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NOVA brings you stories from the frontlines of science and engineering, answering the big questions of today and tomorrow, from how our ancestors lived, to whether parallel universes exist, to how technology will transform our lives.

Genres: History | Nature
Station: PBS (US)
Rating: 6.5/10 from 2 users
Status: Running
Start: 1974-03-03

NOVA Season 12 Air Dates

Wednesday
Jan 16, 1985

02:00
S12E01 - Edgerton and His Incredible Seeing Machines Air Date: Jan 16, 1985 02:00 - 40 years ago

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NOVA explores the fascinating world of Dr. Harold Edgerton, electronics wizard and inventor extraordinaire, whose invention of the electronic strobe, a "magic lamp," has enabled the human eye to see the unseen.

Wednesday
Jan 23, 1985

02:00
S12E02 - Global Village Air Date: Jan 23, 1985 02:00 - 40 years ago

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NOVA presents an in-depth look at India's attempt to use satellite technology to leapfrog into the era of space-age communication and whether it brings benefit or blight to India's villages and rural areas.

Wednesday
Jan 30, 1985

02:00
S12E03 - Conquest of the Parasites Air Date: Jan 30, 1985 02:00 - 40 years ago

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NOVA examines the complex world of parasites, parasitic diseases and the exciting work currently being done by a new breed of medical researchers as they meet the challenge of conquering the world's number one medical problem.

Wednesday
Feb 06, 1985

02:00
S12E04 - In the Land of the Polar Bears Air Date: Feb 06, 1985 02:00 - 40 years ago

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A rare look at the beautiful and desolate Wrangel Island-a Soviet possession 300 miles off the coast of Alaska-as seen through the eyes of Soviet Filmmaker and naturalist Yuri Ledin. Wrangel Island is not only the home to Siberian snow geese, polar foxes and walruses, but serves as the world's largest denning area for polar bears.

Wednesday
Feb 13, 1985

02:00
S12E05 - AIDS: Chapter One Air Date: Feb 13, 1985 02:00 - 40 years ago

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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, is a deadly disease that has struck down some 2,000 people in the four years since its discovery. NOVA examines how modern science has been unraveling the mystery of this baffling ailment.

Wednesday
Feb 20, 1985

02:00
S12E06 - The Shape of Things Air Date: Feb 20, 1985 02:00 - 40 years ago

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Sea shells, crystals, honeycombs, eggs and seeds: They are shaped the way they are for a reason. NOVA takes viewers on a unique journey of discovery to find out why things are shaped the way they are and why they work so well.

Wednesday
Feb 27, 1985

02:00
S12E07 - Baby Talk Air Date: Feb 27, 1985 02:00 - 40 years ago

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It's a mystery just how children acquire language. Does the process begin in the womb? And which comes first, language or thought? NOVA explores the fascinating world of baby talk and reveals the latest theories on this remarkable achievement.

Wednesday
Mar 06, 1985

02:00
S12E08 - The Mathematical Mystery Tour Air Date: Mar 06, 1985 02:00 - 40 years ago

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Imagine a bottle with no inside or a number bigger than infinity or parallel lines that meet. Welcome to the world of pure mathematics. NOVA offers a look into a wholly abstract, quirky world of mathematics.

Wednesday
Mar 13, 1985

02:00
S12E09 - Child's Play: Prodigies and Possibilities Air Date: Mar 13, 1985 02:00 - 40 years ago

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What do Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the painter Raphael and chess champion Bobby Fischer have in common? They were all child prodigies. NOVA explores the current efforts to learn more about the nature of giftedness.

Wednesday
Mar 20, 1985

02:00
S12E10 - Monarch of the Mountains Air Date: Mar 20, 1985 02:00 - 40 years ago

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NOVA explores the breeding, migration and survival patterns of the Rocky Mountain elk in a unique film, made totally under natural conditions. Telephoto lenses were used so as not to disturb the animals; filmmakers spent 18 months tracking the elk through the breathtaking Wyoming Rockies.

Wednesday
Oct 09, 1985

01:00
S12E11 - The National Science Test II Air Date: Oct 09, 1985 01:00 - 39 years ago

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In NOVA's special sequel to1984's National Science Test, viewers can match wits with celebrity panelists David Attenborough, Michelle Johnson, Edwin Newman and Alvin Poussaint and a live studio audience. Art Fleming hosts.

Wednesday
Oct 16, 1985

01:00
S12E12 - Seeds of Tomorrow Air Date: Oct 16, 1985 01:00 - 39 years ago

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NOVA examines worldwide efforts of scientists who employ aggressive agricultural technologies to ensure food for the future.

Wednesday
Oct 23, 1985

01:00
S12E13 - What Einstein Never Knew Air Date: Oct 23, 1985 01:00 - 39 years ago

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Albert Einstein did not live to find the answer. NOVA follows a new generation of physicists in their search to explain the mystery of the universe.

Wednesday
Oct 30, 1985

02:00
S12E14 - The Robot Revolution? Air Date: Oct 30, 1985 02:00 - 39 years ago

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How are the computer and the robot affecting the way we work? NOVA chronicles the new industrial revolution reshaping the American workplace.

Wednesday
Nov 06, 1985

02:00
S12E15 - The Magic of Special Effects Air Date: Nov 06, 1985 02:00 - 39 years ago

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NOVA cameras go behind-the-scenes to reveal the new art of illusion, Hollywood-style, focusing on three blockbuster films—"Return of the Jedi," "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "2010: The Year We Made Contact."

Wednesday
Nov 13, 1985

02:00
S12E16 - Child Survival: The Silent Emergency Air Date: Nov 13, 1985 02:00 - 39 years ago

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NOVA charts the progress of an ambitious worldwide health program established to save the lives of millions of children who continue to die from common but curable diseases.

Wednesday
Nov 20, 1985

02:00
S12E17 - Tornado! Air Date: Nov 20, 1985 02:00 - 39 years ago

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NOVA follows a chase team—a group of scientists who chart deadly tornadoes—in an effort to learn more about predicting nature's most powerful and elusive weather phenomenon.

Wednesday
Nov 27, 1985

02:00
S12E18 - The Genetic Gamble Air Date: Nov 27, 1985 02:00 - 39 years ago

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NOVA examines current research and its ethical implications as modern medicine confronts the era of human gene therapy.

Wednesday
Dec 04, 1985

02:00
S12E19 - Animal Architects Air Date: Dec 04, 1985 02:00 - 39 years ago

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NOVA examines the intricate world of nature's construction industry and presents rare footage of unusual habits.

Wednesday
Dec 18, 1985

02:00
S12E20 - The Plane that Changed the World Air Date: Dec 18, 1985 02:00 - 39 years ago

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NOVA joins the 50th anniversary celebration of the DC-3—the plane that revolutionized commercial air travel, served gallantly in World War II and is called the most important plane ever built.

Wednesday
Mar 13, 1985

02:00
S12E21 - Child's Play: Prodigies and Possibilities Air Date: Mar 13, 1985 02:00 - 40 years ago

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Wednesday
Mar 20, 1985

02:00
S12E22 - Monarch of the Mountains Air Date: Mar 20, 1985 02:00 - 40 years ago

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