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The 1918 flu killed at least 50 million people, more than died from battle in World War I.

Nutrient-rich dust from the Saharan Desert blows across the ocean to the Amazon.

After a massive extinction, diverse marsupials came to dominate this isolated continent.

Now in its 40th season, NOVA is the most-watched primetime science series on American television, reaching an average of five million viewers weekly.

What is the chance a new flu strain will jump from birds to people?

A documentary series where in each episode provides an in-depth look at a different subject of scientific research.

NOVA explores headline-grabbing innovations and discoveries from our past, present and future.

As entertaining as it is informative, NOVA explores headline-grabbing innovations and discoveries, demystifying science and technology along the way while also highlighting the human side of the people "who make science happen." NOVA programs have defined science television for the world, helping us to understand the way things work, while also exploring the social implications of these scientific findings that affect our past, present, and future. Ranging in topics covering everything from galaxies to atoms, the series opens viewers' imaginations to cutting-edge technology that is constantly pushing the limits of the real and possible.

Now in its 39th season, NOVA is the most-watched primetime science series on American television, reaching an average of five million viewers weekly.

Now in its 39th season, NOVA is the most-watched primetime science series on American television, reaching an average of five million viewers weekly.

Gross Science: How bed bugs reproduce is the stuff of nightmares.

Now in its 39th season, NOVA is the most-watched primetime science series on American television, reaching an average of five million viewers weekly.

Now in its 39th season, NOVA is the most-watched primetime science series on American television, reaching an average of five million viewers weekly.

NOVA explores headline-grabbing innovations and discoveries from our past, present and future.

An ancient Greek computer could predict eclipses with impressive accuracy.