Season 43

episodes

1. 1. Dawn of Humanity 2015-09-16 55 min 7.0 Deep in a South African cave, an astounding discovery reveals clues to what made us human.
2. 2. Arctic Ghost Ship 2015-09-23 55 min 6.0 NOVA presents an exclusive breakthrough in the greatest unsolved mystery in Arctic exploration. In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set off to chart the elusive Northwest Passage, commanding 1...
3. 3. Secrets of Noah's Ark 2015-10-07 55 min A team of historians and expert boat builders investigates the fascinating Noah's Ark flood legend and sets out to rebuild a tantalizing, ancient forerunner of the Ark.
4. 4. Cyberwar Threat 2015-10-14 55 min NOVA examines the science and technology behind cyber warfare and asks if we are already in the midst of a deadly new arms race.
5. 5. Animal Mummies 2015-10-28 55 min NOVA joins a team of leading Egyptologists who deploy the latest medical imaging to peer beneath the wrappings of Egyptian mummified beasts without damaging the animal bodies inside. The results are e...
6. 6. Making North America: Origins 2015-11-04 55 min The epic 3 billion-year story of how our continent came to be. From the palm trees that once flourished in Alaska to titanic eruptions that nearly tore the Midwest in two, discover how forces of almos...
7. 7. Making North America: Life 2015-11-11 55 min How did life emerge on our primeval continent? Why was North America home to so many iconic dinosaurs like T. rex? And how did a huge sea filled with giant marine reptiles end up covering Kansas? We t...
8. 8. Making North America: Human 2015-11-18 55 min The history of North America since the arrival of humans is chronicled. Natural resources, including gold and oil, have enabled humans to transform the land almost as much as the geological forces tha...
9. 9. Inside Einstein's Mind 2015-11-25 55 min 6.8 On November 25th, 1915, Einstein published his greatest work: general relativity. The theory transformed our understanding of nature’s laws and the entire history of the cosmos, reaching back to the o...
10. 10. Secret Tunnel Warfare 2016-01-06 55 min 6.5 During World War I, the Allies and Germans repeatedly struggled to break the hideous stalemate of trench warfare. In the winter of 1916, Allied engineers devised a massive surprise attack: over 1 mill...
11. 11. Life's Rocky Start 2016-01-13 55 min 5.0 Four and a half billion years ago, the young Earth was a hellish place—a seething chaos of meteorite impacts, volcanoes belching noxious gases, and lightning flashing through a thin, torrid atmosphere...
12. 12. Mystery Beneath the Ice 2016-01-20 55 min Tiny, transparent, and threatened, krill are crucial to the Antarctic ecosystem. But the population of krill is crashing for reasons that continue to baffle the experts. A leading theory says that kri...
13. 13. Himalayan Megaquake 2016-01-27 55 min On April 25, 2015, a devastating earthquake rocked Nepal. As it ripped across the Himalayas, it wiped out villages and left thousands dead. Hear the harrowing stories of the Nepalese people who lived...
14. 14. Creatures of Light 2016-02-03 55 min On a summer’s night, there’s nothing more magic than watching the soft glow of fireflies switching on and off. Few other life forms on land can light up the night, but in the dark depths of the oceans...
15. 15. Memory Hackers 2016-02-10 55 min 6.0 Memory is the glue that binds our mental lives. Without it, we’d be prisoners of the present, unable to use the lessons of the past to change our future. From our first kiss to where we put our keys,...
16. 16. Iceman Reborn 2016-02-17 55 min 6.0 He was stalked, attacked and left to die alone. Murdered more than 5,000 years ago, Otzi the Iceman is Europe’s oldest known natural mummy. Miraculously preserved in glacial ice, his remarkably intact...
17. 17. Rise of the Robots 2016-02-24 55 min 6.0 Machines are everywhere. They run our factory assembly lines and make our coffee. But humanoid robots—machines with human-like capabilities—have long been the stuff of science fiction. Until now. Fuel...
18. 18. Vikings Unearthed 2016-04-06 55 min Uncover the truth behind the legendary Vikings and their epic journey to the Americas.
19. 19. Can Alzheimer's Be Stopped? 2016-04-13 55 min 6.0 Alzheimer's ravages the minds of over 40 million victims worldwide. Join scientists as they untangle the cause of this tragic illness and go behind the scenes of major drug trials to discover the ther...
20. 20. Wild Ways 2016-04-20 55 min Explore how newly established wildlife corridors offer hope to endangered species.
21. 21. Operation Lighthouse Rescue 2016-05-04 55 min Engineers race to rescue the Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard from the ocean's erosion.
22. 22. Bombing Hitler's Supergun 2016-05-11 55 min 7.0 Engineers and World War II historians investigate Hitler's fearsome bank of "superguns."