NOVA
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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 23 Episodes

E1
Anastasia Dead or Alive?
55 min 1995

Investigate the massacre of Tsar Nicholas and his family, and evaluate whether modern science has resolved the mystery s…

E2
Venus Unveiled
55 min 1995

Venus reveals its true face, recorded in detail for the first time by the radar spacecraft Magellan. Our next-door plane…

E3
Hawaii Born of Fire
55 min 1995

From their blistering beginnings as molten rock, the Hawiian islands have grown into a verdant paradise of unique lifefo…

E4
The Doomsday Asteroid
55 min 1995

Is there an asteroid or comet out there with our name on it? NOVA scans the skies and the geological record on Earth, fo…

E5
Lightning!
55 min 1995
E6
Hunt for the Serial Arsonist
55 min 1995

In the spring of 1991, a rash of suspicious store fires in Los Angeles set fire investigators on the trail of a serial a…

E7
Treasures of the Great Barrier Reef
55 min 1995

Recording sights that will astonish even experienced divers, NOVA documents an extraordinary day in the life of the larg…

E8
Race to Catch a Buckyball
55 min 1995
E9
Can Buildings Make You Sick?
55 min 1995

A search for the causes of Sick Building Syndrome. Experts look at various problem buildings, inspecting their air condi…

E10
Terror in the Mine Fields
55 min 1996
E11
The Day the Earth Shook
55 min 1996
E12
B-29 Frozen in Time
55 min 1996

Travel on a perilous mission to repair and refly a rare B-29 bomber stranded on a Greenland icecap for almost 50 years.G…

E13
Plague Fighters
55 min 1996
E14
War Machines of Tomorrow
55 min 1996
E15
Kidnapped by U.F.O.'s?
55 min 1996

Carl Sagan and other scientists investigate claims that people have been visited or abducted by aliens.

E16
Flood!
55 min 1996

The Great Flood of 1993 leaves a wake of destruction across the Midwest. Can rivers ever be contained?

E17
Dr. Spock the Baby Doc
55 min 1996
E18
Warriors of the Amazon
55 min 1996

Explore the unique culture of the Yanomami, an isolated tribe living deep in the Amazonian rainforest.

E19
Bombing of America
55 min 1996

Bombing is on the rise across the United States. But science is fighting back. Hidden within the chaos of a crime scene …

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