Episodes
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The Cannabis Question
S48 E11 - 53m 36s
As state-legalized cannabis spreads, NOVA investigates the latest scientific evidence for its potential benefits and risks, and how criminalization has disproportionately harmed communities of color.
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Bat Superpowers
S48 E10 - 53m 13s
Bats have been implicated in deadly epidemics such as COVID-19 and Ebola, yet scientists are discovering evidence that they may hold a key to a longer and healthier life. From caves in Thailand and Texas to labs around the globe, NOVA meets the scientists who are decoding the superpowers of the bat.
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Ship That Changed the World
S48 E9 - 53m 12s
The Age of Exploration and Europe’s imperial colonization of far-off lands was launched by a revolution in ship design that made long-distance voyages practical. A newly discovered 500-year-old wreck offers vital clues to this momentous innovation.
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Great Electric Airplane Race
S48 E7 - 53m 7s
Can new emission-free electric planes replace our polluting airliners and revolutionize personal transportation in our cities? NOVA takes a ride in some quiet, energy-efficient, prototypes that are vying for success as electric flight takes off.
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Hindenburg: The New Evidence
S48 E6 - 53m 13s
80 years after the world’s largest airship ignited in a giant fireball, newly discovered footage sparks a reinvestigation of what exactly caused the Hindenburg disaster.
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Fighting for Fertility
S48 E5 - 53m 6s
What causes infertility, and how can assisted reproductive technologies help? Follow the journeys of people navigating fertility challenges from structural inequalities and racism to falling sperm counts, egg freezing, and IVF.
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Reef Rescue
S48 E4 - 54m 6s
If oceans continue to warm at the current pace, coral reefs could be wiped out by the end of the century. But scientists from around the globe are rushing to help corals adapt to a changing climate through assisted evolution.
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Picture a Scientist
S48 E3 - 1h 33m
Women make up less than a quarter of STEM professionals in the United States, and numbers are even lower for women of color. But a growing group of researchers is exposing longstanding discrimination and making science more inclusive.
Extras + Features
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LIDAR Technology Helps Uncover a Maya Metropolis
S48 E22 - 3m 9s
LIDAR technology reveals that, in 700 C.E., the ancient Maya city of Caracol was one of the largest in the world.
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Ancient Maya Metropolis Preview
S48 E22 - 30s
The ancient ancestors of today’s Maya people thrived in large sophisticated cities across Central America for centuries. Why, around 750 CE, did they begin to abandon many of their major cities? Archaeologists investigate dramatic new evidence of the catastrophic droughts and instability that pushed cities beyond their limits.
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These Artifacts and Foods Tie Modern Maya to the Past
S48 E22 - 4m 4s
“The contemporary Maya people still practice not only Maya traditions, but Mesoamerican traditions," anthropologist Iyaxel Coteji Ren told NOVA. "It's one of the traits that distinguish Maya culture."
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Fossilized Dung Reveals Clues About Dinosaurs' Diet
S48 E21 - 3m 6s
Fossilized feces remains indicate that herbivorous dinosaurs living in the North may have eaten rotten wood—and the insects living in it—to survive winter.
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Alaskan Dinosaurs Preview
S48 E21 - 29s
A team of intrepid paleontologists discovers that dinosaurs thrived in the unlikeliest of places—the cold and dark of winter in the Arctic Circle. How did they survive year-round and raise their young in frigid and dark winter conditions?
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Did Some Dinosaurs Breed in the Arctic?
S48 E21 - 3m
Scientists in Alaska discover the remains of seven different dinosaur species in the earliest stages of their development. Could baby dinosaurs have hatched in the Arctic and migrated thousands of miles with their parents to avoid polar winter?
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How the Morpho Butterfly Gets its Iridescent Color
S48 E20 - 2m 22s
By studying the structural color of morpho butterflies, scientists are learning more about producing color without using pigments or paint.
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How Did This Butterfly Get So Old?
S48 E20 - 2m 56s
While most butterflies feed on nectar only, this genus of butterfly also feeds on pollen.
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Butterfly Blueprints Preview
S48 E20 - 29s
The hidden scientific secrets of butterflies reveal them to be more inventive and resilient than we ever imagined. Follow their extraordinary life cycle and migrations to tropical rainforests, windswept prairies, and even inside a chrysalis as it’s being spun.
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When Earthquake Damage is Invisible
S48 E8 - 2m 51s
Even if a building appears to be undamaged after an earthquake, it could have used up some of its initial earthquake resisting capability.
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High-Risk High-Rise Preview
S48 E8 - 30s
Gleaming symbols of prestige, skyscrapers are an ingenious way to save space in dense urban areas. But even as we devise ways to defend them against fires, wind, and earthquakes, can we also make them more livable, interactive, and eco-friendly?
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Stopping the Millennium Tower from Sinking Further
S48 E8 - 3m 28s
When San Francisco's Millennium Tower unexpectedly sunk 16 inches, residents worried the building would topple over. Here's how a structural engineer and his team figured out the cause and suggested a potential fix.
Schedule
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Picture a Scientist
Friday
Mar 29
2 Hours
Women make up less than one-quarter of the amount of people employed in STEM, and the number is even smaller for women of color. -
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A.I. Revolution
Sunday
Mar 31
1 Hour
The power and potential of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. -
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Star Chasers of Senegal
Sunday
Mar 31
1 Hour
Senegalese astronomer Maram Kaire investigates his nation's history of astronomy, which stretches back thousands of years. -
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Star Chasers of Senegal
Sunday
Mar 31
1 Hour
Senegalese astronomer Maram Kaire investigates his nation's history of astronomy, which stretches back thousands of years. -
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A.I. Revolution
Sunday
Mar 31
1 Hour
The power and potential of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. -
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NOVA
Picture a Scientist
Sunday
Mar 31
2 Hours
Women make up less than one-quarter of the amount of people employed in STEM, and the number is even smaller for women of color. -
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NOVA
A.I. Revolution
Sunday
Mar 31
1 Hour
The power and potential of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. -
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NOVA
Star Chasers of Senegal
Sunday
Mar 31
1 Hour
Senegalese astronomer Maram Kaire investigates his nation's history of astronomy, which stretches back thousands of years. -
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NOVA
Picture a Scientist
Monday
Apr 1
2 Hours
Women make up less than one-quarter of the amount of people employed in STEM, and the number is even smaller for women of color. -
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NOVA
A.I. Revolution
Tuesday
Apr 2
1 Hour
The power and potential of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. -
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A.I. Revolution
Wednesday
Apr 3
1 Hour
The power and potential of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. -
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Star Chasers of Senegal
Wednesday
Apr 3
1 Hour
Senegalese astronomer Maram Kaire investigates his nation's history of astronomy, which stretches back thousands of years. -
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A.I. Revolution
Wednesday
Apr 3
1 Hour
The power and potential of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. -
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Great American Eclipse
Wednesday
Apr 3
1 Hour
Scientists prepare new experiments to study the solar eclipse. -
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Great American Eclipse
Wednesday
Apr 3
1 Hour
Scientists prepare new experiments to study the solar eclipse. -
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Secrets of the Forbidden City
Wednesday
Apr 3
1 Hour
The architectural design of Beijing's ancient complex of palaces and temples enabled it to survive centuries of earthquake shocks. -
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Secrets of the Forbidden City
Wednesday
Apr 3
1 Hour
The architectural design of Beijing's ancient complex of palaces and temples enabled it to survive centuries of earthquake shocks. -
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Great American Eclipse
Thursday
Apr 4
1 Hour
Scientists prepare new experiments to study the solar eclipse. -
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Great American Eclipse
Thursday
Apr 4
1 Hour
Scientists prepare new experiments to study the solar eclipse. -
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Secrets of the Forbidden City
Thursday
Apr 4
1 Hour
The architectural design of Beijing's ancient complex of palaces and temples enabled it to survive centuries of earthquake shocks.
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