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 32 Episodes
E1
"Origins: Earth is Born" gives viewers a spectacular glimpse of the tumultuous first billion years of Planet Earth—a tim…
E2
"Origins: How Life Began," zeroes in on the mystery of exactly how it happened. Join the hunt for hardy microbes that fl…
E3
In "Origins: Where are the Aliens?," host astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explores such provocative questions as: wou…
E4
"Origins: Back to the Beginning" explores how the colossal, mind-boggling forces of the early universe made it possible …
E5
Examine the complex case of Typhoid Mary, a cook that was quaratined for life against her will in the early 1900s.
E6
Who were the first Ameicans and where did they come from?
E7
Archeologists excavate Stalag Luft 3, the site of the greatest WWII prisoner escape. Prisoners of the camp are also int…
E8
Follow an expedition to a remote cave in the Judean desert, first excavated by the famed Israeli archeologist Yigael Yad…
E9
NOVA follows a team of scientists as the monitor the Martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Spirit runs into some proble…
E10
For decades, a fossil skull discovered in Piltdown, England, was hailed as the missing link between apes and humans. Ent…
E11
A chronicle of the turbulent birth, life and death of the Concorde, the world's first and only supersonic airliner.
E12
Ever since its sensational unveiling by Yale University scholars in October 1965, the Vinland Map has been a lightning r…
E13
A team of experts takes on the preservation of the origianl Constitution, Declaration of Indipendance and Bill of Rights…
E14
In 1909, Louis Bleriot undertakes a heroic first-ever flight over the English Channel.
E15
On December 26, 2004 a devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean kills more than 250,000 people. NOVA takes an in depth lo…
Explores the Nazi quest for atomic weapons as it follows a mission to recover barrels of heavy water bound for Berlin fr…
The auction of some of Newton's papers early in the 20th century uncovers the fact that he had a side other than the gen…
An exploration of the devastation wrought on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina details failures of levees and disaster-re…
