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NOVA

1974 Series 53 seasons

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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Episodes

53 seasons · 1029 episodes; showing the first 400

Season 1

  1. 01The Making Of A Natural History Film
  2. 02Where Did the Colorado Go?
  3. 03Whales, Dolphins, and Men
  4. 04The Search For Life
  5. 05Last of the Cuiva
  6. 06Strange Sleep
  7. 07The Crab Nebula
  8. 08Bird Brain: The Mystery of Bird Navigation
  9. 09Are You Doing This for Me, Doctor?
  10. 10The First Signs Of Washoe
  11. 11The Case of the Midwife Toad
  12. 12Fusion: The Energy of Promise
  13. 13The Mystery Of The Anasazi

Season 2

  1. 01Why Do Birds Sing?
  2. 02How Much Do You Smell?
  3. 03The Hunting Of The Quark
  4. 04The Secrets Of Sleep
  5. 05Inside the Golden Gate
  6. 06The Men Who Painted Caves
  7. 07Red Sea Coral
  8. 08War From the Air
  9. 09What Time is Your Body?
  10. 10The Rise And Fall Of DDT
  11. 11Take the World From Another Point of View
  12. 12The Lysenko Affair
  13. 13The Tuaregs
  14. 14The Plutonium Connection
  15. 15The Other Way
  16. 16The Lost World Of The Maya
  17. 17Will The Fishing Have to Stop?

Season 3

  1. 01Predictable Disaster
  2. 02Joey
  3. 03Meditation and the Mind
  4. 04The Planets
  5. 05A Desert Place
  6. 06A Small Imperfection
  7. 07Ninety Degrees Below
  8. 08The Race for the Double Helix
  9. 09The Renewable Tree
  10. 10The Williamsburgh File
  11. 11The Overworked Miracle
  12. 12The Transplant Experiment
  13. 13The Underground Movement
  14. 14Hunters of the Seal
  15. 15Benjamin
  16. 16The Women Rebel
  17. 17Death of a Disease
  18. 18Inside the Shark
  19. 19The Genetic Chance
  20. 20The Case of the Bermuda Triangle

Season 4

  1. 01Hitler's Secret Weapon
  2. 02The Hot Blooded Dinosaurs
  3. 03What Price Coal?
  4. 04The Sunspot Mystery
  5. 05The Plastic Prison
  6. 06Incident at Brown's Ferry
  7. 07Bye Bye Blackbird
  8. 08The Pill for the People
  9. 09The Gene Engineers
  10. 10The Human Animal
  11. 11The Wolf Equation
  12. 12The Dawn of the Solar Age
  13. 13The Business of Extinction
  14. 14The Red Planet
  15. 15Tongues of Men (1)
  16. 16Tongues of Men (2)
  17. 17Linus Pauling: Crusading Scientist
  18. 18Across the Silent Barrier
  19. 19The New Healers

Season 5

  1. 01In The Event of Catastrophe
  2. 02The Green Machine
  3. 03Blueprints in the Bloodstream
  4. 04One Small Step
  5. 05The Final Frontier
  6. 06BaMiki BaNdula: Children of the Forest
  7. 07Trial of Denton Cooley
  8. 08The Great Wine Revolution
  9. 09The Case of the Ancient Astronauts
  10. 10The Mind Machines
  11. 11Icarus' Children
  12. 12Still Waters
  13. 13Battle for the Acropolis
  14. 14The Road to Happiness. : The Life and Times of Henry Ford
  15. 15Laser : Light of the 21st Century
  16. 16Insect Alternative
  17. 17The Desert's Edge
  18. 18The Tsetse Trap
  19. 19Memories From Eden
  20. 20A Whisper from Space
  21. 21Alaska: The Closing Frontier

Season 6

  1. 01Black Tide
  2. 02Long Walk Of Fred Young
  3. 03A World Of Difference
  4. 04Cashing In On The Ocean
  5. 05Patterns From The Past
  6. 06The Invisible Flame
  7. 07The End Of The Rainbow
  8. 08The Beersheva Experiment
  9. 09Einstein
  10. 10The Keys Of Paradise
  11. 11A Plague on our Children
  12. 12Life on a Silken Thread
  13. 13Sweet Solutions
  14. 14Race for the Gold
  15. 15All Part of the Game
  16. 16India: Machinery of Hope
  17. 17The Bridge that Spanned the World
  18. 18Termites to Telescopes
  19. 19Blindness: Five Points of Views

Season 7

  1. 01The Elusive Illness
  2. 02A is for Atom, B is for Bomb
  3. 03Living Machines
  4. 04Portrait of a Killer
  5. 05Umealit: The Whale Hunters
  6. 06The Safety Factor
  7. 07A Mediterranean Prospect
  8. 08Mr. Ludwig's Tropical Dreamland
  9. 09The Pinks and the Blues
  10. 10The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian
  11. 11The Sea Behind the Dunes
  12. 12Do We Really Need the Rockes?
  13. 13The Big IF
  14. 14Voyager: Jupiter & Beyond
  15. 15The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
  16. 16The Water Crisis
  17. 17Moving Still
  18. 18A Touch of Sensitivity
  19. 19The Red Deer of Rhum
  20. 20It's About Time

Season 8

  1. 01Doctors of Nigeria
  2. 02Message in the Rocks
  3. 03The Dead Sea Lives
  4. 04Anatomy of a Volcano
  5. 05The Science of Murder
  6. 06The Malady of Health Care
  7. 07Beyond the Milky Way
  8. 08The Asteroid and the Dinosaur
  9. 09Animal Olympians
  10. 10Resolution on Saturn
  11. 11Computers, Spies and Private Lives
  12. 12Why America Burns
  13. 13The Great Violin Mystery
  14. 14Cosmic Fire
  15. 15Locusts: War Without End
  16. 16Did Darwin Get It Wrong?
  17. 17Artists in the Lab
  18. 18Notes of a Biology Watcher: A Film with Lewis Thomas
  19. 19City Spaces, Human Places
  20. 20Twins

Season 9

  1. 01Salmon on the Run
  2. 02Test-Tube Babies: A Daughter For Judy
  3. 03Field Guide to Roger Tory Peterson
  4. 04The Hunt for the Legion Killer
  5. 05Finding a Voice
  6. 06The Television Explosion
  7. 07Life: Patent Pending
  8. 08Palace of Delights
  9. 09Animal Impostors
  10. 10Aging: The Methuselah Syndrome
  11. 11The Case of the UFOs
  12. 12The Fragile Mountain
  13. 13Here's Looking At You Kid
  14. 14Adventures of Teenage Scientists
  15. 15The Cobalt Blues
  16. 16Goodbye Louisiana
  17. 17Whale Watch
  18. 18Tracking The Supertrains
  19. 19The Making of a Natural History Film

Season 10

  1. 01Hawaii: Crucible of Life
  2. 02The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
  3. 03Lassa Fever
  4. 04The Miracle of Life
  5. 05Asbestos: A Lethal Legacy
  6. 06City of Coral
  7. 07Fat Chance in a Thin World
  8. 08Sixty Minutes to Meltdown
  9. 09Signs of the Apes, Songs of the Whales
  10. 10The Artificial Heart
  11. 11Talking Turtle
  12. 12Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial
  13. 13To Live Until You Die: The Work of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
  14. 14A Magic Way of Going: The Story of Thoroughbreds
  15. 15A Normal Face: The Wonders of Plastic Surgery
  16. 16Captives of Care
  17. 17Twenty-Five Years in Space
  18. 18Nuclear Strategy for Beginners
  19. 19The Climate Crisis
  20. 20Eyes Over China
  21. 21Alcoholism: Life Under The Influence

Season 11

  1. 01The Case of ESP
  2. 02Antarctica: Earth's Last Frontier
  3. 03China's Only Child
  4. 04Will I Walk Again?
  5. 05Visions of the Deep: The Underwater World of Al Giddings
  6. 06Down on the Farm
  7. 07Make My People Live: The Crisis in Indian Health Care
  8. 08The World According to Weisskopf
  9. 09Space Bridge to Moscow
  10. 10The National Science Test I
  11. 11Fountains of Paradise
  12. 12The Mystery of Yellow Rain
  13. 13The Nomads of the Rain Forest
  14. 14Farmers of the Sea
  15. 15Frontiers of Plastic Surgery
  16. 16Space Women
  17. 17Jaws: The True Story
  18. 18Acid Rain: New Bad News
  19. 19Stephen Jay Gould: This View of Life
  20. 20The Garden of Inheritance

Season 12

  1. 01Edgerton and His Incredible Seeing Machines
  2. 02Global Village
  3. 03Conquest of the Parasites
  4. 04In the Land of the Polar Bears
  5. 05AIDS: Chapter One
  6. 06The Shape of Things
  7. 07Baby Talk
  8. 08The Mathematical Mystery Tour
  9. 09Child's Play: Prodigies and Possibilities
  10. 10Monarch of the Mountains
  11. 11The National Science Test II
  12. 12Seeds of Tomorrow
  13. 13What Einstein Never Knew
  14. 14The Robot Revolution?
  15. 15The Magic of Special Effects
  16. 16Child Survival: The Silent Emergency
  17. 17Tornado!
  18. 18The Genetic Gamble
  19. 19Animal Architects
  20. 20The Plane that Changed the World

Season 13

  1. 01Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime
  2. 02Goddess of the Earth
  3. 03Horsemen of China
  4. 04Life's First Feelings
  5. 05The Case of the Frozen Addict
  6. 06Toxic Trials
  7. 07Skydive to the Rain Forest
  8. 08Return of the Osprey
  9. 09The Rise of a Wonder Drug
  10. 10When Wonder Drugs Don't Work
  11. 11Visions of Star Wars
  12. 12The Search for the Disappeared
  13. 13The Planet that Got Knocked on its Side
  14. 14High-Tech Babies
  15. 15Can AIDS Be Stopped?
  16. 16Is Anybody Out There?
  17. 17Mystery of the Animal Pathfinders
  18. 18Are You Swimming in a Sewer?
  19. 19Sail Wars!
  20. 20Leprosy Can Be Cured!
  21. 21How Babies Get Made

Season 14

  1. 01Countdown to the Invisible Universe
  2. 02Children of Eve
  3. 03Why Planes Crash
  4. 04Orangutans of the Rain Forest
  5. 05Freud Under Analysis
  6. 06The Hole in the Sky
  7. 07Confessions of a Weaponeer
  8. 08Great Moments from NOVA
  9. 09Will the World Starve?
  10. 10The Desert Doesn't Bloom Here Anymore
  11. 11Rocky Road to Jupiter
  12. 12Death of a Star
  13. 13Spy Machines
  14. 14Hidden Power of Plants
  15. 15Japan's American Genius
  16. 16A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama
  17. 17Volcano!
  18. 18How Good is Soviet Science?
  19. 19Ancient Treasures from the Deep
  20. 20Riddle of the Joints
  21. 21Secrets of the Lost Red Paint People

Season 15

  1. 01Top Gun and Beyond
  2. 02How to Create a Junk Food
  3. 03Buried in Ice
  4. 04Why Planes Burn
  5. 05Battles in the War on Cancer: A Wonder Drug on Trial
  6. 06Battles in the War on Cancer: Turning the Tide
  7. 07The Mystery of the Master Builders
  8. 08Whale Rescue
  9. 09The Man Who Loved Numbers
  10. 10Race for the Superconductor
  11. 11Can You Still Get Polio?
  12. 12Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft
  13. 13Pioneers of Surgery: Into the Heart
  14. 14Pioneers of Surgery: New Organs for Old
  15. 15Pioneers of Surgery: Beyond the Knife
  16. 16Can the Vatican Save the Sistine Chapel?
  17. 17Can the Next President Win the Space Race?
  18. 18Do Scientists Cheat?
  19. 19Who Shot President Kennedy?
  20. 20The Light Stuff
  21. 21The All-American Bear
  22. 22Can We Make a Better Doctor?

Season 16

  1. 01Hot Enough for You?
  2. 02The Last Journey of a Genius
  3. 03The Strange New Science of Chaos
  4. 04Back to Chernobyl
  5. 05God, Darwin and the Dinosaurs
  6. 06Adrift on the Gulf Stream
  7. 07Secrets of Easter Island (1)
  8. 08Legends of Easter Island (2)
  9. 09The World Is Full of Oil!
  10. 10Confronting the Killer Gene
  11. 11The Hidden City
  12. 12The Controversial Dr. Koop
  13. 13Design Wars!
  14. 14Echoes of War
  15. 15Decoding the Book of Life
  16. 16Hurricane!
  17. 17Will Venice Survive Its Rescue?
  18. 18What Is Music?
  19. 19Yellowstone's Burning Question
  20. 20The Schoolboys Who Cracked the Soviet Secret

Season 17

  1. 01Poison in the Rockies
  2. 02Race for the Top
  3. 03Disguises of War
  4. 04The Bomb's Lethal Legacy
  5. 05The Big Spill
  6. 06The Genius That Was China: Rise of the Dragon
  7. 07The Genius That Was China: Empires in Collision
  8. 08The Genius that Was China: The Threat from Japan
  9. 09The Genius That Was China: Will the Dragon Rise Again?
  10. 10The KGB, The Computer and Me
  11. 11Neptune's Cold Fury
  12. 12To Boldly Go...
  13. 13Poisoned Winds of War
  14. 14The Blimp is Back!
  15. 15Earthquake!
  16. 16Killing Machines
  17. 17Can the Elephant Be Saved?
  18. 18We Know Where You Live
  19. 19In the Land of the Llamas
  20. 20What's Killing the Children?

Season 18

  1. 01Return to Mt. St. Helens
  2. 02ConFusion in a Jar
  3. 03The Hunt for China's Dinosaurs (1)
  4. 04Case of the Flying Dinosaur
  5. 05T. rex Exposed
  6. 06The Russian Right Stuff: The Invisible Spaceman
  7. 07The Russian Right Stuff: The Dark Side of the Moon
  8. 08The Russian Right Stuff: The Mission
  9. 09Swimming With Whales
  10. 10The Chip vs. the Chess Master
  11. 11Sex, Lies and Toupee Tape
  12. 12So You Want to Be a Doctor?
  13. 13Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls
  14. 14Suicide Mission to Chernobyl
  15. 15Taller Than Everest?
  16. 16Fastest Planes in the Sky
  17. 17Avoiding the Surgeon's Knife
  18. 18Skyscraper! A NOVA Special
  19. 19The Fine Art of Faking It

Season 19

  1. 01Hell Fighters of Kuwait
  2. 02Submarine!
  3. 03Saddam's War on Wildlife
  4. 04What Smells?
  5. 05Can You Believe TV Ratings?
  6. 06Making a Dishonest Buck
  7. 07Rescuing Baby Whales
  8. 08An Astronaut's View of the Earth
  9. 09Eclipse of the Century
  10. 10Animal Olympians II
  11. 11The Genius Behind the Bomb
  12. 12Mind of a Serial Killer
  13. 13Search for the First Americans
  14. 14Rafting Through the Grand Canyon
  15. 15This Old Pyramid
  16. 16Iceman
  17. 17Private Lives of Dolphins
  18. 18Brain Transplant
  19. 19Can You Stop People From Drinking?
  20. 20Sex and the Single Rhino

Season 20

  1. 01The Hunt for Saddam's Secret Weapons
  2. 02Can Bombing Win a War?
  3. 03The Deadly Deception
  4. 04Nazis and the Russian Bomb
  5. 05In the Path of a Killer Volcano
  6. 06Can Science Build a Champion Athlete?
  7. 07Diving for Pirate Gold
  8. 08Murder, Rape and DNA
  9. 09The Lost Tribe
  10. 10The NOVA Quiz
  11. 11Wanted: Butch and Sundance
  12. 12Secrets of the Psychics
  13. 13Dying to Breathe
  14. 14Shadow of the Condor
  15. 15The Real Jurassic Park
  16. 16Roller Coaster!
  17. 17Mysterious Crash of Flight 201
  18. 18Great Moments from NOVA
  19. 19The Best Mind Since Einstein
  20. 20Stranger in the Mirror

Season 21

  1. 01Codebreakers
  2. 02Dinosaurs of the Gobi
  3. 03Daredevils of the Sky
  4. 04Journey to Kilimanjaro
  5. 05Can Chimps Talk?
  6. 06In Search of Human Origins, Part One
  7. 07In Search of Human Origins, Part Two
  8. 08In Search of Human Origins, Part Three

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1974
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Episodes
53 seasons · 1029 episodes; showing the first 400

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