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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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Ending HIV in America
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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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Episode 1 • Mar 13, 2024
Arctic Sinkholes
Long-frozen permafrost is melting. How does the resulting release of methane affect us now and what will be the future effects?
Episode 1 • Feb 2, 2022
Arctic Sinkholes
Long-frozen permafrost is melting. How does the resulting release of methane affect us now and what will be the future effects?
Episode 2 • Feb 9, 2022
Secrets in the Scat
Scott Burnett is "Scatman"- an Australian ecologist on the trail of the secrets of poop. By identifying and analyzing animal scat for DNA and hormones, he discovers essential details of their behavior and how to protect them.
Episode 3 • Feb 16, 2022
Great Mammoth Mystery
A unique site in southern England preserved rare traces of ancient ice age mammoths and Neanderthals; host David Attenborough.
Episode 4 • Feb 23, 2022 • 1 h 25 m
Augmented
An inventor of bionic limbs, Hugh Herr, works with an injured climber and a surgeon to test a new amputation technique that allows prosthetic limbs to move and feel like the real thing.
Episode 5 • Apr 6, 2022
Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's
Three women enroll in trials at the University of Wisconsin in hopes of finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease.
Episode 6 • May 11, 2022
Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence
In North Dakota, scientists use new fossils to reconstruct what life might have been like just before an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. The site reveals evidence, including the unhatched egg of a pterosaur, a huge flying reptile.
Episode 7 • May 11, 2022
Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day
Sir David Attenborough explores fossils from a North Dakota site that could reveal what happened to the animals here the day an asteroid struck Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs.
Episode 8 • Jan 18, 2022 • 53 m
Why Ships Crash
When the Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal, it triggered a global crisis. Using eye-witnesses speaking for the first time, This investigation aims to find out what really happened.
Episode 9 • May 25, 2022 • 49 m
Ice Age Footprints
A look at what thousands of prehistoric footprints in New Mexico's White Sands National Park might reveal about the peopling of the Americas.
Episode 10 • Jul 13, 2022 • 54 m
Ultimate Space Telescope
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, from its conception to completion.
Episode 11 • Sep 28, 2022 • 1 h 18 m
Saving Venice
Water is the lifeblood of Venice, but it also threatens its foundations. During the pandemic, experts and inhabitants were able to combine their know-how to repair their city and prepare it for the next floods.
Episode 12
Ending HIV in America
Explores the scientific progress that has been made in the fight against HIV, highlights the activism and commitment of communities that are still hard hit by the virus, and reveals how close we may be to the ending of HIV in America.
Episode 13 • Oct 12, 2022
Computers v. Crime
The hidden biases, privacy risks and design flaws of the artificial intelligence programs relied on by police departments and the courts.
Episode 14 • Oct 19, 2022
Can Psychedelics Cure?
Scientists discover that psychedelics can have positive clinical impacts, helping patients with afflictions ranging from addiction to depression to PTSD.
Episode 15 • Oct 26, 2022
Ocean Invaders
In the Atlantic, the lionfish is an invasive species with no predator to keep it in check. Another invasive species, the Asian giant hornet is featured.
Episode 16 • Nov 2, 2022 • 51 m
Nazca Desert Mystery
Discoveries of long-hidden lines and figures etched into the Peruvian desert offer new clues to the origins and purpose behind the Nazca Lines.
Episode 17 • Nov 9, 2022
Crypto Decoded
Unraveling the social and technological underpinnings of cryptocurrency, from bitcoin to NFTs.
Episode 18 • Nov 16, 2022
Zero to Infinity
Explains where 0 came from & how to work with and think about infinity.
Episode 19 • Dec 14, 2022 • 54 m
Rebuilding Notre Dame
Remarkable relating of the technical aspects and problems of restoring the Notre Dame cathedral to its glory prior to the fire. Includes fascinating revelations about the artistic and technical skill of the original builders.
Episode 101 • Feb 23, 2022 • 31 m
Predicting My MS
The filmmaker looks back on his life, trying to understand why he contracted a rare form of Multiple Sclerosis: Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis.
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Jay O. Sanders

Self - Narrator

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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