Episode guide
NOVA: Season 43
22 episodes · premiered Sep 16, 2015
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- Episode 1: Dawn of Humanity Sep 16, 2015 · 55m Deep in a South African cave, an astounding discovery reveals clues to what made us human.
- Episode 2: Arctic Ghost Ship Sep 23, 2015 · 55m NOVA presents an exclusive breakthrough in the greatest unsolved mystery in Arctic exploration. In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set off to chart the elusive Northwest Passage…
- Episode 3: Secrets of Noah's Ark Oct 7, 2015 · 55m A team of historians and expert boat builders investigates the fascinating Noah's Ark flood legend and sets out to rebuild a tantalizing, ancient forerunner of the Ark.
- Episode 4: Cyberwar Threat Oct 14, 2015 · 55m NOVA examines the science and technology behind cyber warfare and asks if we are already in the midst of a deadly new arms race.
- Episode 5: Animal Mummies Oct 28, 2015 · 55m NOVA joins a team of leading Egyptologists who deploy the latest medical imaging to peer beneath the wrappings of Egyptian mummified beasts without damaging the animal bodies inside. The…
- Episode 6: Making North America: Origins Nov 4, 2015 · 55m The epic 3 billion-year story of how our continent came to be. From the palm trees that once flourished in Alaska to titanic eruptions that nearly tore the Midwest in two, discover how…
- Episode 7: Making North America: Life Nov 11, 2015 · 55m How did life emerge on our primeval continent? Why was North America home to so many iconic dinosaurs like T. rex? And how did a huge sea filled with giant marine reptiles end up covering…
- Episode 8: Making North America: Human Nov 18, 2015 · 55m The history of North America since the arrival of humans is chronicled. Natural resources, including gold and oil, have enabled humans to transform the land almost as much as the…
- Episode 9: Inside Einstein's Mind Nov 25, 2015 · 55m On November 25th, 1915, Einstein published his greatest work: general relativity. The theory transformed our understanding of nature’s laws and the entire history of the cosmos, reaching…
- Episode 10: Secret Tunnel Warfare Jan 6, 2016 · 55m During World War I, the Allies and Germans repeatedly struggled to break the hideous stalemate of trench warfare. In the winter of 1916, Allied engineers devised a massive surprise attack…
- Episode 11: Life's Rocky Start Jan 13, 2016 · 55m Four and a half billion years ago, the young Earth was a hellish place—a seething chaos of meteorite impacts, volcanoes belching noxious gases, and lightning flashing through a thin…
- Episode 12: Mystery Beneath the Ice Jan 20, 2016 · 55m Tiny, transparent, and threatened, krill are crucial to the Antarctic ecosystem. But the population of krill is crashing for reasons that continue to baffle the experts. A leading theory…
- Episode 13: Himalayan Megaquake Jan 27, 2016 · 55m On April 25, 2015, a devastating earthquake rocked Nepal. As it ripped across the Himalayas, it wiped out villages and left thousands dead. Hear the harrowing stories of the Nepalese…
- Episode 14: Creatures of Light Feb 3, 2016 · 55m On a summer’s night, there’s nothing more magic than watching the soft glow of fireflies switching on and off. Few other life forms on land can light up the night, but in the dark depths…
- Episode 15: Memory Hackers Feb 10, 2016 · 55m Memory is the glue that binds our mental lives. Without it, we’d be prisoners of the present, unable to use the lessons of the past to change our future. From our first kiss to where we…
- Episode 16: Iceman Reborn Feb 17, 2016 · 55m He was stalked, attacked and left to die alone. Murdered more than 5,000 years ago, Otzi the Iceman is Europe’s oldest known natural mummy. Miraculously preserved in glacial ice, his…
- Episode 17: Rise of the Robots Feb 24, 2016 · 55m Machines are everywhere. They run our factory assembly lines and make our coffee. But humanoid robots—machines with human-like capabilities—have long been the stuff of science fiction…
- Episode 18: Vikings Unearthed Apr 6, 2016 · 55m Uncover the truth behind the legendary Vikings and their epic journey to the Americas.
- Episode 19: Can Alzheimer's Be Stopped? Apr 13, 2016 · 55m Alzheimer's ravages the minds of over 40 million victims worldwide. Join scientists as they untangle the cause of this tragic illness and go behind the scenes of major drug trials to…
- Episode 20: Wild Ways Apr 20, 2016 · 55m Explore how newly established wildlife corridors offer hope to endangered species.
- Episode 21: Operation Lighthouse Rescue May 4, 2016 · 55m Engineers race to rescue the Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard from the ocean's erosion.
- Episode 22: Bombing Hitler's Supergun May 11, 2016 · 55m Engineers and World War II historians investigate Hitler's fearsome bank of "superguns."