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 39 Episodes
EP 1
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, NOVA presents an epic story of engineering, innovation, and the perseverance of the human spir…
EP 2
The earthquake that hit the northern coast of Japan on March 11, 2011, was recorded at magnitude 9.0 the worst ever recorded in Japan. It g…
EP 3
Take a spectacular trip to distant realms of our solar system to discover where secret forms of life may lie hidden. Combining the latest t…
EP 4
He’s been dead for more than 5,000 years and poked, prodded, and probed by scientists for the last 20. Yet Ötzi the Iceman, the famous mumm…
EP 5
Space. It separates you from me, one galaxy from the next, and atoms from each other. It is everywhere in the universe. But to most of us, …
EP 6
Time. We waste it, save it, kill it, make it. The world runs on it. Yet, ask physicists what time actually is, and the answer might shock y…
EP 7
Join Brian Greene on a wild ride into the weird realm of quantum physics, which governs the universe on the tiniest of scales. Brian brings…
EP 8
Hard as it is to swallow, cutting-edge theories are suggesting that our universe may not be the only universe. Instead, it may be just one …
EP 9
Millions of people around the world live in the shadow of active volcanoes. Under constant threat of massive volcanic eruptions, their home…
EP 10
In 1943 a squadron of Lancaster bombers staged one of the most audacious raids in military history: destroying two gigantic dams in Germany…
EP 11
During World War II, Hitler’s scientists developed terrifying new weapons of mass destruction. Alarmed by rumors of advanced rockets and mi…
EP 12
In October 2007, a striking portrait of a young woman in Renaissance dress made world news headlines. Originally sold nine years before for…
EP 13
In a race against developers in the Rocky Mountains, archeologists uncover a unique fossil site packed with astonishingly well-preserved bo…
EP 14
This is the incredible story of Trishna and Krishna, twin girls born joined at the head. Abandoned shortly after birth at an orphanage in B…
EP 15
What will it mean when most of us can afford to have the information in our DNA—all three billion chemical letters of it—read, stored, and …
EP 16
Where do nature’s building blocks, called the elements, come from? They’re the hidden ingredients of everything in our world, from the carb…
EP 17
In April 2011, the worst tornado outbreak in decades left a trail of destruction across the U.S., killing more than 360 people. Why was the…
EP 18
Twenty million passengers embark on cruises each year, vacationing in deluxe "floating cities" that offer everything from swimming pools to…
EP 19
It contains 99.9 percent of all the matter in our solar system and sheds hot plasma at nearly a million miles an hour. The temperature at i…
