PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, Nova programs demystify science and technology, and highlight the people involved in scientific pursuits.
What Darwin Never Knew
December 29, 2009
at 7pm
(#3617)
On the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's famous On the ...
Lizard Kings
first aired:
October 20, 2009
(#3616)
They look like dragons. Armed with sharp teeth, tearing claws and a whip-like ...
Becoming Human (Part 3 of 3)
November 17, 2009
at 7pm
(#3615)
"Nova" presents a definitive three-part special that investigates explosive ...
Becoming Human (Part 2 of 2)
November 10, 2009
at 7pm
(#3614)
"Nova" presents a definitive three-part special that investigates explosive ...
Becoming Human (Part 1 of 3)
first aired:
November 3, 2009
(#3613)
"Nova" presents a definitive three-part special that investigates explosive ...
Why Do We Dream? (W.T.)
November 24, 2009
at 7pm
(#3612)
What are dreams and why do we have them? Are they a window into a hidden ...
Hubble's Amazing Rescue
first aired:
October 13, 2009
(#3611)
In May 2009, NASA sent a shuttle crew on a risky mission to service the ...
Musical Minds
first aired:
June 30, 2009
(#3610)
Through the remarkable case studies from neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks' ...
Doctors' Diaries (Part 2 of 2)
first aired:
April 14, 2009
(#3609)
This is the last installment in the groundbreaking "Nova" series that ...
Doctors' Diaries (Part 1 of 2)
first aired:
April 7, 2009
(#3608)
This is the last installment in the groundbreaking "Nova" series that ...
The Last Extinction
first aired:
March 31, 2009
(#3607)
What killed the mastodons? Thirteen thousand years ago, these tusked beasts ...
Darwin's Darkest Hour
first aired:
October 6, 2009
(#3605)
The extraordinary drama of Darwin's great personal crisis: the anguishing ...
Extreme Ice
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March 24, 2009
(#3604)
In collaboration with National Geographic, "Nova" follows the exploits ...
Rats Attack
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February 24, 2009
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Every 48 years, the inhabitants of the remote Indian state of Mizoram ...
The Spy Factory
first aired:
February 3, 2009
(#3602)
For the first time on television, "Nova" exposes the hidden world of high-tech, ...
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
first aired:
January 27, 2009
(#3601)
A visually rich new documentary about one of the world's most beautiful ...
The Big Energy Gamble
first aired:
January 20, 2009
(#3519)
The latest public opinion polls show that a vast majority of Americans ...
Is There Life on Mars?
first aired:
December 30, 2008
(#3518)
More than four years after they landed on Mars, NASA's twin robot explorers, ...
Ocean Animal Emergency
first aired:
November 25, 2008
(#3517)
The world's oceans are in trouble. Warming seas and man-made pollutants ...
The Bible's Buried Secrets
first aired:
November 18, 2008
(#3516)
This two-hour special breaks exciting new ground in investigating the ...
Alien from Earth
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November 11, 2008
(#3515)
"Nova" presents exclusive coverage of new excavations that were undertaken ...
Hunting the Hidden Dimension
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October 28, 2008
(#3514)
What do movie special effects, the stock market, heart attacks and the ...
Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
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October 21, 2008
(#3513)
Mark Oliver Everett, better known as E, is the lead singer of U.S. cult ...
Space Shuttle Disaster
first aired:
October 14, 2008
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On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas ...
Arctic Dinosaurs
first aired:
October 7, 2008
(#3511)
How is it that dinosaurs managed to survive and even thrive in the gloom ...
Lord of the Ants
first aired:
May 20, 2008
(#3510)
Every so often a giant emerges on the stage of science, someone who transcends ...
Car of the Future
first aired:
April 22, 2008
(#3509)
How will the car of the future be powered? Will it run on hydrogen, batteries, ...
Cracking the Maya Code
first aired:
April 8, 2008
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The program investigates how a handful of pioneers deciphered the intricate ...
Ape Genius
first aired:
February 19, 2008
(#3507)
The great apes - which include chimps, orangutans, gorillas and bonobos ...
Walk to Beautiful
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May 13, 2008
(#3506)
"A Walk to Beautiful," a story of hope and survival in contemporary Ethiopia. ...
Absolute Zero (W.T.) (Part 2)
first aired:
January 15, 2008
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The new, two-part "Absolute Zero" (w.t.) presents the epic story of humanity's ...
Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold
first aired:
January 8, 2008
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The new, two-part "Absolute Zero" (w.t.) presents the epic story of humanity's ...
Secrets of the Parthenon
first aired:
January 29, 2008
(#3503)
Erected by the ancient Greeks as a temple to Athena, the Parthenon has ...
The Four-Winged Dinosaur
first aired:
February 26, 2008
(#3502)
Imagine a moment from the Age of Dinosaurs frozen in time: primitive birds, ...
Astrospies
first aired:
February 12, 2008
(#3501)
While NASA astronauts were captivating the world with the Apollo lunar ...
Nova Sciencenow
first aired:
August 7, 2007
(#3425)
New material on DNA and some of NSN's most popular segments make up this ...
Missing in Mig Alley
first aired:
December 18, 2007
(#3418)
Russian and American fighters clashed over Korea in one of the fastest ...
Master of the Killer Ants
first aired:
November 20, 2007
(#3417)
In the Mandaras Mountains of northern Cameroon live the Mofu - an ancient ...
Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial
first aired:
November 13, 2007
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One of the latest battles in the war over evolution took place in a tiny ...
Sputnik Declassified
first aired:
November 6, 2007
(#3415)
The world changed on October 4, 1957, when the U.S. public heard the shocking ...
Marathon
first aired:
October 30, 2007
(#3414)
What does it take for the average person to run one of the world's toughest ...
The Ghost in Your Genes
first aired:
October 16, 2007
(#3413)
In a provocative report from the frontiers of biology, "Nova" explores ...
Secrets of the Samurai Sword
first aired:
October 9, 2007
(#3412)
"Nova" travels deep into Japan's ancient foundries to reveal the art and ...
Nova Sciencenow
first aired:
July 24, 2007
(#3411)
Julie Schablitsky profile - Julie Schablitsky is a historical archaeologist ...
Nova Sciencenow
first aired:
July 10, 2007
(#3410)
Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts this fourth installment ...
The Great Inca Rebellion
first aired:
June 26, 2007
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Peruvian archaeologist Guillermo Cock examines dozen of corpses and makes ...
Bone Diggers
first aired:
June 19, 2007
(#3408)
Deep beneath the Nullarbor Plain, one of Australia's most hostile and ...
Saved By the Sun
first aired:
April 24, 2007
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"Nova" examines problems and possible solutions to global warming in the ...
Pocahontas Revealed
first aired:
May 8, 2007
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On May 13, 1607, three English sailing vessels drop anchor beside a small ...
First Flower
first aired:
April 17, 2007
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Flowers hold a special place in the plant world as well as in the human ...
The Last Great Ape
first aired:
February 13, 2007
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Deep in the Congo lives a little-studied group of apes called the bonobos. ...
Forgotten Genius
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February 6, 2007
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"Nova" presents the remarkable life story of Percy Julian - not only ...
Kings of Camouflage
first aired:
April 3, 2007
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Cuttlefish are one of the strangest animals on our planet. These shape-shifting ...
Nova Sciencenow
first aired:
July 17, 2007
(#3401)
Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts this third installment ...
Underwater Dream Machine
first aired:
January 3, 2008
(#3319)
Building a submarine without the resources of a big shipyard and using ...
Nova Sciencenow - Extinction
first aired:
July 31, 2007
(#3318)
The latest installment of "Nova"'s science newsmagazine draws on a range ...
Family That Walks on All Fours
first aired:
January 22, 2008
(#3317)
An intense scientific debate has ignited around a quiet but extraordinary ...
Wings of Madness
first aired:
August 7, 2007
(#3316)
On October, 19, 1901, the people of Paris turned out by the thousands ...
Monster of the Milky Way
first aired:
July 22, 2008
(#3314)
Astronomers are closing in on the proof they've sought for years that ...
Nova Sciencenow - Asteroid
first aired:
July 3, 2007
(#3313)
Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who debuts as the new host ...
Mystery of the Megavolcano
first aired:
March 11, 2008
(#3312)
A remote lake in Southeast Asia conceals evidence of Earth's greatest ...
Building on Ground Zero
first aired:
September 11, 2007
(#3311)
In a follow-up to the Emmy Award-winning documentary "Why The Towers Fell," ...
Dimming Sun
first aired:
September 4, 2007
(#3310)
As global warming turns up the heat, researchers are stunned to discover ...
Voyage to the Mystery Moon
first aired:
April 1, 2008
(#3309)
"Nova" follows the suspenseful mission of the Cassini/Huygens probe, built ...
The Great Robot Race
first aired:
May 22, 2007
(#3308)
The essentials of road racing are clear - a fast car and talented driver, ...
Arctic Passage: Ice Survivors
first aired:
July 29, 2008
(#3307)
After the Franklin expedition, more than a half-century would pass before ...
Arctic Passage: Prisoners of the Ice
first aired:
July 29, 2008
(#3306)
"Nova" probes the Arctic's most enduring exploration enigma. In 1845, ...
The Ghost Particle
first aired:
June 3, 2008
(#3305)
The cosmos has a secret ingredient: a swarm of invisible particles that ...
Jewel of the Earth
first aired:
June 12, 2007
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In the movie Jurassic Park, Richard Attenborough played the role of an ...
The Perfect Corpse
first aired:
July 8, 2008
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The moist earth of central Ireland halts decomposition, perfectly preserving ...
Deadly Ascent
first aired:
December 11, 2007
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Alaska's Mount McKinley, commonly referred to as Denali, is the highest ...
The Mummy Who Would Be King
first aired:
February 5, 2008
(#3301)
It is a tantalizing idea and an outrageous long-shot: a shriveled mummy ...
Storm That Drowned a City
first aired:
August 28, 2007
(#3218)
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Newton's Dark Secrets
first aired:
May 1, 2007
(#3217)
Besides Einstein, no single scientist ever transformed the outlook and ...
Hitler's Sunken Secret
first aired:
May 15, 2007
(#3216)
It was one of the most audacious exploits of the Norwegian resistance ...
Volcano Under the City
first aired:
September 2, 2008
(#3215)
The towering volcano of Nyiragongo looms over the city of Goma in central ...
Einstein's Big Idea
first aired:
September 16, 2008
(#3213)
Everybody's heard of it, but what does the world's most famous equation ...
Sinking the Supership
first aired:
March 6, 2007
(#3212)
In April 1945, the largest battleship ever built set out on the ultimate ...
Mystery of the Megaflood
first aired:
March 20, 2007
(#3211)
It was the greatest flood of the past two million years, and it posed ...
Nova Sciencenow
first aired:
January 25, 2007
(#3209)
In the second installment of this in"Nova"tive science magazine show, ...
Wave That Shook the World
first aired:
December 25, 2007
(#3208)
On December 26, 2004, a series of tidal waves killed hundreds of thousands ...
Saving the National Treasures
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January 30, 2007
(#3206)
Every year, more than a million people visit the Rotunda at the National ...
Supersonic Dream
first aired:
December 4, 2007
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"Nova" looks back affectionately over the 30-year story of the development ...
Welcome to Mars
first aired:
April 21, 2007
(#3201)
On January 3, 2004, a tiny rover named Spirit crash-landed on the dusty ...
Great Escape
first aired:
June 5, 2007
(#3117)
The movie "The Great Escape," starring Steve McQueen, was based on fact ...
America's Stone Age Explorers
first aired:
February 20, 2007
(#3116)
Who were the first Americans and where did they come from? The conventional ...
The Most Dangerous Woman in America
first aired:
August 21, 2007
(#3115)
Interweaving biography and social history, this episode tells the extraordinary ...
Origins: Earth Is Born/How Life Began
first aired:
August 14, 2007
(#3111)
This episode shows that ancient cataclysms made our planet what it is ...
Battle Plan Under Fire
first aired:
March 6, 2007
(#3110)
An unmanned spy plane spots a group of terrorists driving a car and fires ...
World in the Balance - China Revs Up
first aired:
March 13, 2007
(#3109)
"Nova" takes the pulse of China's hyperactive economy, the fastest-growing ...
Hunt for the Supertwister
first aired:
March 20, 2007
(#3107)
A powerful tornado is a terrifying phenomenon that continues to defy decades ...
Crash of Flight 111
first aired:
January 30, 2007
(#3105)
On September 2, 1998, Swissair Flight 111 plummeted into the sea off "Nova" ...
Volcano Above the Clouds
first aired:
May 27, 2007
(#3017)
Just 200 miles south of the equator, Kilimanjaro has both equatorial and ...
Fireworks!
first aired:
July 1, 2008
(#2903)
This episode of "Nova" presents the colorful history of pyrotechnics and ...
The Perfect Pearl
first aired:
March 27, 2007
(#2520)
Pearls are back in fashion - in a big way. For thousands of years, humans ...
Treasures of the Sunken City
first aired:
February 27, 2007
(#2417)
Few traces remain of Alexandria, once the capital of Egypt, which for ...
This Old Pyramid
first aired:
July 15, 2008
(#1915)
"Nova" reveals the ancient secrets of how pyramids were built by actually ...
