Season 32

episodes

1. 1. Origins: Earth is Born 2004-09-28 55 min 8.0 "Origins: Earth is Born" gives viewers a spectacular glimpse of the tumultuous first billion years of Planet Earth—a time of continuous catastrophe. Vivid animation lets viewers witness the traumatic...
2. 2. Origins: How Life Began 2004-09-28 55 min 8.0 "Origins: How Life Began," zeroes in on the mystery of exactly how it happened. Join the hunt for hardy microbes that flourish in the most unlikely places: inside rocks in a mine shaft two miles down,...
3. 3. Origins: Where Are the Aliens? 2004-09-29 55 min 8.0 In "Origins: Where are the Aliens?," host astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explores such provocative questions as: would "ETs" resemble us or the creatures of science fiction? Are there "aliens" alr...
4. 4. Origins: Back to the Beginning 2004-09-29 55 min "Origins: Back to the Beginning" explores how the colossal, mind-boggling forces of the early universe made it possible for habitable worlds to emerge. The clues begin with a race among scientists to...
5. 5. The Most Dangerous Woman in America 2004-10-12 55 min 6.0 Examine the complex case of Typhoid Mary, a cook that was quaratined for life against her will in the early 1900s.
6. 6. America's Stone Age Explorers 2004-11-09 55 min Who were the first Ameicans and where did they come from?
7. 7. Great Escape 2004-11-16 55 min Archeologists excavate Stalag Luft 3, the site of the greatest WWII prisoner escape. Prisoners of the camp are also interviewed.
8. 8. Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land 2004-11-23 55 min Follow an expedition to a remote cave in the Judean desert, first excavated by the famed Israeli archeologist Yigael Yadin in 1960-61. Yadin uncovered a cache of ancient documents, human skulls, and a...
9. 9. Welcome to Mars 2005-01-04 55 min NOVA follows a team of scientists as the monitor the Martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Spirit runs into some problems, but Opportunity takes a photograph that may confirm the existence of water o...
10. 10. The Boldest Hoax 2005-01-11 55 min For decades, a fossil skull discovered in Piltdown, England, was hailed as the missing link between apes and humans. Entire careers were built on its authenticity. Then in 1953, the awful truth came o...
11. 11. Supersonic Dream 2005-01-18 55 min A chronicle of the turbulent birth, life and death of the Concorde, the world's first and only supersonic airliner.
12. 12. The Viking Deception 2005-02-08 55 min 8.0 Ever since its sensational unveiling by Yale University scholars in October 1965, the Vinland Map has been a lightning rod for passionate debate. Most reviews of the arguments, including NOVA's progra...
13. 13. Saving the National Treasures 2005-02-15 55 min A team of experts takes on the preservation of the origianl Constitution, Declaration of Indipendance and Bill of Rights.
14. 14. A Daring Flight 2005-02-22 55 min In 1909, Louis Bleriot undertakes a heroic first-ever flight over the English Channel.
15. 15. Wave That Shook the World 2005-03-29 55 min On December 26, 2004 a devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean kills more than 250,000 people. NOVA takes an in depth look at just what happened on that fateful day.
16. 16. Hitler's Sunken Secret 2005-11-08 55 min Explores the Nazi quest for atomic weapons as it follows a mission to recover barrels of heavy water bound for Berlin from a Norwegian hydroelectric plant.
17. 17. Newton's Dark Secrets 2005-11-15 55 min The auction of some of Newton's papers early in the 20th century uncovers the fact that he had a side other than the genius mathematician and visionary the world knew him as.
18. 18. Storm That Drowned a City 2005-12-14 55 min An exploration of the devastation wrought on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina details failures of levees and disaster-relief planning; why the city was unprepared; and what made Katrina so powerful.