Season 17 poster

Season 17

(1990)

Cast

Episodes

Poison in the Rockies poster

Poison in the Rockies 0.0

January 9, 1990

NOVA reports on the 100-year-old legacy of pollution from mining that poisons the once-pristine waters of the Rocky Mou…

Race for the Top poster

Race for the Top 0.0

January 23, 1990

Using some of the largest machines ever built on earth, American and European physicists race to discover one of the mo…

Disguises of War poster

Disguises of War 0.0

February 6, 1990

Sixty-five years after attempts to ban them, chemical weapons pose more of a threat than ever. NOVA looks at the proble…

The Bomb's Lethal Legacy poster

The Bomb's Lethal Legacy 0.0

February 13, 1990

NOVA examines an alarming nuclear waste problem at the Hanfrod Nuclear Reservation in eastern Washington state, where 4…

The Big Spill poster

The Big Spill 0.0

February 27, 1990

Covering last year's Exxon Valdez oil spill from an unexplored angle, NOVA focuses on how technology failed in preventi…

The Genius That Was China: Rise of the Dragon poster

The Genius That Was China: Rise of the Dragon 0.0

March 20, 1990

China in the 13th century was the richest, most powerful, most technologically advanced civilization on earth. NOVA loo…

The Genius That Was China: Empires in Collision poster

The Genius That Was China: Empires in Collision 0.0

March 27, 1990

NOVA examines the extraordinary transformation that propelled Europe outward into the world from the 15th to 18th centu…

The Genius that Was China: The Threat from Japan poster

The Genius that Was China: The Threat from Japan 0.0

April 3, 1990

Ever wonder how junk mail finds you? NOVA investigates the hidden world of direct marketing, pointing out how advertise…

The Genius That Was China: Will the Dragon Rise Again? poster

The Genius That Was China: Will the Dragon Rise Again? 0.0

April 10, 1990

NOVA covers China's long road to economic and technological equality with the West, punctuated by frequent setbacks suc…

The KGB, The Computer and Me poster

The KGB, The Computer and Me 0.0

October 2, 1990

This documentary covers the surprising tale of an average systems administrator who stumbled upon a KGB spy operation. …

Neptune's Cold Fury poster

Neptune's Cold Fury 0.0

October 9, 1990

NOVA visits Neptune, the planet that took Voyager 12 years to reach. Mysteries abound in and around this big, blue worl…

To Boldly Go... poster

To Boldly Go... 0.0

October 16, 1990

NOVA chronicles the Voyager space mission—from Earth to the ends of the solar system. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and dozen…

Poisoned Winds of War poster

Poisoned Winds of War 0.0

October 23, 1990

Sixty-five years after attempts to ban them, chemical weapons pose more of a threat than ever. NOVA looks at the proble…

The Blimp is Back! poster

The Blimp is Back! 0.0

October 30, 1990

NOVA examines the troubled past and promising future of blimps, zeppelins, cyclocranes and other species of airships. T…

Earthquake! poster

Earthquake! 0.0

November 6, 1990

NOVA looks at the high-stakes quest to predict earthquakes. Despite past disappointments, geologists still hope to divi…

Killing Machines poster

Killing Machines 0.0

November 13, 1990

Robotic weapons that seek out and destroy ships, planes, and other targets are the wave of the future. NOVA questions w…

Can the Elephant Be Saved? poster

Can the Elephant Be Saved? 0.0

November 20, 1990

Is the ivory ban in the elephant's best interest? NOVA looks at the controversial strategies to save the world's larges…

We Know Where You Live poster

We Know Where You Live 0.0

November 27, 1990

Ever wonder how junk mail finds you? NOVA investigates the hidden world of direct marketing, pointing out how advertise…

In the Land of the Llamas poster

In the Land of the Llamas 0.0

December 4, 1990

NOVA profiles the llama, alpaca, vicuna and guanaco of South America. At one time nearly extinct, these four members of…

What's Killing the Children? poster

What's Killing the Children? 0.0

December 18, 1990

NOVA tracks a mysterious disease that suddenly and fatally attacks the children of a small Brazilian town. Researchers …