Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Go Tell it on the Mountain ~ James Baldwin




Well, it's been a good while.  I've been finding it a little difficult to write lately, but I've been wanting to get back to it.  So here goes...

James Baldwin is becoming a favorite of mine.  I've been slow to discover him - I read Sonny's Blues in high school, then it took me fifteen years to discover Giovanni's Room & Go Tell It On the Mountain.  What I most admire about him is his willingness to examine, and follow his thoughts where they take him.  That's been true of all his works that I've read, but it was especially true of this book.

Go Tell It On the Mountain is a coming-of-age story and semi-autobiographical of Baldwin.  It's about origins, about the people you are born of and how their story, preoccupations and troubles can consume your life before it even begins.  John Grimes is the central character, he is a fourteen year old boy living in Harlem in the 1920's.  His father, Gabriel Grimes, is a preacher and his mother, Elizabeth, is a homemaker.  John has three other siblings.

The book begins with John's perspective (called "The Seventh Day").  It's his birthday, and he has to spend it doing his Saturday morning chores.  He feels defeated and stifled by a house that never really gets cleaned and by an abusive, overlord father.  He thinks his mother forgot his birthday and is angry with her.  While he's sitting in the kitchen with her he begins to criticize her in his mind - to him, she is looking old, worn-out and has relinquished the best parts of herself to a dominating husband.  His thoughts are very keen, and he is able to disregard most emotional attachment.  Although I liked seeing so much maturity and willingness to put aside childish things in such a young child - the scene alienated me a little from John as a realistic narrator.  There's nothing more challenging than learning to objectively criticize your family of origin.

But his mother does remember his birthday, and gives him a handful of change to get whatever he'd like.  What follows is one of my favorite scenes in the book and, at risk of making this too long, I'm going to describe it a little.  John comes out of Harlem and enters Central Park.  He acts like an unleashed creature, and runs excitedly down a hill, bumping into an older man.  John's scared because the older man is white.  But the older man just smiles at him.  He walks along the outer edge of the park along 5th Avenue.  He watches the horse and carriages go by with their passengers.  He thinks about racism and about his father's fear of white men, while fervently establishing how he doesn't want to live in the same way. 

He thinks about how there are two worlds : the white world and the black world.  The latter is aware of suffering but the former exists oblivious to many of the world's realities.  He doesn't want to languish in the black world where people suffer for no gain.  Even if the white world is hollow, he wants to walk among it because of its luxuries.  He walks east towards 3rd Avenue where some movie theaters are and buys a ticket.  He selects a film noir featuring a femme-fatale.  John realizes that he doesn't dislike the woman at all.  He likes her for her boldness, he thinks her contempt of others is truthful.  She is herself and doesn't put on airs.  He realizes he admires her, and becomes fearful of what that means about his own character.   It's a wonderful scene of trying to find your way as a young person, of discovering your identity even if some of it scares you.  John mixes with the world around him, yet his thoughts remain private.  Not only is this scene really well-written and evokes a lot (especially if you've spent time in New York City), it establishes a lot about John who really is the story's main character.

The book changes course after that.  Oddly enough it forgets its protagonist completely.  It goes backward in time and focuses on a character who's only been briefly mentioned thus far: John's aunt, Florence.  Florence is sister to John's father. We learn of her struggles to leave home, and to be regarded for her skills/intelligence rather than as no more than a woman.  We see how much she tries to over-compensate for being treated as merely a buoy to bolster up the lives of men around her.  She does this by speaking out about everything - she tells her truth without fail and consequently alienates men who could be potential partners, but even women friends.  She's a know-it-all, too proud & very stubborn  but Baldwin wants you to see these traits as part of her attempt to overcome the deprivations of her young life.  Considering that will not change her fate, she is an older woman and alone & Baldwin suggests that will not change for her.

The next section focuses on Gabriel, John's father.  This section is too dense to touch upon, you'd simply have to read it.  But very basically it's about a young man trying to find something to dedicate his life to and the desire to have children.  As with Florence, Gabriel must work to find his way.

Then comes Elizabeth's prayer - she is John's mother.  The background of who John has descended from continues to be painted in and the reader begins to see how much pressure John is under.  This pressure is do to things that happened before he was even born, decisions that his parents made.  It makes it all the more important that John begin to be his own advocate & to differentiate himself from those who bore him.  The book continues it's strong writing and depiction of violent, racially motivated events in this family's life.

The final section is called, "The Threshing Floor."  I didn't know what a threshing floor was - if the same is true for you, you can go here.  Essentially, this is the process by which humans manually separate grain from the chaff (pre-machine days).  Not to get too lodged in the world of metaphor, but I do think that Baldwin's content in this part of the book is meant to be thematically exploring how what is of value is extracted from what is dead weight/superfluous.  In this section, questions of religion in John's life are answered.  Will he find God?  Will he be delivered from his past into a future worth living?

This final section can make for difficult reading.  John has a religious epiphany accompanied by esoteric visions that can be difficult to understand (especially for a literal-minded reader).  It remains a well-written story, but definitely gets tougher to read towards its end.

So basically, if you like coming of age stories, do not mind stories that have a religious aspect to it & like good writing than this book is recommended.  If not, you should pass. 



Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Lindsey Buckingham - Interview, news, music....

He's back.  That is, my favorite musician, Lindsey Buckingham.  And Christine McVie is along for the ride.  

An interview to celebrate.

NPR article.

Website.

New record (out June 9, 2017!!!!!!!!).

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

NOVA Episode List





Season 1 : 1974
1.      03 Mar 74   The Making Of A Natural History Film
2.      10 Mar 74   Where Did The Colorado Go?
3.      17 Mar 74   Whales, Dolphins, And Men
4.      24 Mar 74   The Search For Life
5.      31 Mar 74   Last Of The Cuiva
6.      07 Apr 74   Strange Sleep
7.      14 Apr 74   The Crab Nebula
9.      28 Apr 74   Are You Doing This For Me, Doctor?
10.    05 May 74   The First Signs Of Washoe
11.    12 May 74   The Case Of The Midwife Toad
12.    19 May 74   Fusion: The Energy Of Promise
13.    26 May 74   The Mystery Of The Anasazi (watch episode here)

Season 2 : 1974-1975

1.       03 Nov 74   Why Do Birds Sing?
2.       10 Nov 74   How Much Do You Smell?
3.       17 Nov 74   The Hunting Of The Quark
4.       24 Nov 74   The Secrets Of Sleep
5.       01 Dec 74   Inside The Golden Gate
6.       08 Dec 74   The Men Who Painted Caves
7.       15 Dec 74   Red Sea Coral
8.       05 Jan 75   War From The Air
9.       12 Jan 75   What Time Is Your Body?
10.     19 Jan 75   The Rise And Fall Of DDT
11.     02 Feb 75   Take The World From Another Point Of View
12.     09 Feb 75   The Lysenko Affair
13.     16 Feb 75   The Tuaregs
14.     09 Mar 75   The Plutonium Connection
15.     16 Mar 75   The Other Way
16.     30 Mar 75   The Lost World Of The Maya
17.     06 Apr 75   Will The Fishing Have To Stop?

Season 3 : 1976

1.       04 Jan 76   Predictable Disaster
2.       11 Jan 76   Joey
3.       18 Jan 76   Meditation and the Mind
4.       25 Jan 76   The Planets
5.       01 Feb 76   A Desert Place
6.       08 Feb 76   A Small Imperfection
7.       15 Feb 76   Ninety Degrees Below
8.       07 Mar 76   The Race for the Double Helix
9.       07 Mar 76   The Renewable Tree
10.     14 Mar 76   The Williamsburgh File
11.     21 Mar 76   The Overworked Miracle
12.     11 Apr 76   The Transplant Experiment
13.     18 Apr 76   The Underground Movement
14.     02 May 76   Hunters of the Seal
15.     09 May 76   Benjamin
16.     23 May 76   The Women Rebel
17.     06 Jun 76   Death of a Disease
18.     13 Jun 76   Inside the Shark
19.     20 Jun 76   The Genetic Chance
20.     27 Jun 76   The Case of the Bermuda Triangle

Season 4 : 1977

1.        05 Jan 77   Hitler's Secret Weapon
2.        12 Jan 77   The Hot Blooded Dinosaurs
3.        19 Jan 77   What Price Coal?
4.        02 Feb 77   The Sunspot Mystery
5.        09 Feb 77   The Plastic Prison
6.        23 Feb 77   Incident at Brown's Ferry
7.        02 Mar 77   Bye Bye Blackbird
8.        09 Mar 77   The Pill for the People
9.        16 Mar 77   The Gene Engineers
10.      23 Mar 77   The Human Animal
11.      30 Mar 77   The Wolf Equation
12.      20 Apr 77   The Dawn of the Solar Age
13.      20 Apr 77   The Business of Extinction
14.      27 Apr 77   The Red Planet
15.      11 May 77   Tongues of Men (1)
16.      18 May 77   Tongues of Men (2)
17.      01 Jun 77   Linus Pauling: Crusading Scientist
18.      22 Jun 77   Across the Silent Barrier
19.     29 Jun 77   The New Healers

Season 5 : 1978

1.                 04 Jan 78   In The Event Of Catastrophe
2.                 11 Jan 78   The Green Machine
3.                 18 Jan 78   Blueprints In The Bloodstream
4.                 25 Jan 78   One Small Step (1)
5.                 01 Feb 78   The Final Frontier (2)
6.                 15 Feb 78   BaMiki BaNdula: Children Of The Forest
7.                 22 Feb 78   Trial Of Denton Cooley
8.                 01 Mar 78   The Great Wine Revolution
9.                 08 Mar 78   The Case Of The Ancient Astronauts
10.                22 Mar 78   The Mind Machines
11.                29 Mar 78   Icarus' Children
12.                12 Apr 78   Still Waters
13.                19 Apr 78   Battle For The Acropolis
14.                03 May 78   Road To Happiness
15.                10 May 78   Light Of The 21st Century
16.                24 May 78   The Insect Alternative
17.                31 May 78   The Desert's Edge
18.                07 Jun 78   The Tse Tse Trap
19.                14 Jun 78   Memories From Eden
20.                21 Jun 78   A Whisper From Space
21.                28 Jun 78   Alaska: The Closing Frontier

Season 6 : 1979

1.                 04 Jan 79   Black Tide
2.                 11 Jan 79   Long Walk Of Fred Young
3.                 18 Jan 79   A World Of Difference
4.                 01 Feb 79   Cashing In On The Ocean
5.                 08 Feb 79   Patterns From The Past
6.                 22 Feb 79   The Invisible Flame
7.                 01 Mar 79   The End Of The Rainbow
8.                 08 Mar 79   The Beersheva Experiment
9.                 15 Mar 79   Einstein
10.                29 Mar 79   The Keys Of Paradise

Season 7 : 1979-1980

1.                 02 Oct 79   A Plague on our Children
2.                 09 Oct 79   Life on a Silken Thread
3.                 16 Oct 79   Sweet Solutions
4.                 30 Oct 79   Race for the Gold
5.                 06 Nov 79   All Part of the Game
6.                 20 Nov 79   India: Machinery of Hope
7.                 04 Dec 79   The Bridge that Spanned the World
8.                 11 Dec 79   Termites to Telescopes
9.                 18 Dec 79   Blindness: Five Points of Views
10.                15 Jan 80   The Elusive Illness
11.b              22 Jan 80   A is for Atom, B is for Bomb
12.                05 Feb 80   Living Machines
13.                19 Feb 80   Portrait of a Killer
14.                04 Mar 80   Umealit: The Whale Hunters
15.                11 Mar 80   The Safety Factor
16.                18 Mar 80   A Mediterranean Prospect
17.                25 Mar 80   Mr. Ludwig's Tropical Dreamland

Season 8 : 1980-1981

1.                  30 Sep 80   The Pinks and the Blues
2.                  07 Oct 80   The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian
3.                  14 Oct 80   The Sea Behind the Dunes
4.                  28 Oct 80   Do We Really Need the Rockes?
5.                  04 Nov 80   The Big IF
6.                 11 Nov 80   Voyager: Jupiter & Beyond
7.                 18 Nov 80   The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
8.                 25 Nov 80   The Water Crisis
9.                 02 Dec 80   Moving Still
10.                09 Dec 80   A Touch of Sensitivity
11.                23 Dec 80   The Red Deer of Rhum
12.                30 Dec 80   It's About Time
13.                06 Jan 81   Doctors of Nigeria
14.                20 Jan 81   Message in the Rocks
15.                27 Jan 81   The Dead Sea Lives
16.                10 Feb 81   Anatomy of a Volcano
17.                17 Feb 81   The Science of Murder
18.                24 Feb 81   The Malady of Health Care
19.                03 Mar 81   Beyond the Milky Way
20.                10 Mar 81   The Asteroid and the Dinosaur
21.                17 Mar 81   Animal Olympians
22.                28 Aug 81   Resolution on Saturn

Season 9 : 1981

1.                 27 Sep 81   Computers, Spies & Private LIves
2.                 04 Oct 81   Why America Burns
3.                 11 Oct 81   The Great Violin Mystery
4.                 18 Oct 81   Cosmic Fire
5.                 25 Oct 81   Locusts: War Without End
6.                 01 Nov 81   Did Darwin Get It Wrong?
7.                 15 Nov 81   Artists in the Lab
8.                 22 Nov 81   Notes of a Biology Watcher: A Film with Lewis Thomas
9.                 29 Nov 81   City Spaces, Human Places
10.                06 Dec 81   Twins
11.                10 Jan 82   Salmon on the Run
12.                17 Jan 82   Test-Tube Babies: A Daughter for Judy
13.                24 Jan 82   Field Guide to Roger Tory Peterson
14.                31 Jan 82   The Hunt for the Legion Killer
15.                07 Feb 82   Finding a Voice
16.                14 Feb 82   The Television Explosion
17.                28 Feb 82   Life: Patent Pending
18.                07 Mar 82   Palace of Delights
19.                14 Mar 82   Animal Imposters
20.                28 Mar 82   Aging: The Methuselah Syndrome

Season 10 : 1982-1983

1.                12 Oct 82   The Case of the UFOs
2.                19 Oct 82   The Fragile Mountain
3.                09 Nov 82   Here's Looking at You Kid
4.                16 Nov 82   Adventures of Teenage Scientists
5.                23 Nov 82   The Cobalt Blues
6.                30 Nov 82   Goodbye Louisiana
7.                07 Dec 82   Whale Watch
8.                14 Dec 82   Tracking the Supertrains
9.                18 Jan 83   Hawaii: Crucible of Life
10.               25 Jan 83   The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
11.               08 Feb 83   Lassa Fever
12.               15 Feb 83   The Miracle of Life
13.               01 Mar 83   Asbestos: A Lethal Legacy
14.               08 Mar 83   City of Coral
15.               22 Mar 83   Fat Chance in a Thin World
16.               29 Mar 83   Sixty Minutes to Meltdown

Season 11 : 1983-1984

1.                11 Oct 83   Signs of the Apes, Songs of the Whales
2.                18 Oct 83   The Artificial Heart
3.                25 Oct 83   Talking Turtle
4.                01 Nov 83   Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial
5.                08 Nov 83   To Live Until You Die: The Work of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
6.                15 Nov 83   A Magic Way of Going: The Story of Thoroughbreds
7.                22 Nov 83   A Normal Face: The Wonders of Plastic Surgery
8.                25 Nov 83   Captives of Care
9.                06 Dec 83   Twenty-Five Years in Space
10.               13 Dec 83   Nuclear Strategy for Beginners
11.               20 Dec 83   The Climate Crisis
12.               27 Dec 83   Eyes Over China
13.               10 Jan 84   Alcoholism: Life Under The Influence
14.               17 Jan 84   The Case of ESP
15.               31 Jan 84   Antarctica: Earth's Last Frontier
16.               14 Feb 84   China's Only Child
17.               28 Feb 84   Will I Walk Again?
18.               06 Mar 84   Visions of the Deep: The Underwater World of Al Giddings
19.               20 Mar 84   Down on the Farm
20.               27 Mar 84   Make My People Live: The Crisis in Indian Health Care
21.               30 Apr 84   The World According to Weiskoff

Season 12 : 1984-1985

1.                 02 Oct 84   Space Bridge to Moscow
2.                16 Oct 84   The National Science Test I
3.                20 Oct 84   Fountains of Paradise
4.                30 Oct 84   The Mystery of Yellow Rain
5.                06 Nov 84   The Nomads of the Rain Forest
6.                13 Nov 84   Farmers of the Sea
7.                20 Nov 84   Frontiers of Plastic Surgery
8.                27 Nov 84   Space Women
9.                04 Dec 84   Jaws: The True Story
10.               11 Dec 84   Acid Rain: New Bad News
11.               18 Dec 84   Stephen Jay Gould: This View of Life
12.               08 Jan 85   The Garden of Inheritance
13.               15 Jan 85   Edgerton and His Incredible Seeing Machines
14.               22 Jan 85   Global Village
15.               29 Jan 85   Conquest of the Parasites
16.               05 Feb 85   In the Land of the Polar Bears
17.               12 Feb 85   AIDS: Chapter One
18.               19 Feb 85   The Shape of Things
19.               26 Feb 85   Baby Talk
20.               05 Mar 85   The Mathematical Mystery Tour
21.               12 Mar 85   Child's Play: Prodigies and Possibilities
22.               19 Mar 85   Monarch of the Mountains

Season 13 : 1985-1986

1.                 08 Oct 85   The National Science Test II
2.                 15 Oct 85   Seeds of Tomorrow
3.                22 Oct 85   What Einstein Never Knew
4.                29 Oct 85   The Robot Revolution?
5.                05 Nov 85   The Magic of Special Effects
6.                12 Nov 85   Child Survival: The Silent Emergency
7.                19 Nov 85   Tornado!
8.                26 Nov 85   The Genetic Gamble
9.                03 Dec 85   Animal Architects
10.               17 Dec 85   The Plane that Changed the World
11.               21 Jan 86   Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime
12.               28 Jan 86   Goddess of the Earth
13.               04 Feb 86   Horsemen of China
14.               11 Feb 86   Life's First Feelings
15.               18 Feb 86   The Case of the Frozen Addict
16.               25 Feb 86   Toxic Trials
17.               04 Mar 86   Skydive to the Rain Forest
18.               11 Mar 86   Return of the Osprey
19.               18 Mar 86   The Rise of a Wonder Drug
20.               25 Mar 86   When Wonder Drugs Don't Work
21.               22 Apr 86   Visions of Star Wars

Season 14 : 1986-1987

1.                14 Oct 86   The Search for the Disappeared
2.                21 Oct 86   The Planet that Got Knocked on its Side
3.                04 Nov 86   High-Tech Babies
4.                11 Nov 86   Can AIDS Be Stopped?
5.                18 Nov 86   Is Anybody Out There?
6.                25 Nov 86   Mystery of the Animal Pathfinders
7.                02 Dec 86   Are You Swimming in a Sewer?
8.                09 Dec 86   Sail Wars!
9.                16 Dec 86   Leprosy Can Be Cured!
10.               13 Jan 87   How Babies Get Made
11.               20 Jan 87   Countdown to the Invisible Universe
12.               27 Jan 87   Children of Eve
13.               03 Feb 87   Why Planes Crash
14.               10 Feb 87   Orangutans of the Rain Forest
15.               17 Feb 87   Freud Under Analysis
16.               24 Feb 87   The Hole in the Sky
17.               03 Mar 87   Confessions of a Weaponeer
18.               10 Mar 87   Great Moments from NOVA
19.               24 Mar 87   Will the World Starve?
20.               31 Mar 87   The Desert Doesn't Bloom Here Anymore
21.               07 Apr 87   Rocky Road to Jupiter

Season 15 : 1987-1988

1.                06 Oct 87   Death of a Star
2.                13 Oct 87   Spy Machines
3.                20 Oct 87   Hidden Power of Plants
4.                27 Oct 87   Japan's American Genius
5.                03 Nov 87   A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama
6.                10 Nov 87   Volcano!
7.                17 Nov 87   How Good is Soviet Science?
8.                01 Dec 87   Ancient Treasures from the Deep
9.                08 Dec 87   Riddle of the Joints
10.               15 Dec 87   Secrets of the Lost Red Paint People
11.               19 Jan 88   Top Gun and Beyond
12.               26 Jan 88   How to Create a Junk Food
13.               02 Feb 88   Buried in Ice
14.               09 Feb 88   Why Planes Burn
15.               23 Feb 88   Battles in the War on Cancer: A Wonder Drug on Trial
16.               01 Mar 88   Battles in the War on Cancer: Breast Cancer - Turning the Tide
17.               08 Mar 88   Mystery of the Master Builders
18.               15 Mar 88   Whale Rescue
19.               22 Mar 88   The Man Who Loved Numbers
20.               29 Mar 88   Race for the Superconductor
21.               05 Apr 88   Can You Still Get Polio?

Season 16 : 1988-1989

1.                06 Sep 88   Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft
2.                13 Sep 88   Pioneers of Surgery: Into the Heart
3.                20 Sep 88   Pioneers of Surgery: New Organs for Old
4.                27 Sep 88   Pioneers of Surgery: Beyond the Knife
5.                04 Oct 88   Can the Vatican Save the Sistine Chapel?
6.                11 Oct 88   Can the Next President Win the Space Race?
7.                25 Oct 88   Do Scientists Cheat?
8.                15 Nov 88   Who Shot President Kennedy?
9.                22 Nov 88   The Light Stuff
10.               06 Dec 88   The All-American Bear
11.               13 Dec 88   Can We Make a Better Doctor?
12.               17 Jan 89   Hot Enough for You?
13.               24 Jan 89   The Last Journey of a Genius
14.               31 Jan 89   The Strange New Science of Chaos
15.               14 Feb 89   Back to Chernobyl
16.               21 Feb 89   God, Darwin and the Dinosaurs
17.               28 Feb 89   Adrift on the Gulf Stream
19.               07 Mar 89   Legends of Easter Island (2)
20.              21 Mar 89   The World Is Full of Oil!
21.               28 Mar 89   Confronting the Killer Gene

Season 17 : 1989-1990

1.                03 Oct 89   The Hidden City
2.                10 Oct 89   The Controversial Dr. Koop
3.                17 Oct 89   Design Wars!
4.                24 Oct 89   Echoes of War
5.                31 Oct 89   Decoding the Book of Life
6.                07 Nov 89   Hurricane!
7.                14 Nov 89   Will Venice Survive Its Rescue
8.                21 Nov 89   What Is Music
9.                05 Dec 89   Yellowstone's Burning Question
10.               12 Dec 89   The Schoolboys Who Cracked the Soviet Secret
11.               09 Jan 90   Poison in the Rockies
12.               23 Jan 90   Race for the Top
13.               06 Feb 90   Disguises of War
14.               13 Feb 90   The Bomb's Lethal Legacy
15.               27 Feb 90   The Big Spill
16.              15 Mar 90   The Genius That Was China: Rise of the Dragon
17.               20 Mar 90   The Genius That Was China: Empires in Collision
18.               27 Mar 90   The Genius that Was China: The Threat from Japan
19.               03 Apr 90   The Genius That Was China: Will the Dragon Rise Again?

Season 18 : 1990-1991

1.                03 Oct 90   The KGB, The Computer and Me
2.                09 Oct 90   Neptune's Cold Fury
3.                16 Oct 90   To Boldly Go...
4.                23 Oct 90   Poisoned Winds of War
5.                30 Oct 90   The Blimp is Back!
6.                06 Nov 90   Earthquake!
7.                13 Nov 90   Killing Machines
8.                20 Nov 90   Can the Elephant Be Saved?
9.                27 Nov 90   We Know Where You Live
10.               04 Dec 90   In the Land of the Llamas
11.             18 Dec 90   What's Killing the Children?
12.               08 Jan 91   Return to Mt. St. Helens
13.               30 Apr 91   Confusion in a Jar
14.               05 Feb 91   The Hunt for China's Dinosaurs
15.               12 Feb 91   Case of the Flying Dinosaur
16.               19 Feb 91   T-Rex Exposed
17.               26 Feb 91   The Russian Right Stuff: The Invisible Spaceman
18.               27 Feb 91   The Russian Right Stuff: The Dark Side of the Moon
19.               28 Feb 91   The Russian Right Stuff: The Mission
20.               05 Mar 91   Swimming with Whales
21.               26 Mar 91   The Chip vs. the Chessmaster

Season 19 : 1991-1992

1.                01 Oct 91   Sex, Lies and Toupee Tape
2.                09 Oct 91   So You Want to Be a Doctor?
3.                15 Oct 91   Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls
4.                22 Oct 91   Suicide Mission to Chernobyl
5.                05 Nov 91   Taller Than Everest?
6.                12 Nov 91   Fastest Planes in the Sky
7.                03 Dec 91   Avoiding the Surgeon's Knife
8.                10 Dec 91   Skyscraper! A NOVA Special
9.                17 Dec 91   The Fine Art of Faking It
10.               14 Jan 92   Hell Fighters of Kuwait
11.              21 Jan 92   Submarine!
12.               28 Jan 92   Saddam's War on Wildlife
14.               11 Feb 92   What Smells?
15.               18 Feb 92   Can You Believe TV Ratings?
16.               03 Mar 92   Making a Dishonest Buck
17.               10 Mar 92   Rescuing Baby Whales
18.               17 Mar 92   An Astronaut's View of the Earth
19.               24 Mar 92   Eclipse of the Century

Season 20 : 1992-1993

1.                25 Aug 92   Animal Olympians II
2.                29 Sep 92   The Genius Behind the Bomb
3.                13 Oct 92   Mind of a Serial Killer
4.                20 Oct 92   Search for the First Americans
5.                27 Oct 92   Rafting Through the Grand Canyon
6.                04 Nov 92   This Old Pyramid
7.                10 Nov 92   Iceman
8.                17 Nov 92   Private Lives of Dolphins
9.                01 Dec 92   Brain Transplant
10.               22 Dec 92   Can You Stop People from Drinking?
11.               29 Dec 92   Sex and the Single Rhino
12.               05 Jan 93   The Hunt for Saddam's Secret Weapons
13.               19 Jan 93   Can Bombing Win a War?
14.               26 Jan 93   The Deadly Deception
15.               02 Feb 93   Nazis and the Russian Bomb
16.               09 Feb 93   In the Path of a Killer Volcano
17.               16 Feb 93   Can Science Build a Champion Athlete?
18.               23 Feb 93   Diving for Pirate Gold
19.               02 Mar 93   Murder, Rape and DNA
20.               30 Mar 93   The Lost Tribe

Season 21 : 1993-1994

1.                05 Oct 93   The NOVA Quiz
2.                12 Oct 93   Wanted: Butch and Sundance
3.                19 Oct 93   Secrets of the Psychics
4.                26 Oct 93   Dying to Breathe
5.                02 Nov 93   Shadow of the Condor
6.                09 Nov 93   The Real Jurassic Park
7.                16 Nov 93   Roller Coaster!
8.                30 Nov 93   Mysterious Crash of Flight 201
9.                07 Dec 93   Great Moments from NOVA
10.               21 Dec 93   The Best Mind Since Einstein
11.               28 Dec 93   Stranger in the Mirror
12.               18 Jan 94   Codebreakers
13.               25 Jan 94   Dinosaurs of the Gobi
14.               01 Feb 94   Daredevils of the Sky
15.                08 Feb 94   Journey to Kilimanjaro
16.               15 Feb 94   Can Chimps Talk?
17.              28 Feb 94   In Search of Human Origins, Part One
17.               01 Mar 94   In Search of Human Origins, Part Two
18.               02 Mar 94   In Search of Human Origins, Part Three
19.              12 Apr 94   Can China Kick the Habit?
20.               19 Apr 94   Aircraft Carrier!

Season 22 : 1994-1995

1.                11 Oct 94   The Great Wildlife Heist
2.                18 Oct 94   Secret of the Wild Child
3.                25 Oct 94   Haunted Cry of a Long Gone Bird
4.                01 Nov 94   What's New About Menopause
5.                08 Nov 94   The Tribe that Time Forgot
6.                15 Nov 94   Killer Quake!
7.                29 Nov 94   Buried in Ash
8.                06 Dec 94   Rescue Mission in Space
9.                20 Dec 94   Journey to the Sacred Sea
10.               27 Dec 94   In Search of the First Language
11.               09 Jan 95   Mammoths of the Ice Age
12.               24 Jan 95   Vikings in America
13.               31 Jan 95   Ants: Little Creatures Who Run the World
14.               07 Feb 95   Nazi Designers of Death
15.               14 Feb 95   Siamese Twins
16.               19 Feb 95   Mystery of the Senses: Hearing
17.               20 Feb 95   Mystery of the Senses: Smell
18.               21 Feb 95   Mystery of the Senses: Taste
19.               22 Feb 95   Mystery of the Senses: Touch
20.               22 Feb 95   Mystery of the Senses: Vision
21.               07 Mar 95   The Universe Within
22.               03 May 95   Making of a Doctor
23.               23 May 95   Fast Cars

Season 23 : 1995-1996

1.                10 Oct 95   Anastasia Dead or Alive?
2.                17 Oct 95   Venus Unveiled
3.                24 Oct 95   Hawaii Born of Fire
4.                31 Oct 95   The Doomsday Asteroid
5.                07 Nov 95   Lightning!
6.                14 Nov 95   Hunt for the Serial Arsonist
7.                28 Nov 95   Treasures of the Great Barrier Reef
8.                19 Dec 95   Race to Catch a Buckyball
9.                26 Dec 95   Can Buildings Make You Sick?
10.               09 Jan 96   Terror in the Mine Fields
11.               16 Jan 96   The Day the Earth Shook
12.               30 Jan 96   B-29 Frozen in Time
13.               06 Feb 96   Ebola: The Plague Fighters
14.               20 Feb 96   War Machines of Tomorrow
15.               27 Feb 96   Kidnapped by U.F.O.'s?
16.               26 Mar 96   Flood!
17.               02 Apr 96   Dr. Spock the Baby Doc
18.               09 Apr 96   Warriors of the Amazon
19.               16 Apr 96   Bombing of America

Season 24 : 1996-1997

1.                01 Oct 96   Einstein Revealed
2.                08 Oct 96   Lost City of Arabia
3.                15 Oct 96   Three Men and a Balloon
4.                22 Oct 96   Secrets of Making Money
5.                12 Nov 96   Top Gun Over Moscow
6.                19 Nov 96   Shark Attack
7.                24 Nov 96   Odyssey Of Life: The Ultimate Journey
8.                25 Nov 96   Odyssey Of Life: The Unknown World
9.                26 Nov 96   Odyssey Of Life: The Photographer's Secrets
10.               31 Dec 96   Cracking the Ice Age
11.               14 Jan 97   Kaboom!
12.               28 Jan 97   Titanic's Lost Sister
13.               11 Feb 97   Secrets Of Lost Empires (1): Stonehenge
14.               11 Feb 97   Secrets Of Lost Empires (2): Inca
15.               12 Feb 97   Secrets Of Lost Empires (3): Obelisk
16.               12 Feb 97   Secrets Of Lost Empires (4): Colosseum
17.               18 Feb 97   Hunt for Alien Worlds
18.               25 Feb 97   Curse of T.rex
19.               08 Apr 97   Cut to the Heart
20.               15 Apr 97   Kingdom of the Seahorse

Season 25 : 1997-1998

1.                07 Oct 97   Coma
2.                14 Oct 97   Faster Than Sound
3.                21 Oct 97   Bomb Squad
4.                28 Oct 97   The Proof
5.                11 Nov 97   Wild Wolves
6.                12 Nov 97   Super Bridge
7.                18 Nov 97   Treasures Of A Sunken City
8.                25 Nov 97   Avalanche!
9.                02 Dec 97   Danger in the Jet Stream
10.               06 Jan 98   Night Creatures of the Kalahari
11.               20 Jan 98   Mysterious Mummies of China
12.               27 Jan 98   Supersonic Spies
13.               03 Feb 98   Animal Hospital
14.             10 Feb 98   The Brain Eater
15.               24 Feb 98   Everest - The Death Zone
16.               31 Mar 98   Search for the Lost Cave People
17.               21 Apr 98   Warnings from the Ice
18.               28 Apr 98   Crocodiles!
19.               12 May 98   The Truth About Impotence

Season 26 : 1998-1999

1.                06 Oct 98   Lost At Sea: The Search For Longitude
2.                13 Oct 98   Chasing El Niño
3.                27 Oct 98   Terror In Space
4.                03 Nov 98   Special Effects: Titanic and Beyond
5.                10 Nov 98   Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius
6.                24 Nov 98   Ice Mummies (1): Frozen In Heaven
7.                24 Nov 98   Ice Mummies (2): Siberian Ice Maiden
8.                24 Nov 98   Ice Mummies (3): Return of the Iceman
9.                01 Dec 98   Leopards of the Night
10.               29 Dec 98   The Perfect Pearl
11.               12 Jan 99   The Beast of Loch Ness
12.               19 Jan 99   Submarines, Secrets & Spies
13.               02 Feb 99   Surviving AIDS
14.               16 Feb 99   Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Fire (1)
15.               16 Feb 99   Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Car Crash (2)
16.               17 Feb 99   Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Plane Crash (3)
17.               17 Feb 99   Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Abandon Ship (4)
18.               23 Feb 99   Battle Alert in the Gulf
19.               30 Mar 99   Volcanoes of the Deep
20.               13 Jul 99   To the Moon

Season 27 : 1999-2000

1.                05 Oct 99   Fall Of The Leaning Tower
2.                12 Oct 99   Time Travel
3.                19 Oct 99   The Killer's Trail
4.                02 Nov 99   Island of the Spirits
5.                09 Nov 99   Decoding Nazi Secrets
6.                23 Nov 99   Voyage Of Doom
7.                21 Dec 99   Electric Heart
8.                04 Jan 00   Tales From The Hive
9.                18 Jan 00   Lost On Everest
11.               01 Feb 00   Secrets Of Lost Empires: Medieval Siege
12.               01 Feb 00   Diamond Deception
13.               08 Feb 00   Secrets Of Lost Empires: Pharaoh's Obelisk
14.               08 Feb 00   Trillion Dollar Bet
15.               15 Feb 00   Secrets Of Lost Empires: Easter Island
16.               15 Feb 00   Mystery Of The First Americans
17.               22 Feb 00   Secrets Of Lost Empires: Roman Bath
18.               22 Feb 00   Lost Tribes Of Israel
19.               29 Feb 00   Secrets Of Lost Empires: China Bridge
20.               18 Apr 00   What's Up With The Weather?
21.               25 Apr 00   Stationed In The Stars
22.               09 May 00   The Vikings

Season 28 : 2000-2001

1.                24 Oct 00   Lincoln's Secret Weapon
2.                31 Oct 00   Holocaust On Trial
3.                14 Nov 00   Hitler's Lost Sub
4.                21 Nov 00   Runaway Universe
5.                28 Nov 00   Garden Of Eden
6.                12 Dec 00   Dying To Be Thin
7.                18 Dec 00   Japan's Secret Garden
8.                16 Jan 01   Sultan's Lost Treasure
9.                30 Jan 01   Vanished!
10.               06 Feb 01   Nazi Prison Escape
11.               13 Feb 01   Lost King Of The Maya
12.               27 Feb 01   The Cancer Warrior
13.               27 Mar 01   Survivor M.D.: Tattooed Doctor
14.               03 Apr 01   Survivor M.D.: Second Opinions
15.               10 Apr 01   Survivor M.D.: Hearts & Minds
16.               17 Apr 01   Cracking The Code Of Life
17.               24 Apr 01   Harvest Of Fear

Season 29 : 2001-2002

1.                02 Oct 01   Search For A Safe Cigarette
2.                09 Oct 01   18 Ways To Make A Baby
3.                23 Oct 01   Secrets Of The Mind (aka Phantoms in the Brain)
4.                30 Oct 01   Sex: Unknown
5.                06 Nov 01   Russia's Nuclear Warriors
6.                13 Nov 01   Bioterror
7.                20 Nov 01   Life's Greatest Miracle
8.                11 Dec 01   Methuselah Tree
9.                25 Dec 01   Flying Casanovas
10.               08 Jan 02   Death Star
11.               22 Jan 02   Neanderthals On Trial
12.               05 Feb 02   Fireworks!
13.               05 Feb 02   Secrets, Lies And Atomic Spies
14.               26 Feb 02   The Missing Link
15.               26 Mar 02   Shackleton's Voyage Of Endurance
16.               30 Apr 02   Why The Towers Fell
17.               07 May 02   Fire Wars

Season 30 : 2002-2003

1.                03 Sep 02   Killer Disease On Campus
2.                01 Oct 02   Mysterious Life Of Caves
3.                08 Oct 02   Lost Roman Treasure
4.                29 Oct 02   Galileo's Battle For The Heavens
5.                12 Nov 02   Volcano's Deadly Warning
6.                19 Nov 02   Sinking City Of Venice
7.                26 Nov 02   The Orchid Hunter
8.                07 Jan 03   Spies That Fly
9.                14 Jan 03   Last Flight Of Bomber 31
10.               21 Jan 03   Ancient Creature Of The Deep
11.               04 Feb 03   Battle Of The X-Planes
12.               11 Feb 03   Mountain Of Ice
13.               18 Feb 03   Lost Treasures Of Tibet
14.               25 Feb 03   Dirty Bomb
15.               01 Apr 03   Deep Sea Invasion
16.               15 Apr 03   Secret Of Photo 51

Season 31 : 2003-2004

1.                30 Sep 03   Infinite Secrets
2.                07 Oct 03   Who Killed The Red Baron?
3.                28 Oct 03   The Elegant Universe: Einstein's Dream
4.                28 Oct 03   The Elegant Universe: String's The Thing
5.                04 Nov 03   The Elegant Universe: Welcome To The 11th Dimension
6.                11 Nov 03   Wright Brothers' Flying Machine
7.                18 Nov 03   Magnetic Storm
8.               18 Nov 03   Volcano Above The Clouds
9.                04 Jan 04   MARS: Dead Or Alive
10.               20 Jan 04   Secrets Of The Crocodile Caves
11.               03 Feb 04   Dogs And More Dogs
12.               10 Feb 04   Descent Into The Ice
13.               17 Feb 04   Crash Of Flight 111
14.               02 Mar 04   Life And Death In The War Zone
15.               30 Mar 04   Hunt For The Supertwister
16.               20 Apr 04   World In The Balance: The People Paradox
17.               20 Apr 04   World In The Balance: China Revs Up
18.               04 May 04   Battle Plan Under Fire

Season 32 : 2004-2005

1.                28 Sep 04   Origins (1): Earth is Born
2.                28 Sep 04   Origins (2): How Life Began
3.                29 Sep 04   Origins (3): Where Are The Aliens?
4.                29 Sep 04   Origins (4): Back To The Beginning
5.                12 Oct 04   The Most Dangerous Woman In America: Typhoid Mary
6.                09 Nov 04   America's Stone Age Explorers
7.                16 Nov 04   Great Escape
8.                23 Nov 04   Ancient Refuge In The Holy Land
9.                04 Jan 05   Welcome To Mars
10.               11 Jan 05   The Boldest Hoax
11.               18 Jan 05   Supersonic Dream
12.               08 Feb 05   The Viking Deception
13.               15 Feb 05   Saving The National Treasures
14.               22 Feb 05   A Daring Flight
15.               29 Mar 05   Wave That Shook The World

Season 33 : 2005-2006

1.                20 Sep 05   Mystery Of The Megaflood
2.                04 Oct 05   Sinking The Supership
3.                11 Oct 05   Einstein's Big Idea
4.               01 Nov 05   Volcano Under The City
5.                08 Nov 05   Hitler's Sunken Secret
6.                15 Nov 05   Newton's Dark Secrets
7.                22 Nov 05   Storm That Drowned A City
8.                03 Jan 06   The Mummy Who Would Be King
9.                17 Jan 06   Deadly Ascent
10.               07 Feb 06   The Perfect Corpse
11.               14 Feb 06   Jewel Of The Earth
12.               21 Feb 06   The Ghost Particle
13.               28 Feb 06   Arctic Passage: Prisoners of the Ice
14.               28 Mar 06   The Great Robot Race
15.               04 Apr 06   Voyage To The Mystery Moon
16.               18 Apr 06   Dimming The Sun

Season 34 : 2006-2007

1.                05 Sep 06   Building On Ground Zero
2.                26 Sep 06   Mystery Of The Megavolcano
3.                17 Oct 06   The Deadliest Plane Crash
4.                31 Oct 06   Monster Of The Milky Way
5.                07 Nov 06   Wings Of Madness
6.                14 Nov 06   The Family That Walks On All Fours
7.                26 Dec 06   Underwater Dream Machine
8.                06 Feb 07   Percy Julian: Forgotten Genius
9.                13 Feb 07   The Last Great Ape
10.               03 Apr 07   Kings Of Camouflage
11.               17 Apr 07   First Flower
12.               24 Apr 07   Saved By The Sun
13.               08 May 07   Pocahontas Revealed
14.               19 Jun 07   Bone Diggers
15.               26 Jun 07   The Great Inca Rebellion

Season 35 : 2007-2008

1.                 09 Oct 07   Secrets Of The Samurai Sword
2.                16 Oct 07   Ghost In Your Genes
3.                30 Oct 07   Marathon Challenge
4.                07 Nov 07   Sputnik Declassified
5.                13 Nov 07   Judgment Day: Intelligent Design On Trial
6.                20 Nov 07   Master Of The Killer Ants
7.                18 Dec 07   Missing In MiG Alley
8.                08 Jan 08   Absolute Zero: The Conquest Of Cold (1)
9.                15 Jan 08   Absolute Zero: The Race For Absolute Zero (2)
10.             29 Jan 08   Secrets Of The Parthenon
11.             12 Feb 08   Astrospies
12.               19 Feb 08   Ape Genius
13.               26 Feb 08   The Four-Winged Dinosaur
14.               08 Apr 08   Cracking The Maya Code
15.               22 Apr 08   Car Of The Future
16.               13 May 08   A Walk To Beautiful
17.               20 May 08   Lord Of The Ants

Season 36 : 2008-2009

1.                07 Oct 08   Arctic Dinosaurs
2.                14 Oct 08   Space Shuttle Disaster
3.                21 Oct 08   Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
4.                28 Oct 08   Fractals: Hunting The Hidden Dimension
5.                11 Nov 08   Alien From Earth
6.                18 Nov 08   The Bible's Buried Secrets
7.                25 Nov 08   Ocean Animal Emergency
8.                30 Dec 08   Is There Life On Mars?
9.                20 Jan 09   The Big Energy Gamble
10.               27 Jan 09   The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
11.               03 Feb 09   The Spy Factory
12.               24 Feb 09   Rat Attack
13.               24 Mar 09   Extreme Ice
14.               31 Mar 09   Last Extinction (Megabeasts' Sudden Death)
15.               07 Apr 09   Doctors' Diaries (1)
16.               14 Apr 09   Doctors' Diaries (2)
17.               30 Jun 09   Musical Minds

Season 37 : 2009-2010

1.                06 Oct 09   Darwin's Darkest Hour
2.                13 Oct 09   Hubble's Amazing Rescue
3.                20 Oct 09   Lizard Kings
4.                03 Nov 09   Becoming Human Part 1: First Steps
5.                10 Nov 09   Becoming Human Part 2: Birth of Humanity
6.                17 Nov 09   Becoming Human Part 3: Last Human Standing
7.                24 Nov 09   What Are Dreams?
8.                29 Dec 09   What Darwin Never Knew
9.                05 Jan 10   Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor
10.               12 Jan 10   Building Pharaoh's Ship
11.               19 Jan 10   Riddles of the Sphinx
12.              02 Feb 10   Ghosts of Machu Picchu
13.               09 Feb 10   Extreme Cave Diving
14.               02 Mar 10   Pluto Files
16.               13 Apr 10   Telescope: Hunting the Edge of Space - The Ever Expanding Universe
17.               27 Apr 10   Mind Over Money
18.               04 May 10   Mt. St. Helens Back From the Dead

Season 38 : 2010-2011

1.                 19 Oct 10   Building the Great Cathedrals
2.                26 Oct 10   Emergency Mine Rescue
3.                02 Nov 10   Trapped in an Elevator
4.                09 Nov 10   Dogs Decoded
5.                16 Nov 10   Secrets of Stonehenge
6.                23 Nov 10   Quest for Solomon's Mines
7.                28 Dec 10   Secrets Beneath the Ice
8.                11 Jan 11   Deadliest Earthquakes
9.                19 Jan 11   Making Stuff Stronger (1)
10.               26 Jan 11   Making Stuff Smaller (2)
11.               02 Feb 11   Making Stuff Cleaner (3)
12.               09 Feb 11   Making Stuff Smarter (4)
13.               09 Feb 11   Smartest Machine on Earth
14.               16 Feb 11   Crash of Flight 447
15.               23 Feb 11   Venom: Nature's Killer
16.               30 Mar 11   Japan's Killer Quake
17.               20 Apr 11   Power Surge

Season 39 : 2011-2012

1.                07 Sep 11   Engineering Ground Zero
2.                28 Sep 11   Surviving the Tsunami
3.                19 Oct 11   Finding Life Beyond Earth: Are We Alone?
4.                26 Oct 11   Iceman Murder Mystery
5.                02 Nov 11   The Fabric of the Cosmos - What is Space?
6.                09 Nov 11   The Fabric of the Cosmos - The Illusion of Time
7.                16 Nov 11   The Fabric of the Cosmos - Quantum Leap
8.                23 Nov 11   The Fabric of the Cosmos - Universe or Multiverse?
9.                04 Jan 12   Deadliest Volcanoes
10.               11 Jan 12   Bombing Hitler's Dams
11.               18 Jan 12   3D Spies of WWII
12.               25 Jan 12   Mystery of a Masterpiece
13.               01 Feb 12   Ice Age Death Trap
14.               08 Feb 12   Separating Twins
15.               28 Mar 12   Cracking Your Genetic Code
16.               04 Apr 12   Hunting the Elements
17.               11 Apr 12   Deadliest Tornadoes
18.               18 Apr 12   Why Ships Sink
19.               25 Apr 12   Secrets of the Sun

Season 40 : 2012-2013

1.                10 Oct 12   Secrets of the Viking Sword
2.                17 Oct 12   Forensics on Trial
3.                07 Nov 12   Mystery of Easter Island
4.                14 Nov 12   Ultimate Mars Challenge
5.                18 Nov 12   Inside the Megastorm
6.                02 Jan 13   Doomsday Volcanoes
7.                09 Jan 13   Decoding Neanderthals
8.                23 Jan 13   Rise of the Drones
9.                30 Jan 13   Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?
10.               06 Feb 13   Building Pharaoh's Chariot
11.               13 Feb 13   Earth From Space
12.               20 Feb 13   Mind of a Rampage Killer
13.               27 Mar 13   Meteor Strike
14.               03 Apr 13   Ancient Computer
15.               10 Apr 13   Australia's First 4 Billion Years - Awakening
16.               17 Apr 13   Australia's First 4 Billion Years - Life Explodes
17.               24 Apr 13   Australia's First 4 Billion Years - Monsters
18.               01 May 13   Australia's First 4 Billion Years - Strange Creatures
19.               29 May 13   Manhunt - Boston Bombers
20.               29 May 13   Oklahoma's Deadliest Tornadoes

Season 41 : 2013-2014

1.                11 Sep 13   Ground Zero Supertower
2.                09 Oct 13   Megastorm Aftermath
3.                16 Oct 13   Making Stuff Faster
4.                23 Oct 13   Making Stuff Wilder
5.                30 Oct 13   Making Stuff Colder
6.                06 Nov 13   Making Stuff Safer
7.                13 Nov 13   Cold Case JFK
8.                20 Nov 13   At the Edge of Space
9.                20 Nov 13   Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday?
10.               08 Jan 14   Alien Planets Revealed
11.               15 Jan 14   Zeppelin Terror Attack
12.               22 Jan 14   Killer Typhoon
13.               29 Jan 14   Ghosts of Murdered Kings
14.               05 Feb 14   Roman Catacomb Mystery
15.               12 Feb 14   Great Cathedral Mystery
16.               02 Apr 14   Wild Predator Invasion
17.               09 Apr 14   Inside Animal Minds: Bird Genius
18.               16 Apr 14   Inside Animal Minds: Dogs & Super Senses
19.               23 Apr 14   Inside Animal Minds: Who's the Smartest?
20.               07 May 14   Why Sharks Attack
21.               14 May 14   Escape From Nazi Alcatraz
22.               28 May 14   D-Day's Sunken Secrets

Season 42 : 2014-2015

1.                10 Sep 14   Vaccines—Calling the Shots
2.                24 Sep 14   Rise of the Hackers
3.                08 Oct 14   Why Planes Vanish
4.               08 Oct 14   Surviving Ebola
5.                22 Oct 14   Ben Franklin's Balloons
6.                29 Oct 14   First Air War
7.                05 Nov 14   Bigger Than T. Rex
8.                12 Nov 14   Emperor's Ghost Army
9.                19 Nov 14   Killer Landslides
10.               03 Dec 14   First Man on the Moon
11.               14 Jan 15   Big Bang Machine
12.               21 Jan 15   Sunken Ship Rescue
13.               28 Jan 15   Sinkholes—Buried Alive
14.               11 Feb 15   Colosseum: Roman Death Trap
15.               18 Feb 15   Petra: Lost City of Stone
16.               25 Feb 15   Hagia Sophia: Istanbul's Ancient Mystery
17.               15 Apr 15   The Great Math Mystery
18.               22 Apr 15   Invisible Universe Revealed
19.               06 May 15   Nazi Attack on America
20.               13 May 15   Lethal Seas
21.               15 Jul 15   Chasing Pluto
22.               29 Jul 15   Nuclear Meltdown Disaster

Season 43 : 2015-2016

1.                16 Sep 15   Dawn of Humanity
2.                23 Sep 15   Arctic Ghost Ship
3.                07 Oct 15   Secrets of Noah's Ark
4.                14 Oct 15   Cyberwar Threat
5.                28 Oct 15   Animal Mummies
6.                04 Nov 15   Making North America: Origins
7.                11 Nov 15   Making North America: Life
8.                18 Nov 15   Making North America: Human
9.                25 Nov 15   Inside Einstein's Mind
10.               06 Jan 16   Secret Tunnel Warfare
11.               13 Jan 16   Life's Rocky Start
12.               20 Jan 16   Mystery Beneath the Ice
13.               27 Jan 16   Himalayan Megaquake
14.               03 Feb 16   Creatures of Light
15.               10 Feb 16   Memory Hackers
16.               17 Feb 16   Iceman Reborn
17.               24 Feb 16   Rise of the Robots
18.               06 Apr 16   Vikings Unearthed 
19.               13 Apr 16   Can Alzheimer's Be Stopped?
20.               20 Apr 16   Wild Ways
21.               04 May 16   Operation Lighthouse Rescue
22.               11 May 16   Bombing Hitler's Supergun

Season 44 : 2016-2017

1.                07 Sep 16     15 Years of Terror
2.                14 Sep 16     School of the Future 
3.                05 Oct 16     Great Human Odyssey 
4.                12 Oct 16     Super Tunnel
5.                02 Nov 16    Treasures of the Earth: Gems
6.                09 Nov 16    Treasures of the Earth: Metals
7.                16 Nov 16    Treasures of the Earth: Power
8.                04 Jan 17      Secrets of the Sky Tombs
9.                11 Jan 17      The Nuclear Option
10.               01 Feb 17    Search for the Super Battery
11.               08 Feb 17    Ultimate Cruise Ship
12.               15 Feb 17    The Origami Revolution
13.               22 Feb 17    Why Trains Crash
14.               19 Apr 17    Holocaust Escape Tunnel
15.               26 Apr 17    Building Chernobyl's Tomb
16.               17 May 17   Chinese Chariot Revealed
17.               31 May 17   Poisoned Water


Season 45 : 2017-2018

1.                 21 Aug 17   Eclipse Over America
2.                 13 Sep 17    Death Dive to Saturn
3.                 04 Oct 17    Secrets of the Shining Knight
4.                 11 Oct 17    Ghosts of Stonehenge
5.                 18 Oct 17    Secrets of the Forbidden City
6.                 25 Oct 17    Killer Volcanoes
7.                 01 Nov 17   Killer Hurricanes
8.                 08 Nov 17   Killer Floods
9.                 22 Nov 17   Extreme Animal Weapons 
10.               20 Dec 17   Bird Brain
11.               27 Dec 17   Day the Dinosaurs Died
12.               10 Jan 18    Black Hole Apocalypse
13.               31 Jan 18   The Impossible Flight
14.               07 Feb 18   First Face of America
15.               14 Feb 18   Great Escape at Dunkirk
16.               21 Feb 18   Prediction by the Numbers (my note: UGH!)
17.               18 Apr 18   Decoding the Weather Machine
18.               25 Apr 18   NOVA Wonders (6 parts: What are Animals Saying? // What's Living in You?  //  Are We Alone?  //  Can We Build a Brain?  //  Can We Make Life?  //  What's the Universe Made of?)
19.                27 Jun 18  Rise of the Superstorms

Season 46 : 2018-2019


1.                 26 Sep 18    Transplanting Hope 
2.                 03 Oct 18    Operation Bridge Rescue
3.                 10 Oct 18    Volatile Earth: Volcano on Fire
4.                 10 Oct 18    Volatile Earth: Volcano on the Brink
5.                 17 Oct 18    Addiction
6.                 24 Oct 18    Flying Supersonic
7.                 07 Nov 18   Last B-24
8.                 14 Nov 18   Thai Cave Rescue
9.                 21 Nov 18   World's Fastest Animal (The Peregrine Falcon)
10.               26 Dec 18   Apollo's Daring Mission
11.               27 Dec 18   Day the Dinosaurs Died
12.               02 Jan 19    Pluto & Beyond
13.               09 Jan 19    Einstein's Quantum Riddle
14.               23 Jan 19    Kilauea: Hawaii on Fire
15.               06 Feb 19    Decoding the Great Pyramid
16.               13 Feb 19    Rise of the Rockets
17.               20 Feb 19    The Next Pompeii
18.               24 Apr 19    Saving the Dead Sea
19.               08 May 19   Inside the Megafire
20.               15 May 19    First Horse Warriors
21.               22 May 19    Lost Viking Army

Season 47 : 
1. "Polar Extremes" February 5, 2020 
In this two-hour special, renowned paleontologist Kirk Johnson takes us on an epic adventure through time at the polar extremes of our planet. Following a trail of strange fossils found in seemingly wrong places – beech trees in Antarctica, hippopotamic mammals in the Arctic — Johnson uncovers the bizarre history of the poles, from miles-high ice sheets to warm polar forests teeming with life. What caused such dramatic changes at the ends of the Earth? And what can the past reveal about our planet's climate today—and in the future?
2. "Dog Tales"February 12, 2020 
A look at dog domestication, how scientists test wolf intelligence and decode canine DNA, and what science says about a dog's love for humans.
3. "Cat Tales"February 19, 2020 
The perplexing behaviours of cats have often raised the question of whether humans ever really domesticated felines.
4. "Mysteries of Sleep" February 26, 2020 
Scientists study why animals and humans need to sleep, what happens to the brain during sleep, and the role sleep plays in memory, trauma, and emotion regulation."Cuba's Cancer Hope"April 1, 20204705(894)Cuban scientists develop their own biotech industry, including lung cancer vaccines that may give new hope to patients around the world.
5. "The Truth About Fat" April 8, 2020
the complex functions of fat and the role it plays in controlling hunger, hormones and reproduction.
6. "Decoding COVID-19"May 13, 2020
Scientists race to understand and defeat SARS-CoV-2. The first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic are detailed.
7. "Eagle Power"May 20, 2020
Up-close footage provides a look at the strength, eyesight and flying skills of an eagle, and reveals the danger and drama of chicks as they struggle to survive.
8. "Human Nature"September 9, 2020
Scientists study the implications of CRISPR, how it may change the human race's relationship with nature and what it means for human evolution.
9. "The Secret Mind of Slime"September 16, 2020
New research on extremely primitive life forms called slime moulds, which navigate through life without a brain, could reveal the fundamental rules underlying all decision making.
10. "A to Z: The First Alphabet"September 23, 2020
Researchers uncover the evolution of writing and the story of the alphabet, dating back to millennia-old carvings in an Egyptian turquoise mine.
11. "A to Z: How Writing Changed the World"September 30, 2020
How the development of writing played a vital role in shaping world history, from the invention of paper to the printed book.
12. "Nature's Fear Factor"October 14, 2020
Scientists reintroduce wild dogs to Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park to see if it helps restore balance to the entire ecosystem.
13. "Touching the Asteroid"October 21, 2020
Spacecraft OSIRIS-REx attempts to grab a piece of an asteroid to bring back to Earth so scientists can study it to learn about the planet's origins.
14. "Can We Cool the Planet?"October 28, 2020
As global temperatures rise, scientists look to geoengineering solutions, from planting trees to sucking carbon out of the air, as a means to cool the planet.
15. "Saving Notre Dame"November 25, 2020 
Engineers race to rebuild the roof of the Notre Dame cathedral and secure the medieval structure within five years.

Season 48: 2020-21[edit]

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"Secrets in Our DNA"January 13, 20214801(906)
The value of DNA testing and the risks of entrusting this private data to commercial enterprises and online databases.
"Beyond the Elements: Reactions"February 3, 20214717(907)
Just about every solid, liquid, or gas in the world as we know it begins with reactions between individual atoms and molecules. Host David Pogue dives into the transformative world of chemical reactions, from the complex formula that produces cement to the single reaction that’s allowed farmers to feed a global population by the billions — a reaction that when reversed, unleashes the powerful chemistry of high explosives.
"Beyond the Elements: Indestructible"February 10, 20214718(908)
Glass so strong you can jump on it, a rubber-like coating tough enough to absorb a bomb blast, endless varieties of plastic. Scientists and engineers have created virtually indestructible versions of common materials by manipulating the chains of interlocking atoms that give them strength — but have they made them too tough? Host David Pogue explores the fantastic chemistry behind the everyday materials we depend on, and how the quest for durability can be balanced with products’ environmental impact.
"Beyond the Elements: Life"February 17, 20214719(909)
Without the chemistry of photosynthesis, ozone, and a molecule called Rubisco, none of us would be here. So how did we get so lucky? To find out, host David Pogue investigates the surprising molecules that allowed life on Earth to begin, and ultimately thrive. Along the way, he finds out what we’re all made of — literally.
"Looking for Life on Mars"February 24, 20214802(910)
NASA launches the Mars 2020 Mission to search for signs of life on Mars; the mission marks the first time a rover will land in Jezero Crater, an ancient river delta known to be one of the most dangerous areas for a spacecraft to land.
"Picture a Scientist"April 14, 20214803(911)
Women make up less than one-quarter of the number of people employed in STEM, and the number is even smaller for women of color.
"Reef Rescue"April 21, 20214804(912)
Marine biologists from the Bahamas to Christmas Island to Australia fight against the clock to save the coral reefs from extinction.
"Fighting for Fertility"May 12, 20214805(913)
Barriers to fertility, including social and biological, and the state of assisted reproductive technologies; couples navigating in vitro fertilization (IVF), mosaic embryos and other options for having a baby.
"Hindenburg: The New Evidence"May 19, 20214806(914)
A new investigation into the 1937 Hindenburg disaster includes a novel set of experiments that tests scenarios that may have led to the Hindenburg's ignition.
"Great Electric Airplane Race"May 26, 20214807(915)
Can new emission-free electric planes replace our polluting airliners and revolutionize personal transportation in our cities? NOVA takes you for a ride in some impressive prototypes that are already in the air, from speedy single-seat planes that can take off like a helicopter but are half as noisy to “self-flying” air taxis that are already taking passengers on test flights in Chinese cities. But if electric airplanes are ever to advance beyond small, short-haul craft, significant hurdles of battery weight, energy storage, and cooling remain to be overcome. How long will it be before the dream of super-quiet, super-efficient airliners becomes a reality?
"Ship That Changed the World"June 2, 20214809(916)
The discovery of a European ship dating back to the 15th century, Gribshunden, may provide physical evidence of engineering breakthroughs that helped create the modern world.
"Bat Superpowers"September 15, 20214810(917)
Bats have been implicated in deadly epidemics such as COVID-19 and Ebola, yet scientists are discovering evidence that they may hold a key to a longer and healthier life. From caves in Thailand and Texas to labs around the globe, NOVA meets the scientists who are decoding the superpowers of the bat.
"The Cannabis Question"September 29, 20214811(918)
As state-legalized cannabis spreads, NOVA explores its little-known risks and benefits.
"Particles Unknown"October 6, 20214812(919)
Join the hunt for the universe’s most common—yet most elusive and baffling—particle.
"Arctic Drift"October 13, 20214813(920)
Join scientists on a daring polar voyage to uncover the Arctic’s climate secrets.
"Edible Insects"October 20, 20214814(921)
NOVA takes a tasty look at insect foods that could benefit our health and our warming planet.
"Universe Revealed: Age of Stars"October 27, 20214815(922)
The sun is our life-giving source of light, heat, and energy, and new discoveries are unraveling its epic history. Join NOVA on a spectacular voyage to discover the sun’s place in a grand cycle of birth, death and renewal that makes this the age of stars. Witness how stars of every size and color came to populate our universe; how stars stage a dramatic exit when they explode as supernovae, which can outshine an entire galaxy; and how, billions of years in the future, the age of stars will lead ultimately to an age of darkness.
"Universe Revealed: Milky Way"November 3, 20214816(923)
Straddling the night sky, the Milky Way reminds us of our place in the galaxy we call home. But what shaped this giant spiral of stars and what will be its destiny? NOVA travels back in time to unlock the turbulent story of our cosmic neighborhood, from its birth in a whirling disk of clouds and dust to colossal collisions with other galaxies. Finally, peer into the future to watch the Milky Way’s ultimate fate as it collides with the Andromeda galaxy, over 4 billion years from now.
"Universe Revealed: Alien Worlds"November 10, 20214817(924)
It’s an age-old question: are we alone? Or do other lifeforms and intelligences thrive on worlds far beyond our own? Ultra-sensitive telescopes and dogged detective work are transforming alien planet-hunting from science fiction into hard fact. Join NOVA on a visit to exotic worlds orbiting distant suns, from puffy planets with the density of Styrofoam to thousand-degree, broiling gas giants. Most tantalizing of all are the Super-Earths in the “Goldilocks zone,” just the right distance from their sun to support life, and with one of them signaling life’s essential ingredient, water, in its atmosphere.
"Universe Revealed: Black Holes"November 17, 20214818(925)
Take a seat on the ultimate thrill ride to explore nature’s strangest and most powerful objects. Black holes can reshape entire galaxies, warp the fabric of space and time, and may even be the key to unlocking the ultimate nature of reality. A new generation of high-energy telescopes is bringing these invisible voids to light, showing that “supermassives” millions or billions of times larger than our sun lurk at the center of nearly every galaxy, including our own. But what happens if you stray too close to one? And what lies beyond the black hole’s abyss? If nothing can ever escape it, is that the end of the story? Or could they be a portal to another dimension — or another universe, full of black holes?
"Universe Revealed: Big Bang"November 24, 20214819(926)
The Big Bang is when many think the universe started and time itself began. But what clues can we discover about this ultimate genesis of everything? And can we ever know what existed before the Universe’s birthday? With stunning animation based on space telescope images, NOVA explores infant galaxies filled with violent blue stars that formed just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. Before that — before the coming of visible light itself — stretch the “cosmic Dark Ages.” But scientists haven’t stopped there; instead, they’ve come up with an incredible theory for what happened billionths of a billionth of a second from the universe’s birth.

Season 49: 2021-22[edit]

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"High-Risk High-Rise"January 5, 20224808(927)
"Butterfly Blueprints"January 12, 20224820(928)
"Alaskan Dinosaurs"January 19, 20224821(929)
A team of intrepid paleontologists discovers dinosaurs that thrived in the unlikeliest of places — the cold and dark of winter in the Arctic Circle. How did they survive year-round and raise their young in frigid and dark winter conditions? A dinosaur expedition explores a remote, treacherous, and stormy terrain where the team knows that every bone they find there will likely be a first, adding up to a unique picture of a lost northern world.
"Ancient Maya Metropolis"January 26, 20224822(930)
The ancient ancestors of today’s Maya people thrived in large sophisticated cities across Central America for centuries. Why, around 750 CE, did they begin to abandon many of their major cities? Archaeologists investigate dramatic new evidence of the catastrophic droughts and instability that pushed cities beyond their limits. The evidence also testifies to the survival and resilience of the Maya people, whose traditions and creativity continue to enrich the world today.
"Arctic Sinkholes"February 2, 20224901(931)
Colossal explosions shake a remote corner of the Siberian tundra, leaving behind massive craters. In Alaska, a huge lake erupts with bubbles of inflammable gas. Scientists are discovering that these mystifying phenomena add up to a ticking time bomb, as long-frozen permafrost melts and releases vast amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. What are the implications of these dramatic developments in the Arctic? Scientists and local communities alike are struggling to grasp the scale of the methane threat and what it means for our climate future.
"Secrets in the Scat"February 9, 20224902(932)
"Great Mammoth Mystery"February 16, 20224903(933)
"Augmented"February 23, 20224904(934)
"Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's"April 6, 20224905(935)
"Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence"May 11, 20224906(936)
"Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day"May 11, 20224907(937)
"Why Ships Crash"May 18, 20224908(938)
"Ice Age Footprints"May 25, 20224909(939)
Thousands of ancient footprints stretch for miles across New Mexico’s White Sands National Park, capturing moments when Ice Age humans encountered now-extinct beasts, including mammoths and enormous ground sloths. These footprints tell an intimate story about what life was like during the Ice Age and reveal surprising new evidence about when humans arrived in North America.
"Ultimate Space Telescope"July 13, 20224910(940)
How did NASA engineers build and launch the most ambitious telescope of all time? Follow the dramatic story of the James Webb Space Telescope—the most complex machine ever launched into space. If it works, scientists believe that this new eye on the universe will peer deeper back in time and space than ever before to the birth of galaxies, and may even be able to “sniff” the atmospheres of exoplanets as we search for signs of life beyond Earth. The telescope is far bigger than its predecessor, the famous Hubble Space Telescope, and it needs to make its observations a million miles away from Earth. That means there’s no room for error; the most ambitious telescope ever built needs to work perfectly. Meet the engineers making it happen and join them on their high stakes journey to uncover new secrets of the universe.
"Saving Venice"September 28, 20224912(941)
Rising sea levels and sinking land threaten to destroy Venice. Leading scientists and engineers are racing against the clock and battling the forces of nature to try to save this historic city for future generations. Discover the innovative projects and feats of engineering currently underway, including a hi-tech flood barrier, eco-projects to conserve the lagoon, and new efforts to investigate erosion beneath the city. This is Venice as never seen before, at a critical moment in its rich history.
"Ending HIV in America"October 5, 20224911(942)
Almost 40 years after the discovery of HIV, could we be on the verge of ending the AIDS epidemic in America? As of 2019, in the U.S., there were only 34,000 new cases of the disease—a feat that once seemed near-impossible to achieve. How did scientists and the public health community tackle one of the most elusive deadly viruses to ever infect humans? Can innovative drugs bring new infections to zero? This is the story of an incredible scientific achievement and the public health work that still needs to be done to end HIV in America.
"Computers v. Crime"October 12, 20224914(943)
In police departments and courts across the country, artificial intelligence is being used to help decide who is policed, who gets bail, how offenders should be sentenced, and who gets parole. But is it actually making our law enforcement and court systems fairer and more just? This timely investigation digs into the hidden biases, privacy risks, and design flaws of this controversial technology.
"Can Psychedelics Cure?"October 19, 20224915(944)
Hallucinogenic drugs — popularly called psychedelics — have been used by human societies for thousands of years. Today, scientists are taking a second look at many of these mind-altering substances – both natural and synthetic – and discovering that they can have profoundly positive clinical impacts, helping patients struggling with a range of afflictions from addiction to depression and PTSD.
"Ocean Invaders"October 26, 20224916(945)
Lionfish – long prized in home aquariums – have invaded the Atlantic, and are now one of the ocean’s most successful invasive species, wreaking havoc in waters across the globe. Join ocean explorer Danni Washington on a journey to find out how they took over, why they’re doing so much damage, and what can be done about it. These fascinating creatures are a window into the impacts of invasive species in a globalized world where human activity is an increasingly powerful evolutionary force.
"Nazca Desert Mystery"November 2, 20224917(946)
One of the world’s greatest ancient enigmas, the Nazca lines are a dense network of criss-crossing lines, geometric shapes, and animal figures etched across 200 square miles of Peruvian desert. Who created them and why? Ever since they were rediscovered in the 1920s, scholars and enthusiasts have raised countless theories about their purpose. Now, archaeologists have discovered hundreds of long-hidden lines and figures as well as evidence of ancient rituals, offering new clues to the origins and motivations behind the giant desert symbols.
"Crypto Decoded"November 9, 20224918(947)
From Bitcoin to NFTs, crypto is making headlines. But what exactly is it, and how does it work? Experts go beyond the hype and skepticism to unravel the social and technological underpinnings of crypto – exploring how it came to be and why this new technology may change more than just money.
"Zero to Infinity"November 16, 20224919(948)
Zero and infinity. These seemingly opposite, obvious, and indispensable concepts are relatively recent human inventions. Discover the surprising story of how these key concepts that revolutionized mathematics came to be – not just once, but over and over again as different cultures invented and re-invented them across thousands of years.
"Rebuilding Notre Dame"December 14, 2022
Following the April, 2019 fire that almost destroyed Paris’s iconic Notre Dame Cathedral, a team of engineers, masons, and timber workers set out on the daunting challenge of restoring France’s historic landmark. A symbol of the nation’s identity and resilience, Notre Dame gradually rises from the ashes, thanks to a restoration project like no other.

Season 50: 2022-23[edit]

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"London Super Tunnel"February 1, 20235001(950)
For over a decade, more than 10,000 engineers and construction workers race to build a brand-new subterranean railroad under London— the Elizabeth Line—London’s new Underground. One of Europe’s biggest engineering projects, the construction teams confront immense challenges, from building platforms and concourses the size of aircraft carriers hidden under London’s busiest shopping venue, Oxford Street, to designing, outfitting, and testing a fleet of 70 new high-speed trains from scratch in just two years. Facing delays and cost overruns worsened by the pandemic, the engineers and technicians race to create 10 new stations, learn to operate the new trains, and test out new 13-mile twin tunnels under London. Drawing on more than 1,500 hours of footage, NOVA provides intimate glimpses of the challenges, setbacks, and ingenious solutions that lead to ultimate success, as the Queen finally opens the Elizabeth Line on May 24, 2022.
"Star Chasers of Senegal"February 8, 20235002(951)
A NASA spacecraft named Lucy blasts off from Cape Canaveral on a mission to the Trojans, a group of asteroids over 400 million miles from Earth thought to hold important clues about the origins of our solar system. Just hours before, in Senegal, West Africa, a team of scientists sets out to capture extraordinarily precise observations vital to the success of the Lucy mission – crucial data needed to help NASA navigate Lucy to its asteroid targets across millions of miles of space. The team’s leader, Senegalese astronomer Maram Kaire, takes viewers on a journey to investigate his nation’s rich and deep history of astronomy, reaching back thousands of years – and the promising future ahead.
"Ancient Builders of the Amazon"February 15, 20235003(952)
Recent stunning discoveries are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a primeval wilderness, revealing traces of ancient civilizations that flourished there for centuries. Dense settlements indicate populations in the millions, supported by sophisticated agricultural systems, while huge geometric earthworks and roadways bear witness to complex religious ideas and social networks. The evidence is now clear that, far from being an untouched wilderness, the Amazon has been shaped by human hands for millennia.
"New Eye on the Universe"February 22, 20235004(953)
In July 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released its first images, looking further back in time than ever before to show our universe in stunningly beautiful detail. But that was just the beginning: With tons of new data and spectacular images flooding in, Webb is allowing scientists to peer deep in time to try to answer some of astronomy’s biggest questions. When – and how – did the first stars and galaxies form? And can we see the fingerprints of life in the atmospheres of distant worlds – or even within our own solar system?
"Weathering the Future"April 12, 20235005(954)
It’s hard not to notice: our weather is changing. From longer, hotter heat waves, to more intense rainstorms, to megafires and multi-year droughts, the U.S. is experiencing the full range of impacts from a changing global climate. At the same time, many on the front lines are fighting back – innovating solutions, marshaling ancient wisdom, and developing visionary ideas. The lessons they're learning today can help all of us adapt in the years ahead, as the planet gets warmer and our weather gets more extreme.
"Chasing Carbon Zero"April 26, 20235006(955)
The U.S. recently set an ambitious climate change goal: zero carbon emissions by 2050. And to achieve that, slash emissions in half by 2030. Is it possible? And what kind of technology would it take? Meet scientists and engineers who are convinced we can achieve carbon zero in time to avoid the biggest impacts of climate change.
"Saving the Right Whale"May 3, 20235007(956)
North Atlantic right whales are among the planet’s most critically endangered large ocean mammals. With fewer than 350 remaining as of 2023, they could be extinct within 20 years. But teams of marine biologists and whale rescuers are determined to help save the species. Follow their efforts and get a glimpse into the lives of these giants of the sea and their prospects for survival.
"Hidden Volcano Abyss"May 10, 20235008(957)
In January 2022, one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history rocked the Pacific islands of Tonga, sending shockwaves around the world. Through first-person accounts of the disaster and eyewitness footage, experience the terrifying power of the eruption and the devastating tsunami that struck the shores of Tonga. Why was this eruption so big, how did it cause the tsunami, and could another disaster loom?
"Your Brain: Perception Deception"May 17, 20235009(958)
Is what you see real? Join neuroscientist Heather Berlin on a quest to understand how your brain shapes your reality, and why you can’t always trust what you perceive. In the first hour of this two-part series, learn what the latest research shows about how your brain processes and shapes the world around you, and discover the surprising tricks and shortcuts your brain takes to help you survive.
"Your Brain: Who's in Control?"May 24, 20235010(959)
Are you in control, or is your brain controlling you? Dive into the latest research on the subconscious with neuroscientist Heather Berlin. Sleepwalking, anesthesia, game theory, and more reveal surprising insights in this eye-opening journey to discover what’s really driving the decisions you make.
"Birth of the Sky"October 4, 20235011(959)
See how Earth transformed from a barren hellscape to a planet capable of sustaining life.
"Frozen"October 11, 2023(959)
How did life survive on a planet covered in ice from pole to pole?
"Life Rising"October 18, 2023(959)
See how life made the leap to land, turning a barren landscape into a lush, green world.
"Inferno"October 25, 2023(959)
How did life bounce back after a cataclysmic extinction wiped out some 90% of all species?
"Inside China's Tech Boom"November 8, 2023(959)
The inside story of China’s meteoric rise to the forefront of global innovation.
"The Battle to Beat Malaria"November 15, 2023(959)
Follow the quest to create a lifesaving malaria vaccine.