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Season 33 Episode 1: The Mummy Who Would Be King

51 Seasons Sep 20, 2005 TV-PG 55m 7.5

It was the greatest flood of the past two million years, and it posed a giant scientific riddle. A maverick geologist became convinced that thousand-foot-deep floodwaters had scoured out vast areas of the American northwest near the end of the last ice age. Mainstream scientists scorned his theory while he searched patiently for answers to what could have triggered such an inconceivably violent event. Finally, an ingenious solution silenced the skeptics: traces of an enormous ice dam half a m...

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Season 33 Episodes:

Episode 2 Nova scienceNOW

2. Nova scienceNOW

Aired: Oct 4, 2005

The search for the wreck of the Yamato, the largest and mightiest battleship ...

Episode 3 Deadly Ascent

3. Deadly Ascent

Aired: Oct 11, 2005

Exactly 100 years ago, Albert Einstein grappled with the implications of his ...

Episode 4 The Perfect Corpse

4. The Perfect Corpse

Aired: Nov 1, 2005

A restless mountain threatens a bustling metropolis perched on its flanks.

Episode 5 Jewel of the Earth

5. Jewel of the Earth

Aired: Nov 8, 2005

This program examines and the many subtle secrets that scientists have teased...

Episode 9 The Great Robot Race

9. The Great Robot Race

Aired: Jan 17, 2006

Nova follows a group of teams as they construct driverless vehicles for a 130...

Episode 11 Dimming the Sun

11. Dimming the Sun

Aired: Feb 14, 2006

The scientific community took some time to accept the evidence that the level...

Episode 14 Nova scienceNow

14. Nova scienceNow

Aired: Mar 28, 2006

Driverless vehicles compete in a 130-mile race across the Majove Desert.

Episode 17 Wings of Madness

17. Wings of Madness

Aired: Nov 7, 2006

Nova reviews the contribution of Alberto Santos Dumont in the early days of a...


Info about Nova

Current Status: Currently Airing

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Documentary