVA Wonders Are We Alone?

NOVA Wonders Can We Build a Brain?

NOVA Wonders Can We Make Life?

NOVA Wonders What's the Universe Made Of?

Season 46 ( 2019-01-02)

Pluto and Beyond

Einstein's Quantum Riddle

Kïlauea: Hawai'i on Fire

Decoding the Great Pyramid

Rise of the Rockets

The Next Pompeii

Saving the Dead Sea

Inside the Megafire

First Horse Warriors

Lost Viking Army

Back to the Moon

The Planets: Inner Worlds

The Planets: Mars

The Planets: Jupiter

The Planets: Saturn

The Planets: Ice Worlds

Why Bridges Collapse

Look Who's Driving

Rise of the Mammals

Dead Sea Scroll Detectives

Decoding Da Vinci

The Violence Paradox

Animal Espionage

Season 47 ( 2020-02-05)

Polar Extremes

Dog Tales

Cat Tales

Mysteries of Sleep

Cuba's Cancer Hope

The Truth About Fat

Decoding COVID-19

Eagle Power

Human Nature / Gene-Editing Reality Check

Secret Mind of Slime

A to Z: The First Alphabet

A to Z: How Writing Changed the World

Nature's Fear Factor

Touching the Asteroid

Can We Cool the Planet?

Saving Notre Dame

Season 48 ( 2021-01-13)

Secrets in Our DNA

Beyond the Elements: Reactions

Beyond the Elements: Indestructible

Beyond the Elements: Life

Looking for Life on Mars

Picture a Scientist/ Search Engine Breakdown

Reef Rescue

Fighting for Fertility

Hindenburg: The New Evidence

Great Electric Airplane Race

Ship That Changed the World

Bat Superpowers

The Cannabis Question

Particles Unknown

Arctic Drift

Edible Insects

NOVA Universe Revealed: Age of Stars

NOVA Universe Revealed: Milky Way

NOVA Universe Revealed: Alien Worlds

NOVA Universe Revealed: Black Holes

NOVA Universe Revealed: Big Bang

High-Risk High-Rise

Butterfly Blueprints

Alaskan Dinosaurs

Ancient Maya Metropolis

Season 49 ( 2022-02-01)

Arctic Sinkholes

Secrets in the Scat

Great Mammoth Mystery

Augmented

Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's

Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence

Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day

Why Ships Crash

Ice Age Footprints

Ultimate Space Telescope

Saving Venice

Ending HIV in America

Computers v. Crime

Can Psychedelics Cure?

Ocean Invaders

Nazca Desert Mystery

Crypto Decoded

Zero to Infinity

Rebuilding Notre Dame

Season 50 ( 2023-02-01)

London Super Tunnel

Star Chasers of Senegal

Ancient Builders of the Amazon

New Eye on the Universe

Weathering the Future

Chasing Carbon Zero

Saving the Right Whale

Hidden Volcano Abyss

Your Brain: Perception Deception (1)

Your Brain: Who's in Control? (2)

Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky

Ancient Earth: Frozen

Ancient Earth: Life Rising

Ancient Earth: Inferno

Ancient Earth: Humans

Inside China's Tech Boom

The Battle to Beat Malaria

Lee and Liza's Family Tree

Season 51 ( 2024-01-31)

When Whales Could Walk

Easter Island Origins

Building the Eiffel Tower

Hunt for the Oldest DNA

A.I. Revolution

Great American Eclipse

Secrets in Your Data

Decoding the Universe: Cosmos

Solar System: Storm Worlds

Solar System: Strange Worlds

Solar System: Volcano Worlds

Solar System: Icy Worlds

Solar System: Wandering Worlds

Decoding the Universe: Quantum

Building Stuff: Boost It!

Building Stuff: Reach It!

Building Stuff: Change It!

Lost Tombs of Notre Dame

Season 52 ( 2025-01-22)

What Are UFOs?

Extreme Airport Engineering

Dino Birds

Egypt's Tombs of Amun

Pompeii's Secret Underworld

Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Revolutionary War Weapons

Secrets of the Forest

















