Episode guide
NOVA: Season 33
20 episodes · first aired Sep 20, 2005
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- 1 Mystery of the Megaflood Sep 20, 2005 · 55m 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…
- 2 Sinking the Supership Oct 4, 2005 · 55m The search for the wreck of the Yamato, the largest and mightiest battleship ever floated and the pride of the Japanese Imperial Fleet. Constructed in absolute secrecy and sunk by American…
- 3 Einstein's Big Idea Oct 11, 2005 · 55m Exactly 100 years ago, Albert Einstein grappled with the implications of his revolutionary Special Theory of Relativity and came to a startling conclusion: mass and energy are one, related…
- 4 Volcano Under the City Nov 1, 2005 · 55m A restless mountain threatens a bustling metropolis perched on its flanks.
- 5 Hitler's Sunken Secret Nov 8, 2005 · 55m One of the most daring clandestine operations of World War II was the 1944 sinking of the Norwegian ferry Hydro with its cargo of "heavy water" destined for the Nazis' secret atomic bomb…
- 6 Newton's Dark Secrets Nov 15, 2005 · 55m He was the greatest scientist of his day, perhaps of all time. But while Isaac Newton was busy discovering the universal law of gravitation, he was also searching out hidden meanings in…
- 7 Storm That Drowned a City Nov 22, 2005 · 55m In less than 12 hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Louisiana coast, leading to more than a thousand deaths and transforming a city of over one million into an…
- 8 The Mummy Who Would Be King Jan 3, 2006 · 55m Could a mummy found in Niagara Falls be the remains of a long-lost Pharaoh?
- 9 Deadly Ascent Jan 17, 2006 · 55m Doctors, rescuers and mountaineers try to determine why people die attempting to climb Mount McKinley.
- 10 The Perfect Corpse Feb 7, 2006 · 55m Forensic investigators tease secrets from the well preserved bodies of people buried long ago under peat bogs.
- 11 Jewel of the Earth Feb 14, 2006 · 55m David Attenborough probes the mystery of ancient life-forms perfectly preserved in amber.
- 12 The Ghost Particle Feb 21, 2006 · 55m A 40-year hunt for solar neutrinos leads to a new understanding of matter itself.
- 13 Arctic Passage Feb 28, 2006 · 1h 45m NOVA recreates the expeditions of Sir John Franklin and Roald Amundsen, two Arctic explorers who set out to find the legendary Arctic sea route known as the Northwest Passage.
- 14 The Great Robot Race: Nova Mar 28, 2006 · 55m Driverless vehicles compete in a 130-mile race across the Majove Desert.
- 15 Voyage to the Mystery Moon Apr 4, 2006 · 55m A mission to Saturn and its enigmatic sattelite, Titan, looks for clues to the origins of life.
- 16 Dimming the Sun Apr 18, 2006 · 55m Everyone has heard of global warming, but a lesser-known man-made phenomenon has been nearly as powerful at affecting Earth's climate. A look at global dimming, created by soot and…
- 17 Wings of Madness Nov 7, 2006 · 55m Nova reviews the contribution of Alberto Santos Dumont in the early days of aircraft development and his uncanny ability to abandon one line of endeavor for a technology with better long…
- 18 Family That Walks on All Fours Nov 14, 2006 · 55m This episode focuses on a scientific debate about five siblings in a Turkish family who walk on all fours. When, in 2005, scientist Uner Tan labeled them "genetic throwbacks," they became…
- 19 ScienceNOW: Extinction Oct 3, 2006 · 57m The "Nova scienceNOW" magazine delves into a case of mass extinction some 250 million years ago; investigates the 1918 influenza outbreak, which killed as many as 50 million people…
- 20 Underwater Dream Machine Dec 26, 2006 · 57m The story of Peter Robbins, an engineer who---at a cost of $1.5 million---built his own submarine (named Alicia) in order to explore sunken German U-boats. Included: the Alicia's maiden…