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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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NOVA
S50 • Episode 13
Ancient Earth: Life Rising
Air Date: Oct 18, 2023
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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...

Created By: Scott Tiffany

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Episode 1 • Feb 1, 2023 • 54 m
London Super Tunnel
Thousands race to build Europe's biggest construction project--London's new subway line.
Episode 2 • Mar 27, 2024
Star Chasers of Senegal
Senegalese astronomer Maram Kaire, takes viewers on a journey to investigate his nation's rich and deep history of astronomy, reaching back thousands of years - and the promising future ahead.
Episode 2 • Feb 8, 2023
Star Chasers of Senegal
Senegalese astronomer Maram Kaire, takes viewers on a journey to investigate his nation's rich and deep history of astronomy, reaching back thousands of years - and the promising future ahead.
Episode 3 • Feb 15, 2023 • 53 m
Ancient Builders of the Amazon
Recent discoveries in archaeology are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a primeval wilderness, revealing traces of ancient civilizations that flourished for centuries, with populations numbering in the millions.
Episode 4 • Feb 22, 2023 • 54 m
New Eye on the Universe
See the latest stunning images and discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope.
Episode 5 • Apr 12, 2023
Weathering the Future
Americans use ancient wisdom and new solutions to fight against extreme weather, from intense rainstorms to megafires and droughts.
Episode 6 • Apr 26, 2023 • 53 m
Chasing Carbon Zero
Can the U.S. reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and avoid the biggest impacts of climate change? Experts say it can be done. Here's the technology that could get us there.
Episode 7 • May 3, 2023 • 54 m
Saving the Right Whale
Specialists discover new secrets about the life of the North Atlantic right whale.
Episode 8
Hidden Volcano Abyss
Geologists investigate the January 2022 volcanic eruption that rocked the Pacific islands of Tonga and sent shock waves around the world.
Episode 8 • May 10, 2023
Hidden Volcano Abyss
Geologists investigate the January 2022 volcanic eruption that rocked the Pacific islands of Tonga and sent shock waves around the world.
Episode 9 • May 17, 2023
Your Brain: Perception Deception
Is what you see real? Join neuroscientist Heather Berlin's quest to understand how your brain shapes your reality, and why you can't always trust what you perceive. Learn surprising tricks and shortcuts the brain takes to help us survive.
Episode 10 • May 24, 2023
Your Brain: Who's in Control?
Are you in control of your brain, or is your brain controlling you? Dive into the latest research on the subconscious with neuroscientist Heather Berlin to see what's really driving the decisions you make.
Episode 11 • Oct 4, 2023
Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky
Early Earth was a hellscape of molten lava and barren rock, bombarded by meteors, with no atmosphere at all. How did our familiar blue sky - the thin, life-giving band of gasses protecting our planet - come to be?
Episode 12 • Oct 11, 2023
Ancient Earth: Frozen
700 million years ago, Earth was a giant snowball cloaked in ice from pole to pole. How did life manage to hold on through this deadly deep freeze, find ways to bounce back, and thrive in the dramatically different world that emerged?
Episode 13 • Oct 18, 2023
Ancient Earth: Life Rising
For billions of years, life teemed in Earth's oceans while the land was desolate and inhospitable. See how life made the leap to land, transforming a barren, rocky landscape into the lush, green world we call home.
Episode 14 • Oct 25, 2023
Ancient Earth: Inferno
252 million years ago, a devastating mass extinction wiped out about 90% of all species on Earth. Follow scientists as they piece together evidence to discover how life survived and set the stage for a new dominant life form: the dinosaurs
Episode 15 • Nov 1, 2023
Ancient Earth: Humans
How did Earth give rise to humans? With stunningly realistic animation, witness the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs, the spread of primates across the planet, and the geologic events that made our species' existence possible.
Episode 16 • Nov 8, 2023
Inside China's Tech Boom
In just a few decades, China has transformed into a science and technology superpower. See inside leading Chinese tech companies to discover how they innovate, what drives their rise, and what it means for the future of the global economy.
Episode 17 • Nov 15, 2023
The Battle to Beat Malaria
Are scientists on the verge of a breakthrough in the fight against malaria, one of humanity's oldest and most devastating plagues? Follow researchers as they develop and test a promising new vaccine on a quest to save millions of lives.
Episode 18 • Nov 22, 2023 • 54 m
Lee and Liza's Family Tree
Many descendants of enslaved people have little record of their family's ancestry. Follow one family's quest to discover their lost history, and see how science and genealogy can help rebuild a family tree broken by slavery.
51 Seasons

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Jay O. Sanders

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Craig Sechler

Self - Narrator, Narrator, Self

Stacy Keach

Self - Narrator, Narrator

Eric Meyers

Self - Narrator, Narrator, Narrated By

Lance Lewman

Self - Narrator, Narrator, Self

Will Lyman

Narrator, Self (narrator), Self - Narrator

Neil Ross

Narrator, Self, Self - Narrator

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

Self, Narrator, Self - Narrator, Self - narrator

David Ogden Stiers

Self - Narrator, Narrator

Miles O'Brien

Self - Narrator, Self - Host, Reporter, Self, Self - Correspondent

Gene Galusha

Self - Narrator

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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