Season 31

episodes

1. 1. Infinite Secrets 2003-09-30 55 min A battered manuscript turns up after 1000 years revealing the mind of the Greek genius Archimedes
2. 2. Who Killed the Red Baron? 2003-10-07 55 min Forensic experts investigate the most famous aviation mystery of World War 1.
3. 3. The Elegant Universe: Einstein's Dream (1) 2003-10-28 55 min Part 1, "Einstein's Dream," introduces string theory and shows how modern physics—composed of two theories that are ferociously incompatible—reached its schizophrenic impasse: One theory, general rela...
4. 4. The Elegant Universe: String's the Thing (2) 2003-10-28 55 min Part 2, "String's the Thing," opens with a whimsical scene in a movie theater in which the history of the universe runs backwards to the Big Bang, the moment at which general relativity and quantum me...
5. 5. The Elegant Universe: Welcome to the 11th Dimension (3) 2003-11-04 55 min Part 3 of "The Elegant Universe” with host Brian Greene shows how Edward Witten of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, aided by others, revolutionized string theory by successfully uniting the...
6. 6. Wright Brothers' Flying Machine 2003-11-11 55 min Relive the engineering challenges that two bicycle makers overcame to become the first in flight.
7. 7. Magnetic Storm 2003-11-18 55 min Is the magnetic field protecting Earth from deadly radiation about to reverse direction or even dissapear?
8. 8. Volcano Above the Clouds 2003-11-25 55 min Join a scientific expedition to the glacier-capped summit of Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain.
9. 9. MARS Dead or Alive 2004-01-04 55 min Go inside NASA's risky field trip to the red planet in this tense and dramatic behind-the-scenes chronicle of the $820 million Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project.
10. 10. Secrets of the Crocodile Caves 2004-01-20 55 min Rare lemurs and crocodiles with bizarre cave-dwelling behavior draw scientists to remote corner of Madagascar.
11. 11. Dogs and More Dogs 2004-02-03 55 min NOVA goes beyond the wagging tails and floppy ears to reveal surprising insights into the origin and evolutionary strategy of our canine companions. From a wolf research facility in rural Indiana to N...
12. 12. Descent Into the Ice 2004-02-10 55 min A team of "glacionauts" verntures into a labyrinth of unexplored and hazardous glacier caves on France's Mt. Blanc.
13. 13. Crash of Flight 111 2004-02-17 55 min One of the most exhaustive investigations in aviation history reveals telling clues to the cause of a dissaster off Nova Scotia.
14. 14. Life and Death in the War Zone 2004-03-02 55 min While other reporters were embedded in fighting units during the Iraq War, NOVA was covering the emergency medical response, living night and day with the doctors, nurses, and medics in a frontline Co...
15. 15. Hunt for the Supertwister 2004-03-30 55 min 8.0 Scientists, meteorologists and storm chasers try to uncover the secrets of F5 tornadoes, the largest, most powerful and most dangerous on Earth. Included are looks at how funnels form and the devastat...
16. 16. World in the Balance: The People Paradox (1) 2004-04-20 55 min Nova investigates the impact of forces that are radically changing populations in both rich and poor nations.
17. 17. World in the Balance: China Revs Up (2) 2004-04-20 55 min Nova investigates the impact of forces that are radically changing populations in both rich and poor nations.
18. 18. Battle Plan Under Fire 2004-05-04 55 min Can the US military's high tech weaponry prevail against insurgants.