Nova

1974 - Present TV-PG 1h 00m 8.7

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Science documentaries about various topics.

A weekly documentary series, each episode providing an in-depth look at a different subject of scientific research. Subjects examined by this show have included the cutting edge of theoretical physics, a return to the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, the long-term effects of Amazon deforestation, and the development of life-saving medical techniques.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 London Super Tunnel

1. London Super Tunnel

Aired: Feb 1, 2023

Thousands race to build Europe's biggest construction project--London's new s...

Episode 2 Star Chasers of Senegal

2. Star Chasers of Senegal

Aired: Feb 8, 2023

Senegalese astronomer Maram Kaire, takes viewers on a journey to investigate ...

Episode 3 Ancient Builders of the Amazon

3. Ancient Builders of the Amazon

Aired: Feb 15, 2023

Recent discoveries in archaeology are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a p...

Episode 4 New Eye on the Universe

4. New Eye on the Universe

Aired: Feb 22, 2023

See the latest stunning images and discoveries from the James Webb Space Tele...

Episode 5 Nazca Desert Mystery

5. Nazca Desert Mystery

Aired: Apr 12, 2023

Discoveries of long-hidden lines and figures etched into the Peruvian desert ...

Episode 6 Crypto Decoded

6. Crypto Decoded

Aired: Apr 26, 2023

Unraveling the social and technological underpinnings of cryptocurrency, from...

Episode 7 Zero to Infinity

7. Zero to Infinity

Aired: May 3, 2023

Explains where 0 came from & how to work with and think about infinity.

Episode 8 Rebuilding Notre Dame

8. Rebuilding Notre Dame

Aired: May 10, 2023

Remarkable relating of the technical aspects and problems of restoring the No...

Episode 9 Your Brain: Perception Deception

9. Your Brain: Perception Deception

Aired: May 17, 2023

Is what you see real? Join neuroscientist Heather Berlin's quest to understan...

Episode 10 Your Brain: Who's in Control?

10. Your Brain: Who's in Control?

Aired: May 24, 2023

Are you in control of your brain, or is your brain controlling you? Dive into...

Main Cast:

Robert Ballard image Robert Ballard Self
Neil Affleck image Neil Affleck
Jay O. Sanders image Jay O. Sanders Self - Narrator
James Bamford image James Bamford Self
Craig Sechler image Craig Sechler Self - Narrator
Kirk Johnson image Kirk Johnson Self - Host
Gregory Berns image Gregory Berns Self
Wendy Benchley image Wendy Benchley
Peter Thomas image Peter Thomas Narrator - World War II Veteran
Sharon Washington image Sharon Washington Self - Narrator
Corey Johnson image Corey Johnson Narrator
Miles O'Brien image Miles O'Brien Self - Host
David Pogue image David Pogue Self - Host
Jamie Effros image Jamie Effros Self - Narrator
Eric Meyers image Eric Meyers Self - Narrator
Bray Poor image Bray Poor Self - Narrator
Rodney Brooks image Rodney Brooks Self
Richard Branson image Richard Branson Self
Adam Alexi-Malle image Adam Alexi-Malle Mahroos
John Lithgow image John Lithgow Self - Narrator
Alan Yentob image Alan Yentob Self - Narrator
Henry Ian Cusick image Henry Ian Cusick Charles Darwin
Ellen Becker-Gray image Ellen Becker-Gray Opthamologist
Iain Agnew image Iain Agnew James Dewar
Féodor Atkine image Féodor Atkine
Buzz Aldrin image Buzz Aldrin Self - Astronaut
Ralph Abraham image Ralph Abraham Self - University of California - Santa Cruz
Liev Schreiber image Liev Schreiber Self - Narrator
John Benjamin Hickey image John Benjamin Hickey Self - Narrator
Stacy Keach image Stacy Keach Self - Narrator
David Attenborough image David Attenborough Self - Narrator
Kathryn Walker image Kathryn Walker Self and Narrator
Maureen Bennett image Maureen Bennett Lady Franklin
Paul Bandey image Paul Bandey Co-Pilot Robert Bragg
Eriq La Salle image Eriq La Salle Voice
Jeremiah Kissel image Jeremiah Kissel Narrator
Linda Amendola image Linda Amendola Translation voice
Will Lyman image Will Lyman Narrator
Neil deGrasse Tyson image Neil deGrasse Tyson Self and Narrator
Frank Drake image Frank Drake Self
Anthony Bourdain image Anthony Bourdain Self
Mark Bedell image Mark Bedell Terrorist
Emmanuel Bonami image Emmanuel Bonami Translator
Brian Greene image Brian Greene Self and Narrator
Simon Callow image Simon Callow Galileo
Roy Scheider image Roy Scheider Self - Narrator
John Hockenberry image John Hockenberry Self and Narrator
Paul Allen image Paul Allen Presenter
Peter Haydu image Peter Haydu
Rebecca De Mornay image Rebecca De Mornay Narrator
Pat McNeely image Pat McNeely Self
Michael Byrne image Michael Byrne Richard Rampton
Sherry Stringfield image Sherry Stringfield Self - Narrator
Hal Linden image Hal Linden Narrator
Jodie Foster image Jodie Foster Self - Narrator
Richard Dreyfuss image Richard Dreyfuss Narrator
Hal Holbrook image Hal Holbrook Self - Narrator
Cliff Robertson image Cliff Robertson Narrator
Richard Crenna image Richard Crenna Narrator
Graham Townsley image Graham Townsley Narrator
Bonnie Blair image Bonnie Blair Self
Andrew Bicknell image Andrew Bicknell Narrator
James Randi image James Randi Self
Jeff Goldblum image Jeff Goldblum Self - Narrator
Park Dietz image Park Dietz Self - Forensic Psychologist
Neil Patrick Harris image Neil Patrick Harris Self - Host
Peter Coyote image Peter Coyote Self - Narrator
Avery Brooks image Avery Brooks Self - Narrator
Judd Hirsch image Judd Hirsch Self - Host
Wendy Carlos image Wendy Carlos Self
Walter Cronkite image Walter Cronkite Self - Narrator
Stephen Schneider image Stephen Schneider Self
Jane Alexander image Jane Alexander
James Whitmore image James Whitmore Self (narrator)
Carl Sagan image Carl Sagan Self
Richard Kiley image Richard Kiley Narrator
Robert Redford image Robert Redford Self - Narrator
Isaac Asimov image Isaac Asimov Self
Zachary Quinto image Zachary Quinto Self - Narrator
Kevin H. Baines image Kevin H. Baines Self - Scientist, Cassisi
Michael C. Hall image Michael C. Hall Narrator
Coralie Adam image Coralie Adam Self - OSIRIS-REx OpNav Lead
CeCe Moore image CeCe Moore Self
Maev Beaty image Maev Beaty Self and Narrator
Nerissa Bradley image Nerissa Bradley Self and narrator
Devin E. Haqq image Devin E. Haqq Narrator
Hugh Herr image Hugh Herr Self - Biophysicist, MIT Media Lab
Salvatore Vecchio image Salvatore Vecchio Narrator
Jan Maxwell image Jan Maxwell Self - Narrator
Mike Brown image Mike Brown Self
Lee Rogers Berger image Lee Rogers Berger Self
Eric Chien image Eric Chien Self
Clifford V. Johnson image Clifford V. Johnson Self - University of Southern California
Jim Carter image Jim Carter Self - Narrator
Demetri Goritsas image Demetri Goritsas Self and Narrator
John Hawks image John Hawks Self - University of Wisconsin
Roger Bilham image Roger Bilham Self - Seismologist - University of Colorado
Jennifer Eigenbrode image Jennifer Eigenbrode Self - Astrobiologist at Goddard Space Flight Center
Mario Brassard image Mario Brassard
James Balog image James Balog Self - Extreme Ice Survey
Ed Begley Jr. image Ed Begley Jr. Self - Actor
Frances O'Connor image Frances O'Connor Emma Darwin
Jerry Chu image Jerry Chu
Harrison Ford image Harrison Ford Self - Narrator
Loren Carpenter image Loren Carpenter Self - Pixar Animation Studio
Neil Ross image Neil Ross Self and Narrator
David Ogden Stiers image David Ogden Stiers Self - Narrator
Richard Betts image Richard Betts Joe
Henry Kissinger image Henry Kissinger Self
Sebastian Roché image Sebastian Roché Louis Blériot
Kay Tong Lim image Kay Tong Lim Voice over
Aidan McArdle image Aidan McArdle Albert Einstein
Peter Newman image Peter Newman
Neil Shubin image Neil Shubin Self - Commentor
Derek Jacobi image Derek Jacobi Sir Ernest Shackleton
Henrik Dahl image Henrik Dahl
David Breashears image David Breashears Self
John Castle image John Castle David Irving
Sean Barrett image Sean Barrett Narrator
Patrick Malahide image Patrick Malahide John Harrison
Andrew Glassman image Andrew Glassman
Johnny Carson image Johnny Carson Self
Robert Bakker image Robert Bakker Self
John Douglas image John Douglas Self - Special Agent
C. Everett Koop image C. Everett Koop Self (former Surgeon General of the United States)
Jules Bergman image Jules Bergman
Gregory Marshall Smith image Gregory Marshall Smith Self
Arthur C. Clarke image Arthur C. Clarke Self
Wernher von Braun image Wernher von Braun Self
Cari Beauchamp image Cari Beauchamp Self
Peter Bergen image Peter Bergen Self - Author, United States of Jihad
Dudley Moore image Dudley Moore Self
Don Airey image Don Airey Self
Konstantin Batygin image Konstantin Batygin Self - Planetary Astrophysicist, Caltech
Fran Bagenal image Fran Bagenal Self - Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences University of Colorado
Hend Ayoub image Hend Ayoub Voice of Jordanian Woman
Walter Isaacson image Walter Isaacson Self, author of biography 'Leonardo da Vinci'
Steven Pinker image Steven Pinker Self, Harvard University
Maitrayee Bose image Maitrayee Bose Self Cosmochemist - Arizone State University
Angelique Corthals image Angelique Corthals Self
Sara Seager image Sara Seager Self - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rainer Weiss image Rainer Weiss Self - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Caprice Benedetti image Caprice Benedetti
Richard Clarke image Richard Clarke Self
Joann Fletcher image Joann Fletcher Self
Janna Levin image Janna Levin Self - Columbia University
Henry Chapman image Henry Chapman Self
Richard Castaldo image Richard Castaldo Self
Rand Paul image Rand Paul Self - Kentucky Senator
Tim Flannery image Tim Flannery Self
Gary England image Gary England Self - KWTV, Oklahoma City
Francis Collins image Francis Collins Self - Director, NIH
Simon Boxall image Simon Boxall Self - National Oceanography Center - Southampton
Al Gore image Al Gore Self
Sean Carroll image Sean Carroll Self - Cosmologist
Jill Heinerth image Jill Heinerth Self - Technical Diving Specialist
Stephen Colbert image Stephen Colbert Self - The Colbert Report
Ben Bernanke image Ben Bernanke Self - Chair, Federal Reserve System
Jason Box image Jason Box Self - The Ohio State University
Nigel Bennett image Nigel Bennett Sir Charles Lyell
Kandace C. Cummings image Kandace C. Cummings
Neil Armstrong image Neil Armstrong Self - Astronaut
Gabriel Barkay image Gabriel Barkay Self - Bar-Ilan University
Kåre Conradi image Kåre Conradi Roald Amundsen
Yu-Beng Lim image Yu-Beng Lim Voice over
Shirley Henderson image Shirley Henderson Mileva Maric
Jack Ryland image Jack Ryland
George Bush image George Bush Self - President of the United States
Scott Willis image Scott Willis Reporter
Keith David image Keith David Narrator
Patrick Dougherty image Patrick Dougherty Maurice Wilkins
Michael Maloney image Michael Maloney Thomas Orde-Lees and George Marston
Cornelius Garrett image Cornelius Garrett Ambassador
Hector Elizondo image Hector Elizondo Self and Narrator
David Cesarani image David Cesarani Self
Cynthia Gibb image Cynthia Gibb Karen Carpenter
Edward Herrmann image Edward Herrmann Narrator
Mike Douglas image Mike Douglas Self
Lake Barrett image Lake Barrett Self
Dani Dellagiustina image Dani Dellagiustina Self - OSIRIS-REx Image Processing Lead - University of Arizona
Nia-Imara Barberousse image Nia-Imara Barberousse Self - Astrophysicist
Gregory Erickson image Gregory Erickson Self - Paleontologist
Eilat Glikman image Eilat Glikman Self - Middlebury College
Neil Bennett image Neil Bennett Captain James Fitzjames
James Comey image James Comey Self
Salima Ikram image Salima Ikram Self
Jane Goodall image Jane Goodall Self
Liam O'Murchu image Liam O'Murchu Self - Symantec
Bryan Grieg Fry image Bryan Grieg Fry Self
Albert Einstein image Albert Einstein Self
John Chatterton image John Chatterton Self
Stockard Channing image Stockard Channing Self - Narrator
Richard Donat image Richard Donat Dr. Robert Darwin
Rushmore DeNooyer image Rushmore DeNooyer Self and Narrator
Ray Magliozzi image Ray Magliozzi Self
Mark Oliver Everett image Mark Oliver Everett Self
Hayden Christensen image Hayden Christensen Anakin Skywalker
Neil Madden image Neil Madden John Smith
Thom Fell image Thom Fell James Fitzjames
Reinhard Genzel image Reinhard Genzel Self
Steven Robertson image Steven Robertson Michael Faraday
Michael Morrissey image Michael Morrissey Frank Worsley and Lionel Greenstreet
Alexa Jago image Alexa Jago Maria Celeste
Nicolas Villamizar image Nicolas Villamizar
Jeremy Clyde image Jeremy Clyde The Hon. Mr. Justice Gray
Budd Hopkins image Budd Hopkins Self - Author, Missing Time & Intruders
Uri Geller image Uri Geller Self
Art Fleming image Art Fleming Self - Host
John F. Kennedy image John F. Kennedy Self
Martin Kemp image Martin Kemp Self - Oxford University
Jeff Bezos image Jeff Bezos Self
Sandra Freund image Sandra Freund Self - OSIRIS-REx Mission Operations Manager - Lockheed Martin
Hakeem Oluseyi image Hakeem Oluseyi Self - George Mason Universty
Erik D. Demaine image Erik D. Demaine Self
Fabrizio Brienza image Fabrizio Brienza
Katharina Fabricius image Katharina Fabricius Self
Lance Lewman image Lance Lewman Self and Narrator
Joan Embery image Joan Embery Self - Embery Institute for Wildlife Conservation
Harry Friedman image Harry Friedman Self
Youming Huang image Youming Huang Self
Peter Galison image Peter Galison Self - Harvard University
Ramsey Faragallah image Ramsey Faragallah
Zahi Hawass image Zahi Hawass Self - Supreme Council of Antiquities
Michael Hayden image Michael Hayden Self - Nsa Director, 1999-2005
James P. Kennett image James P. Kennett Self - Geologist
Vanessa Walton-Bone image Vanessa Walton-Bone Elizabeth Wedgwood
Teo Halm image Teo Halm Neanderthal Boy
Tom Magliozzi image Tom Magliozzi Self
Richard Feynman image Richard Feynman Self - Physicist
Michael Hofland image Michael Hofland Captain Van Zanten
Will Le Bow image Will Le Bow Translation voice
Marian Tomas Griffin image Marian Tomas Griffin Mary Mallon
Joe Morton image Joe Morton Self - Narrator
Philip Jackson image Philip Jackson Frank Wild
Chuck Scarborough image Chuck Scarborough
Edwin Newman image Edwin Newman
Andrew Carnegie image Andrew Carnegie Self
Robert Hazen image Robert Hazen Self
LeVar Burton image LeVar Burton Self and Narrator
Robert McNamara image Robert McNamara Self - Former Secretary of Defense
Clive Oppenheimer image Clive Oppenheimer Self - University of Cambridge
Mark Horton image Mark Horton Self - Archaeologist
George W. Bush image George W. Bush Self
Vicky Hamilton image Vicky Hamilton Self - OSIRIS-REx Spectroscopy Lead - Southwest Research Institute
Mona Chalabi image Mona Chalabi Self - The Guardian, United States Edition
Andrea Sella image Andrea Sella Self - University College London
Parker Sawyers image Parker Sawyers Self - Narrator
Carolyn Porco image Carolyn Porco Self - Lead Scientist, Cassini Imaging Team
Ted Marcoux image Ted Marcoux Self - Narrator
Savas Dimopoulos image Savas Dimopoulos Self
Eugenia Cheng image Eugenia Cheng Self
Eileen Galindo image Eileen Galindo Self - narrator

Nova Full Details

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Genres: Documentary

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