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 39 Episodes
E1
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, NOVA presents an epic story of engineering, innovation, and the perseveranc…
E2
The earthquake that hit the northern coast of Japan on March 11, 2011, was recorded at magnitude 9.0 the worst ever reco…
E3
Take a spectacular trip to distant realms of our solar system to discover where secret forms of life may lie hidden. Com…
E4
He’s been dead for more than 5,000 years and poked, prodded, and probed by scientists for the last 20. Yet Ötzi the Icem…
E5
Space. It separates you from me, one galaxy from the next, and atoms from each other. It is everywhere in the universe. …
E6
Time. We waste it, save it, kill it, make it. The world runs on it. Yet, ask physicists what time actually is, and the a…
E7
Join Brian Greene on a wild ride into the weird realm of quantum physics, which governs the universe on the tiniest of s…
E8
Hard as it is to swallow, cutting-edge theories are suggesting that our universe may not be the only universe. Instead, …
E9
Millions of people around the world live in the shadow of active volcanoes. Under constant threat of massive volcanic er…
E10
In 1943 a squadron of Lancaster bombers staged one of the most audacious raids in military history: destroying two gigan…
E11
During World War II, Hitler’s scientists developed terrifying new weapons of mass destruction. Alarmed by rumors of adva…
E12
In October 2007, a striking portrait of a young woman in Renaissance dress made world news headlines. Originally sold ni…
E13
In a race against developers in the Rocky Mountains, archeologists uncover a unique fossil site packed with astonishingl…
E14
This is the incredible story of Trishna and Krishna, twin girls born joined at the head. Abandoned shortly after birth a…
E15
What will it mean when most of us can afford to have the information in our DNA—all three billion chemical letters of it…
E16
Where do nature’s building blocks, called the elements, come from? They’re the hidden ingredients of everything in our w…
E17
In April 2011, the worst tornado outbreak in decades left a trail of destruction across the U.S., killing more than 360 …
E18
Twenty million passengers embark on cruises each year, vacationing in deluxe "floating cities" that offer everything fro…
E19
It contains 99.9 percent of all the matter in our solar system and sheds hot plasma at nearly a million miles an hour. T…
