Reviewing upsides and downsides of China's economic "binge" of the last quarter century. "The world has never seen a country get so rich so fast," says narrator Oliver Platt. One telling statistic: 200,000 cars in 1995; 30 million in 2004.
Aired: Sep 30, 2003 NOVA goes behind the scenes at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to offer a look ...
2. Secrets of the Crocodile Caves
Aired: Oct 7, 2003Tracking the wildlife in Ankarana northern Madagascar, where jagged, 1000-foo...
Aired: Oct 28, 2003 Nova explores ideas, many of them speculative, about how dogs became domestic...
Aired: Oct 28, 2003 A scientist scuba dives a flooded ice cave searching for a hidden lake under ...
Aired: Nov 4, 2003 "Disaster detectives" from Canada's Transportation Safety Board are followed ...
6. Life and Death in the War Zone
Aired: Nov 11, 2003Nova examines the practice of wartime medicine by taking an inside look into ...
Aired: Nov 18, 2003 Tornado-chasing scientists with an eye to better forecasting risk their lives...
8. World in the Balance: The People Paradox
Aired: Nov 25, 2003Examining the "demographic divide" between developed and underdeveloped natio...
9. World in the Balance: China Revs Up
Aired: Jan 4, 2004Reviewing upsides and downsides of China's economic "binge" of the last quart...
Aired: Jan 20, 2004 A report (produced with the New York Times) on how military technology was te...
Aired: Feb 3, 2004 Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson measures Earth's 4.5 billion year history ...
Aired: Feb 10, 2004 Following the formation of the Earth, life didn't waste any time getting star...
13. Origins: Where Are the Aliens?
Aired: Feb 17, 2004Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explores whether life is unique to Earth. ...
14. Origins: Back to the Beginning
Aired: Mar 2, 2004Scientists discover and explore the the cosmic microwave background and with ...
15. The Most Dangerous Woman in America
Aired: Mar 30, 2004Documents the emerging science of public health and the social, ethical, and ...
16. America's Stone Age Explorers
Aired: Apr 20, 2004Who were the first Americans? Where did they come from? Archaeologists though...
Aired: Apr 20, 2004 "Great Escape" follows archaeologists---and original escapees---as they retra...
18. Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land
Aired: May 4, 2004Nova follows an archaeological expedition into the Cave of Letters and examin...
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Current Status: Returning Series
Network: PBS
Production Country: United States
Genres: Documentary
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