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Nova Full Episodes (204)

Latest Episode: Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Monsters

Apr 24, 2013 Season 40 Episode 17 watch on PBS (Free)

Some 250 million years ago, some of the largest, most dangerous reptiles ruled this land.

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Life Explodes

Apr 17, 2013 Season 40 Episode 16

How did life storm the beaches and dominate planet Earth? Ancient Australian fossils offer clues. While the oceans were teeming, the world above the waves remained an almost lifeless wasteland — until the Silurian period, when the conquest of the land began. Host Richard Smith introduces Earth’s forgotten pioneers: the scuttling arthropod armies that invaded the shores and the waves of green revolutionaries whose battle for the light pushed plant life across the face of a barren continent. Join NOVA’s prehistoric adventure as four-legged animals walk onto dry land, with the planet poised for disaster.

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Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Awakening

Apr 10, 2013 Season 40 Episode 15

Australia s landscape holds clues to Earth's early history and the beginning of life.

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Ancient Computer

Apr 03, 2013 Season 40 Episode 14

Learn about the world s first computer, which was found in a Greek shipwreck.

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Meteor Strike

Mar 27, 2013 Season 40 Episode 13

A meteor burst into a fireball over Siberia. Can we spot the next deadly asteroid in time?

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Mind of a Rampage Killer

Feb 20, 2013 Season 40 Episode 12

Can science help us understand why some people commit horrific acts of mass murder?

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Earth from Space

Feb 13, 2013 Season 40 Episode 11

Detailed satellite images reveal the web of connections that sustain life on Earth.

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Building Pharaoh's Chariot

Feb 06, 2013 Season 40 Episode 10

A team uncovers the advanced engineering behind an ancient Egyptian war machine.

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Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?

Jan 30, 2013 Season 40 Episode 9

Expert investigators reexamine one of the greatest murder mysteries of all time.

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Rise of the Drones

Jan 23, 2013 Season 40 Episode 8

Meet a new breed of flying robots, from tiny swarming vehicles to giant unmanned planes.

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Decoding Neanderthals

Jan 09, 2013 Season 40 Episode 7

Shared DNA reveals a deep connection with our long-vanished human cousins.

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Doomsday Volcanoes

Jan 02, 2013 Season 40 Episode 6

The eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano in 2010 turned much of the northern hemisphere into an ash-strewn no-fly zone. Katla, an Icelandic volcano 10 times bigger, has begun to swell and grumble, and Hekla and Laki, could erupt without warning. Iceland is a ticking time bomb: When it blows, the consequences will be global. What can we do to prepare for the coming disaster?

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