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Description	As entertaining as it is informative, NOVA explores headline-grabbing innovations and discoveries, demystifying science and technology along the way while also highlighting the human side of the people "who make science happen." As the most watched documentary series on PBS, NOVA programs have defined science television for the world, helping us to understand the way things work, while also exploring the social implications of these scientific findings that affect our past, present, and future. Ranging in topics covering everything from galaxies to atoms, the series opens viewers' imaginations to cutting-edge technology that is constantly pushing the limits of the real and possible.
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Season 38 (4)

NOVA: Making Stuff: Smarter

Season 38: Ep. 12 (53:26)

NOVA: Making Stuff: Cleaner

Season 38: Ep. 11 (53:26)

NOVA: Making Stuff: Smaller

Season 38: Ep. 10 (53:26)

NOVA: Making Stuff: Stronger

Season 38: Ep. 9 (53:22)

Season 37 (13)

of 3

NOVA: Secrets Beneath the Ice

Season 37: Ep. 17 (53:03)

NOVA: Quest for Solomon's Mines

Season 37: Ep. 16 (53:24)

NOVA: Secrets of Stonehenge

Season 37: Ep. 15 (53:10)

NOVA: The Pluto Files

Season 37: Ep. 14 (53:08)

NOVA: Ghosts of Machu Picchu

Season 37: Ep. 12 (53:07)

NOVA: Riddles of the Sphinx

Season 37: Ep. 11 (53:06)

Season 36 (10)

of 2

NOVA: What Darwin Never Knew

Season 36: Ep. 17 (01:52:28)

NOVA: Lizard Kings

Season 36: Ep. 16 (52:36)

NOVA: Hubble's Amazing Race

Season 36: Ep. 11 (52:21)

NOVA: The Incredible Journey of the Butte...

Season 36: Ep. 10 (52:28)

NOVA: Ocean Animal Emergency

Season 36: Ep. 7 (52:54)

NOVA: The Bible's Buried Secrets

Season 36: Ep. 6 (01:51:52)

Season 33 (7)

of 2

NOVA: Secrets of the Parthenon

Season 33: Ep. 9 (53:11)

NOVA: Marathon Challenge

Season 33: Ep. 8 (52:44)

NOVA: The Four Winged Dinosaur

Season 33: Ep. 6 (53:18)

NOVA: Lord of the Ants

Season 33: Ep. 5 (52:52)

NOVA: A Walk to Beautiful

Season 33: Ep. 4 (52:37)

NOVA: Car of the Future

Season 33: Ep. 3 (53:22)

Season 32 (2)

NOVA: The Great Robot Race

Season 32: Ep. 8 (52:33)

NOVA: Welcome to Mars

Season 32: Ep. 1 (53:56)

Season 31 (3)

NOVA: Hunt for the Supertwister

Season 31: Ep. 7 (52:46)

NOVA: Life and Death in the War Zone

Season 31: Ep. 6 (54:08)

NOVA: MARS Dead or Alive

Season 31: Ep. 1 (54:07)

Season 30 (3)

NOVA: Wright Brothers' Flying Machine

Season 30: Ep. 15 (54:01)

NOVA: Lost Treasures of Tibet

Season 30: Ep. 6 (53:51)

NOVA: Battle of the X-Planes

Season 30: Ep. 4 (01:53:26)

Season 28 (1)

NOVA: Lost King of the Maya

Season 28: Ep. 4 (54:01)

Season 27 (4)

NOVA: Secrets of Lost Empires II: China B...

Season 27: Ep. 18 (54:25)

NOVA: Secrets of Lost Empires II: Roman B...

Season 27: Ep. 16 (54:38)

NOVA: Secrets of Lost Empires II: Easter ...

Season 27: Ep. 14 (54:22)

NOVA: Secrets of Lost Empires II: Pharaoh...

Season 27: Ep. 12 (57:22)

Misc. (51)

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NOVA: A Walk to Beautiful

(52:37)

NOVA: Alien from Earth

(52:18)

NOVA: Battle of the X-Planes

(1:53:26)

NOVA: Becoming Human: Birth of Humanity

(51:43)

NOVA: Becoming Human: First Steps

(51:43)

NOVA: Becoming Human: Last Human Standing

(51:44)

Unreliable Sources

Season 38 (3)

Smarter

Season 38: Ep. 3805 (53:26)

Cleaner

Season 38: Ep. 3804 (53:26)

Smaller

Season 38: Ep. 3803 (53:26)

Season 37 (5)

Mt. St. Helens Back From the Dead

Season 37: Ep. 18

Trapped in an Elevator

Season 37: Ep. 13 (53:19)

Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor

Season 37: Ep. 9

What Darwin Never Knew

Season 37: Ep. 8

Lizard Kings

Season 37: Ep. 3

Season 36 (7)

of 2

Doctors' Diaries (1)

Season 36: Ep. 15

Last Extinction (Megabeasts' Sudden...

Season 36: Ep. 14

Extreme Ice

Season 36: Ep. 13

Rat Attack

Season 36: Ep. 12

The Big Energy Gamble

Season 36: Ep. 9

Is There Life On Mars?

Season 36: Ep. 8

Season 35 (17)

of 3

Lord Of The Ants

Season 35: Ep. 17

A Walk To Beautiful

Season 35: Ep. 16

Car Of The Future

Season 35: Ep. 15

Cracking The Maya Code

Season 35: Ep. 14

The Four-Winged Dinosaur

Season 35: Ep. 13

Ape Genius

Season 35: Ep. 12

Season 34 (15)

of 3

The Great Inca Rebellion

Season 34: Ep. 15

Bone Diggers

Season 34: Ep. 14

Pocahontas Revealed

Season 34: Ep. 13

Saved By The Sun

Season 34: Ep. 12

First Flower

Season 34: Ep. 11

Kings Of Camouflage

Season 34: Ep. 10

Season 33 (9)

of 2

Dimming The Sun

Season 33: Ep. 16

Voyage To The Mystery Moon

Season 33: Ep. 15

The Great Robot Race

Season 33: Ep. 14

Arctic Passage

Season 33: Ep. 13

The Ghost Particle

Season 33: Ep. 12

Jewel Of The Earth

Season 33: Ep. 11

Season 32 (13)

of 3

Wave That Shook The World

Season 32: Ep. 15

A Daring Flight

Season 32: Ep. 14

Saving The National Treasures

Season 32: Ep. 13

The Viking Deception

Season 32: Ep. 12

Supersonic Dream

Season 32: Ep. 11

The Boldest Hoax

Season 32: Ep. 10

Season 31 (15)

of 3

Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land

Season 31: Ep. 18 (54:01)

World In The Balance: China Revs Up...

Season 31: Ep. 17

World In The Balance: The People Pa...

Season 31: Ep. 16

Hunt For The Supertwister

Season 31: Ep. 15

Life And Death In The War Zone

Season 31: Ep. 14

Crash Of Flight 111

Season 31: Ep. 13

Season 30 (13)

of 3

Secret Of Photo 51

Season 30: Ep. 16

Dirty Bomb

Season 30: Ep. 14

Lost Treasures Of Tibet

Season 30: Ep. 13

Mountain Of Ice

Season 30: Ep. 12

Battle Of The X-Planes

Season 30: Ep. 11

Ancient Creature Of The Deep

Season 30: Ep. 10

Season 29 (17)

of 3

Fire Wars

Season 29: Ep. 17

Why The Towers Fell

Season 29: Ep. 16

Shackleton's Voyage Of Endurance

Season 29: Ep. 15

The Missing Link

Season 29: Ep. 14

Secrets, Lies And Atomic Spies

Season 29: Ep. 13

Fireworks!

Season 29: Ep. 12

Season 28 (16)

of 3

Harvest Of Fear

Season 28: Ep. 17

Cracking The Code Of Life

Season 28: Ep. 16

Survivor M.D.: Hearts & Minds

Season 28: Ep. 15

Survivor M.D.: Second Opinions

Season 28: Ep. 14

Survivor M.D.: Tattooed Doctor

Season 28: Ep. 13

The Cancer Warrior

Season 28: Ep. 12

Season 27 (17)

of 3

The Vikings

Season 27: Ep. 21

Stationed In The Stars

Season 27: Ep. 20

What's Up With The Weather?

Season 27: Ep. 19

Lost Tribes Of Israel

Season 27: Ep. 17

Mystery Of The First Americans

Season 27: Ep. 15

Trillion Dollar Bet

Season 27: Ep. 13

Season 26 (8)

of 2

Surviving AIDS

Season 26: Ep. 14

Submarines, Secrets & Spies

Season 26: Ep. 12

The Beast of Loch Ness

Season 26: Ep. 11

The Perfect Pearl

Season 26: Ep. 10

Ice Mummies (1): Frozen In Heaven

Season 26: Ep. 6

Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius

Season 26: Ep. 5

Season 25 (15)

of 3

The Truth About Impotence

Season 25: Ep. 20

Crocodiles!

Season 25: Ep. 18

Warnings from the Ice

Season 25: Ep. 17

Search for the Lost Cave People

Season 25: Ep. 16

The Perfect Pearl

Season 25: Ep. 15

The Brain Eater

Season 25: Ep. 14

Season 24 (20)

of 4

Kingdom of the Seahorse

Season 24: Ep. 20

Cut to the Heart

Season 24: Ep. 19

Curse of T.rex

Season 24: Ep. 18

Hunt for Alien Worlds

Season 24: Ep. 17

Secrets Of Lost Empires (5): Coloss...

Season 24: Ep. 16

Secrets Of Lost Empires (4): Obelis...

Season 24: Ep. 15

Season 23 (19)

of 4

Bombing of America

Season 23: Ep. 19

Warriors of the Amazon

Season 23: Ep. 18

Dr. Spock the Baby Doc

Season 23: Ep. 17

Flood!

Season 23: Ep. 16

Kidnapped by U.F.O.'s?

Season 23: Ep. 15

War Machines of Tomorrow

Season 23: Ep. 14

Season 22 (17)

of 3

Can Buildings Make You Sick

Season 22: Ep. 17

Race to Catch a Buckyball

Season 22: Ep. 16

Treasures of the Great Barrier Reef

Season 22: Ep. 15

Hunt for the Serial Arsonist

Season 22: Ep. 14

Lightning!

Season 22: Ep. 13

The Doomsday Asteroid

Season 22: Ep. 12

Season 21 (20)

of 4

In Search of the First Language

Season 21: Ep. 20

Journey to the Sacred Sea

Season 21: Ep. 19

Rescue Mission in Space

Season 21: Ep. 18

Buried in Ash

Season 21: Ep. 17

Killer Quake!

Season 21: Ep. 16

The Tribe that Time Forgot

Season 21: Ep. 15

Season 20 (20)

of 4

Stranger in the Mirror

Season 20: Ep. 20

The Best Mind Since Einstein

Season 20: Ep. 19

Great Moments from NOVA

Season 20: Ep. 18

Mysterious Crash of Flight 201

Season 20: Ep. 17

Roller Coaster!

Season 20: Ep. 16

The Real Jurassic Park

Season 20: Ep. 15

Season 19 (20)

of 4

Sex and the Single Rhino

Season 19: Ep. 20

Can You Stop People from Drinking?

Season 19: Ep. 19

Brain Transplant

Season 19: Ep. 18

Private Lives of Dolphins

Season 19: Ep. 17

Iceman

Season 19: Ep. 16

This Old Pyramid

Season 19: Ep. 15

Season 18 (19)

of 4

The Fine Art of Faking It

Season 18: Ep. 19

Skyscraper! A NOVA Special

Season 18: Ep. 18

Avoiding the Surgeon's Knife

Season 18: Ep. 17

Fastest Planes in the Sky

Season 18: Ep. 16

Taller Than Everest?

Season 18: Ep. 15

Suicide Mission to Chernobyl

Season 18: Ep. 14

Season 17 (21)

of 4

Hurricane!

Season 17: Ep. 21

What's Killing the Children?

Season 17: Ep. 20

In the Land of the Llamas

Season 17: Ep. 19

We Know Where You Live

Season 17: Ep. 18

Can the Elephant Be Saved?

Season 17: Ep. 17

Killing Machines

Season 17: Ep. 16

Season 16 (21)

of 4

Confronting the Killer Gene

Season 16: Ep. 21

The World Is Full of Oil!

Season 16: Ep. 20

Legends of Easter Island (2)

Season 16: Ep. 19

Secrets of Easter Island (1)

Season 16: Ep. 18

Adrift on the Gulf Stream

Season 16: Ep. 17

God, Darwin and the Dinosaurs

Season 16: Ep. 16

Season 15 (22)

of 4

Can We Make a Better Doctor?

Season 15: Ep. 22

The All-American Bear

Season 15: Ep. 21

The Light Stuff

Season 15: Ep. 20

Who Shot President Kennedy?

Season 15: Ep. 19

Do Scientists Cheat?

Season 15: Ep. 18

Can the Next President Win the Spac...

Season 15: Ep. 17

Season 14 (21)

of 4

Secrets of the Lost Red Paint Peopl...

Season 14: Ep. 21

Riddle of the Joints

Season 14: Ep. 20

Ancient Treasures from the Deep

Season 14: Ep. 19

How Good is Soviet Science?

Season 14: Ep. 18

Volcano!

Season 14: Ep. 17

What Darwin Never Knew

Season 14: Ep. 16 (1:52:28)

Season 13 (21)

of 4

How Babies Get Made

Season 13: Ep. 21

Leprosy Can Be Cured!

Season 13: Ep. 20

Sail Wars!

Season 13: Ep. 19

Are You Swimming in a Sewer?

Season 13: Ep. 18

Ocean Animal Emergency

Season 13: Ep. 17 (52:54)

The Bible's Buried Secrets

Season 13: Ep. 16 (1:51:52)

Season 12 (20)

of 4

The Plane that Changed the World

Season 12: Ep. 20

Animal Architects

Season 12: Ep. 19

The Genetic Gamble

Season 12: Ep. 18

Tornado!

Season 12: Ep. 17

Child Survival: The Silent Emergenc...

Season 12: Ep. 16

Marathon Challenge

Season 12: Ep. 15 (52:44)

Season 11 (20)

of 4

The Garden of Inheritance

Season 11: Ep. 20

Stephen Jay Gould: This View of Lif...

Season 11: Ep. 19

Acid Rain: New Bad News

Season 11: Ep. 18

Jaws: The True Story

Season 11: Ep. 17

Space Women

Season 11: Ep. 16

Frontiers of Plastic Surgery

Season 11: Ep. 15

Season 10 (21)

of 4

Alcoholism: Life Under the Influenc...

Season 10: Ep. 21

Eyes Over China

Season 10: Ep. 20

The Climate Crisis

Season 10: Ep. 19

Nuclear Strategy for Beginners

Season 10: Ep. 18

Twenty-Five Years in Space

Season 10: Ep. 17

Captives of Care

Season 10: Ep. 16

Season 9 (18)

of 3

Tracking the Supertrains

Season 9: Ep. 18

Whale Watch

Season 9: Ep. 17

Goodbye Louisiana

Season 9: Ep. 16

The Cobalt Blues

Season 9: Ep. 15

Adventures of Teenage Scientists

Season 9: Ep. 14

Here's Looking at You Kid

Season 9: Ep. 13

Season 8 (20)

of 4

Twins

Season 8: Ep. 20

City Spaces, Human Places

Season 8: Ep. 19

Notes of a Biology Watcher: A Film ...

Season 8: Ep. 18

Artists in the Lab

Season 8: Ep. 17

Did Darwin Get It Wrong?

Season 8: Ep. 16

Locusts: War Without End

Season 8: Ep. 15

Season 7 (20)

of 4

It's About Time

Season 7: Ep. 20

The Red Deer of Rhum

Season 7: Ep. 19

A Touch of Sensitivity

Season 7: Ep. 18

Moving Still

Season 7: Ep. 17

The Water Crisis

Season 7: Ep. 16

The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor

Season 7: Ep. 15

Season 6 (19)

of 4

Blindness: Five Points of Views

Season 6: Ep. 19

Termites to Telescopes

Season 6: Ep. 18

The Bridge that Spanned the World

Season 6: Ep. 17

India: Machinery of Hope

Season 6: Ep. 16

All Part of the Game

Season 6: Ep. 15

Race for the Gold

Season 6: Ep. 14

Season 5 (20)

of 4

Alaska: The Closing Frontier

Season 5: Ep. 20

A Whisper From Space

Season 5: Ep. 19

Memories From Eden

Season 5: Ep. 18

The Tse Tse Trap

Season 5: Ep. 17

The Desert's Edge

Season 5: Ep. 16

The Insect Alternative

Season 5: Ep. 15

Season 4 (20)

of 4

The Green Machine

Season 4: Ep. 20

The New Healers

Season 4: Ep. 19

Across the Silent Barrier

Season 4: Ep. 18

Linus Pauling: Crusading Scientist

Season 4: Ep. 17

Tongues of Men (2)

Season 4: Ep. 16

Tongues of Men (1)

Season 4: Ep. 15

Season 3 (11)

of 2

The Case of the Bermuda Triangle

Season 3: Ep. 20

The Williamsburgh File

Season 3: Ep. 10

The Renewable Tree

Season 3: Ep. 9

The Race for the Double Helix

Season 3: Ep. 8

Ninety Degrees Below

Season 3: Ep. 7

A Small Imperfection

Season 3: Ep. 6

Season 2 (10)

of 2

The Rise And Fall Of DDT

Season 2: Ep. 10

What Time Is Your Body?

Season 2: Ep. 9

War From The Air

Season 2: Ep. 8

Red Sea Coral

Season 2: Ep. 7

The Men Who Painted Caves

Season 2: Ep. 6

Inside The Golden Gate

Season 2: Ep. 5

Season 1 (10)

of 2

The First Signs Of Washoe

Season 1: Ep. 10

Are You Doing This For Me, Doctor?

Season 1: Ep. 9

Bird Brain: The Mystery Of Bird Nav...

Season 1: Ep. 8

The Crab Nebula

Season 1: Ep. 7

Strange Sleep

Season 1: Ep. 6

Last Of The Cuiva

Season 1: Ep. 5

Season 0 (2)

To The Moon

Season unknown: Ep. 2

Absolute Zero

Season unknown: Ep. unknown (1:43:23)

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