NOVA - Season 25
Run Time: 55 mins
Air Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997
Average Rating: ⭐ 7 (133 votes)
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Coma
Season 25 - Episode 1
A famous brain surgeon struggles to save the life of a comatose child using a controversial new method of treating severe head injuries. In ...
Faster Than Sound
Season 25 - Episode 2
On the 50th anniversary of the first supersonic flight, Chuck Yeager relives his gutsy assault on the sound barrier and tells how it was don...
Bomb Squad
Season 25 - Episode 3
IRA terrorists and British bomb disposal experts tell behind-the-scenes stories of a a deadly cat-and- mouse game that pits ingenious IRA ex...
The Proof
Season 25 - Episode 4
In a tale of secrecy, obsession, dashed hopes, and brilliant insights, Princeton math sleuth Andrew Wiles goes undercover for eight years to...
Wild Wolves With David Attenborough
Season 25 - Episode 5
Sir David Attenborough hosts a never-before-seen look at one of the most misunderstood creatures in nature. Special photography, including i...
Super Bridge
Season 25 - Episode 6
Viewers are sidewalk supervisors for one of the most unusual construction projects in the U.S. - the building of the stunningly beautiful an...
Treasures of the Sunken City
Season 25 - Episode 7
The Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, guided sailors in the Mediterranean Sea for 16 centuries. NOVA ...
Avalanche!
Season 25 - Episode 8
Viewers see what it's like to be overwhelmed by a sudden onslaught of "white death"—an avalanche. Avalanches are an escalating peril as skie...
Danger in the Jet Stream
Season 25 - Episode 9
NOVA covers the latest efforts to be first to circumnavigate the planet non-stop in a balloon. NOVA's cameras are on board for all three att...
Night Creatures of the Kalahari
Season 25 - Episode 10
Beneath the grassland plains of the Kalahari lies a hidden world of rare and exotic animals. By day, the Kalahari belongs to familiar predat...
Mysterious Mummies of China
Season 25 - Episode 11
Perfectly preserved 3000-year-old mummies have been unearthed in a remote Chinese desert. They have long, blonde hair and blue eyes, and don...
Supersonic Spies
Season 25 - Episode 12
The race to build the world's first supersonic passenger airliner led to a massive espionage effort during the Cold War between the Soviet U...
Animal Hospital
Season 25 - Episode 13
Tapping into the clearly demonstrated affection we all have for our pets, this program will offer an offbeat, sometimes humorous, sometimes ...
The Brain Eater
Season 25 - Episode 14
In this scientific mystery, NOVA ventures to the front lines of medical research where scientists are scrambling to understand the strange n...
Everest - The Death Zone
Season 25 - Episode 15
NOVA treks with a group of Himalayan climbers in their quest to reach the summit of Everest, along the way exploring in never-before-conduct...
Search for the Lost Cave People
Season 25 - Episode 16
NOVA follows an international team of archaeologists and spelunkers into the Rio la Venta Gorge deep in the Chiapas jungle of Central Americ...
Warnings from the Ice
Season 25 - Episode 17
Could the earth as we know it be about to drown? Huge ice sheets in Antarctica may be in the process of collapse, triggering a catastrophic ...
Crocodiles! With David Attenborough
Season 25 - Episode 18
An unprecedented look at a dangerous predator, this is the second of three natural history programs hosted by Sir David Attenborough. Surviv...
The Truth About Impotence
Season 25 - Episode 19
NOVA reports on new hope for victims of erectile dysfunction, also known as impotence. Among the promising therapies covered in the program ...
The Perfect Pearl
Season 25 - Episode 20
For centuries, man has risked both life and life savings to possess the pearl's beauty. Pure and perfect, glowing and dazzling, a pearl is a...