Episode guide
NOVA: Season 32
18 episodes · premiered Sep 28, 2004
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- Episode 1: Origins: Earth is Born Sep 28, 2004 · 55m "Origins: Earth is Born" gives viewers a spectacular glimpse of the tumultuous first billion years of Planet Earth—a time of continuous catastrophe. Vivid animation lets viewers witness…
- Episode 2: Origins: How Life Began Sep 28, 2004 · 55m "Origins: How Life Began," zeroes in on the mystery of exactly how it happened. Join the hunt for hardy microbes that flourish in the most unlikely places: inside rocks in a mine shaft two…
- Episode 3: Origins: Where Are the Aliens? Sep 29, 2004 · 55m In "Origins: Where are the Aliens?," host astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explores such provocative questions as: would "ETs" resemble us or the creatures of science fiction? Are there…
- Episode 4: Origins: Back to the Beginning Sep 29, 2004 · 55m "Origins: Back to the Beginning" explores how the colossal, mind-boggling forces of the early universe made it possible for habitable worlds to emerge. The clues begin with a race among…
- Episode 5: The Most Dangerous Woman in America Oct 12, 2004 · 55m Examine the complex case of Typhoid Mary, a cook that was quaratined for life against her will in the early 1900s.
- Episode 6: America's Stone Age Explorers Nov 9, 2004 · 55m Who were the first Ameicans and where did they come from?
- Episode 7: Great Escape Nov 16, 2004 · 55m Archeologists excavate Stalag Luft 3, the site of the greatest WWII prisoner escape. Prisoners of the camp are also interviewed.
- Episode 8: Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land Nov 23, 2004 · 55m Follow an expedition to a remote cave in the Judean desert, first excavated by the famed Israeli archeologist Yigael Yadin in 1960-61. Yadin uncovered a cache of ancient documents, human…
- Episode 9: Welcome to Mars Jan 4, 2005 · 55m NOVA follows a team of scientists as the monitor the Martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Spirit runs into some problems, but Opportunity takes a photograph that may confirm the…
- Episode 10: The Boldest Hoax Jan 11, 2005 · 55m For decades, a fossil skull discovered in Piltdown, England, was hailed as the missing link between apes and humans. Entire careers were built on its authenticity. Then in 1953, the awful…
- Episode 11: Supersonic Dream Jan 18, 2005 · 55m A chronicle of the turbulent birth, life and death of the Concorde, the world's first and only supersonic airliner.
- Episode 12: The Viking Deception Feb 8, 2005 · 55m Ever since its sensational unveiling by Yale University scholars in October 1965, the Vinland Map has been a lightning rod for passionate debate. Most reviews of the arguments, including…
- Episode 13: Saving the National Treasures Feb 15, 2005 · 55m A team of experts takes on the preservation of the origianl Constitution, Declaration of Indipendance and Bill of Rights.
- Episode 14: A Daring Flight Feb 22, 2005 · 55m In 1909, Louis Bleriot undertakes a heroic first-ever flight over the English Channel.
- Episode 15: Wave That Shook the World Mar 29, 2005 · 55m On December 26, 2004 a devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean kills more than 250,000 people. NOVA takes an in depth look at just what happened on that fateful day.
- Episode 16: Hitler's Sunken Secret Nov 8, 2005 · 55m Explores the Nazi quest for atomic weapons as it follows a mission to recover barrels of heavy water bound for Berlin from a Norwegian hydroelectric plant.
- Episode 17: Newton's Dark Secrets Nov 15, 2005 · 55m The auction of some of Newton's papers early in the 20th century uncovers the fact that he had a side other than the genius mathematician and visionary the world knew him as.
- Episode 18: Storm That Drowned a City Dec 14, 2005 · 55m An exploration of the devastation wrought on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina details failures of levees and disaster-relief planning; why the city was unprepared; and what made Katrina so…