NOVA
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 17 Episodes
NOVA reports on the 100-year-old legacy of pollution from mining that poisons the once-pristine waters of the Rocky Moun…
Using some of the largest machines ever built on earth, American and European physicists race to discover one of the mos…
Sixty-five years after attempts to ban them, chemical weapons pose more of a threat than ever. NOVA looks at the problem…
NOVA examines an alarming nuclear waste problem at the Hanfrod Nuclear Reservation in eastern Washington state, where 45…
Covering last year's Exxon Valdez oil spill from an unexplored angle, NOVA focuses on how technology failed in preventin…
China in the 13th century was the richest, most powerful, most technologically advanced civilization on earth. NOVA look…
NOVA examines the extraordinary transformation that propelled Europe outward into the world from the 15th to 18th centur…
Ever wonder how junk mail finds you? NOVA investigates the hidden world of direct marketing, pointing out how advertiser…
NOVA covers China's long road to economic and technological equality with the West, punctuated by frequent setbacks such…
This documentary covers the surprising tale of an average systems administrator who stumbled upon a KGB spy operation. C…
NOVA visits Neptune, the planet that took Voyager 12 years to reach. Mysteries abound in and around this big, blue world…
NOVA chronicles the Voyager space mission—from Earth to the ends of the solar system. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and dozens…
Sixty-five years after attempts to ban them, chemical weapons pose more of a threat than ever. NOVA looks at the problem…
NOVA examines the troubled past and promising future of blimps, zeppelins, cyclocranes and other species of airships. Th…
NOVA looks at the high-stakes quest to predict earthquakes. Despite past disappointments, geologists still hope to divin…
Robotic weapons that seek out and destroy ships, planes, and other targets are the wave of the future. NOVA questions wh…
Is the ivory ban in the elephant's best interest? NOVA looks at the controversial strategies to save the world's largest…
Ever wonder how junk mail finds you? NOVA investigates the hidden world of direct marketing, pointing out how advertiser…
NOVA profiles the llama, alpaca, vicuna and guanaco of South America. At one time nearly extinct, these four members of …
NOVA tracks a mysterious disease that suddenly and fatally attacks the children of a small Brazilian town. Researchers f…
