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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 18 Air Dates

Thursday
Oct 04, 1990

01:00
S18E01 - The KGB, The Computer and Me Air Date: Oct 04, 1990 01:00 - 35 years ago

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What happens when a Berkeley hippie turns detective and gets mixed up with the CIA and the KGB? NOVA follows computer sleuth Cliff Stoll as he tracks a data thief through a maze of military and research computers.
Wednesday
Oct 10, 1990

01:00
S18E02 - Neptune's Cold Fury Air Date: Oct 10, 1990 01:00 - 35 years ago

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NOVA visits Neptune, the planet that took Voyager 12 years to reach. Mysteries abound in and around this big, blue world at the outer limits of the Solar System. Narrated by Patrick Stewart.
Wednesday
Oct 17, 1990

01:00
S18E03 - To Boldly Go... Air Date: Oct 17, 1990 01:00 - 35 years ago

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NOVA chronicles the Voyager space mission – from Earth to the ends of the Solar System. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and dozens of moons star in this epic voyage of exploration and a new view of the Solar System. Narrated by Patrick Stewart.
Wednesday
Oct 24, 1990

01:00
S18E04 - Poisoned Winds of War Air Date: Oct 24, 1990 01:00 - 34 years ago

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Sixty-five years after attempts to ban them, chemical weapons pose more of a threat than ever. NOVA looks at the problem of controlling substances that are easily produced and cruelly effective.
Wednesday
Oct 31, 1990

02:00
S18E05 - The Blimp is Back! Air Date: Oct 31, 1990 02:00 - 34 years ago

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NOVA examines the troubled past and promising future of blimps, zeppelins, cyclocranes and other species of airships. There's life in the old gasbags yet.
Wednesday
Nov 07, 1990

02:00
S18E06 - Earthquake! Air Date: Nov 07, 1990 02:00 - 34 years ago

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NOVA looks at the high-stakes quest to predict earthquakes. Despite past disappointments, geologists still hope to divine the clues that precede nature's ultimate upheavals. Narrated by Avery Brooks.
Wednesday
Nov 14, 1990

02:00
S18E07 - Killing Machines Air Date: Nov 14, 1990 02:00 - 34 years ago

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Robotic weapons that seek out and destroy ships, planes, and other targets are the wave of the future. NOVA questions whether their proliferation may spell an end to superpower invincibility.
Wednesday
Nov 21, 1990

02:00
S18E08 - Can the Elephant Be Saved? Air Date: Nov 21, 1990 02:00 - 34 years ago

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Is the ivory ban in the elephant's best interest? NOVA looks at the controversial strategies to save the world's largest land animal from extinction.
Wednesday
Nov 28, 1990

02:00
S18E09 - We Know Where You Live Air Date: Nov 28, 1990 02:00 - 34 years ago

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NOVA investigates the hidden world of direct marketing, pointing out how advertisers know a lot more about people than they think.
Wednesday
Dec 05, 1990

02:00
S18E10 - In the Land of the Llamas Air Date: Dec 05, 1990 02:00 - 34 years ago

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NOVA profiles the llama, alpaca, vicuna and guanaco of South America. At one time nearly extinct, these four members of the camel family are exceptionally well adapted to life in the beautiful high Andes.
Wednesday
Dec 19, 1990

02:00
S18E11 - What's Killing the Children? Air Date: Dec 19, 1990 02:00 - 34 years ago

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NOVA tracks a mysterious disease that suddenly and fatally attacks the children of a small Brazilian town. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta are called in to crack the case.
Wednesday
Jan 09, 1991

02:00
S18E12 - Return to Mt. St. Helens Air Date: Jan 09, 1991 02:00 - 34 years ago

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NOVA returns to Mount St. Helens a decade after its cataclysmic eruption to learn how nature is recovering from the disaster.
Wednesday
May 01, 1991

01:00
S18E13 - ConFusion in a Jar Air Date: May 01, 1991 01:00 - 34 years ago

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An experiment that could mean limitless supplies of energy sets the scientific world on its head. NOVA covers the cold fusion controversy.
Wednesday
May 01, 1991

01:00
S18E14 - The Hunt for China's Dinosaurs Air Date: May 01, 1991 01:00 - 34 years ago

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NOVA covers the most elaborate expedition ever undertaken in the search for dinosaurs—to China's Gobi desert. Paleontologists brave sandstorms, heat and worse to find their fossils.
Wednesday
May 01, 1991

01:00
S18E15 - Case of the Flying Dinosaur Air Date: May 01, 1991 01:00 - 34 years ago

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NOVA looks at the question of whether present-day birds are dinosaurs. The origin of birds, avian dinosaurs, is explored.
Wednesday
May 01, 1991

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S18E16 - T-Rex Exposed Air Date: May 01, 1991 01:00 - 34 years ago

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Tyrannosaurus rex, a kind of dinosaur, recently turned up in a nearly complete skeleton in Montana. NOVA follows the dig to extract the bones and looks at the science and lore of dinosaurs in general.
Wednesday
May 01, 1991

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S18E17 - The Russian Right Stuff: The Invisible Spaceman Air Date: May 01, 1991 01:00 - 34 years ago

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In the first program of a three-part series on the Soviet space program, NOVA profiles the mysterious genius behind the world's first satellite, the first man to orbit the Earth and other early Russian triumphs in space.
Wednesday
May 01, 1991

01:00
S18E18 - The Russian Right Stuff: The Dark Side of the Moon Air Date: May 01, 1991 01:00 - 34 years ago

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NOVA reveals the details of Moscow's secret plan to reach the Moon ahead of the Americans.
Wednesday
May 01, 1991

01:00
S18E19 - The Russian Right Stuff: The Mission Air Date: May 01, 1991 01:00 - 34 years ago

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In an unprecedented insider's look, NOVA covers the training, flight and recovery of a cosmonaut crew that visits the Soviet space station Mir. Unexpected emergencies show that space travel is still far from routine.
Wednesday
May 01, 1991

01:00
S18E20 - Swimming with Whales Air Date: May 01, 1991 01:00 - 34 years ago

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Gregory Peck narrates a scientific voyage around Vancouver Island in search of whales. Humpbacks, Killers, Grays and other whale species make their appearance in spectacular, never-before-seen footage both above and below the waves.
Wednesday
May 01, 1991

01:00
S18E21 - The Chip vs. the Chessmaster Air Date: May 01, 1991 01:00 - 34 years ago

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The computer chess champ matches wits with the human world titleholder.

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