NOVA season 40 Making Stuff Faster - Metacritic

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TV-PG
PBS
Oct 13, 2013
53 m

TV-PG
PBS
Oct 13, 2013
53 m

Summary Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Each week NOVA takes an in depth look at a particular topic or ind...

Documentary

TV-PG
PBS
Oct 13, 2013
53 m

TV-PG
PBS
Oct 13, 2013
53 m

S40 • Episode 18

Making Stuff Faster

Air Date: Oct 13, 2013

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Summary Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Each week NOVA takes an in depth look at a particular topic or ind...

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Created By: Scott Tiffany

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Episode 1 • Jan 2, 2013 • 53 m

Doomsday Volcanoes

Iceland is a ticking time bomb: When it blows, the consequences will be global. What can we do to prepare for the coming disaster?

Episode 2 • Jan 9, 2013 • 53 m

Decoding Neanderthals

What happened when the first modern humans encountered the Neanderthals? Did they make love or war?

Episode 3 • Jan 23, 2013 • 53 m

Rise of the Drones

Discover the cutting-edge technologies that are propelling us toward a new chapter in aviation history.

Episode 4 • Jan 30, 2013 • 53 m

Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?

NOVA reopens one of the most confounding crime mysteries of all time in an effort to determine what really happened to Charles Lindbergh's baby and why.

Episode 5 • Feb 6, 2013 • 53 m

Building Pharaoh's Chariot

A team of archaeologists, engineers, woodworkers, and horse trainers join forces to build and test two highly accurate replicas of Egyptian royal chariots.

Episode 6 • Feb 13, 2013 • 1 h 53 m

Earth from Space

EARTH FROM SPACE is a groundbreaking two-hour special that reveals a spectacular new space-based vision of our planet.

Episode 7 • Feb 20, 2013 • 52 m

Mind of a Rampage Killer

Can science help us understand these crimes?

Episode 8 • Mar 27, 2013 • 53 m

Scientist relish the wealth of data available from the Chelyabinsk meteor impact to determine, for the first time, the physical details of a large meteor strike.

Episode 9 • Apr 3, 2013 • 53 m

Ancient Computer

Examining an ancient Greek astronomical calculator and eclipse predictor that is believed to be from the workshop of Archimedes.

Episode 10 • Apr 10, 2013 • 54 m

Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Awakening

Episode 11 • Apr 17, 2013 • 54 m

Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Life Explodes

Episode 12 • Apr 24, 2013 • 54 m

Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Monsters

Episode 13 • May 1, 2013 • 54 m

Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures

Episode 14 • May 29, 2013 • 54 m

Oklahoma's Deadliest Tornadoes

Episode 15 • Nov 30, 2012 • 54 m

Manhunt: Boston Bombers

How did investigators transform the chaos of the Boston Marathon Bombing into a coherent trail of clues, pointing to the accused killers?

Episode 16 • Nov 30, 2012 • 53 m

Ground Zero Supertower

From PBS - NOVA returns to Ground Zero to witness the completion of One World Trade Center.

Episode 17 • Nov 30, 2012 • 53 m

Megastorm Aftermath

In October 2012, Superstorm Sandy cut a path of devastation across the Caribbean and the East Coast of the United States, killing hundreds and causing tens of billions of dollars in damage.

Episode 18 • Oct 13, 2013 • 53 m

Making Stuff Faster

Part 1 of 4. New York Times technology reporter David Pogue explores things that may change the way people live, beginning with efforts to tweak physiology and engineering in order to move people and machines faster.

Episode 19 • Oct 23, 2013 • 53 m

Making Stuff Wilder

Part 2 of 4. A look at innovations inspired by life, including underwater Wi-Fi based on how dolphins communicate; robotic "mules" and "cheetahs" for the military; robotic bees; virus-built batteries; and "living" computers made from DNA.

Episode 20 • Oct 30, 2013 • 53 m

Making Stuff Colder

Part 3 of 4. An examination of cold science, including its use in saving the lives of trauma patients and possibly cooling a warming planet. Also: ultracold physics, which may lead to levitating trains and benefit quantum computers.

Episode 21 • Nov 6, 2013 • 53 m

Making Stuff Safer

Part 4 of 4. A look at efforts to engineer a safer world, including protecting people from earthquakes; epidemics; traffic accidents; and sport injuries. Also: cyber security.

Episode 22 • Nov 13, 2013 • 53 m

The 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy is re-investigated using modern technology and contemporary scientific techniques. Included: ballistics experts reconstruct the shooting in a test of the "single bullet theory".

Episode 23 • Nov 20, 2013 • 53 m

At the Edge of Space

A high-flying weather observation plane skirts the earth-space boundary zone in a search for sprites, which are fleeting flashes that flicker upwards from thunderstorms for a split-second.

Episode 24 • Nov 20, 2013 • 54 m

Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday?

The dichotomy that surrounds asteroids is examined. On the one hand, a large asteroid could end life on Earth. On the other hand, however, some asteroids could provide a massive payday for intrepid entrepreneurs.

51 Seasons

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Jay O. Sanders

Self - Narrator

Craig Sechler

Self - Narrator, Narrator, Self

Stacy Keach

Self - Narrator, Narrator

Eric Meyers

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Lance Lewman

Self - Narrator, Narrator, Self

Will Lyman

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Neil Ross

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Liev Schreiber

Self - Narrator, Narrator

Peter Thomas

Narrator, Narrator - World War II Veteran, Self - Narrator

Talithia Williams

Self - Narrator, Self, Narrator

David Pogue

Self - Host, Self - Technology Reporter, New York Times, Self, Self - New York Times Tech Columnist

Mercer Boffey

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David Ogden Stiers

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Miles O'Brien

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Gene Galusha

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Self, Narrator, Host, Self - American Museum of Natural History, Self - American Museum of Natural History, Hayden Planetarium, Self - Narrator, narrator

Don Wescott

Self (narrator), Narrator

David Attenborough

Self - Narrator, Self - Presenter, Self - Host

Sylvester James Gates Jr.

Self, Self - University of Maryland, Self - Brown University

Andre Fenton

Self, Co-Hist, Co-Host, Self - New York University

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