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 37 Episodes
EP 1
This two-hour scripted drama tells the remarkable story behind the unveiling of the most influential scientific theory of all time, Charles…
EP 2
The best-known scientific instrument in history was dying. After nearly 20 years in space and hundreds of thousands of spectacular images, …
EP 3
Though they may look like dragons and inspire stories of man-eating, fire-spitting monsters with long claws, razor-sharp teeth and muscular…
EP 4
The first hour examines the factors that caused the split from the apes. The film explores the fossil of “Selam,” also known as “Lucy’s Chi…
EP 5
In gripping forensic detail, the second program in “Becoming Human” investigates the first skeleton that really looks like us — “Turkana Bo…
EP 6
The final program examines the roots of our own species, Homo sapiens, which new evidence pinpoints to southern Africa some 200,000 years a…
EP 7
What are dreams and why do we have them? Are they a window into a hidden realm within us? Science is only just beginning to understand. NOV…
EP 8
NOVA takes viewers on a journey from the Galapagos Islands to the Arctic, and from the Cambrian explosion of animal forms half a billion ye…
EP 9
NOVA dives beneath the waters of Pearl Harbor to trace provocative new clues to one of the most tragic events of World War II -- the sinkin…
EP 10
A magnificent trading vessel embarks on a royal expedition to a mysterious, treasure-laden land called Punt. Is this journey, intricately d…
EP 11
A team of archeologists carries out experiments that reveal the techniques and labor invested in the carving of the Sphinx. The team also u…
EP 12
NOVA joins a new generation of archeologists as they probe areas of Machu Picchu that haven’t been touched since the time of the Incas.
EP 13
"Extreme Cave Diving" follows a fearless team of scientists as they venture into blue holes—underwater caves that formed during the last ic…
EP 14
When the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium stopped calling Pluto a planet, director Neil deGrasse Tyson found himself…
EP 15
In a two-hour special, NOVA examines how a simple instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed our understanding of our place in th…
EP 16
In a two-hour special, NOVA examines how a simple instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed our understanding of our place in th…
EP 17
Exposes the mysterious and surprising nature of the two most powerful forces on the planet: the human mind and money. Using analysis and e…
EP 18
For 27 years, biologist Charlie Crisafulli has been documenting the dramatic return of plant and animal life to Mt. St. Helens after the 19…
