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 28 : Day the Dinosaurs Died
December. 27,2017
66 million years ago, a seven-mile-wide asteroid collided with Earth, triggering a chain of events that coincide with the end of the dinosaurs. But experts have long debated exactly what happened when the asteroid struck and how the giant beasts met their end. Now, scientists have uncovered compelling new clues about the catastrophe.
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Episode 27 : Bird Brain
December. 20,2017
Watch astonishing tests of avian aptitude: parrots that can plan for the future, jackdaws that can “read” human faces, and crows that can solve multi-step puzzles with tools like pebbles, sticks, and hooks. Could these just be clever tricks, based on instinct or triggered by subtle cues from their human handlers?
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Episode 25 : Killer Floods
November. 08,2017
All over the world, scientists are discovering traces of ancient floods on a scale that dwarfs even the most severe flood disasters of recent times. What triggered these cataclysmic floods, and could they strike again? In the Channeled Scablands of Washington State, the level prairie gives way to bizarre, gargantuan rock formations.
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Episode 24 : Killer Hurricanes
November. 01,2017
Devastating hurricanes struck the U.S. mainland and Caribbean islands in 2017. But they weren’t the first. The Great Hurricane of 1780 took nine days to blast its way across the Caribbean, killing at least 20,000—the highest known death toll of any single weather event in history. What made this superstorm so deadly?
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Episode 23 : Killer Volcanoes
October. 25,2017
NOVA follows a team of volcano sleuths as they embark on a worldwide hunt for an elusive volcanic mega-eruption that plunged medieval Earth into a deep freeze. They look for the signature of a volcanic eruption big enough to have blasted a huge cloud of ash and sulfuric acid into the atmosphere, which chilled the entire planet. Across the globe, it turned summer into winter.
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Episode 22 : Secrets of the Forbidden City
October. 18,2017
The Forbidden City is the world’s biggest and most extravagant palace complex ever built. For five centuries, it was the power center of imperial China and survived wars, revolution, fires, and earthquakes. How did the Ming Emperor’s workforce construct its sprawling array of nearly 1,000 buildings and dozens of temples in a little over a decade?
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Episode 21 : Secrets of the Shining Knight
October. 04,2017
Once upon a time, knighthood was serious business, and for countless medieval fighters, their armor was what stood between life and death. NOVA challenged a blacksmith and master armorer to recreate parts of an elite armor. We trace their journey as they rediscover centuries-old metalworking secrets, then put their new armor to the ultimate test against a period musket.
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Episode 20 : Death Dive to Saturn
September. 13,2017
Aiming to skim less than 2000 miles above the cloud tops, no spacecraft has ever gone so close to Saturn, and hopes are high for incredible observations that could solve major mysteries about the planet’s core. Join NASA engineers for the tense and triumphant moments as they find out if their bold reprogramming has worked, and discover the wonders that Cassini has revealed over the years.
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Episode 19 : Ghosts of Stonehenge
August. 31,2017
Stonehenge is the grandest and most enigmatic of Europe’s prehistoric monuments, and has inspired countless theories to explain who built it and why. Join NOVA as we reveal intimate details of the Stonehenge people and why their power began to fade soon after they raised the mighty stones.
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Episode 18 : Eclipse Over America
August. 23,2017
On August 21, 2017, millions of Americans will witness the first total solar eclipse to cross the continental United States in 99 years. While hordes of citizens prepare to flock to the eclipse’s path of totality, scientists, too, are staking out spots for a very different reason: to investigate the secrets of the sun’s elusive atmosphere.
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Episode 16 : Chinese Chariot Revealed
May. 17,2017
For over 1000 years, chariots thundered across China's battlefields - dominating warfare longer than anywhere else on earth. Now, archaeological findings enable a team of experts to reconstruct and test China's first super-weapon.
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Episode 15 : Building Chernobyl's Megatomb
April. 26,2017
Engineers race to build a massive dome to contain the crumbling remains of the reactor.
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Episode 14 : Holocaust Escape Tunnel
April. 19,2017
The Lithuanian city of Vilna, known also as the “Jerusalem of the North”, was one of the most important Jewish centers in the world until World War II, when the Nazis murdered about 95% of its Jewish population. Now, an international team of archaeologists is excavating the remains of its Great Synagogue and searching for a lost escape tunnel dug by Jewish prisoners inside a Nazi execution site.
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Episode 12 : The Origami Revolution
February. 15,2017
The centuries-old tradition of folding two-dimensional paper into three-dimensional shapes is inspiring a scientific revolution. The rules of folding are at the heart of many natural phenomena, from how leaves blossom to how beetles fly. Engineers and designers are applying its principles to reshape the world around us—and even within us, designing new drugs, micro-robots, and future space missions.
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Episode 11 : Ultimate Cruise Ship
February. 08,2017
Join pioneering shipbuilders as they embark on a feat of maritime engineering.
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Episode 10 : Search for the Super Battery
February. 01,2017
Explore the hidden world of energy storage and how it holds the keys to a greener future.
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Episode 7 : Treasures of the Earth: Power
November. 16,2016
Drill down to discover how Earth's natural treasures provide bountiful energy to power our modern world yet are also driving us to seek new, cleaner alternatives that can help us keep the lights on.
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Episode 6 : Treasures of the Earth: Metals
November. 09,2016
Gold, bronze, iron, steel... metals are pillars of our civilization, but what makes them so special? Discover their unique properties and explore how our mastery of metals has led us from the stone age to today's hi-tech world.
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Episode 5 : Treasures of the Earth: Gems
November. 02,2016
Gemstones like diamonds, rubies, opal and jade are the ultimate treasures. Delve into Earth's depths to discover how these precious stones are forged and what explains the unique allure of each captivating gemstone.
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Episode 4 : Super Tunnel
October. 12,2016
Join engineers as they build a massive new railway deep beneath the streets of London.
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Episode 3 : Great Human Odyssey
October. 05,2016
Follow our ancient ancestors’ footsteps out of Africa and into every corner of our planet.
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Episode 2 : School of the Future
September. 14,2016
How the science of learning may change education for all children.
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Episode 1 : 15 Years of Terror
September. 07,2016
From 9/11 to today’s crowd-sourced violence, trace how terrorists’ strategies have evolved.
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