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 20 : Underwater Dream Machine
December. 26,2006
The story of Peter Robbins, an engineer who---at a cost of $1.5 million---built his own submarine (named Alicia) in order to explore sunken German U-boats. Included: the Alicia's maiden voyage.
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Episode 19 : ScienceNOW: Extinction
October. 03,2006
The "Nova scienceNOW" magazine delves into a case of mass extinction some 250 million years ago; investigates the 1918 influenza outbreak, which killed as many as 50 million people; details the work of MIT roboticist Cynthia Breazeal's efforts to create "sociable robots"; and examines attempts to decipher 2000-year-old papyrus scrolls. Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts.
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Episode 18 : Family That Walks on All Fours
November. 14,2006
This episode focuses on a scientific debate about five siblings in a Turkish family who walk on all fours. When, in 2005, scientist Uner Tan labeled them "genetic throwbacks," they became part of the dialogue about a possible missing link to an era when humans walked on all fours. Included: comments from geneticist Sean Carroll and anthropologist Brian Richmond, who disagree with Tan; and interviews with and footage of the family.
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Episode 17 : Wings of Madness
November. 07,2006
Nova reviews the contribution of Alberto Santos Dumont in the early days of aircraft development and his uncanny ability to abandon one line of endeavor for a technology with better long term potential.
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Episode 16 : Dimming the Sun
April. 18,2006
Everyone has heard of global warming, but a lesser-known man-made phenomenon has been nearly as powerful at affecting Earth's climate. A look at global dimming, created by soot and pollution reflecting the sun's rays and surprisingly helping to offset global warming's catastrophic advance.
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Episode 15 : Voyage to the Mystery Moon
April. 04,2006
A mission to Saturn and its enigmatic sattelite, Titan, looks for clues to the origins of life.
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Episode 14 : The Great Robot Race: Nova
March. 28,2006
Driverless vehicles compete in a 130-mile race across the Majove Desert.
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Episode 13 : Arctic Passage
February. 28,2006
NOVA recreates the expeditions of Sir John Franklin and Roald Amundsen, two Arctic explorers who set out to find the legendary Arctic sea route known as the Northwest Passage.
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Episode 12 : The Ghost Particle
February. 21,2006
A 40-year hunt for solar neutrinos leads to a new understanding of matter itself.
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Episode 11 : Jewel of the Earth
February. 14,2006
David Attenborough probes the mystery of ancient life-forms perfectly preserved in amber.
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Episode 10 : The Perfect Corpse
February. 07,2006
Forensic investigators tease secrets from the well preserved bodies of people buried long ago under peat bogs.
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Episode 9 : Deadly Ascent
January. 17,2006
Doctors, rescuers and mountaineers try to determine why people die attempting to climb Mount McKinley.
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Episode 8 : The Mummy Who Would Be King
January. 03,2006
Could a mummy found in Niagara Falls be the remains of a long-lost Pharaoh?
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Episode 5 : Hitler's Sunken Secret
November. 08,2005
One of the most daring clandestine operations of World War II was the 1944 sinking of the Norwegian ferry Hydro with its cargo of "heavy water" destined for the Nazis' secret atomic bomb project. Although the mission was declared a success, no one ever established if the special shipment was actually on board. In this program, NOVA descends 1,300 feet beneath a remote Norwegian lake to find the answer.
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Episode 4 : Volcano Under the City
November. 01,2005
A restless mountain threatens a bustling metropolis perched on its flanks.
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Episode 2 : Sinking the Supership
October. 04,2005
The search for the wreck of the Yamato, the largest and mightiest battleship ever floated and the pride of the Japanese Imperial Fleet. Constructed in absolute secrecy and sunk by American planes toward the end of World War II, her rapid demise had been a mystery, rather like a military Titanic.
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