NOVA

A battered manuscript turns up after 1000 years revealing the mind of the Greek genius Archimedes

Forensic experts investigate the most famous aviation mystery of World War 1.

Part 1, "Einstein's Dream," introduces string theory and shows how modern physics—composed of two theories that are ferociously incompatibl…

Part 2, "String's the Thing," opens with a whimsical scene in a movie theater in which the history of the universe runs backwards to the Bi…

Part 3 of "The Elegant Universe” with host Brian Greene shows how Edward Witten of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, aided by other…

Relive the engineering challenges that two bicycle makers overcame to become the first in flight.

Is the magnetic field protecting Earth from deadly radiation about to reverse direction or even dissapear?

Join a scientific expedition to the glacier-capped summit of Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain.

Go inside NASA's risky field trip to the red planet in this tense and dramatic behind-the-scenes chronicle of the $820 million Mars Explora…

Rare lemurs and crocodiles with bizarre cave-dwelling behavior draw scientists to remote corner of Madagascar.

NOVA goes beyond the wagging tails and floppy ears to reveal surprising insights into the origin and evolutionary strategy of our canine co…

A team of "glacionauts" verntures into a labyrinth of unexplored and hazardous glacier caves on France's Mt. Blanc.

One of the most exhaustive investigations in aviation history reveals telling clues to the cause of a dissaster off Nova Scotia.

While other reporters were embedded in fighting units during the Iraq War, NOVA was covering the emergency medical response, living night a…

Scientists, meteorologists and storm chasers try to uncover the secrets of F5 tornadoes, the largest, most powerful and most dangerous on E…

Nova investigates the impact of forces that are radically changing populations in both rich and poor nations.

Can the US military's high tech weaponry prevail against insurgants.