Season 30
(2002)
Cast
Episodes
Killer Disease on Campus 0.0
September 3, 2002
Doctors combat the deadliest for of meningitis which strikes young people out of the blue.
Mysterious Life of Caves 0.0
October 1, 2002
Toxic caverns teaming with strange life-forms spark a brand new theory about how caves form.
Lost Roman Treasure 0.0
October 8, 2002
Experts rescue pricess mosaics from an ancient city that is about to disapear beneath a resivoir.
Galileo's Battle for the Heavens 7.0
October 29, 2002
In this two-hour special, NOVA celebrates the story of the father of modern science and his struggle to get Church auth…
Volcano's Deadly Warning 0.0
November 12, 2002
In January 1993, six scientists and three hikers were scalded and crushed to death when they ventured into the smoking …
Sinking City of Venice 0.0
November 19, 2002
Experts struggle to save the City of Canals before it vanishes beneath the waves.
The Orchid Hunter 0.0
November 26, 2002
For nine months in 2000, Tom Hart Dyke was a captive of guerrillas who seized him while he was collecting wild orchids …
Spies That Fly 0.0
January 7, 2003
The air war in Afghanistan showed that sometimes the hottest pilots are sitting on the ground operating the remote cont…
Last Flight of Bomber 31 0.0
January 14, 2003
On March 25, 1944, a U.S. Navy bomber disappeared into the fog over the Bering Sea heading for a Japanese target. Fifty…
Ancient Creature of the Deep 0.0
January 21, 2003
NOVA chronicles the discovery of a "living fossil," a fish called the coelacanth that has remained relatively unchanged…
Battle of the X-Planes 8.0
February 4, 2003
A behind the scenes look at the competition to build the Joint Strike Fighter. Cameras follow engineering teams from Bo…
Mountain of Ice 0.0
February 11, 2003
In this high-altitude adventure, Jon Krakauer, author of Into Thin Air, world-class mountaineer Conrad Anker, and their…
Lost Treasures of Tibet 0.0
February 18, 2003
Before Leonardo da Vinci painted "The Last Supper," Tibetan craftsmen were creating stunning artistry of their deities …
Dirty Bomb 0.0
February 25, 2003
"Dirty Bomb" probes the realities and implications for public health policy of a disaster that many consider to be all …
Deep Sea Invasion 0.0
April 1, 2003
In 1989 marine biologist Alexandre Meinesz went diving off southern France and was stunned by what he saw: a dense blan…
Secret of Photo 51 10.0
April 15, 2003
On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published their groundbreaking discovery of the double helix structur…