Season 2
(1974)
Cast
Episodes
Why Do Birds Sing? 0.0
November 3, 1974
NOVA travels to forests and marshes to discover why birds sing and finds surprising parallels with the acquisition of s…
How Much Do You Smell? 0.0
November 10, 1974
Many insects and some mammals use smell as a primary means of communication. NOVA explains how, for example, the entire…
The Hunting Of The Quark 0.0
November 17, 1974
Smashing matter into ever smaller pieces in an attempt to find its fundamental building blocks has produced a confused …
The Secrets Of Sleep 0.0
November 24, 1974
Most of us spend one-third of our lives in a state of which we understand remarkably little—some people sleep for only …
Inside the Golden Gate 0.0
December 1, 1974
NOVA joins a team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists on a mission to find out just how San Francisco Bay works: its p…
The Men Who Painted Caves 0.0
December 8, 1974
Just why did Cro-Magnon man living in France's Dordogne Valley some 15,000 years ago take time out from the desperate b…
Red Sea Coral 0.0
December 15, 1974
NOVA joins a group of English biologists living literally on a platform in the middle of the Red Sea, who for several y…
War From the Air 0.0
January 5, 1975
What Time is Your Body? 0.0
January 12, 1975
Have you ever sensed that your body reacts differently at different times of the day? NOVA examines the best and worset…
The Rise And Fall Of DDT 0.0
January 19, 1975
Has the case against DDT been proven? A strange question, perhaps, to be asking one year after the US has banned the in…
Take the World From Another Point of View 0.0
February 2, 1975
NOVA profiles two very different scientists: Richard Feynman, a theoretical physicist, at the pinnacle of his career—a …
The Lysenko Affair 0.0
February 9, 1975
NOVA explores T.D. Lynsenko's rise to power in the Soviet Union in the early 20th century, and how it affected plant ge…
The Tuaregs 0.0
February 16, 1975
High in the Hoggar Mountains, in the exact center of the Sahara desert, lives Sidi Mohammed and his family: children, g…
The Plutonium Connection 0.0
March 9, 1975
How likely is it that a terrorist group will steal plutonium intended for nuclear reactor fuel and put together a black…
The Other Way 0.0
March 16, 1975
Since the Industrial Revolution, bigger has been better. NOVA profiles E.F. Schumacher, the author of Small is Beautifu…
The Lost World Of The Maya 0.0
March 30, 1975
For over a thousand years the Mayan civilization grew and flourished in the rain forests of Central America. Discovered…
Will The Fishing Have to Stop? 0.0
April 6, 1975
Fish is an excellent source of protein; it could help ease the growing international food shortage. But in 1972 the tot…