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 17
Voyage to the Mystery Moon
aired: Tue, Apr 4, 2006
A chronicle of the cooperative effort by NASA and the European Space Agency to send two probes, Cassini and Huygens, to study Saturn and its moon Titan. The project involves the orbit of Cassini around the sixth planet from the sun; and Huygens' landing on Titan, which is one of four astral bodies in the solar system that has an atmosphere.
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Episode 9
Secrets of the Parthenon
aired: Tue, Jan 29, 2008
A team of architects and engineers investigate mysteries of the Parthenon. How did the ancient Greeks design and build their masterpiece so quickly with precision and perfection without modern tools and architectural aids?
Episode 8
The Great Robot Race
aired: Tue, Oct 30, 2007
23 bizarre looking vehicles line up at the gate of the DARPA Grand Challenge with one thing in common: there's nobody behind the wheel. With names like Terramax, Ghostrider and Stanley, these vehicles are armed with cutting-edge technology.
Click here to watch on cbs.com NOVA follows 13 sedentary people through a nine-month regimen designed to prepare them for the grueling Boston Marathon.
Episode 7
Newton's Dark Secrets
aired: Tue, Nov 15, 2005
Millions remember the countdowns, launchings, splashdowns and parades as the U.S. raced the USSR to the Moon in the 1960s, but few know that both superpowers also ran parallel covert space programs to launch military astronauts on spying missions.
Episode 6
The Four Winged Dinosaur
aired: Tue, Feb 26, 2008
In The Four-Winged Dinosaur, NOVA investigates the most bizarre of these feathered dinosaurs, which has rekindled a fierce, decades-long debate over the origin of bird flight.
Episode 5
Lord of the Ants
aired: Tue, May 20, 2008
At age 78, E.O. Wilson is still going through his "little savage" phase of boyhood exploration of the natural world. NOVA profiles this soft-spoken Southerner and Professor Emeritus at Harvard.
Episode 4
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 3
Car of the Future
aired: Tue, Apr 22, 2008
Tom Magliozzi, co-host of NPR's Car Talk, needs to replace his beloved 1952 MG roadster. Is new technology about to transform the way we drive? Join Tom and brother Ray as they take a light-hearted but shrewd look at America's four-wheeled future.
Episode 2
Cracking the Maya Code
aired: Tue, Apr 8, 2008
The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script carved on monuments, pottery and books. Unlocking its meaning is one of archaeology's fiercest challenges. Until now.
Episode 1
Absolute Zero
aired: Tue, Jan 8, 2008
Our mastery of cold is something we take for granted, whether it's air conditioning and frozen food or the liquefied gases and superconductivity at the heart of cutting-edge technology. But what is cold? How do you achieve it, and how cold can it get?
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