NOVA
NOVA is a popular science television series produced by WGBH Boston. Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS.It has also won a variety of major television awards, most of them many times over. NOVA often includes interviews with scientists directly involved in the subject, and occasionally footage from the actual moment of a particular discovery. Some episodes have focused on historical aspects of science. Examples of topics include Colditz Castle, Drake equation, elementary particles, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, Fermat's last theorem, global warming, moissanite, Project Jennifer, storm chasing, Unterseeboot 869, Vinland and the Tarim mummies.
Genre: Documentary, News
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Episode 12
Ape Genius
aired: Tue, Feb 19, 2008
An investigation concerning the great apes intellectual abilities which include bonbos, chimps, gorillas, and orangutans, plus a look at why the ape culture has yet to evolve. Includes an experiment comparing toddlers and chimpanzees, film of apes in their natural habitats and the surprising way they act, from the holding of a pool party to a mother grieving for her dead offspring.
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Episode 10
Lord of the Ants
aired: Tue, May 20, 2008
NOVA profiles E.O. Wilson, renowned for his scientific study of ants that led to his book Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, where he put forth the idea that evolutionary principles could explain social behavior throughout the animal kingdom.
Episode 9
Car of the Future
aired: Tue, Apr 22, 2008
Tom Magliozzi of NPR's Car Talk needs to replace his 1952 MG roadster. Where do you turn to in today's car market? Is new technology about to change how we drive? Join Tom and brother Ray as they take a look at America's four-wheeled future.
Episode 8
Cracking the Maya Code
aired: Tue, Apr 8, 2008
The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind a riddle: an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script carved on stone monuments and painted on pottery and bark books.
Episode 6
A Walk to Beautiful
aired: Tue, May 13, 2008
A difficult journey that begins in loneliness and shame for thousands of Ethiopian women ends in a productive new life and hope for the future in this award-winning film.
Episode 5
Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial
aired: Tue, Nov 13, 2007
Our mastery of cold is something we take for granted, whether it's air conditioning and frozen food or the liquefied gases and superconductivity in cutting-edge technology. But what is cold? How do you achieve it, and how cold can it get?
Episode 4
Absolute Zero
aired: Tue, Jan 8, 2008
What is cold? How do you achieve it, and how cold can it get?
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Episode 3
Marathon Challenge
aired: Tue, Oct 30, 2007
How did the ancient Greeks design and build the Parthenon, their masterpiece, so quickly? How did they achieve such precision and perfection without modern tools and architectural aids that we take for granted today?
Episode 2
The Four-Winged Dinosaur
aired: Tue, Feb 26, 2008
Long ago in the age of dinosaurs, a volcano in eastern China erupted and buried a host of strange creatures in ash, creating exquisite fossils that preserved a big surprise-many dinosaurs were covered in feathers.
Episode 1
Astrospies
aired: Tue, Feb 12, 2008
Millions remember the countdowns, launchings, splashdowns and parades as the U.S. raced the USSR to the Moon, but few know that both superpowers also ran parallel covert space programs to launch military astronauts on spying missions.
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