Volcanologists climb into the caldera of Mount Nyiragongo, an active and unstable volcano, to collect samples the will help determine when, where and how it is likely to erupt next. Two million souls in the nearby city of Goma depend on...
Aired: Sep 28, 2004 NOVA follows a team of scientists as the monitor the Martian rovers Spirit an...
Aired: Sep 28, 2004 Chronicles English fossil hunter Charles Dawson's 1912 discovery of the "miss...
Aired: Sep 29, 2004 Chronicles the short history of the Concorde, from the drawing board in the 1...
Aired: Sep 29, 2004 "Origins: Back to the Beginning" explores how the colossal, mind-boggling for...
Aired: Oct 12, 2004 Since its sensational unveiling by Yale University in 1965, the Vinland Map h...
6. Saving the National Treasures
Aired: Nov 9, 2004Follows the restoration and re-encasement of the Declaration of Independence,...
Aired: Nov 16, 2004 Chronicles Frenchman Louis Bleriot's English Channel crossing in 1909, the fi...
Aired: Nov 23, 2004 Dec. 26, 2004 Tsunami.
Aired: Jan 4, 2005 NOVA follows a team of scientists as the monitor the Martian rovers Spirit an...
10. Nova scienceNow: Fuel Cells
Aired: Jan 11, 2005For decades, a fossil skull discovered in Piltdown, England, was hailed as th...
Aired: Jan 18, 2005 Scientists now think that the Scablands' gorges, dry waterfall beds, scattere...
Aired: Feb 8, 2005 A modern team of divers sets out to learn the secrets of the super battleship...
13. E=mc²: Einstein's Big Idea
Aired: Feb 15, 2005E = mc2 is not about an old Einstein, it's about a young, energetic, dynamic,...
Aired: Feb 22, 2005 Chronicles Frenchman Louis Bleriot's English Channel crossing in 1909, the fi...
Aired: Mar 29, 2005 Volcanologists climb into the caldera of Mount Nyiragongo, an active and unst...
Aired: Nov 8, 2005 Explores the Nazi quest for atomic weapons as it follows a mission to recover...
Aired: Nov 15, 2005 The auction of some of Newton's papers early in the 20th century uncovers the...
Aired: Dec 14, 2005 An exploration of the devastation wrought on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina...
Guest Staring
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: PBS
Production Country: United States
Genres: Documentary
