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. Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold
Aired: Oct 9, 2007Our mastery of cold is something we take for granted, whether it s air condit...
2. Absolute Zero: The Race for Absolute Zero
Aired: Oct 16, 2007Nova examines scientific efforts to produce colder and colder temperatures.
Aired: Oct 30, 2007 A highly sophisticated restoration team is painstakingly reassembling the Par...
Aired: Nov 7, 2007 This documentary investigates the background of a secret 1960s USAF space pro...
Aired: Nov 13, 2007 Using courtroom reenactments based on transcripts and interviews with those p...
Aired: Nov 20, 2007 A Chinese paleontologist flies into controversy when he discovers a four wing...
Aired: Dec 18, 2007 Nova examines the fascinating history behind the scientific effort to decode ...
Aired: Jan 8, 2008 Click and Clack from NPR's Car Talk look at the future of motor vehicle trans...
Aired: Jan 15, 2008 A difficult journey that begins in loneliness and shame for thousands of Ethi...
Aired: Jan 29, 2008 Narrated by Harrison Ford. At age 78, E.O. Wilson is still going through his ...
Aired: Feb 12, 2008 Dinosaurs are generally considered tropical animals. So what are their fossil...
Aired: Feb 19, 2008 A look at the Columbia space shuttle disaster in 2003. It includes interviews...
13. Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
Aired: Feb 26, 2008A look at the 2002 discovery of a four-winged crow-sized dinosaur fossil dubb...
14. Hunting the Hidden Dimension
Aired: Apr 8, 2008A look at fractal geometry, and how it is found just about everywhere in ever...
Aired: Apr 22, 2008 NOVA investigates the furious scientific debate raging over what "Hobbit" bon...
16. The Bible's Buried Secrets
Aired: May 13, 2008A powerful partnership between science and scholarship breaks exciting new gr...
Aired: May 20, 2008 San Francisco veterinarian Dr. Frances Gulland is committed to saving sick ma...
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