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 32 Episodes
EP 1
"Origins: Earth is Born" gives viewers a spectacular glimpse of the tumultuous first billion years of Planet Earth—a time of continuous cat…
EP 2
"Origins: How Life Began," zeroes in on the mystery of exactly how it happened. Join the hunt for hardy microbes that flourish in the most …
EP 3
In "Origins: Where are the Aliens?," host astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explores such provocative questions as: would "ETs" resemble u…
EP 4
"Origins: Back to the Beginning" explores how the colossal, mind-boggling forces of the early universe made it possible for habitable world…
EP 5
Examine the complex case of Typhoid Mary, a cook that was quaratined for life against her will in the early 1900s.
EP 6
Who were the first Ameicans and where did they come from?
EP 7
Archeologists excavate Stalag Luft 3, the site of the greatest WWII prisoner escape. Prisoners of the camp are also interviewed.
EP 8
Follow an expedition to a remote cave in the Judean desert, first excavated by the famed Israeli archeologist Yigael Yadin in 1960-61. Yadi…
EP 9
NOVA follows a team of scientists as the monitor the Martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Spirit runs into some problems, but Opportunity…
EP 10
For decades, a fossil skull discovered in Piltdown, England, was hailed as the missing link between apes and humans. Entire careers were bu…
EP 11
A chronicle of the turbulent birth, life and death of the Concorde, the world's first and only supersonic airliner.
EP 12
Ever since its sensational unveiling by Yale University scholars in October 1965, the Vinland Map has been a lightning rod for passionate d…
EP 13
A team of experts takes on the preservation of the origianl Constitution, Declaration of Indipendance and Bill of Rights.
EP 14
In 1909, Louis Bleriot undertakes a heroic first-ever flight over the English Channel.
EP 15
On December 26, 2004 a devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean kills more than 250,000 people. NOVA takes an in depth look at just what hap…
EP 16
Explores the Nazi quest for atomic weapons as it follows a mission to recover barrels of heavy water bound for Berlin from a Norwegian hydr…
EP 17
The auction of some of Newton's papers early in the 20th century uncovers the fact that he had a side other than the genius mathematician a…
EP 18
An exploration of the devastation wrought on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina details failures of levees and disaster-relief planning; why …
