Episode guide
NOVA: Season 23
19 episodes · premiered Oct 10, 1995
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- Episode 1: Anastasia Dead or Alive? Oct 10, 1995 · 55m Investigate the massacre of Tsar Nicholas and his family, and evaluate whether modern science has resolved the mystery surrounding Princess Anastasia.
- Episode 2: Venus Unveiled Oct 17, 1995 · 55m Venus reveals its true face, recorded in detail for the first time by the radar spacecraft Magellan. Our next-door planetary neighbor turns out to be one of the most bizarre places in the…
- Episode 3: Hawaii Born of Fire Oct 24, 1995 · 55m From their blistering beginnings as molten rock, the Hawiian islands have grown into a verdant paradise of unique lifeforms.
- Episode 4: The Doomsday Asteroid Oct 31, 1995 · 55m Is there an asteroid or comet out there with our name on it? NOVA scans the skies and the geological record on Earth, for evidence that giant rocks from outer space have struck before and…
- Episode 5: Lightning! Nov 7, 1995 · 55m
- Episode 6: Hunt for the Serial Arsonist Nov 14, 1995 · 55m In the spring of 1991, a rash of suspicious store fires in Los Angeles set fire investigators on the trail of a serial arsonist. Using ingenious techniques to "read" burn patterns and…
- Episode 7: Treasures of the Great Barrier Reef Nov 28, 1995 · 55m Recording sights that will astonish even experienced divers, NOVA documents an extraordinary day in the life of the largest coral reef in the world, capturing for the first time the annual…
- Episode 8: Race to Catch a Buckyball Dec 19, 1995 · 55m
- Episode 9: Can Buildings Make You Sick? Dec 26, 1995 · 55m A search for the causes of Sick Building Syndrome. Experts look at various problem buildings, inspecting their air conditioning, lights and carpets for clues to the mysterious maladies…
- Episode 10: Terror in the Mine Fields Jan 9, 1996 · 55m
- Episode 11: The Day the Earth Shook Jan 16, 1996 · 55m
- Episode 12: B-29 Frozen in Time Jan 30, 1996 · 55m Travel on a perilous mission to repair and refly a rare B-29 bomber stranded on a Greenland icecap for almost 50 years.Gleaming like a jewel this well preserved bomber from World War II…
- Episode 13: Plague Fighters Feb 6, 1996 · 55m
- Episode 14: War Machines of Tomorrow Feb 20, 1996 · 55m
- Episode 15: Kidnapped by U.F.O.'s? Feb 27, 1996 · 55m Carl Sagan and other scientists investigate claims that people have been visited or abducted by aliens.
- Episode 16: Flood! Mar 26, 1996 · 55m The Great Flood of 1993 leaves a wake of destruction across the Midwest. Can rivers ever be contained?
- Episode 17: Dr. Spock the Baby Doc Apr 2, 1996 · 55m
- Episode 18: Warriors of the Amazon Apr 9, 1996 · 55m Explore the unique culture of the Yanomami, an isolated tribe living deep in the Amazonian rainforest.
- Episode 19: Bombing of America Apr 16, 1996 · 55m Bombing is on the rise across the United States. But science is fighting back. Hidden within the chaos of a crime scene lie clues that can solve the case. Can science help stop the…