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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 32 Episodes

S32E1
E1
Origins: Earth is Born
55 min 2004

"Origins: Earth is Born" gives viewers a spectacular glimpse of the tumultuous first billion years of Planet Earth—a tim…

S32E2
E2
Origins: How Life Began
55 min 2004

"Origins: How Life Began," zeroes in on the mystery of exactly how it happened. Join the hunt for hardy microbes that fl…

S32E3
E3
Origins: Where Are the Aliens?
55 min 2004

In "Origins: Where are the Aliens?," host astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explores such provocative questions as: wou…

S32E4
E4
Origins: Back to the Beginning
55 min 2004

"Origins: Back to the Beginning" explores how the colossal, mind-boggling forces of the early universe made it possible …

S32E5
E5
The Most Dangerous Woman in America
55 min 2004

Examine the complex case of Typhoid Mary, a cook that was quaratined for life against her will in the early 1900s.

S32E6
E6
America's Stone Age Explorers
55 min 2004

Who were the first Ameicans and where did they come from?

S32E7
E7
Great Escape
55 min 2004

Archeologists excavate Stalag Luft 3, the site of the greatest WWII prisoner escape. Prisoners of the camp are also int…

S32E8
E8
Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land
55 min 2004

Follow an expedition to a remote cave in the Judean desert, first excavated by the famed Israeli archeologist Yigael Yad…

S32E9
E9
Welcome to Mars
55 min 2005

NOVA follows a team of scientists as the monitor the Martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Spirit runs into some proble…

S32E10
E10
The Boldest Hoax
55 min 2005

For decades, a fossil skull discovered in Piltdown, England, was hailed as the missing link between apes and humans. Ent…

S32E11
E11
Supersonic Dream
55 min 2005

A chronicle of the turbulent birth, life and death of the Concorde, the world's first and only supersonic airliner.

S32E12
E12
The Viking Deception
55 min 2005

Ever since its sensational unveiling by Yale University scholars in October 1965, the Vinland Map has been a lightning r…

S32E13
E13
Saving the National Treasures
55 min 2005

A team of experts takes on the preservation of the origianl Constitution, Declaration of Indipendance and Bill of Rights…

S32E14
E14
A Daring Flight
55 min 2005

In 1909, Louis Bleriot undertakes a heroic first-ever flight over the English Channel.

S32E15
E15
Wave That Shook the World
55 min 2005

On December 26, 2004 a devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean kills more than 250,000 people. NOVA takes an in depth lo…

E16
Hitler's Sunken Secret
55 min 2005

Explores the Nazi quest for atomic weapons as it follows a mission to recover barrels of heavy water bound for Berlin fr…

E17
Newton's Dark Secrets
55 min 2005

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…

E18
Storm That Drowned a City
55 min 2005

An exploration of the devastation wrought on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina details failures of levees and disaster-re…

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