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 3 Episodes
EP 1
It is now possible to predict earthquakes. At least two successful predictions have already been made in the United States; and the NOVA cr…
EP 2
NOVA takes viewers into the world of Joey Deacon, 54 years old and a spastic since birth. Joey has lived most of his life in institutions, …
EP 3
What do singer Peggy Lee, New York Jets Quarterback Joe Namath and Congressman Richard Nolas have in common? They all practice a ritual cal…
EP 4
The last fourteen years have been a revolution in our understanding of our place in the stars, the Solar System. Beginning in 1961 with a R…
EP 5
NOVA explores the mysterious ecosystem of the desert: a snowstorm; a lashing summer monsoon; and the emergence—in a pool created only minut…
EP 6
Every year, some 5,000 babies are born in the US with spina bifida, a congenital abnormality of the central nervous system. NOVA explores t…
EP 7
There's one place on earth where no one will ever catch a cold. And the freezing waters are so bitter there that a fish has been discovered…
EP 8
Author Isaac Asimov joins NOVA in the retelling of the remarkable story of the discovery of the structure of DNA. James Watson and his ex-c…
EP 9
Each Sunday edition of the New York Times consumes 153 acres of trees. The paper packs, napkins, paper cups and packing used by McDonald's …
EP 10
NOVA joins chief archaeologist, Ivor Noel Hume, of Colonial Williamsburg, VA, for a fascinating glimpse of the lifestyles of the founders o…
EP 11
Today we take antibiotics for granted, and by doing so are steadily eroding their medical value. NOVA examines the problem of resistance to…
EP 12
Dr. Norman Shumway of Stanford University has performed more heart transplants than any other heart surgeon. NOVA explores those extraordin…
EP 13
NOVA explores life underground, from foxes and badgers through moles and worms down to the myriad of micro-organisms that make soil the mos…
EP 14
NOVA shows the Netsilik eskimoes of Pelly Bay and their traditional way of life and what happens when Western civilization is imposed upon …
EP 15
Benjamin is a healthy, normal baby, whom we meet at birth and whose first year of life provides the backbone of this revealing NOVA about e…
EP 16
Margaret Sanger was responsible almost single-handedly for changing the whole attitude of the male-dominated medical profession towards "wo…
EP 17
As late as 1967, smallpox struck as many as 15 million people in 43 countries and killed an estimated two or three million. Experts now bel…
EP 18
The "Jaws" phenomenon has given sharks a bad name. But is the shark really such a barbarian? NOVA looks at the lifestyle of this remarkable…
EP 19
Recent scientific developments have made it possible to detect a wide variety of defects in unborn babies. NOVA focuses on the ethical ques…
EP 20
Since 1945, hundreds of ships and planes and thousands of people have mysteriously disappeared in an area of the Atlantic Ocean off of Flor…
