NOVA: Dawn of Humanity

Dawn of Humanity

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NOVA: Day the Dinosaurs Died

Day the Dinosaurs Died

S44 Ep21 | 53m 30s

NOVA: Treasures of the Earth: Gems

Treasures of the Earth: Gems

Special | 53m 40s

NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword

Secrets of the Viking Sword

S39 Ep13 | 52m 53s

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Video thumbnail: NOVA NOVA Wonders What's the Universe Made Of?

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NOVA Wonders What's the Universe Made Of?

Peer into the deep unknowns of the universe to explore its mysteries.

S45 Ep106 | 53m 11s

NOVA Wonders What's the Universe Made Of?

S45 Ep106 | 53m 11s

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NOVA Wonders Can We Make Life?

A revolution in gene editing technology enables scientists to create and edit DNA.

S45 Ep105 | 53m 46s

NOVA Wonders Can We Make Life?

S45 Ep105 | 53m 46s

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NOVA Wonders Can We Build a Brain?

How does today's artificial intelligence actually work-and is it truly intelligent?

S45 Ep104 | 53m 43s

NOVA Wonders Can We Build a Brain?

S45 Ep104 | 53m 43s

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NOVA Wonders Are We Alone?

Hunt for clues in the universes to answer one of humanity’s biggest questions.

S45 Ep103 | 53m 38s

NOVA Wonders Are We Alone?

S45 Ep103 | 53m 38s

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Video thumbnail: NOVA NOVA Wonders What's Living in You?

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NOVA Wonders What's Living in You?

Discover how a world of microbes living in and on you can make you sick.

S45 Ep102 | 53m 40s

NOVA Wonders What's Living in You?

S45 Ep102 | 53m 40s

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Video thumbnail: NOVA NOVA Wonders What Are Animals Saying?

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NOVA Wonders What Are Animals Saying?

Can we crack the code of animal communication?

S45 Ep101 | 52m 57s

NOVA Wonders What Are Animals Saying?

S45 Ep101 | 52m 57s

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Decoding the Weather Machine

Discover how Earth’s intricate climate system is changing.

S45 Ep7 | 1h 53m 21s

Decoding the Weather Machine

S45 Ep7 | 1h 53m 21s

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Prediction by the Numbers

Discover why some predictions succeed and others fail as experts forecast the future.

S45 Ep6 | 53m 6s

Prediction by the Numbers

S45 Ep6 | 53m 6s

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Great Escape at Dunkirk

How courage and ingenuity saved Allied troops during the epic Dunkirk operation in 1940.

S45 Ep5 | 52m 59s

Great Escape at Dunkirk

S45 Ep5 | 52m 59s

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First Face of America

Discover remains of a 13,000 year-old teenager in an underwater cave in Mexico.

S45 Ep4 | 53m 6s

First Face of America

S45 Ep4 | 53m 6s

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The Impossible Flight

For the first time, two intrepid pilots fly a solar-powered airplane around the world.

S45 Ep3 | 1h 52m 58s

The Impossible Flight

S45 Ep3 | 1h 52m 58s

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Black Hole Apocalypse

Take a mind-blowing voyage to the most powerful and mysterious objects in the universe.

S45 Ep1 | 1h 52m 46s

Black Hole Apocalypse

S45 Ep1 | 1h 52m 46s

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Specials

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The Nuclear Option

How will we power the planet without wrecking the climate?

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The Nuclear Option

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Secrets of the Sky Tombs

Evidence discovered in the world’s highest tombs reveals ancient rituals and beliefs.

Special | 53m 32s

Secrets of the Sky Tombs

Special | 53m 32s

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Video thumbnail: NOVA Treasures of the Earth: Power

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Treasures of the Earth: Power

Drill underground to see the treasures that power our world—today and into the future.

Special | 53m 10s

Treasures of the Earth: Power

Special | 53m 10s

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Video thumbnail: NOVA Treasures of the Earth: Metals

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Treasures of the Earth: Metals

What is it about the nature of metals that have made them a pillar of human civilization?

Special | 53m 40s

Treasures of the Earth: Metals

Special | 53m 40s

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Treasures of the Earth: Gems

What processes in the depths of the Earth forge beautiful and precious stones?

Special | 53m 40s

Treasures of the Earth: Gems

Special | 53m 40s

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Video thumbnail: NOVA The Fabric of the Cosmos: What Is Space?

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The Fabric of the Cosmos: What Is Space?

Physicist Brian Greene reveals a mind-boggling reality behind our everyday world.

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The Fabric of the Cosmos: What Is Space?

Special | 53m 2s

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Extras

Video thumbnail: NOVA Tale of Two Volcanoes

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Tale of Two Volcanoes

Hawaii’s Kilauea and Guatemala’s Fuego volcanic eruptions have been remarkably destructive

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Tale of Two Volcanoes

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Video thumbnail: NOVA What Does an Atom Look Like?

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What Does an Atom Look Like?

It’s pretty different from the atom you saw in your textbooks.

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What Does an Atom Look Like?

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Video thumbnail: NOVA Net Neutrality’s End and Science

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Net Neutrality’s End and Science

Depending on your perspective, the repeal of net neutrality could help or hurt science.

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Net Neutrality’s End and Science

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Video thumbnail: NOVA What Does Dark Energy Look Like?

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What Does Dark Energy Look Like?

The mysterious substance ripping our universe apart.

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What Does Dark Energy Look Like?

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Video thumbnail: NOVA Can You Upload Your Brain?

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Can You Upload Your Brain?

How the laws of physics forbid perfect cloning.

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Can You Upload Your Brain?

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Ethics and Self-Driving Cars

How do we program moral decision-making into autonomous vehicles?

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Ethics and Self-Driving Cars

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Video thumbnail: NOVA Black Hole Information Paradox

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Black Hole Information Paradox

Do black holes delete information forever? Or could information somehow escape them?

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Black Hole Information Paradox

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Choose Your Own Adventure into a Black Hole

What would it be like to fall into a black hole? Choose your own adventure to find out!

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Choose Your Own Adventure into a Black Hole

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Video thumbnail: NOVA The Next Quest for New Worlds

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The Next Quest for New Worlds

There are worlds beyond our own. A new explorer just left Earth to hunt for them.

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The Next Quest for New Worlds

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Video thumbnail: NOVA Why Fart Sounds Are Funny

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Why Fart Sounds Are Funny

April Fool's! We weigh in on the serious science behind... whoopee cushions.

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Why Fart Sounds Are Funny

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Video thumbnail: NOVA Fake or Physics?

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Fake or Physics?

Guess which of these five unbelievable facts are real physics.

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Fake or Physics?

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Remembering Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking had a way of bringing the most cosmic ideas down to Earth.

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Remembering Stephen Hawking

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