NOVA
Synopsis
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.
Season 6 Episodes
EP 1
On the morning of March 16, 1978, the US owned, Liberian registered supertanker, the Amoco Cadiz, went aground off the coast of Brittany. O…
EP 2
As a child, Fred Young hunted birds and wild animals with primitive weapons, spoke only the Indian languages Ute and Navajo, went to a medi…
EP 3
In 1945, B.F. Skinner shocked the world by putting his 13 month-old daughter, Deborah, into a "box." The box was actually a climate-control…
EP 4
The bed of the northeast Pacific Ocean is covered with a "carpet" estimated to be worth a staggering ten million dollars. These manganese n…
EP 5
Below the snow-capped peaks of the Peruvian Andes, the Q'eros Indians live a life patterned on that of their ancestors thousands of years a…
EP 6
Some day hydrogen may replace the gasoline that we are now using up so rapidly. NOVA looks at the potential of hydrogen as a zero-pollution…
EP 7
Is nuclear fusion the solution to the energy crisis? NOVA examines the promise—and problems—of fusion as a future energy source.
EP 8
Health care is the third largest industry in the US. As a result of billions of dollars spent for medical education in the 1960s, there are…
EP 9
One hundred years after his birth, Albert Einstein remains an enigma to most Americans. NOVA presents an insightful portrait of the man and…
EP 10
Some powerful and complex painkilling drugs have just been discovered—in a place where you would least expect to find them. Endorphins and …
EP 11
Is the chemical industry a boom to modern civilization, or a major threat to our health and that of future generations? NOVA examines how t…
EP 12
Sinister, sometimes even deadly, spiders have little popular appeal; yet their silken webs are among nature's loveliest creations. NOVA tak…
EP 13
NOVA views the history of sugar—from its scientific, religious and political history to its medical controversy.
EP 14
At the 1976 Olympics, East German athletes walked off with 40 of the coveted gold medals, though their country is only the size of New Jers…
EP 15
Thousands of amateur athletes are hurt every year, and many professional athletes suffer injuries that may mean the end of a career. NOVA l…
EP 16
Most of India lives by the same rhythm, the same tools, as in centuries past. But there is another India—with thriving commercial centers, …
EP 17
The Iron Bridge across the River Severn in Telford, England is two centuries old this year. It remains a monument to the Shropshire iron ma…
EP 18
Dr. Philip Morrison, Institute Professor and professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, presents this thoughtful and pr…
EP 19
For many people the idea of life without vision is as fearful as death. NOVA looks at five people struggling to save their threatened visio…
