http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/MtDYrxwX-swWatch Full Episodes of NOVA Online: 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.enhttp://www.rssboard.org/rss-specificationwebmaster@blinkx.com (blinkx webmaster)Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:20:29 +0000Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:20:29 +0000http://tv.blinkx.comhttp://cdn.blinkx.com/store/images/video/b/08/TVShows/588bdbbd593a44524459e2af6629ae3a.jpghttp://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/MtDYrxwX-swhttp://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/XsZRnjhbTcfn7beibS1QaF31B1Q#s35e12An 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.Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/XsZRnjhbTcfn7beibS1QaF31B1Q#s35e10NOVA 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.Tue, 20 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/XsZRnjhbTcfn7beibS1QaF31B1Q#s35e9Tom 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.Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/XsZRnjhbTcfn7beibS1QaF31B1Q#s35e8The 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.Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/XsZRnjhbTcfn7beibS1QaF31B1Q#s35e6A 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.Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/XsZRnjhbTcfn7beibS1QaF31B1Q#s35e5Our 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?Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/XsZRnjhbTcfn7beibS1QaF31B1Q#s35e4What is cold? How do you achieve it, and how cold can it get?Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/XsZRnjhbTcfn7beibS1QaF31B1Q#s35e3How 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?Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/XsZRnjhbTcfn7beibS1QaF31B1Q#s35e2Long 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.Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/XsZRnjhbTcfn7beibS1QaF31B1Q#s35e1Millions 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.Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/hE1wwjTqXk5EweEhT6gmc7NA9Zo#s34e14Every year thousands of athletes from across the globe flock to Boston to run the city's marathon, known worldwide as the ultimate test of stamina and endurance. But how do you run 26 miles if you have trouble making it around the block?Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/hE1wwjTqXk5EweEhT6gmc7NA9Zo#s34e5Nova: Monster of the Milky WayTue, 31 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/Ke_qsF0frOo3jVFC5RL2O-GDado#s33e17A 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.Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/Ke_qsF0frOo3jVFC5RL2O-GDado#s33e9A 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?Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/Ke_qsF0frOo3jVFC5RL2O-GDado#s33e823 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.Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/Ke_qsF0frOo3jVFC5RL2O-GDado#s33e7Millions 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.Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/Ke_qsF0frOo3jVFC5RL2O-GDado#s33e6In 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.Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/Ke_qsF0frOo3jVFC5RL2O-GDado#s33e5At 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.Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/Ke_qsF0frOo3jVFC5RL2O-GDado#s33e4A 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.Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/Ke_qsF0frOo3jVFC5RL2O-GDado#s33e3Tom 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.Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/Ke_qsF0frOo3jVFC5RL2O-GDado#s33e2The 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.Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/Ke_qsF0frOo3jVFC5RL2O-GDado#s33e1Our 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?Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/5t5JAMcMSPcFvcH_opz3xTfoZe0#s32e16Experts reconstruct the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in an effort to prepare for the next big one.Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/5t5JAMcMSPcFvcH_opz3xTfoZe0#s32e8Twenty-three 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.Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/5t5JAMcMSPcFvcH_opz3xTfoZe0#s32e4NOVA : Origins: Back to the Beginning (4)Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/5t5JAMcMSPcFvcH_opz3xTfoZe0#s32e3NOVA : Origins: Where Are the Aliens? (3)Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/5t5JAMcMSPcFvcH_opz3xTfoZe0#s32e2NOVA : Origins: How Life Began (2)Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/5t5JAMcMSPcFvcH_opz3xTfoZe0#s32e1Take an astounding look at the red planet in this interplanetary adventure. Mission Control and its two robotic explorers face a daunting task–find proof that liquid water, the essential ingredient of life, once existed on Mars.Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/bwZvnrCmvijAwTvl0D3c96C9m74#s31e18Armed with high-tech equipment and ingeniously improvised devices, NOVA and archaeologist Richard Freund embark on a fascinating detective story that may rewrite Holy Land history.Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/bwZvnrCmvijAwTvl0D3c96C9m74#s31e7In seconds, a supertwister can leave immense swaths of death and destruction. But what if technology could help us tame nature’s most violent tornadoes?Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/bwZvnrCmvijAwTvl0D3c96C9m74#s31e6Imagine handling a medical emergency at the height of the Iraq War, beset by heat, sand, and frequent enemy attacks. NOVA heads into battle with the medics, nurses, doctors, and military staff of the 10th and 21st CaSH units.Tue, 02 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/bwZvnrCmvijAwTvl0D3c96C9m74#s31e4Nova: The Elegant Universe: String's the Thing (2)Tue, 28 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/bwZvnrCmvijAwTvl0D3c96C9m74#s31e3NOVA : The Elegant Universe: Einstein's Dream (1)Tue, 28 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/bwZvnrCmvijAwTvl0D3c96C9m74#s31e1Go inside NASA’s risky field trip to the red planet in this tense and dramatic behind-the-scenes chronicle of the $820 million Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project. Beginning a year before launch, NOVA's cameras follow MER scientists and engineers through a gauntlet of potentially fatal problems. Then, seven months later, experience the final nail-biting minutes of the journey, as Spirit successfully lands on Mars and begins sending back its first spectacular images of the Martian landscape.Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/prnQUBVs1wKrON5twPIx_W9PP-U#s30e15Orville and Wilbur Wright were remarkable inventors who designed and built their own wings, steering devices, engines, and wind tunnel. But just how did they construct such an impressive flying machine?Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:19:35 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/prnQUBVs1wKrON5twPIx_W9PP-U#s30e10NOVA : Ancient Creature of the DeepTue, 21 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/prnQUBVs1wKrON5twPIx_W9PP-U#s30e6Set foot inside an untouched society and get a remarkably rare glimpse of a Tibetan world's dazzling sacred relics. Join the race to save the surviving masterpieces of an ancient Buddhist kingdom.Tue, 18 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/prnQUBVs1wKrON5twPIx_W9PP-U#s30e4NOVA goes inside Boeing's Phantom Works and Lockheed's Skunk Works to record classified meetings, fly the most revolutionary planes and examine the high-stakes battle to build the most capable fighter ever created-the Joint Strike Fighter.Tue, 04 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/6OMB6iNqw9GocAY5USjBk28A_D0#s29e16Nova: Why the Towers FellTue, 30 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/T8zMAKC0ebsi4lOmd-21_UDa66U#s28e4In an ancient Mayan arena, enemies of notorious King Yax K’uk Mo square off in a ball game that appears much like modern soccer. But in this fateful contest, winners live—and losers lose their heads. From 200 to 900 A.D., Yax K’uk Mo’s dynasty of Blood Lords presided over the Maya city of Copan, conducting hallucinogenic vision quests, ritual warfare and human sacrifice. Join a team of archaeologists and historians who are piecing together the fascinating rise and fall of this ancient city, its legendary founder, Yax K’uk Mo and its amazingly advanced culture.Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:19:37 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/HWWYg0-Zo6-1He5dmtdbjKsK7p4#s27e18The center of a famed twelfth-century Song Dynasty scroll painting features woven wooden beams in the graceful arc of a rainbow—the Rainbow Bridge—an archaeological form as well-known in China as the Eiffel Tower is in the West. Ingeniously designed bridges typify China’s inventive past—a society that created paper money, gunpowder and the compass. While not a single Song Dynasty Rainbow bridge remains, the mystery of their construction endures. Now, leading experts help NOVA reveal the intricate mysteries behind the revolutionary strength and elegance of the Rainbow Bridge.Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:19:35 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/HWWYg0-Zo6-1He5dmtdbjKsK7p4#s27e16The walls finally talk! While some Roman baths were palatial and luxurious, the bathhouses weren’t the exclusive haven of the privileged. Surrounded by sophisticated vaulted ceilings and revolutionary heating systems, men and women from all classes and backgrounds bathed, drank, shouted and sang in a daily ritual that defined what it meant to be Roman. But after the fall of the Roman Empire, this state-of-the-art community center became a mystery. Join NOVA and unlock the secrets of the social, cultural and technological center of one of history’s most impressive civilizations.Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:19:38 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/HWWYg0-Zo6-1He5dmtdbjKsK7p4#s27e14Travel to Easter Island to discover the secrets of this vanished civilization through the "moai," the massive headstones that these ancient islanders created to achieve peace and harmony, yet resulted in geological disaster.Tue, 15 Feb 2000 00:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/HWWYg0-Zo6-1He5dmtdbjKsK7p4#s27e12Brawn or brains? How did the ancient Egyptians raise the massive spires created to glorify and honor the ancient Egyptian gods? Rising up to 100 feet and weighing up to 500 tons, these solid granite monuments reach heavenward, adorned with messages of praise, love and devotion. 3000 years later, return to the land of the Pharaohs and discover how the ancient Egyptians’ nautical experience, ingenuity and unwavering faith enabled them to raise these incredibly heavy monoliths with little more than sand, rope, wood, brawn and brainpower.Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:19:40 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/y8hW4hAl6ucbaRxg4VL20U3Em90#s2e5Travel to 12th-century China as engineers, scientists and scholars help reveal the intricate mysteries behind the revolutionary strength and elegance of the Rainbow Bridge.Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/y8hW4hAl6ucbaRxg4VL20U3Em90#s2e4Tour the crumbling public baths of Rome to learn intimate details of what life was really like for ancient Roman citizens, and in the process, discover the engineering feats that made these baths such an impressive achievement.Tue, 22 Feb 2000 08:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/y8hW4hAl6ucbaRxg4VL20U3Em90#s2e3Travel to Easter Island to discover the secrets of this vanished civilization through the "moai," the massive headstones that these ancient islanders created to achieve peace and harmony, yet resulted in ecological disaster.Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/y8hW4hAl6ucbaRxg4VL20U3Em90#s2e2Discover how ancient Egyptians used nautical experience, ingenuity, and unwavering faith to raise massive 500-ton granite monoliths that have stood for thousands of years in tribute to their unparalleled early civilization.Tue, 08 Feb 2000 08:00:00 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/t4RjgOlAeOOYE4pfLRgcCLnRh7f6rwBZ9Z242Q#a2009-07-17-14-43-51Armed with high-tech equipment and ingeniously improvised devices, NOVA and archaeologist Richard Freund embark on a fascinating detective story that may rewrite Holy Land history.Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:43:51 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/t4RjgOlAeOOYE4pfLRgcCLnRh7f6rwBZ9Z242Q#a2009-07-17-11-54-02In seconds, a supertwister can leave immense swaths of death and destruction. But what if technology could help us tame tornadoes? Join stormchasers as they untwist mysteries that may explain how these killer storms spawn.Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:54:02 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/t4RjgOlAeOOYE4pfLRgcCLnRh7f6rwBZ9Z242Q#a2009-07-17-11-50-59NOVA heads into battle with the medics, nurses, doctors, and military staff of the 10th and 21st CaSH units in Iraq to experience the heart-wrenching ethical decisions made on the front lines of an American Combat Support Hospital.Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:50:59 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/t4RjgOlAeOOYE4pfLRgcCLnRh7f6rwBZ9Z242Q#a2009-07-17-09-08-59Go inside NASA's risky field trip to the red planet in this tense and dramatic behind-the-scenes chronicle of the $820 million Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project.Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:08:59 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/t4RjgOlAeOOYE4pfLRgcCLnRh7f6rwBZ9Z242Q#a2009-07-17-09-05-21From 200 to 900 A.D., Yax K'uk Mo's dynasty of Blood Lords presided over the Maya city of Copan. Join archaeologists to piece together the rise and fall of this ancient city, its founder, Yax K'uk Mo and its amazingly advanced culture.Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:05:21 +0000http://tv.blinkx.com/show/nova/t4RjgOlAeOOYE4pfLRgcCLnRh7f6rwBZ9Z242Q#a2008-12-04-04-58-10Nova : Mysteries Mummies of ChinaThu, 04 Dec 2008 04:58:10 +0000