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: Sep 7, 2011 Examining the work of scientists who are studying active volcanoes in an atte...
Aired: Sep 28, 2011 The physics and design of the World War II Dambuster attack are examined and ...
Aired: Oct 19, 2011 The story of British aerial military photographic reconnaissance and analysis...
Aired: Oct 26, 2011 NOVA meets a new breed of experts who are approaching "cold case" art mysteri...
Aired: Nov 2, 2011 In a race against developers in the Rocky Mountains, archaeologists uncover a...
Aired: Nov 9, 2011 Witness the extraordinary surgery that will allow twin girls, born joined at ...
Aired: Nov 16, 2011 The ability for people to have their genetic codes analyzed is examined, as a...
Aired: Nov 23, 2011 Where do nature's building blocks, called the elements, come from? They're th...
Aired: Jan 4, 2012 Scientists strive to understand what caused the devasting tornado outbreak of...
Aired: Jan 11, 2012 NOVA looks at questions about cruise ship safety and the science of the ships...
Aired: Jan 18, 2012 Nova reviews what scientists have learned in recent years about the sun's beh...
12. Secrets of the Viking Sword
Aired: Jan 25, 2012The Vikings were the most ferocious warriors of the Middle Ages. Especially f...
Aired: Feb 1, 2012 An examination of modern forensic science. Of the more than 200 inmates exone...
Aired: Feb 8, 2012 Easter Island has mystified the world ever since the first Europeans arrived ...
Aired: Mar 28, 2012 NOVA will be there for the exhilarating moments after Curiosity's landing on ...
Aired: Apr 4, 2012 Inside the Megastorm takes viewers moment by moment through Hurricane Sandy, ...
Aired: Apr 11, 2012 Where do nature's building blocks, called the elements, come from? They're th...
Aired: Apr 18, 2012 Scientists strive to understand what caused the devasting tornado outbreak of...
Aired: Apr 25, 2012 NOVA looks at questions about cruise ship safety and the science of the ships...
