NOVA - Season 45
Run Time: 55 mins
Air Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018
Average Rating: ⭐ 7 (133 votes)
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Black Hole Apocalypse
Season 45 - Episode 1
Astrophysicist and novelist Janna Levin talks about black holes and their importance to the universe.
The Impossible Flight
Season 45 - Episode 2
For the first time, two intrepid pilots fly a solar-powered airplane around the world.
First Face of America
Season 45 - Episode 3
Discover remains of a 13,000 year-old teenager in an underwater cave in Mexico.
Great Escape at Dunkirk
Season 45 - Episode 4
How courage and ingenuity saved Allied troops during the epic Dunkirk operation in 1940.
Prediction by the Numbers
Season 45 - Episode 5
Discover why some predictions succeed and others fail as experts forecast the future.
Decoding the Weather Machine
Season 45 - Episode 6
Disastrous hurricanes. Widespread droughts and wildfires. Withering heat. Extreme rainfall. It is hard not to conclude that something’s up w...
Rise of the Superstorms
Season 45 - Episode 7
In just one devastating month, Houston, Florida, and the Caribbean were changed forever. In summer 2017, three monster hurricanes swept in f...
Transplanting Hope
Season 45 - Episode 8
NOVA takes you inside the operating room to witness organ transplant teams transferring organs from donors to recipients. Meet families navi...
Operation Bridge Rescue
Season 45 - Episode 9
Follow the race to rebuild the Old Blenheim Bridge in New York State, an icon of 19th century American engineering, destroyed by Hurricane I...
Volatile Earth: Volcano on Fire
Season 45 - Episode 10
Climb with volcano experts to the summit of Nyiragongo, a highly active volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Twice in recent mem...
Volatile Earth: Volcano on the Brink
Season 45 - Episode 11
Explore Nyamuragira, one of the world’s most active and mysterious volcanoes in Africa. Decades of civil strife have prevented scientists fr...
Addiction
Season 45 - Episode 12
Hear firsthand from individuals struggling with addiction and follow the cutting-edge work of doctors and scientists as they investigate why...
Flying Supersonic
Season 45 - Episode 13
NOVA takes you inside the historic international race to develop the first supersonic airliner, the Concorde. Hear stories from those inside...
Last B-24
Season 45 - Episode 14
Dive to the bottom of the Adriatic Sea in search of the Tulsamerican, a B-24 bomber that crashed off the coast of Croatia during World War I...
Thai Cave Rescue
Season 45 - Episode 15
In July 2018, the world held its breath as an international team of cave divers endeavored to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach stranded...
World's Fastest Animal
Season 45 - Episode 16
See the world through the eyes of nature’s fastest animal: the peregrine falcon. Though once perilously endangered in the U.S., this spectac...
Apollo's Daring Mission
Season 45 - Episode 17
Apollo astronauts and engineers tell the inside story of Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon. The U.S. space program suffered a b...
NOVA Wonders What Are Animals Saying?
Season 45 - Episode 101
From singing whales and squeaking bats to thumping spiders and clicking dolphins, the world is filled with the exotic sounds of our fellow c...
NOVA Wonders What's Living in You?
Season 45 - Episode 102
Whether they make you fat, fart, or freak out, microbes play a central role in your life. Right beneath your nose—on your face, in your gut,...
NOVA Wonders Are We Alone?
Season 45 - Episode 103
The search for extraterrestrial life is an age-old quest. But recent breakthroughs make today an era unlike any in the history of astronomy....
NOVA Wonders Can We Build a Brain?
Season 45 - Episode 104
Artificially intelligent machines are taking over. They’re influencing our everyday lives in profound and often invisible ways. They can rea...
NOVA Wonders Can We Make Life?
Season 45 - Episode 105
"It's alive!" Since Dr. Frankenstein spoke those famous words, we've been alternately enthralled and terrified by the idea of creating life ...
NOVA Wonders What's the Universe Made Of?
Season 45 - Episode 106
The universe is hiding something. In fact, it is hiding a lot. Everything we experience on Earth, the stars and galaxies we see in the cosmo...