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NOVA: Season 39

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19 episodes · first aired Sep 7, 2011

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  1. 1 Engineering Ground Zero Sep 7, 2011 · 55m To commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, NOVA presents an epic story of engineering, innovation, and the perseverance of the human spirit. With extraordinary access granted by The Port…
  2. 2 Surviving the Tsunami Sep 28, 2011 · 55m The earthquake that hit the northern coast of Japan on March 11, 2011, was recorded at magnitude 9.0 the worst ever recorded in Japan. It generated an unprecedented tsunami, obliterating…
  3. 3 Finding Life Beyond Earth: Are We Alone? Oct 19, 2011 · 55m Take a spectacular trip to distant realms of our solar system to discover where secret forms of life may lie hidden. Combining the latest telescope images with dazzling animation, this…
  4. 4 Iceman Murder Mystery Oct 26, 2011 · 55m He’s been dead for more than 5,000 years and poked, prodded, and probed by scientists for the last 20. Yet Ötzi the Iceman, the famous mummified corpse pulled from a glacier in the Italian…
  5. 5 The Fabric of the Cosmos: What is Space? Nov 2, 2011 · 55m Space. It separates you from me, one galaxy from the next, and atoms from each other. It is everywhere in the universe. But to most of us, space is nothing, an empty void. Well, it turns…
  6. 6 The Fabric of the Cosmos: The Illusion of Time Nov 9, 2011 · 55m Time. We waste it, save it, kill it, make it. The world runs on it. Yet, ask physicists what time actually is, and the answer might shock you: They have no idea. Even more surprising, the…
  7. 7 The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap Nov 16, 2011 · 55m Join Brian Greene on a wild ride into the weird realm of quantum physics, which governs the universe on the tiniest of scales. Brian brings quantum mechanics to life in a nightclub like no…
  8. 8 The Fabric of the Cosmos: Universe or Multiverse? Nov 23, 2011 · 55m Hard as it is to swallow, cutting-edge theories are suggesting that our universe may not be the only universe. Instead, it may be just one of an infinite number of worlds that make up the…
  9. 9 Deadliest Volcanoes Jan 4, 2012 · 55m Millions of people around the world live in the shadow of active volcanoes. Under constant threat of massive volcanic eruptions, their homes and their lives are daily at risk from these…
  10. 10 Bombing Hitler's Dams Jan 11, 2012 · 55m In 1943 a squadron of Lancaster bombers staged one of the most audacious raids in military history: destroying two gigantic dams in Germany’s industrial heartland and cutting the water…
  11. 11 3D Spies of WWII Jan 18, 2012 · 55m During World War II, Hitler’s scientists developed terrifying new weapons of mass destruction. Alarmed by rumors of advanced rockets and missiles, Allied intelligence recruited a team of…
  12. 12 Mystery of a Masterpiece Jan 25, 2012 · 55m In October 2007, a striking portrait of a young woman in Renaissance dress made world news headlines. Originally sold nine years before for around $20,000, the portrait is now thought to…
  13. 13 Ice Age Death Trap Feb 1, 2012 · 55m In a race against developers in the Rocky Mountains, archeologists uncover a unique fossil site packed with astonishingly well-preserved bones of mammoths, mastodons, and other giant…
  14. 14 Separating Twins Feb 8, 2012 · 55m This is the incredible story of Trishna and Krishna, twin girls born joined at the head. Abandoned shortly after birth at an orphanage in Bangladesh, they had little chance of survival…
  15. 15 Cracking Your Genetic Code Mar 28, 2012 · 55m What will it mean when most of us can afford to have the information in our DNA—all three billion chemical letters of it—read, stored, and available for analysis? In "Cracking Your Genetic…
  16. 16 Hunting the Elements Apr 4, 2012 · 55m Where do nature’s building blocks, called the elements, come from? They’re the hidden ingredients of everything in our world, from the carbon in our bodies to the metals in our…
  17. 17 Deadliest Tornadoes Apr 11, 2012 · 55m In April 2011, the worst tornado outbreak in decades left a trail of destruction across the U.S., killing more than 360 people. Why was there such an extreme outbreak? How do such…
  18. 18 Why Ships Sink Apr 18, 2012 · 55m Twenty million passengers embark on cruises each year, vacationing in deluxe "floating cities" that offer everything from swimming pools to shopping malls to ice skating rinks. And the…
  19. 19 Secrets of the Sun Apr 25, 2012 · 55m It contains 99.9 percent of all the matter in our solar system and sheds hot plasma at nearly a million miles an hour. The temperature at its core is a staggering 27 million degrees…