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NOVA

7.0/10 1974 53 Seasons 1020 Episodes Returning Series

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.

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Season 18 Episodes

E1
Return to Mt. St. Helens
55 min 1991

NOVA returns to Mount St. Helens a decade after its cataclysmic eruption to learn how nature is recovering from the disa…

E2
ConFusion in a Jar
55 min 1991

An experiment that could mean limitless supplies of energy sets the scientific world on its head. NOVA covers the cold f…

E3
The Hunt for China's Dinosaurs (1)
55 min 1991

NOVA covers the most elaborate expedition ever undertaken in the search for dinosaurs—to China's Gobi desert. Paleontolo…

E4
Case of the Flying Dinosaur
55 min 1991

Are dinosaurs still among us? NOVA looks at the contentious question of whether present-day birds are dinosaurs. Over th…

E5
T. rex Exposed
55 min 1991

Tyrannosaurus rex, the terrifying kind of the dinos, recently turned up in a nearly complete skeleton in Montana. NOVA f…

E6
The Russian Right Stuff: The Invisible Spaceman
55 min 1991

In the first program of a three-part miniseries on the Soviet space program, NOVA profiles the mysterious genius behind …

E7
The Russian Right Stuff: The Dark Side of the Moon
55 min 1991

NOVA reveals the details of Moscow's secret plan to reach the moon ahead of the Americans. Was Neil Armstrong's "giant l…

E8
The Russian Right Stuff: The Mission
55 min 1991

In an unprecedented insider's look, NOVA covers the training, flight and recovery of a cosmonaut crew that visits the So…

E9
Swimming With Whales
55 min 1991

Gregory Peck narrates a scientific voyage around Vancouver Island in search of whales. Humpbacks, Killers, Grays and oth…

E10
The Chip vs. the Chess Master
55 min 1991

Will machines be able to beat us at our own game? The computer chess champ matches wits with the human world titleholder…

E11
Sex, Lies and Toupee Tape
55 min 1991

NOVA covers the causes and attempted cures of baldness. Some men take pride in their bald heads; others will go to great…

E12
So You Want to Be a Doctor?
55 min 1991

In a two-hour special, NOVA follows seven aspiring doctors through four years of medical school. The first examination, …

E13
Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls
55 min 1991

Forty years after they were discovered, the Dead Sea Scrolls have yet to be published in their entirety. NOVA looks at t…

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E14
Suicide Mission to Chernobyl
55 min 1991

NOVA accompanies Soviet scientists on a deadly mission inside the sarcophagus-the massive structure that entombs the Che…

E15
Taller Than Everest?
55 min 1991

The tallest mountain in the world? Think again—cartographers had to when satellite date revealed a peak called "K2" migh…

E16
Fastest Planes in the Sky
55 min 1991

The fastest machines in the sky are going to be slow stuff when the latest speed demons on the drawing board take to the…

E17
Avoiding the Surgeon's Knife
55 min 1991

NOVA follows the efforts of four participants in a celebrated California study to unblock arteries without using drugs o…

E18
Skyscraper! A NOVA Special
55 min 1991

This 80-minute NOVA pledge special chronicles the building of the Worldwide Plaza, 47-story office tower in midtown Manh…

E19
The Fine Art of Faking It
55 min 1991

The spectacular eclipse of 1991 passed over major observatories on the island of Hawaii. NOVA was there for 6 1/2 minute…

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