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.
Aired: Jan 17, 1989 Was the searing summer of 1988 a taste of things to come? NOVA looks at the g...
2. The Last Journey of a Genius
Aired: Jan 24, 1989NOVA looks at the bongo-playing scientist, adventurer, safecracker and yarn-s...
3. The Strange New Science of Chaos
Aired: Jan 31, 1989NOVA explains "chaos," a new science that is making surprising sense out of c...
Aired: Feb 14, 1989 NOVA goes to the Soviet Union for an inside investigation of the world's most...
5. God, Darwin and the Dinosaurs
Aired: Feb 21, 1989In an Idaho classroom, teacher Phil Gerrish puts an unorthodox interpretation...
Aired: Feb 28, 1989 NOVA explores the importance of the Gulf Stream to ocean life, climate and hu...
7. Secrets of Easter Island: Part 1
Aired: Mar 7, 1989In this two-part series, NOVA investigates the mystery of Easter Island in th...
8. Legends of Easter Island: Part 2
Aired: Mar 7, 1989In the second part of this two-part series, NOVA explores ancient legends hol...
Aired: Mar 21, 1989 Scientific detectives test their ingenuity in the effort to find underground ...
10. Confronting the Killer Gene
Aired: Mar 28, 1989Arlo, Nancy and Janice each have a 50/50 chance of developing a devastating n...
Aired: Oct 3, 1989 This is a documentary about New York City's four primary utilities: Water, El...
12. The Controversial Dr. Koop
Aired: Oct 10, 1989In this profile of the former Surgeon General, NOVA follows events as they un...
Aired: Oct 17, 1989 Five architects compete for the approval of architecture-obsessed Chicagoans ...
Aired: Oct 24, 1989 The atomic bomb might have ended World War II, but radar was the quiet miracl...
Aired: Oct 31, 1989 Biologists around the world gear up to decode the three-billion-letter geneti...
Aired: Nov 7, 1989 NOVA studies hurricanes—the lurking giants waiting to destroy many coastal ar...
17. Will Venice Survive Its Rescue?
Aired: Nov 14, 1989Increasingly awash in high water, the romantic city of Venice is counting on ...
Aired: Nov 21, 1989 East and West came into direct conflict over trade and power in the 19th cent...
19. Yellowstone's Burning Question
Aired: Dec 5, 1989The 1988 Yellowstone fire may have been one of the worst in human memory, but...
Aired: Dec 12, 1989 NOVA re-enacts a classic case of classroom detection when English schoolboys ...
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