NOVA
TV-PG
8.7
1974
Documentary
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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Episode 18 : Storm That Drowned a City
December. 14,2005
An exploration of the devastation wrought on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina details failures of levees and disaster-relief planning; why the city was unprepared; and what made Katrina so powerful.
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Episode 17 : Newton's Dark Secrets
November. 15,2005
The auction of some of Newton's papers early in the 20th century uncovers the fact that he had a side other than the genius mathematician and visionary the world knew him as.
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Episode 16 : Hitler's Sunken Secret
November. 08,2005
Explores the Nazi quest for atomic weapons as it follows a mission to recover barrels of heavy water bound for Berlin from a Norwegian hydroelectric plant.
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Episode 15 : Wave That Shook the World
March. 29,2005
On December 26, 2004 a devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean kills more than 250,000 people. NOVA takes an in depth look at just what happened on that fateful day.
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Episode 14 : A Daring Flight
February. 22,2005
In 1909, Louis Bleriot undertakes a heroic first-ever flight over the English Channel.
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Episode 13 : Saving the National Treasures
February. 15,2005
A team of experts takes on the preservation of the origianl Constitution, Declaration of Indipendance and Bill of Rights.
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Episode 11 : Supersonic Dream
January. 18,2005
A chronicle of the turbulent birth, life and death of the Concorde, the world's first and only supersonic airliner.
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Episode 10 : The Boldest Hoax
January. 11,2005
For decades, a fossil skull discovered in Piltdown, England, was hailed as the missing link between apes and humans. Entire careers were built on its authenticity. Then in 1953, the awful truth came out: "Piltdown Man" was a fake! But who done it? In "The Boldest Hoax," NOVA gets to the bottom of the greatest scientific hoodwinking of all time.
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Episode 9 : Welcome to Mars
January. 04,2005
NOVA follows a team of scientists as the monitor the Martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Spirit runs into some problems, but Opportunity takes a photograph that may confirm the existence of water on Mars.
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Episode 7 : Great Escape
November. 16,2004
Archeologists excavate Stalag Luft 3, the site of the greatest WWII prisoner escape. Prisoners of the camp are also interviewed.
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Episode 6 : America's Stone Age Explorers
November. 09,2004
Who were the first Ameicans and where did they come from?
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Episode 5 : The Most Dangerous Woman in America
October. 12,2004
Examine the complex case of Typhoid Mary, a cook that was quaratined for life against her will in the early 1900s.
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Episode 3 : Origins: Where Are the Aliens?
September. 29,2004
In "Origins: Where are the Aliens?," host astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explores such provocative questions as: would "ETs" resemble us or the creatures of science fiction? Are there "aliens" already amongst us on Planet Earth—brainy creatures whose intelligence is very different from our own? And are planets on which life can flourish rare or common in our universe?
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