NOVA

In 1714, following a maritime disaster, British Parliament offers £20,000 for the first reliable method of determining l…

A massive planet-sized machine controls our weather day-to-day, and our climate season-to-season. It takes an event of s…

Experience the harrowing and life-threatening problems aboard the aging Mir space station through the eyes of the Russia…

NOVA goes behind the scenes in Hollywood, where the art of illusion meets the science of perception.

The shattered remnants of the Roman city of Pompeii bear witness to the risk that the people of Naples still face today.

This is the bizarre and fascinating story of the remains of Inca culture, frozen for posterity high in the mountains of …

The Siberian Ice Maiden, discovered in the Pastures of Heaven, on the high Steppes, is believed to have been a shamaness…

Cutting-edge science and archaeology are reconstructing the life and culture of The Iceman—the 5000-year-old frozen corp…

Night stalkers by nature, leopards are observed both by night and day, using state-of-the-art camera equipment, to revea…

The pearl—the only gem produced by a living animal—has long carried a certain allure. Yet the best mollusk for making th…

Is it just a fairy tale, or could a primeval beast lurk in the deep, dark waters of a Scottish lake? Since it was first …

At the height of the Cold War, US subs gathered secrets that neither spies nor satellites could expose. Until recently, …

When George Mallory was asked why he was willing to risk his life to climb Mount Everest in 1924 he simply replied "Beca…

The past five years have seen remarkable progress in both treatment and basic understanding of the human immunodeficienc…

The past five years have seen remarkable progress in both treatment and basic understanding of the human immunodeficienc…