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Nova Season 52 Episodes

20 Episodes 2025 - 2025

Episode 1

What Are UFOs?

Wed, Jan 22, 2025

Astrophysicists and engineers look at evidence that supports the existence of UFOs.

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Episode 2

Extreme Airport Engineering

Wed, Jan 29, 2025

Laguardia airport in New Your City, operating under various names since the 1930s, was in bad need of updating. Some considered it to be the worst airport in the USA. However, as one of three major New York area airports, it could not be shut down. This documentary is about how they did it, state of the art planning and engineering to effectively build and demolish in sequence to convert Laguardia into a state-of-the-art airport with minimum disruption to daily operations.

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Episode 3

Dino Birds

Wed, Feb 5, 202554 mins

Fossils reveal how birds survived the killer asteroid and became today's only living dinosaurs.

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Episode 4

Egypt's Tombs of Amun

Wed, Feb 12, 202554 mins

A long-lost ancient cemetery opens the door to a unique period in Egyptian history.

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Episode 5

Pompeii's Secret Underworld

Wed, Feb 19, 202554 mins

Archaeologists uncover new truths about Pompeii, a wealthy Roman playground with dark secrets.

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Episode 6

Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Wed, Feb 26, 202554 mins

Follow the investigation into the deadly container ship collision that closed the Port of Baltimore.

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Episode 7

Revolutionary War Weapons

Wed, Apr 9, 2025

How did a ragtag army defeat the most powerful army in the world to win American independence? Discover the key military technologies that helped propel the colonies to victory, from the Brown Bess musket to the world's first submarine.

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Episode 8

Secrets of the Forest

Wed, Apr 16, 202554 mins

Researchers around the globe gather data on how forests work and try to figure out how these ecosystems can help tackle the threats of climate change and species extinction

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Episode 9

Critical Condition: Health in Black America

Wed, Apr 30, 2025115 mins

Nova traces the roots of systemic racism in our medical system and its biological impact to understand why Black Americans experience such disproportionately poor health outcomes; long before COVID-19 highlighted the health disparities.

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Episode 10

Ultimate Crash Test: Countdown

Wed, May 7, 2025

What really happens in a multi-vehicle pileup? A first-of-its-kind experiment aims to stage a high speed crash to gain new insights on car safety. But how can they create and study a complex collision without putting any lives in danger?

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Episode 11

Ultimate Crash Test: Impact

Wed, May 14, 2025

Car safety experts just pulled off a first-of-its-kind remote controlled multi-vehicle pile up. Now investigators are put to the test as they analyze the data and look for insights into driver behavior and vehicle design.

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Episode 12

Human: Origins

Wed, Sep 17, 202554 mins

Where do we come from? Journey back when multiple human species walked the earth. Discover how radical fossil finds suggest we did not have a single birthplace, but that modern Homo sapiens emerged from a mosaic of early human communities.

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Episode 13

Human: Journeys

Wed, Sep 24, 202553 mins

From the time humans arose in Africa, they have been on the move - but one species, Homo sapiens, has journeyed farther than any other. As they traveled the globe, how did Homo sapiens manage to thrive across the planet?

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Episode 14

Human: Neanderthal Encounters

Wed, Oct 1, 202553 mins

For hundreds of thousands of years, Neanderthals thrived across Europe. Then, Homo sapiens arrived. Explore the surprising encounters between these two human species that has reshaped our understanding of early human history.

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Episode 15

Human: Into the Americas

Wed, Oct 8, 202553 mins

Journey back to when humans first ventured into the Americas, a world teeming with colossal megafauna and dramatic climate shifts. Witness their ingenious survival tactics against formidable predators.

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Episode 16

Human: Building Empires

Wed, Oct 15, 202554 mins

What caused humans to stop roaming and start building? How did we transform from a tiny, fragile population of Homo sapiens into the 8 billion strong, globally interconnected species we are today?

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Episode 17

Ancient Desert Death Trap

Wed, Oct 22, 202553 mins

A team of archaeologists researches the desert kites, the stone megastructures across northern Saudi Arabia and southern Jordan.

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Episode 18

Superfloods

Wed, Oct 29, 202553 mins

Examines three floods: Asheville, North Carolina after remnants of Hurricane Helene, Texas flash flood and Valencia, Spain flood. Connects these events with climate change and investigates how warnings could have been better.

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Episode 19

Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build

Wed, Nov 5, 202554 mins

A documentary about the planning and building of the International Space Station (ISS) and its uses. This episode presents some notable risks faced by astronauts who helped assemble the ISS.

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Episode 20

Operation Space Station: Science and Survival

Wed, Nov 5, 202554 mins

Here, on the International Space Station, unexpected challenges are a daily threat, Witness the ingenuity, courage, and international cooperation required to overcome these life-threatening emergencies.

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