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 6 Episodes
On the morning of March 16, 1978, the US owned, Liberian registered supertanker, the Amoco Cadiz, went aground off the c…
As a child, Fred Young hunted birds and wild animals with primitive weapons, spoke only the Indian languages Ute and Nav…
In 1945, B.F. Skinner shocked the world by putting his 13 month-old daughter, Deborah, into a "box." The box was actuall…
The bed of the northeast Pacific Ocean is covered with a "carpet" estimated to be worth a staggering ten million dollars…
Below the snow-capped peaks of the Peruvian Andes, the Q'eros Indians live a life patterned on that of their ancestors t…
Some day hydrogen may replace the gasoline that we are now using up so rapidly. NOVA looks at the potential of hydrogen …
Is nuclear fusion the solution to the energy crisis? NOVA examines the promise—and problems—of fusion as a future energy…
Health care is the third largest industry in the US. As a result of billions of dollars spent for medical education in t…
One hundred years after his birth, Albert Einstein remains an enigma to most Americans. NOVA presents an insightful port…
Some powerful and complex painkilling drugs have just been discovered—in a place where you would least expect to find th…
Is the chemical industry a boom to modern civilization, or a major threat to our health and that of future generations? …
Sinister, sometimes even deadly, spiders have little popular appeal; yet their silken webs are among nature's loveliest …
NOVA views the history of sugar—from its scientific, religious and political history to its medical controversy.
At the 1976 Olympics, East German athletes walked off with 40 of the coveted gold medals, though their country is only t…
Thousands of amateur athletes are hurt every year, and many professional athletes suffer injuries that may mean the end …
Most of India lives by the same rhythm, the same tools, as in centuries past. But there is another India—with thriving c…
The Iron Bridge across the River Severn in Telford, England is two centuries old this year. It remains a monument to the…
Dr. Philip Morrison, Institute Professor and professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, presents thi…
For many people the idea of life without vision is as fearful as death. NOVA looks at five people struggling to save the…
