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Battle of the X-Planes

This documentary, filmed over four years,  is sure to scintillate the senses as one grossly gets involved into the thrilling and suspenseful adventures of NOVA, who goes behind the doors of the world’s two largest aerospace companies to record classified meetings, climbs into cockpits to fly the most revolutionary planes, and examines the high-stakes battle[...]

Nova: Everest: The Death Zone

"Because it's there" is the reason why many men and women who risked death to climb Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. NOVA follows a scientific investigation of high altitude physiology in Everest: The Death Zone, which examines the biological and psychological changes experienced by a group of climbers during their ascent. Jodie[...]

The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies

Orange wings and black that filled the sky as one of the letters NOVA most remarkable phenomena of nature: the epic migration of monarch butterflies in North America. NOVA filmmakers followed the monarchs on the wing throughout his extraordinary odyssey.  To capture a butterfly view, camera operators using a helicopter, ultralights and hot air balloon[...]

Origins

The universe has always existed? How did a place that could harbor life? NOVA presents some startling new answers in Origins, a new series of 4 parts. New clues from the frontiers of science are presented by astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. As the host of Origins, Tyson leads viewers on a journey to the[...]

The Great Robot Race

The twenty-three vehicles for strange line at the exit gate of the DARPA Grand Challenge with one thing in common: no one behind the wheel s.
Sponsored by the Pentagon's research agency s this race for robotic vehicles without driver has a $ 2 million. Their ultimate goal is to gather new ideas[...]

Monster of The Milky Way

Astronomers are closing in on the evidence that has sought for years that one of the most destructive objects in the universe - a supermassive black hole - is lurking in the center of our galaxy. Could explode and consume our galactic neighborhood? NOVA brings us to an amazing investigation into one of the most bizarre[...]

The Four-Winged Dinosaur

In 2002, the discovery of a beautiful and bizarre fossil astonished scientists and reignited the debate over the origin of flight. With four wings and superbly preserved feathers, the creature 130 million years, was like nothing paleontologists had seen before. In this program, NOVA travels to China stone quarry where the fossil discovered (a famous[...]

Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial

Judgement Day: Intelligent Design on the bench is an award winning NOVA documentary on Kitzmiller v. For Dover Area School District, which focused on the question of whether or not intelligent design could be seen as science and taught in science class at school. Aired on PBS in November 2007 and includes interviews with the[...]

Japan’s Killer Quake

At its worst crisis since the Second World War, Japan is facing disaster on an epic scale.  A probable death toll in the tens of thousands of people, massive destruction of homes and businesses, shortages of water and energy, and the specter of nuclear fusion.  With exclusive footage, NOVA captures the human drama and provides[...]

The Bible’s Buried Secrets

In this landmark two-hour special, NOVA takes viewers on a fascinating journey to the scientific principles of modern religion.

Buried Secrets of the Bible vividly recounts the saga of the ancient Israelites and digs deeply into the Bible and the history of the Israelites through the artifacts they left behind.

The documentary focuses on the Hebrew Bible,[...]

Marathon Challenge

In this documentary NOVA traces the lifestyle and an extensive fitness regime that 13 generally sedentary people with ages ranging from 22 to 60 and coming from various backgrounds and with a wide range of medical histories undergo along with good mentoring, strict discipline and oodles of support from their group, to take part in[...]