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 3 Episodes

E1
Predictable Disaster
55 min 1976

It is now possible to predict earthquakes. At least two successful predictions have already been made in the United Stat…

E2
Joey
55 min 1976

NOVA takes viewers into the world of Joey Deacon, 54 years old and a spastic since birth. Joey has lived most of his lif…

E3
Meditation and the Mind
55 min 1976

What do singer Peggy Lee, New York Jets Quarterback Joe Namath and Congressman Richard Nolas have in common? They all pr…

E4
The Planets
55 min 1976

The last fourteen years have been a revolution in our understanding of our place in the stars, the Solar System. Beginni…

E5
A Desert Place
55 min 1976

NOVA explores the mysterious ecosystem of the desert: a snowstorm; a lashing summer monsoon; and the emergence—in a pool…

E6
A Small Imperfection
55 min 1976

Every year, some 5,000 babies are born in the US with spina bifida, a congenital abnormality of the central nervous syst…

E7
Ninety Degrees Below
55 min 1976

There's one place on earth where no one will ever catch a cold. And the freezing waters are so bitter there that a fish …

E8
The Race for the Double Helix
55 min 1976

Author Isaac Asimov joins NOVA in the retelling of the remarkable story of the discovery of the structure of DNA. James …

E9
The Renewable Tree
55 min 1976

Each Sunday edition of the New York Times consumes 153 acres of trees. The paper packs, napkins, paper cups and packing …

E10
The Williamsburgh File
55 min 1976

NOVA joins chief archaeologist, Ivor Noel Hume, of Colonial Williamsburg, VA, for a fascinating glimpse of the lifestyle…

E11
The Overworked Miracle
55 min 1976

Today we take antibiotics for granted, and by doing so are steadily eroding their medical value. NOVA examines the probl…

E12
The Transplant Experiment
55 min 1976

Dr. Norman Shumway of Stanford University has performed more heart transplants than any other heart surgeon. NOVA explor…

E13
The Underground Movement
55 min 1976

NOVA explores life underground, from foxes and badgers through moles and worms down to the myriad of micro-organisms tha…

E14
Hunters of the Seal
55 min 1976

NOVA shows the Netsilik eskimoes of Pelly Bay and their traditional way of life and what happens when Western civilizati…

E15
Benjamin
55 min 1976

Benjamin is a healthy, normal baby, whom we meet at birth and whose first year of life provides the backbone of this rev…

E16
The Women Rebel
55 min 1976

Margaret Sanger was responsible almost single-handedly for changing the whole attitude of the male-dominated medical pro…

E17
Death of a Disease
55 min 1976

As late as 1967, smallpox struck as many as 15 million people in 43 countries and killed an estimated two or three milli…

E18
Inside the Shark
55 min 1976

The "Jaws" phenomenon has given sharks a bad name. But is the shark really such a barbarian? NOVA looks at the lifestyle…

E19
The Genetic Chance
55 min 1976

Recent scientific developments have made it possible to detect a wide variety of defects in unborn babies. NOVA focuses …

E20
The Case of the Bermuda Triangle
55 min 1976

Since 1945, hundreds of ships and planes and thousands of people have mysteriously disappeared in an area of the Atlanti…

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