Name: NOVA
Rating: 6.5

Wednesday
Oct 08, 1997
01:00

S25E01 - Coma Air Date: Oct 08, 1997 01:00 - 28 years ago

Neurosurgeon Jamshid Ghajar sparks a revolution in the treatment of head-trauma victims.

Wednesday
Oct 15, 1997
01:00

S25E02 - Faster Than Sound Air Date: Oct 15, 1997 01:00 - 28 years ago

Top test pilots describe the dangers, mysteries, and thrill of being the first to fly at supersonic speed.

Wednesday
Oct 22, 1997
01:00

S25E03 - Bomb Squad Air Date: Oct 22, 1997 01:00 - 27 years ago

IRA terrorists and British bomb disposal experts tell insider stories of a deadly cat-and-mouse game.

Wednesday
Oct 29, 1997
02:00

S25E04 - The Proof Air Date: Oct 29, 1997 02:00 - 27 years ago

Princeton math sleuth Andrew Wiles goes undercover for eight years to solve history's most famous math problem: Fermat's Last Theorem.

Wednesday
Nov 12, 1997
02:00

S25E05 - Wild Wolves Air Date: Nov 12, 1997 02:00 - 27 years ago

NOVA exposes the secret life of the pack: where its members live, how they hunt, what their calls mean.

Thursday
Nov 13, 1997
02:00

S25E06 - Super Bridge Air Date: Nov 13, 1997 02:00 - 27 years ago

Engineers solve a unique set of problems in safety, aesthetics, and cost as they build a bridge over the Mississippi River.

Wednesday
Nov 19, 1997
02:00

S25E07 - Treasures of a Sunken City Air Date: Nov 19, 1997 02:00 - 27 years ago

Divers search the seafloor for one of the seven wonders of the ancient world: the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

Wednesday
Nov 26, 1997
02:00

S25E08 - Avalanche! Air Date: Nov 26, 1997 02:00 - 27 years ago

Scientists take you inside a snow slide to unlock its deadly secrets.

Wednesday
Dec 03, 1997
02:00

S25E09 - Danger in the Jet Stream Air Date: Dec 03, 1997 02:00 - 27 years ago

Wednesday
Jan 07, 1998
02:00

S25E10 - Night Creatures of the Kalahari Air Date: Jan 07, 1998 02:00 - 27 years ago

Wednesday
Jan 21, 1998
02:00

S25E11 - Mysterious Mummies of China Air Date: Jan 21, 1998 02:00 - 27 years ago

Three-thousand-year-old mummies with long blond hair and blue eyes are unearthed in a remote Chinese desert.

Wednesday
Jan 28, 1998
02:00

S25E12 - Supersonic Spies Air Date: Jan 28, 1998 02:00 - 27 years ago

The race to build the world's first supersonic passenger airliner leads to a massive Cold War espionage effort.

Wednesday
Feb 04, 1998
02:00

S25E13 - Animal Hospital Air Date: Feb 04, 1998 02:00 - 27 years ago

Wednesday
Feb 11, 1998
02:00

S25E14 - The Brain Eater Air Date: Feb 11, 1998 02:00 - 27 years ago

In this scientific mystery, NOVA ventures to the front lines of medical research where scientists are scrambling to understand the strange new ailment popularly known as "mad cow disease." Highly infectious and incurable, this disease has claimed the lives of nearly a million cattle in Britain, and a variant is responsible for a handful of deaths in humans. Millions more people may have been exposed, and now the race is on to determine if we are on the brink of another deadly epidemic like AIDS or Ebola. What scientists are finding is making them rethink many fundamental assumptions about epidemiology and may hold startling implications for public health in the future.

Wednesday
Feb 25, 1998
02:00

S25E15 - Everest - The Death Zone Air Date: Feb 25, 1998 02:00 - 27 years ago

NOVA treks with a group of Himalayan climbers in their quest to reach the summit of Everest, along the way exploring in never-before-conducted tests how extremes of weather and altitude affect the human mind and body. Why do some people succumb so quickly to the ills caused by high altitude while others do not? Does exposure to extreme hypoxia—or lack of oxygen—take a lasting toll on the mind and body? Images of the brain scanned before and after the expedition may reveal truths about the physical traumas suffered in an oxygen-depleted environment, and give us new insight into why the tallest mountain in the world has claimed so many victims.

Wednesday
Apr 01, 1998
02:00

S25E16 - Search for the Lost Cave People Air Date: Apr 01, 1998 02:00 - 27 years ago

Caves lining a rugged canyon deep in the Chiapas jungle hold clues to the little-known Zoque people.

Wednesday
Apr 22, 1998
01:00

S25E17 - Warnings from the Ice Air Date: Apr 22, 1998 01:00 - 27 years ago

Could the world be facing the next deluge—a catastrophic rise in sea levels—as a result of the rapid break-up of the huge Antarctic ice sheets? The ice sheets hold 70% of the world's fresh water in a deep freeze cold enough to shatter steel, but now scientists are racing to understand whether the recent calving of a Connecticut sized iceberg signals the beginning of a giant meltdown.

Wednesday
Apr 29, 1998
01:00

S25E18 - Crocodiles! Air Date: Apr 29, 1998 01:00 - 27 years ago

An unprecedented look at a dangerous predator, this is the second of three natural history programs hosted by Sir David Attenborough. Surviving virtually unchanged since the days of the dinosaur and found throughout the world, these remarkable creatures have the tools for survival. Long known as vicious hunters, new photographic techniques now allow us to see them cooperating with each other and protecting their families. From tiny babies hatching from the shell we see them grow into great beasts capable of standing up to the lion and bringing down a zebra. BBC production in association with WGBH.

Wednesday
May 13, 1998
01:00

S25E19 - The Truth About Impotence Air Date: May 13, 1998 01:00 - 27 years ago

NOVA reports on new hope for victims of erectile dysfunction, also known as impotence. Among the promising therapies covered in the program are ones developed by Dr. Irwin Goldstein of Boston University School of Medicine and Dr. Harin Padma-Nathan, director of the Male Clinic in Santa Monica, CA. Actual cases are profiled, featuring men talking candidly about their problem—and going through treatment—on camera. Erectile dysfunction affects an estimated 52% of men between the ages of 40 and 70.

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