Season 18
(1991)
Cast
Episodes
Return to Mt. St. Helens 0.0
January 8, 1991
NOVA returns to Mount St. Helens a decade after its cataclysmic eruption to learn how nature is recovering from the dis…
ConFusion in a Jar 0.0
April 30, 1991
An experiment that could mean limitless supplies of energy sets the scientific world on its head. NOVA covers the cold …
The Hunt for China's Dinosaurs (1) 0.0
February 5, 1991
NOVA covers the most elaborate expedition ever undertaken in the search for dinosaurs—to China's Gobi desert. Paleontol…
Case of the Flying Dinosaur 0.0
February 12, 1991
Are dinosaurs still among us? NOVA looks at the contentious question of whether present-day birds are dinosaurs. Over t…
T. rex Exposed 0.0
February 19, 1991
Tyrannosaurus rex, the terrifying kind of the dinos, recently turned up in a nearly complete skeleton in Montana. NOVA …
The Russian Right Stuff: The Invisible Spaceman 0.0
February 26, 1991
In the first program of a three-part miniseries on the Soviet space program, NOVA profiles the mysterious genius behind…
The Russian Right Stuff: The Dark Side of the Moon 0.0
February 27, 1991
NOVA reveals the details of Moscow's secret plan to reach the moon ahead of the Americans. Was Neil Armstrong's "giant …
The Russian Right Stuff: The Mission 0.0
February 28, 1991
In an unprecedented insider's look, NOVA covers the training, flight and recovery of a cosmonaut crew that visits the S…
Swimming With Whales 8.0
March 5, 1991
Gregory Peck narrates a scientific voyage around Vancouver Island in search of whales. Humpbacks, Killers, Grays and ot…
The Chip vs. the Chess Master 0.0
March 26, 1991
Will machines be able to beat us at our own game? The computer chess champ matches wits with the human world titleholde…
Sex, Lies and Toupee Tape 0.0
October 1, 1991
NOVA covers the causes and attempted cures of baldness. Some men take pride in their bald heads; others will go to grea…
So You Want to Be a Doctor? 0.0
October 9, 1991
In a two-hour special, NOVA follows seven aspiring doctors through four years of medical school. The first examination,…
Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls 0.0
October 15, 1991
Forty years after they were discovered, the Dead Sea Scrolls have yet to be published in their entirety. NOVA looks at …
Suicide Mission to Chernobyl 0.0
October 22, 1991
NOVA accompanies Soviet scientists on a deadly mission inside the sarcophagus-the massive structure that entombs the Ch…
Taller Than Everest? 0.0
November 5, 1991
The tallest mountain in the world? Think again—cartographers had to when satellite date revealed a peak called "K2" mig…
Fastest Planes in the Sky 0.0
November 12, 1991
The fastest machines in the sky are going to be slow stuff when the latest speed demons on the drawing board take to th…
Avoiding the Surgeon's Knife 0.0
December 3, 1991
NOVA follows the efforts of four participants in a celebrated California study to unblock arteries without using drugs …
Skyscraper! A NOVA Special 0.0
December 10, 1991
This 80-minute NOVA pledge special chronicles the building of the Worldwide Plaza, 47-story office tower in midtown Man…
The Fine Art of Faking It 0.0
December 17, 1991
The spectacular eclipse of 1991 passed over major observatories on the island of Hawaii. NOVA was there for 6 1/2 minut…