NOVA

Mar 03, 1974 (en) Documentary [55] Min
  • First Air Date
    Mar 03, 1974
  • Production
    GBH
  • Rotten tomato
    69%
  • Original title
    NOVA
  • Release
    Mar 03, 1974
  • en
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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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  2. Producer

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Specials ( 1999-07-13)

To The Moon

Episode: 1

Eclipse Over America

Episode: 2

Blood Sugar Rising

Episode: 3

Gene-Editing Reality Check

Episode: 4

Search Engine Breakdown

Episode: 5

Predicting My MS

Episode: 6

Sea Change: Bounty in the Gulf of Maine

Episode: 7

Sea Change: Peril in the Gulf of Maine

Episode: 8

Sea Change: Survival in the Gulf of Maine

Episode: 9

Season 1 ( 1974-03-03)

The Making Of A Natural History Film

Episode: 1

Where Did the Colorado Go?

Episode: 2

Whales, Dolphins, and Men

Episode: 3

The Search For Life

Episode: 4

Last of the Cuiva

Episode: 5

Strange Sleep

Episode: 6

The Crab Nebula

Episode: 7

Bird Brain: The Mystery of Bird Navigation

Episode: 8

Are You Doing This for Me, Doctor?

Episode: 9

The First Signs Of Washoe

Episode: 10

The Case of the Midwife Toad

Episode: 11

Fusion: The Energy of Promise

Episode: 12

The Mystery Of The Anasazi

Episode: 13

Season 2 ( 1974-11-03)

Why Do Birds Sing?

Episode: 1

How Much Do You Smell?

Episode: 2

The Hunting Of The Quark

Episode: 3

The Secrets Of Sleep

Episode: 4

Inside the Golden Gate

Episode: 5

The Men Who Painted Caves

Episode: 6

Red Sea Coral

Episode: 7

War From the Air

Episode: 8

What Time is Your Body?

Episode: 9

The Rise And Fall Of DDT

Episode: 10

Take the World From Another Point of View

Episode: 11

The Lysenko Affair

Episode: 12

The Tuaregs

Episode: 13

The Plutonium Connection

Episode: 14

The Other Way

Episode: 15

The Lost World Of The Maya

Episode: 16

Will The Fishing Have to Stop?

Episode: 17

Season 3 ( 1976-01-04)

Predictable Disaster

Episode: 1

Joey

Episode: 2

Meditation and the Mind

Episode: 3

The Planets

Episode: 4

A Desert Place

Episode: 5

A Small Imperfection

Episode: 6

Ninety Degrees Below

Episode: 7

The Race for the Double Helix

Episode: 8

The Renewable Tree

Episode: 9

The Williamsburgh File

Episode: 10

The Overworked Miracle

Episode: 11

The Transplant Experiment

Episode: 12

The Underground Movement

Episode: 13

Hunters of the Seal

Episode: 14

Benjamin

Episode: 15

The Women Rebel

Episode: 16

Death of a Disease

Episode: 17

Inside the Shark

Episode: 18

The Genetic Chance

Episode: 19

The Case of the Bermuda Triangle

Episode: 20

Season 4 ( 1977-01-05)

Hitler's Secret Weapon

Episode: 1

The Hot Blooded Dinosaurs

Episode: 2

What Price Coal?

Episode: 3

The Sunspot Mystery

Episode: 4

The Plastic Prison

Episode: 5

Incident at Brown's Ferry

Episode: 6

Bye Bye Blackbird

Episode: 7

The Pill for the People

Episode: 8

The Gene Engineers

Episode: 9

The Human Animal

Episode: 10

The Wolf Equation

Episode: 11

The Dawn of the Solar Age

Episode: 12

The Business of Extinction

Episode: 13

The Red Planet

Episode: 14

Tongues of Men (1)

Episode: 15

Tongues of Men (2)

Episode: 16

Linus Pauling: Crusading Scientist

Episode: 17

Across the Silent Barrier

Episode: 18

The New Healers

Episode: 19

Season 5 ( 1978-01-04)

In The Event of Catastrophe

Episode: 1

The Green Machine

Episode: 2

Blueprints in the Bloodstream

Episode: 3

One Small Step

Episode: 4

The Final Frontier

Episode: 5

BaMiki BaNdula: Children of the Forest

Episode: 6

Trial of Denton Cooley

Episode: 7

The Great Wine Revolution

Episode: 8

The Case of the Ancient Astronauts

Episode: 9

The Mind Machines

Episode: 10

Icarus' Children

Episode: 11

Still Waters

Episode: 12

Battle for the Acropolis

Episode: 13

The Road to Happiness. : The Life and Times of Henry Ford

Episode: 14

Laser : Light of the 21st Century

Episode: 15

Insect Alternative

Episode: 16

The Desert's Edge

Episode: 17

The Tsetse Trap

Episode: 18

Memories From Eden

Episode: 19

A Whisper from Space

Episode: 20

Alaska: The Closing Frontier

Episode: 21

Season 6 ( 1979-01-04)

Black Tide

Episode: 1

Long Walk Of Fred Young

Episode: 2

A World Of Difference

Episode: 3

Cashing In On The Ocean

Episode: 4

Patterns From The Past

Episode: 5

The Invisible Flame

Episode: 6

The End Of The Rainbow

Episode: 7

The Beersheva Experiment

Episode: 8

Einstein

Episode: 9

The Keys Of Paradise

Episode: 10

A Plague on our Children

Episode: 11

Life on a Silken Thread

Episode: 12

Sweet Solutions

Episode: 13

Race for the Gold

Episode: 14

All Part of the Game

Episode: 15

India: Machinery of Hope

Episode: 16

The Bridge that Spanned the World

Episode: 17

Termites to Telescopes

Episode: 18

Blindness: Five Points of Views

Episode: 19

Season 7 ( 1980-01-15)

The Elusive Illness

Episode: 1

A is for Atom, B is for Bomb

Episode: 2

Living Machines

Episode: 3

Portrait of a Killer

Episode: 4

Umealit: The Whale Hunters

Episode: 5

The Safety Factor

Episode: 6

A Mediterranean Prospect

Episode: 7

Mr. Ludwig's Tropical Dreamland

Episode: 8

The Pinks and the Blues

Episode: 9

The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian

Episode: 10

The Sea Behind the Dunes

Episode: 11

Do We Really Need the Rockes?

Episode: 12

The Big IF

Episode: 13

Voyager: Jupiter & Beyond

Episode: 14

The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor

Episode: 15

The Water Crisis

Episode: 16

Moving Still

Episode: 17

A Touch of Sensitivity

Episode: 18

The Red Deer of Rhum

Episode: 19

It's About Time

Episode: 20

Season 8 ( 1981-01-06)

Doctors of Nigeria

Episode: 1

Message in the Rocks

Episode: 2

The Dead Sea Lives

Episode: 3

Anatomy of a Volcano

Episode: 4

The Science of Murder

Episode: 5

The Malady of Health Care

Episode: 6

Beyond the Milky Way

Episode: 7

The Asteroid and the Dinosaur

Episode: 8

Animal Olympians

Episode: 9

Resolution on Saturn

Episode: 10

Computers, Spies and Private Lives

Episode: 11

Why America Burns

Episode: 12

The Great Violin Mystery

Episode: 13

Cosmic Fire

Episode: 14

Locusts: War Without End

Episode: 15

Did Darwin Get It Wrong?

Episode: 16

Artists in the Lab

Episode: 17

Notes of a Biology Watcher: A Film with Lewis Thomas

Episode: 18

City Spaces, Human Places

Episode: 19

Twins

Episode: 20

Season 9 ( 1982-01-10)

Salmon on the Run

Episode: 1

Test-Tube Babies: A Daughter For Judy

Episode: 2

Field Guide to Roger Tory Peterson

Episode: 3

The Hunt for the Legion Killer

Episode: 4

Finding a Voice

Episode: 5

The Television Explosion

Episode: 6

Life: Patent Pending

Episode: 7

Palace of Delights

Episode: 8

Animal Impostors

Episode: 9

Aging: The Methuselah Syndrome

Episode: 10

The Case of the UFOs

Episode: 11

The Fragile Mountain

Episode: 12

Here's Looking At You Kid

Episode: 13

Adventures of Teenage Scientists

Episode: 14

The Cobalt Blues

Episode: 15

Goodbye Louisiana

Episode: 16

Whale Watch

Episode: 17

Tracking The Supertrains

Episode: 18

The Making of a Natural History Film

Episode: 19

Season 10 ( 1983-01-18)

Hawaii: Crucible of Life

Episode: 1

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

Episode: 2

Lassa Fever

Episode: 3

The Miracle of Life

Episode: 4

Asbestos: A Lethal Legacy

Episode: 5

City of Coral

Episode: 6

Fat Chance in a Thin World

Episode: 7

Sixty Minutes to Meltdown

Episode: 8

Signs of the Apes, Songs of the Whales

Episode: 9

The Artificial Heart

Episode: 10

Talking Turtle

Episode: 11

Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial

Episode: 12

To Live Until You Die: The Work of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Episode: 13

A Magic Way of Going: The Story of Thoroughbreds

Episode: 14

A Normal Face: The Wonders of Plastic Surgery

Episode: 15

Captives of Care

Episode: 16

Twenty-Five Years in Space

Episode: 17

Nuclear Strategy for Beginners

Episode: 18

The Climate Crisis

Episode: 19

Eyes Over China

Episode: 20

Alcoholism: Life Under The Influence

Episode: 21

Season 11 ( 1984-01-17)

The Case of ESP

Episode: 1

Antarctica: Earth's Last Frontier

Episode: 2

China's Only Child

Episode: 3

Will I Walk Again?

Episode: 4

Visions of the Deep: The Underwater World of Al Giddings

Episode: 5

Down on the Farm

Episode: 6

Make My People Live: The Crisis in Indian Health Care

Episode: 7

The World According to Weisskopf

Episode: 8

Space Bridge to Moscow

Episode: 9

The National Science Test I

Episode: 10

Fountains of Paradise

Episode: 11

The Mystery of Yellow Rain

Episode: 12

The Nomads of the Rain Forest

Episode: 13

Farmers of the Sea

Episode: 14

Frontiers of Plastic Surgery

Episode: 15

Space Women

Episode: 16

Jaws: The True Story

Episode: 17

Acid Rain: New Bad News

Episode: 18

Stephen Jay Gould: This View of Life

Episode: 19

The Garden of Inheritance

Episode: 20

Season 12 ( 1985-01-15)

Edgerton and His Incredible Seeing Machines

Episode: 1

Global Village

Episode: 2

Conquest of the Parasites

Episode: 3

In the Land of the Polar Bears

Episode: 4

AIDS: Chapter One

Episode: 5

The Shape of Things

Episode: 6

Baby Talk

Episode: 7

The Mathematical Mystery Tour

Episode: 8

Child's Play: Prodigies and Possibilities

Episode: 9

Monarch of the Mountains

Episode: 10

The National Science Test II

Episode: 11

Seeds of Tomorrow

Episode: 12

What Einstein Never Knew

Episode: 13

The Robot Revolution?

Episode: 14

The Magic of Special Effects

Episode: 15

Child Survival: The Silent Emergency

Episode: 16

Tornado!

Episode: 17

The Genetic Gamble

Episode: 18

Animal Architects

Episode: 19

The Plane that Changed the World

Episode: 20

Season 13 ( 1986-01-21)

Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime

Episode: 1

Goddess of the Earth

Episode: 2

Horsemen of China

Episode: 3

Life's First Feelings

Episode: 4

The Case of the Frozen Addict

Episode: 5

Toxic Trials

Episode: 6

Skydive to the Rain Forest

Episode: 7

Return of the Osprey

Episode: 8

The Rise of a Wonder Drug

Episode: 9

When Wonder Drugs Don't Work

Episode: 10

Visions of Star Wars

Episode: 11

The Search for the Disappeared

Episode: 12

The Planet that Got Knocked on its Side

Episode: 13

High-Tech Babies

Episode: 14

Can AIDS Be Stopped?

Episode: 15

Is Anybody Out There?

Episode: 16

Mystery of the Animal Pathfinders

Episode: 17

Are You Swimming in a Sewer?

Episode: 18

Sail Wars!

Episode: 19

Leprosy Can Be Cured!

Episode: 20

How Babies Get Made

Episode: 21

Season 14 ( 1987-01-20)

Countdown to the Invisible Universe

Episode: 1

Children of Eve

Episode: 2

Why Planes Crash

Episode: 3

Orangutans of the Rain Forest

Episode: 4

Freud Under Analysis

Episode: 5

The Hole in the Sky

Episode: 6

Confessions of a Weaponeer

Episode: 7

Great Moments from NOVA

Episode: 8

Will the World Starve?

Episode: 9

The Desert Doesn't Bloom Here Anymore

Episode: 10

Rocky Road to Jupiter

Episode: 11

Death of a Star

Episode: 12

Spy Machines

Episode: 13

Hidden Power of Plants

Episode: 14

Japan's American Genius

Episode: 15

A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama

Episode: 16

Volcano!

Episode: 17

How Good is Soviet Science?

Episode: 18

Ancient Treasures from the Deep

Episode: 19

Riddle of the Joints

Episode: 20

Secrets of the Lost Red Paint People

Episode: 21

Season 15 ( 1988-01-19)

Top Gun and Beyond

Episode: 1

How to Create a Junk Food

Episode: 2

Buried in Ice

Episode: 3

Why Planes Burn

Episode: 4

Battles in the War on Cancer: A Wonder Drug on Trial

Episode: 5

Battles in the War on Cancer: Turning the Tide

Episode: 6

The Mystery of the Master Builders

Episode: 7

Whale Rescue

Episode: 8

The Man Who Loved Numbers

Episode: 9

Race for the Superconductor

Episode: 10

Can You Still Get Polio?

Episode: 11

Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft

Episode: 12

Pioneers of Surgery: Into the Heart

Episode: 13

Pioneers of Surgery: New Organs for Old

Episode: 14

Pioneers of Surgery: Beyond the Knife

Episode: 15

Can the Vatican Save the Sistine Chapel?

Episode: 16

Can the Next President Win the Space Race?

Episode: 17

Do Scientists Cheat?

Episode: 18

Who Shot President Kennedy?

Episode: 19

The Light Stuff

Episode: 20

The All-American Bear

Episode: 21

Can We Make a Better Doctor?

Episode: 22

Season 16 ( 1989-01-17)

Hot Enough for You?

Episode: 1

The Last Journey of a Genius

Episode: 2

The Strange New Science of Chaos

Episode: 3

Back to Chernobyl

Episode: 4

God, Darwin and the Dinosaurs

Episode: 5

Adrift on the Gulf Stream

Episode: 6

Secrets of Easter Island (1)

Episode: 7

Legends of Easter Island (2)

Episode: 8

The World Is Full of Oil!

Episode: 9

Confronting the Killer Gene

Episode: 10

The Hidden City

Episode: 11

The Controversial Dr. Koop

Episode: 12

Design Wars!

Episode: 13

Echoes of War

Episode: 14

Decoding the Book of Life

Episode: 15

Hurricane!

Episode: 16

Will Venice Survive Its Rescue?

Episode: 17

What Is Music?

Episode: 18

Yellowstone's Burning Question

Episode: 19

The Schoolboys Who Cracked the Soviet Secret

Episode: 20

Season 17 ( 1990-01-09)

Poison in the Rockies

Episode: 1

Race for the Top

Episode: 2

Disguises of War

Episode: 3

The Bomb's Lethal Legacy

Episode: 4

The Big Spill

Episode: 5

The Genius That Was China: Rise of the Dragon

Episode: 6

The Genius That Was China: Empires in Collision

Episode: 7

The Genius that Was China: The Threat from Japan

Episode: 8

The Genius That Was China: Will the Dragon Rise Again?

Episode: 9

The KGB, The Computer and Me

Episode: 10

Neptune's Cold Fury

Episode: 11

To Boldly Go...

Episode: 12

Poisoned Winds of War

Episode: 13

The Blimp is Back!

Episode: 14

Earthquake!

Episode: 15

Killing Machines

Episode: 16

Can the Elephant Be Saved?

Episode: 17

We Know Where You Live

Episode: 18

In the Land of the Llamas

Episode: 19

What's Killing the Children?

Episode: 20

Season 18 ( 1991-01-08)

Return to Mt. St. Helens

Episode: 1

ConFusion in a Jar

Episode: 2

The Hunt for China's Dinosaurs (1)

Episode: 3

Case of the Flying Dinosaur

Episode: 4

T. rex Exposed

Episode: 5

The Russian Right Stuff: The Invisible Spaceman

Episode: 6

The Russian Right Stuff: The Dark Side of the Moon

Episode: 7

The Russian Right Stuff: The Mission

Episode: 8

Swimming With Whales

Episode: 9

The Chip vs. the Chess Master

Episode: 10

Sex, Lies and Toupee Tape

Episode: 11

So You Want to Be a Doctor?

Episode: 12

Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Episode: 13

Suicide Mission to Chernobyl

Episode: 14

Taller Than Everest?

Episode: 15

Fastest Planes in the Sky

Episode: 16

Avoiding the Surgeon's Knife

Episode: 17

Skyscraper! A NOVA Special

Episode: 18

The Fine Art of Faking It

Episode: 19

Season 19 ( 1992-01-14)

Hell Fighters of Kuwait

Episode: 1

Submarine!

Episode: 2

Saddam's War on Wildlife

Episode: 3

What Smells?

Episode: 4

Can You Believe TV Ratings?

Episode: 5

Making a Dishonest Buck

Episode: 6

Rescuing Baby Whales

Episode: 7

An Astronaut's View of the Earth

Episode: 8

Eclipse of the Century

Episode: 9

Animal Olympians II

Episode: 10

The Genius Behind the Bomb

Episode: 11

Mind of a Serial Killer

Episode: 12

Search for the First Americans

Episode: 13

Rafting Through the Grand Canyon

Episode: 14

This Old Pyramid

Episode: 15

Iceman

Episode: 16

Private Lives of Dolphins

Episode: 17

Brain Transplant

Episode: 18

Can You Stop People From Drinking?

Episode: 19

Sex and the Single Rhino

Episode: 20

Season 20 ( 1993-01-05)

The Hunt for Saddam's Secret Weapons

Episode: 1

Can Bombing Win a War?

Episode: 2

The Deadly Deception

Episode: 3

Nazis and the Russian Bomb

Episode: 4

In the Path of a Killer Volcano

Episode: 5

Can Science Build a Champion Athlete?

Episode: 6

Diving for Pirate Gold

Episode: 7

Murder, Rape and DNA

Episode: 8

The Lost Tribe

Episode: 9

The NOVA Quiz

Episode: 10

Wanted: Butch and Sundance

Episode: 11

Secrets of the Psychics

Episode: 12

Dying to Breathe

Episode: 13

Shadow of the Condor

Episode: 14

The Real Jurassic Park

Episode: 15

Roller Coaster!

Episode: 16

Mysterious Crash of Flight 201

Episode: 17

Great Moments from NOVA

Episode: 18

The Best Mind Since Einstein

Episode: 19

Stranger in the Mirror

Episode: 20

Season 21 ( 1994-01-18)

Codebreakers

Episode: 1

Dinosaurs of the Gobi

Episode: 2

Daredevils of the Sky

Episode: 3

Journey to Kilimanjaro

Episode: 4

Can Chimps Talk?

Episode: 5

In Search of Human Origins, Part One

Episode: 6

In Search of Human Origins, Part Two

Episode: 7

In Search of Human Origins, Part Three

Episode: 8

Can China Kick the Habit?

Episode: 9

Aircraft Carrier!

Episode: 10

The Great Wildlife Heist

Episode: 11

Secret of the Wild Child

Episode: 12

Haunted Cry of a Long Gone Bird

Episode: 13

What's New About Menopause

Episode: 14

The Tribe that Time Forgot

Episode: 15

Killer Quake!

Episode: 16

Buried in Ash

Episode: 17

Rescue Mission in Space

Episode: 18

Journey to the Sacred Sea

Episode: 19

In Search of the First Language

Episode: 20

Season 22 ( 1995-01-08)

Mammoths of the Ice Age

Episode: 1

Vikings in America

Episode: 2

Little Creatures Who Run the World

Episode: 3

Nazi Designers of Death

Episode: 4

Siamese Twins

Episode: 5

Mystery of the Senses—Hearing

Episode: 6

Mystery of the Senses—Smell

Episode: 7

Mystery of the Senses—Taste

Episode: 8

Mystery of the Senses—Touch

Episode: 9

Mystery of the Senses—Vision

Episode: 10

The Universe Within

Episode: 11

Making of a Doctor

Episode: 12

Fast Cars

Episode: 13

Season 23 ( 1995-10-10)

Anastasia Dead or Alive?

Episode: 1

Venus Unveiled

Episode: 2

Hawaii Born of Fire

Episode: 3

The Doomsday Asteroid

Episode: 4

Lightning!

Episode: 5

Hunt for the Serial Arsonist

Episode: 6

Treasures of the Great Barrier Reef

Episode: 7

Race to Catch a Buckyball

Episode: 8

Can Buildings Make You Sick?

Episode: 9

Terror in the Mine Fields

Episode: 10

The Day the Earth Shook

Episode: 11

B-29 Frozen in Time

Episode: 12

Plague Fighters

Episode: 13

War Machines of Tomorrow

Episode: 14

Kidnapped by U.F.O.'s?

Episode: 15

Flood!

Episode: 16

Dr. Spock the Baby Doc

Episode: 17

Warriors of the Amazon

Episode: 18

Bombing of America

Episode: 19

Season 24 ( 1996-10-01)

Einstein Revealed

Episode: 1

Lost City of Arabia

Episode: 2

Three Men and a Balloon

Episode: 3

Secrets of Making Money

Episode: 4

Top Gun Over Moscow

Episode: 5

Shark Attack

Episode: 6

Odyssey of Life: The Ultimate Journey (1)

Episode: 7

Odyssey of Life: The Unknown World (2)

Episode: 8

Odyssey of Life: The Photographer's Secrets (3)

Episode: 9

Cracking the Ice Age

Episode: 10

Kaboom!

Episode: 11

Titanic's Lost Sister

Episode: 12

Secrets Of Lost Empires (1): Pyramid

Episode: 13

Secrets of Lost Empires: Stonehenge (1)

Episode: 14

Secrets of Lost Empires: Inca (2)

Episode: 15

Secrets of Lost Empires: Obelisk (3)

Episode: 16

Secrets of Lost Empires: Colosseum (4)

Episode: 17

Hunt for Alien Worlds

Episode: 18

Curse of T.rex

Episode: 19

Cut to the Heart

Episode: 20

Kingdom of the Seahorse

Episode: 21

Season 25 ( 1997-10-07)

Coma

Episode: 1

Faster Than Sound

Episode: 2

Bomb Squad

Episode: 3

The Proof

Episode: 4

Wild Wolves With David Attenborough

Episode: 5

Super Bridge

Episode: 6

Treasures of the Sunken City

Episode: 7

Avalanche!

Episode: 8

Danger in the Jet Stream

Episode: 9

Night Creatures of the Kalahari

Episode: 10

Mysterious Mummies of China

Episode: 11

Supersonic Spies

Episode: 12

Animal Hospital

Episode: 13

The Brain Eater

Episode: 14

Everest - The Death Zone

Episode: 15

Search for the Lost Cave People

Episode: 16

Warnings from the Ice

Episode: 17

Crocodiles! With David Attenborough

Episode: 18

The Truth About Impotence

Episode: 19

The Perfect Pearl

Episode: 20

Season 26 ( 1998-10-06)

Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

Episode: 1

Chasing El Nino

Episode: 2

Terror In Space

Episode: 3

Special Effects: Titanic and Beyond

Episode: 4

Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius

Episode: 5

Ice Mummies: Frozen in Heaven (1)

Episode: 6

Ice Mummies: Siberian Ice Maiden (2)

Episode: 7

Ice Mummies: Return of the Iceman (3)

Episode: 8

Leopards of the Night with David Attenborough

Episode: 9

The Perfect Pearl

Episode: 10

The Beast of Loch Ness

Episode: 11

Submarines, Secrets, and Spies

Episode: 12

Everest: The Mystery of Mallory and Irvin

Episode: 13

Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Fire (1)

Episode: 14

Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Car Crash (2)

Episode: 15

Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Plane Crash (3)

Episode: 16

Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Abandon Ship (4)

Episode: 17

Battle Alert in the Gulf

Episode: 18

Volcanoes of the Deep

Episode: 19

Surviving AIDS

Episode: 20

Season 27 ( 1999-10-05)

Fall of the Leaning Tower

Episode: 1

Time Travel

Episode: 2

The Killer's Trail

Episode: 3

Island of the Spirits

Episode: 4

Decoding Nazi Secrets

Episode: 5

Voyage of Doom

Episode: 6

Electric Heart

Episode: 7

Tales from the Hive

Episode: 8

Lost on Everest

Episode: 9

Secrets of Lost Empires: Medieval Siege (1)

Episode: 10

Diamond Deception

Episode: 11

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

Episode: 12

Trillion Dollar Bet

Episode: 13

Secrets of Lost Empires: Easter Island (3)

Episode: 14

Mystery of the First Americans

Episode: 15

Secrets of Lost Empires: Roman Bath (4)

Episode: 16

Lost Tribes of Israel

Episode: 17

Secrets of Lost Empires: China Bridge (5)

Episode: 18

What's Up with the Weather?

Episode: 19

Stationed in the Stars

Episode: 20

The Vikings

Episode: 21

Season 28 ( 2000-10-24)

Lincoln's Secret Weapon

Episode: 1

Holocaust on Trial

Episode: 2

Hitler's Lost Sub

Episode: 3

Runaway Universe

Episode: 4

Garden of Eden

Episode: 5

Dying to Be Thin

Episode: 6

Japan's Secret Garden

Episode: 7

Sultan's Lost Treasure

Episode: 8

Vanished!

Episode: 9

Nazi Prison Escape

Episode: 10

Lost King of the Maya

Episode: 11

The Cancer Warrior

Episode: 12

Survivor M.D.: Tattooed Doctor (1)

Episode: 13

Survivor M.D.: Second Opinions (2)

Episode: 14

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

Episode: 15

Cracking the Code of Life

Episode: 16

Harvest of Fear

Episode: 17

Season 29 ( 2001-10-02)

Search for a Safe Cigarette

Episode: 1

18 Ways to Make a Baby

Episode: 2

Secrets of the Mind

Episode: 3

Sex: Unknown

Episode: 4

Russia's Nuclear Warriors

Episode: 5

Bioterror

Episode: 6

Life's Greatest Miracle

Episode: 7

Methuselah Tree

Episode: 8

Flying Casanovas

Episode: 9

Death Star

Episode: 10

Neanderthals on Trial

Episode: 11

Fireworks

Episode: 12

Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies

Episode: 13

The Missing Link

Episode: 14

Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance

Episode: 15

Why the Towers Fell

Episode: 16

Fire Wars

Episode: 17

Season 30 ( 2002-09-03)

Killer Disease on Campus

Episode: 1

Mysterious Life of Caves

Episode: 2

Lost Roman Treasure

Episode: 3

Galileo's Battle for the Heavens

Episode: 4

Volcano's Deadly Warning

Episode: 5

Sinking City of Venice

Episode: 6

The Orchid Hunter

Episode: 7

Spies That Fly

Episode: 8

Last Flight of Bomber 31

Episode: 9

Ancient Creature of the Deep

Episode: 10

Battle of the X-Planes

Episode: 11

Mountain of Ice

Episode: 12

Lost Treasures of Tibet

Episode: 13

Dirty Bomb

Episode: 14

Deep Sea Invasion

Episode: 15

Secret of Photo 51

Episode: 16

Season 31 ( 2003-09-30)

Infinite Secrets

Episode: 1

Who Killed the Red Baron?

Episode: 2

The Elegant Universe: Einstein's Dream (1)

Episode: 3

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

Episode: 4

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

Episode: 5

Wright Brothers' Flying Machine

Episode: 6

Magnetic Storm

Episode: 7

Volcano Above the Clouds

Episode: 8

MARS Dead or Alive

Episode: 9

Secrets of the Crocodile Caves

Episode: 10

Dogs and More Dogs

Episode: 11

Descent Into the Ice

Episode: 12

Crash of Flight 111

Episode: 13

Life and Death in the War Zone

Episode: 14

Hunt for the Supertwister

Episode: 15

World in the Balance: The People Paradox (1)

Episode: 16

World in the Balance: China Revs Up (2)

Episode: 17

Battle Plan Under Fire

Episode: 18

Season 32 ( 2004-09-28)

Origins: Earth is Born

Episode: 1

Origins: How Life Began

Episode: 2

Origins: Where Are the Aliens?

Episode: 3

Origins: Back to the Beginning

Episode: 4

The Most Dangerous Woman in America

Episode: 5

America's Stone Age Explorers

Episode: 6

Great Escape

Episode: 7

Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land

Episode: 8

Welcome to Mars

Episode: 9

The Boldest Hoax

Episode: 10

Supersonic Dream

Episode: 11

The Viking Deception

Episode: 12

Saving the National Treasures

Episode: 13

A Daring Flight

Episode: 14

Wave That Shook the World

Episode: 15

Hitler's Sunken Secret

Episode: 16

Newton's Dark Secrets

Episode: 17

Storm That Drowned a City

Episode: 18

Season 33 ( 2005-09-20)

Mystery of the Megaflood

Episode: 1

Sinking the Supership

Episode: 2

Einstein's Big Idea

Episode: 3

Volcano Under the City

Episode: 4

Hitler's Sunken Secret

Episode: 5

Newton's Dark Secrets

Episode: 6

Storm That Drowned a City

Episode: 7

The Mummy Who Would Be King

Episode: 8

Deadly Ascent

Episode: 9

The Perfect Corpse

Episode: 10

Jewel of the Earth

Episode: 11

The Ghost Particle

Episode: 12

Arctic Passage

Episode: 13

The Great Robot Race: Nova

Episode: 14

Voyage to the Mystery Moon

Episode: 15

Dimming the Sun

Episode: 16

Wings of Madness

Episode: 17

Family That Walks on All Fours

Episode: 18

ScienceNOW: Extinction

Episode: 19

Underwater Dream Machine

Episode: 20

Season 34 ( 2006-09-05)

Building on Ground Zero

Episode: 1

Mystery of the Megavolcano

Episode: 2

The Deadliest Plane Crash

Episode: 3

Monster of the Milky Way

Episode: 4

Wings of Madness

Episode: 5

Family That Walks on All Fours

Episode: 6

Underwater Dream Machine

Episode: 7

Forgotten Genius

Episode: 8

The Last Great Ape

Episode: 9

Kings of Camouflage

Episode: 10

First Flower

Episode: 11

Saved by the Sun

Episode: 12

Pocahontas Revealed

Episode: 13

Bone Diggers

Episode: 14

The Great Inca Rebellion

Episode: 15

Season 35 ( 2007-10-09)

Secrets of the Samurai Sword

Episode: 1

Ghost in Your Genes

Episode: 2

Marathon Challenge

Episode: 3

Sputnik Declassified

Episode: 4

Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial

Episode: 5

Master of the Killer Ants

Episode: 6

Missing in MiG Alley

Episode: 7

Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold

Episode: 8

Absolute Zero: The Race for Absolute Zero

Episode: 9

Secrets of the Parthenon

Episode: 10

Astrospies

Episode: 11

Ape Genius

Episode: 12

The Four Winged Dinosaur

Episode: 13

Cracking the Maya Code

Episode: 14

Car of the Future

Episode: 15

A Walk to Beautiful

Episode: 16

Lord of the Ants

Episode: 17

Season 36 ( 2008-10-07)

Arctic Dinosaurs

Episode: 1

Space Shuttle Disaster

Episode: 2

Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives

Episode: 3

Hunting The Hidden Dimension

Episode: 4

Alien From Earth

Episode: 5

The Bible's Buried Secrets

Episode: 6

Ocean Animal Emergency

Episode: 7

Is There Life On Mars?

Episode: 8

The Big Energy Gamble

Episode: 9

The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies

Episode: 10

The Spy Factory

Episode: 11

Rat Attack

Episode: 12

Extreme Ice

Episode: 13

Last Extinction

Episode: 14

Doctors' Diaries Pt.1

Episode: 15

Doctors' Diaries Pt.2

Episode: 16

Musical Minds

Episode: 17

Season 37 ( 2009-10-06)

Darwin's Darkest Hour

Episode: 1

Hubble's Amazing Rescue

Episode: 2

Lizard Kings

Episode: 3

Becoming Human: First Steps

Episode: 4

Becoming Human: Birth of Humanity

Episode: 5

Becoming Human: Last Human Standing

Episode: 6

What Are Dreams?

Episode: 7

What Darwin Never Knew

Episode: 8

Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor

Episode: 9

Building Pharaoh's Ship

Episode: 10

Riddles of the Sphinx

Episode: 11

Ghosts of Machu Picchu

Episode: 12

Extreme Cave Diving

Episode: 13

The Pluto Files

Episode: 14

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

Episode: 15

Hunting the Edge of Space: The Ever Expanding Universe

Episode: 16

Mind Over Money

Episode: 17

Mt. St. Helens Back From the Dead

Episode: 18

Season 38 ( 2010-10-19)

Building the Great Cathedrals

Episode: 1

Emergency Mine Rescue

Episode: 2

Trapped in an Elevator

Episode: 3

Dogs Decoded

Episode: 4

Secrets of Stonehenge

Episode: 5

Quest for Solomon's Mines

Episode: 6

Secrets Beneath the Ice

Episode: 7

Deadliest Earthquakes

Episode: 8

Making Stuff: Stronger

Episode: 9

Making Stuff: Smaller

Episode: 10

Making Stuff: Cleaner

Episode: 11

Making Stuff: Smarter

Episode: 12

Smartest Machine on Earth

Episode: 13

Crash of Flight 447

Episode: 14

Venom: Nature's Killer

Episode: 15

Japan's Killer Quake

Episode: 16

Power Surge

Episode: 17

How Smart Are Animals?

Episode: 18

Season 39 ( 2011-09-07)

Engineering Ground Zero

Episode: 1

Surviving the Tsunami

Episode: 2

Finding Life Beyond Earth: Are We Alone?

Episode: 3

Iceman Murder Mystery

Episode: 4

The Fabric of the Cosmos: What is Space?

Episode: 5

The Fabric of the Cosmos: The Illusion of Time

Episode: 6

The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap

Episode: 7

The Fabric of the Cosmos: Universe or Multiverse?

Episode: 8

Deadliest Volcanoes

Episode: 9

Bombing Hitler's Dams

Episode: 10

3D Spies of WWII

Episode: 11

Mystery of a Masterpiece

Episode: 12

Ice Age Death Trap

Episode: 13

Separating Twins

Episode: 14

Cracking Your Genetic Code

Episode: 15

Hunting the Elements

Episode: 16

Deadliest Tornadoes

Episode: 17

Why Ships Sink

Episode: 18

Secrets of the Sun

Episode: 19

Season 40 ( 2012-10-10)

Secrets of the Viking Sword

Episode: 1

Forensics on Trial

Episode: 2

Mystery of Easter Island

Episode: 3

Ultimate Mars Challenge

Episode: 4

Inside the Megastorm

Episode: 5

Doomsday Volcanoes

Episode: 6

Decoding Neanderthals

Episode: 7

Rise of the Drones

Episode: 8

Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?

Episode: 9

Building Pharaoh's Chariot

Episode: 10

Earth From Space

Episode: 11

Mind of a Rampage Killer

Episode: 12

Meteor Strike

Episode: 13

Ancient Computer

Episode: 14

Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Awakening

Episode: 15

Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Life Explodes

Episode: 16

Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Monsters

Episode: 17

Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures

Episode: 18

Manhunt - Boston Bombers

Episode: 19

Oklahoma's Deadliest Tornadoes

Episode: 20

Season 41 ( 2013-09-11)

Ground Zero Supertower

Episode: 1

Megastorm Aftermath

Episode: 2

Making Stuff Faster

Episode: 3

Making Stuff Wilder

Episode: 4

Making Stuff Colder

Episode: 5

Making Stuff Safer

Episode: 6

Cold Case JFK

Episode: 7

At the Edge of Space

Episode: 8

Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday?

Episode: 9

Alien Planets Revealed

Episode: 10

Zeppelin Terror Attack

Episode: 11

Killer Typhoon

Episode: 12

Ghosts of Murdered Kings

Episode: 13

Roman Catacomb Mystery

Episode: 14

Great Cathedral Mystery

Episode: 15

Wild Predator Invasion

Episode: 16

Inside Animal Minds: Bird Genius

Episode: 17

Inside Animal Minds: Dogs & Super Senses

Episode: 18

Inside Animal Minds: Who's the Smartest?

Episode: 19

Why Sharks Attack

Episode: 20

Escape From Nazi Alcatraz

Episode: 21

D-Day's Sunken Secrets

Episode: 22

Season 42 ( 2014-09-10)

Vaccines Calling the Shots

Episode: 1

Rise of the Hackers

Episode: 2

Why Planes Vanish

Episode: 3

Surviving Ebola

Episode: 4

Ben Franklin's Balloons

Episode: 5

First Air War

Episode: 6

Bigger Than T. rex

Episode: 7

Emperor’s Ghost Army

Episode: 8

Killer Landslides

Episode: 9

First Man on the Moon

Episode: 10

Big Bang Machine

Episode: 11

Sunken Ship Rescue

Episode: 12

Sinkholes—Buried Alive

Episode: 13

Colosseum: Roman Death Trap

Episode: 14

Petra: Lost City of Stone

Episode: 15

Hagia Sophia: Istanbul’s Ancient Mystery

Episode: 16

The Great Math Mystery

Episode: 17

Invisible Universe Revealed

Episode: 18

Nazi Attack on America

Episode: 19

Lethal Seas

Episode: 20

Chasing Pluto

Episode: 21

Nuclear Meltdown Disaster

Episode: 22

Season 43 ( 2015-09-16)

Dawn of Humanity

Episode: 1

Arctic Ghost Ship

Episode: 2

Secrets of Noah's Ark

Episode: 3

Cyberwar Threat

Episode: 4

Animal Mummies

Episode: 5

Making North America: Origins

Episode: 6

Making North America: Life

Episode: 7

Making North America: Human

Episode: 8

Inside Einstein's Mind

Episode: 9

Secret Tunnel Warfare

Episode: 10

Life's Rocky Start

Episode: 11

Mystery Beneath the Ice

Episode: 12

Himalayan Megaquake

Episode: 13

Creatures of Light

Episode: 14

Memory Hackers

Episode: 15

Iceman Reborn

Episode: 16

Rise of the Robots

Episode: 17

Vikings Unearthed

Episode: 18

Can Alzheimer's Be Stopped?

Episode: 19

Wild Ways

Episode: 20

Operation Lighthouse Rescue

Episode: 21

Bombing Hitler's Supergun

Episode: 22

Season 44 ( 2016-09-07)

15 Years of Terror

Episode: 1

School of the Future

Episode: 2

Great Human Odyssey

Episode: 3

Super Tunnel

Episode: 4

Treasures of the Earth: Gems

Episode: 5

Treasures of the Earth: Metals

Episode: 6

Treasures of the Earth: Power

Episode: 7

Secrets of the Sky Tombs

Episode: 8

The Nuclear Option

Episode: 9

Search for the Super Battery

Episode: 10

Ultimate Cruise Ship

Episode: 11

The Origami Revolution

Episode: 12

Why Trains Crash

Episode: 13

Holocaust Escape Tunnel

Episode: 14

Building Chernobyl's Megatomb

Episode: 15

Chinese Chariot Revealed

Episode: 16

Poisoned Water

Episode: 17

Eclipse Over America

Episode: 18

Ghosts of Stonehenge

Episode: 19

Death Dive to Saturn

Episode: 20

Secrets of the Shining Knight

Episode: 21

Secrets of the Forbidden City

Episode: 22

Killer Volcanoes

Episode: 23

Killer Hurricanes

Episode: 24

Killer Floods

Episode: 25

Extreme Animal Weapons

Episode: 26

Bird Brain

Episode: 27

Day the Dinosaurs Died

Episode: 28

Season 45 ( 2018-01-10)

Black Hole Apocalypse

Episode: 1

The Impossible Flight

Episode: 2

First Face of America

Episode: 3

Great Escape at Dunkirk

Episode: 4

Prediction by the Numbers

Episode: 5

Decoding the Weather Machine

Episode: 6

Rise of the Superstorms

Episode: 7

Transplanting Hope

Episode: 8

Operation Bridge Rescue

Episode: 9

Volatile Earth: Volcano on Fire

Episode: 10

Volatile Earth: Volcano on the Brink

Episode: 11

Addiction

Episode: 12

Flying Supersonic

Episode: 13

Last B-24

Episode: 14

Thai Cave Rescue

Episode: 15

World's Fastest Animal

Episode: 16

Apollo's Daring Mission

Episode: 17

NOVA Wonders What Are Animals Saying?

Episode: 101

NOVA Wonders What's Living in You?

Episode: 102

NOVA Wonders Are We Alone?

Episode: 103

NOVA Wonders Can We Build a Brain?

Episode: 104

NOVA Wonders Can We Make Life?

Episode: 105

NOVA Wonders What's the Universe Made Of?

Episode: 106

Season 46 ( 2019-01-02)

Pluto and Beyond

Episode: 1

Einstein's Quantum Riddle

Episode: 2

Kïlauea: Hawai'i on Fire

Episode: 3

Decoding the Great Pyramid

Episode: 4

Rise of the Rockets

Episode: 5

The Next Pompeii

Episode: 6

Saving the Dead Sea

Episode: 7

Inside the Megafire

Episode: 8

First Horse Warriors

Episode: 9

Lost Viking Army

Episode: 10

Back to the Moon

Episode: 11

The Planets: Inner Worlds

Episode: 12

The Planets: Mars

Episode: 13

The Planets: Jupiter

Episode: 14

The Planets: Saturn

Episode: 15

The Planets: Ice Worlds

Episode: 16

Why Bridges Collapse

Episode: 17

Look Who's Driving

Episode: 18

Rise of the Mammals

Episode: 19

Dead Sea Scroll Detectives

Episode: 20

Decoding Da Vinci

Episode: 21

The Violence Paradox

Episode: 22

Animal Espionage

Episode: 23

Season 47 ( 2020-02-05)

Polar Extremes

Episode: 1

Dog Tales

Episode: 2

Cat Tales

Episode: 3

Mysteries of Sleep

Episode: 4

Cuba's Cancer Hope

Episode: 5

The Truth About Fat

Episode: 6

Decoding COVID-19

Episode: 7

Eagle Power

Episode: 8

Human Nature / Gene-Editing Reality Check

Episode: 9

Secret Mind of Slime

Episode: 10

A to Z: The First Alphabet

Episode: 11

A to Z: How Writing Changed the World

Episode: 12

Nature's Fear Factor

Episode: 13

Touching the Asteroid

Episode: 14

Can We Cool the Planet?

Episode: 15

Saving Notre Dame

Episode: 16

Season 48 ( 2021-01-13)

Secrets in Our DNA

Episode: 1

Beyond the Elements: Reactions

Episode: 2

Beyond the Elements: Indestructible

Episode: 3

Beyond the Elements: Life

Episode: 4

Looking for Life on Mars

Episode: 5

Picture a Scientist/ Search Engine Breakdown

Episode: 6

Reef Rescue

Episode: 7

Fighting for Fertility

Episode: 8

Hindenburg: The New Evidence

Episode: 9

Great Electric Airplane Race

Episode: 10

Ship That Changed the World

Episode: 11

Bat Superpowers

Episode: 12

The Cannabis Question

Episode: 13

Particles Unknown

Episode: 14

Arctic Drift

Episode: 15

Edible Insects

Episode: 16

NOVA Universe Revealed: Age of Stars

Episode: 17

NOVA Universe Revealed: Milky Way

Episode: 18

NOVA Universe Revealed: Alien Worlds

Episode: 19

NOVA Universe Revealed: Black Holes

Episode: 20

NOVA Universe Revealed: Big Bang

Episode: 21

High-Risk High-Rise

Episode: 22

Butterfly Blueprints

Episode: 23

Alaskan Dinosaurs

Episode: 24

Ancient Maya Metropolis

Episode: 25

Season 49 ( 2022-02-01)

Arctic Sinkholes

Episode: 1

Secrets in the Scat

Episode: 2

Great Mammoth Mystery

Episode: 3

Augmented

Episode: 4

Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's

Episode: 5

Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence

Episode: 6

Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day

Episode: 7

Why Ships Crash

Episode: 8

Ice Age Footprints

Episode: 9

Ultimate Space Telescope

Episode: 10

Saving Venice

Episode: 11

Ending HIV in America

Episode: 12

Computers v. Crime

Episode: 13

Can Psychedelics Cure?

Episode: 14

Ocean Invaders

Episode: 15

Nazca Desert Mystery

Episode: 16

Crypto Decoded

Episode: 17

Zero to Infinity

Episode: 18

Rebuilding Notre Dame

Episode: 19

Season 50 ( 2023-02-01)

London Super Tunnel

Episode: 1

Star Chasers of Senegal

Episode: 2

Ancient Builders of the Amazon

Episode: 3

New Eye on the Universe

Episode: 4

Weathering the Future

Episode: 5

Chasing Carbon Zero

Episode: 6

Saving the Right Whale

Episode: 7

Hidden Volcano Abyss

Episode: 8

Your Brain: Perception Deception (1)

Episode: 9

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

Episode: 10

Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky

Episode: 11

Ancient Earth: Frozen

Episode: 12

Ancient Earth: Life Rising

Episode: 13

Ancient Earth: Inferno

Episode: 14

Ancient Earth: Humans

Episode: 15

Inside China's Tech Boom

Episode: 16

The Battle to Beat Malaria

Episode: 17

Lee and Liza's Family Tree

Episode: 18

Season 51 ( 2024-01-31)

When Whales Could Walk

Episode: 1

Easter Island Origins

Episode: 2

Building the Eiffel Tower

Episode: 3

Hunt for the Oldest DNA

Episode: 4

A.I. Revolution

Episode: 5

Great American Eclipse

Episode: 6

Secrets in Your Data

Episode: 7

Decoding the Universe: Cosmos

Episode: 8

Solar System: Storm Worlds

Episode: 9

Solar System: Strange Worlds

Episode: 10

Solar System: Volcano Worlds

Episode: 11

Solar System: Icy Worlds

Episode: 12

Solar System: Wandering Worlds

Episode: 13

Decoding the Universe: Quantum

Episode: 14

Building Stuff: Boost It!

Episode: 15

Building Stuff: Reach It!

Episode: 16

Building Stuff: Change It!

Episode: 17

Lost Tombs of Notre Dame

Episode: 18

Season 52 ( 2025-01-22)

What Are UFOs?

Episode: 1

Extreme Airport Engineering

Episode: 2

Dino Birds

Episode: 3

Egypt's Tombs of Amun

Episode: 4

Pompeii's Secret Underworld

Episode: 5

Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Episode: 6

Revolutionary War Weapons

Episode: 7

Secrets of the Forest

Episode: 8
Mar 03, 1974 (en)
Documentary
[55] Min
  • First Air Date Mar 03, 1974
  • Production
    GBH
  • Rotten tomato 69%
Original Title NOVA
en

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer