Season 23

episodes

1. 1. Anastasia Dead or Alive? 1995-10-10 55 min Investigate the massacre of Tsar Nicholas and his family, and evaluate whether modern science has resolved the mystery surrounding Princess Anastasia.
2. 2. Venus Unveiled 1995-10-17 55 min Venus reveals its true face, recorded in detail for the first time by the radar spacecraft Magellan. Our next-door planetary neighbor turns out to be one of the most bizarre places in the solar system...
3. 3. Hawaii Born of Fire 1995-10-24 55 min From their blistering beginnings as molten rock, the Hawiian islands have grown into a verdant paradise of unique lifeforms.
4. 4. The Doomsday Asteroid 1995-10-31 55 min Is there an asteroid or comet out there with our name on it? NOVA scans the skies and the geological record on Earth, for evidence that giant rocks from outer space have struck before and will eventua...
5. 5. Lightning! 1995-11-07 55 min
6. 6. Hunt for the Serial Arsonist 1995-11-14 55 min In the spring of 1991, a rash of suspicious store fires in Los Angeles set fire investigators on the trail of a serial arsonist. Using ingenious techniques to "read" burn patterns and reconstruct the...
7. 7. Treasures of the Great Barrier Reef 1995-11-28 55 min Recording sights that will astonish even experienced divers, NOVA documents an extraordinary day in the life of the largest coral reef in the world, capturing for the first time the annual spawning of...
8. 8. Race to Catch a Buckyball 1995-12-19 55 min
9. 9. Can Buildings Make You Sick? 1995-12-26 55 min A search for the causes of Sick Building Syndrome. Experts look at various problem buildings, inspecting their air conditioning, lights and carpets for clues to the mysterious maladies afflicting the...
10. 10. Terror in the Mine Fields 1996-01-09 55 min
11. 11. The Day the Earth Shook 1996-01-16 55 min
12. 12. B-29 Frozen in Time 1996-01-30 55 min Travel on a perilous mission to repair and refly a rare B-29 bomber stranded on a Greenland icecap for almost 50 years.Gleaming like a jewel this well preserved bomber from World War II rests on the A...
13. 13. Plague Fighters 1996-02-06 55 min
14. 14. War Machines of Tomorrow 1996-02-20 55 min
15. 15. Kidnapped by U.F.O.'s? 1996-02-27 55 min Carl Sagan and other scientists investigate claims that people have been visited or abducted by aliens.
16. 16. Flood! 1996-03-26 55 min The Great Flood of 1993 leaves a wake of destruction across the Midwest. Can rivers ever be contained?
17. 17. Dr. Spock the Baby Doc 1996-04-02 55 min
18. 18. Warriors of the Amazon 1996-04-09 55 min Explore the unique culture of the Yanomami, an isolated tribe living deep in the Amazonian rainforest.
19. 19. Bombing of America 1996-04-16 55 min Bombing is on the rise across the United States. But science is fighting back. Hidden within the chaos of a crime scene lie clues that can solve the case. Can science help stop the "Bombing of America...