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.
1. Countdown to the Invisible Universe
Aired: Jan 20, 1987NOVA scans the universe with the infrared eye of IRAS—the Infrared Astronomic...
Aired: Jan 27, 1987 NOVA examines a controversial theory that traces our ancestry to a small grou...
Aired: Feb 3, 1987 Commercial airplanes have become much more reliable, but since 1975 the fatal...
4. Orangutans of the Rainforest
Aired: Feb 10, 1987NOVA cameras travel to Borneo, one of the last habitats of the wild orangutan...
Aired: Feb 17, 1987 Discusses Freud's methods of analysis, free association, transference, seduct...
Aired: Feb 24, 1987 NOVA travels to Antarctica with an emergency scientific expedition to study a...
Aired: Mar 3, 1987 A very revealing interview of President Eisenhower's former science adviser G...
Aired: Mar 10, 1987 NOVA presents two hours of the best from its 14 seasons of exciting science c...
Aired: Mar 24, 1987 All over the world, farmers are taking more from the soil than they return. N...
10. The Desert Doesn't Bloom Here Anymore
Aired: Mar 31, 1987In rich and poor countries alike, once-productive farms are turning to desert...
Aired: Apr 7, 1987 In a case study of the strengths and weaknesses of the United States space pr...
Aired: Oct 6, 1987 Why do stars explode and how is the energy generated? What is the effect of a...
Aired: Oct 13, 1987 On the 25th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis, NOVA investigates the sp...
14. The Hidden Power of Plants
Aired: Oct 20, 1987Plants produce some of the world's most potent chemicals in the fight against...
Aired: Oct 27, 1987 Is Detroit inventor Stanford Ovshinsky the new Thomas Edison? Japanese indust...
16. A Man, a Plan, a Canal, Panama
Aired: Nov 3, 1987The Panama Canal opened in 1914 after a 30-year effort that dwarfed the build...
Aired: Nov 10, 1987 Millions live in the shadows of nature's ticking time-bombs—volcanos. NOVA ac...
18. How Good Is Soviet Science?
Aired: Nov 17, 1987Princeton professor and author Robert Mark tracks down the engineering secret...
19. Ancient Treasures from the Deep
Aired: Dec 1, 1987NOVA joins underwater archaeologists as they explore the oldest shipwreck eve...
Aired: Dec 8, 1987 A trail of evidence leading from a medieval abbey to a small town in Connecti...
21. Secrets of the Lost Red Paint People
Aired: Dec 15, 1987NOVA follows archaeologists as they unearth clues, some 7,000 years old, abou...
