Nova

Season 38 Episode 1: Deadliest Earthquakes

51 Seasons Oct 19, 2010 TV-PG 55m 7.1

In 2010, several epic earthquakes delivered one of the worst annual death tolls ever recorded. The deadliest strike, in Haiti, killed more than 200,000 people and reduced homes, hospitals, schools, and the presidential palace to rubble.

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Season 38 Episodes:

Episode 1 Deadliest Earthquakes

1. Deadliest Earthquakes

Aired: Oct 19, 2010

In 2010, several epic earthquakes delivered one of the worst annual death tol...

Episode 3 Making Stuff: Smaller

3. Making Stuff: Smaller

Aired: Nov 2, 2010

David Pogue hosts this examination of miniaturization. He looks at what it ta...

Episode 4 Making Stuff: Cleaner

4. Making Stuff: Cleaner

Aired: Nov 9, 2010

This program looks at cleaner ways to generate power principally in our cars ...

Episode 6 Making Stuff: Smarter

6. Making Stuff: Smarter

Aired: Nov 23, 2010

Making stuff smarter isn't about artificial intelligence. It's more about eng...

Episode 7 Crash of Flight 447

7. Crash of Flight 447

Aired: Dec 28, 2010

Forensic investigators reconstruct the final moments of the Air France disaster.

Episode 9 Japan's Killer Quake

9. Japan's Killer Quake

Aired: Jan 19, 2011

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck Japan resulting in waves...

Episode 10 Power Surge

10. Power Surge

Aired: Jan 26, 2011

How small can we go? Could we one day have robots taking "fantastic voyages" ...

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Info about Nova

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Genres: Documentary