Season 36
(2008)
Cast
Episodes
Arctic Dinosaurs 0.0
October 7, 2008
Most people imagine dinosaurs lurking in warm locales with swamps and jungles, dining on vegetation and each other. But…
Space Shuttle Disaster 8.0
October 14, 2008
At the end of a nearly flawless 15-day mission in early 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry i…
Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives 0.0
October 21, 2008
Join Mark Everett on his quixotic quest to understand his father Hugh, creator of a radical theory of quantum physics.
Hunting The Hidden Dimension 0.0
October 28, 2008
Fractals are more than just pretty pictures. These simple but sophisticated equations describe the world we live in, fr…
Alien From Earth 6.0
November 11, 2008
The 2004 discovery of tiny human fossil bones on the island of Flores, Indonesia, raised new—and controversial—speculat…
The Bible's Buried Secrets 0.0
November 18, 2008
An archeological detective story tackling some of the biggest questions in biblical studies: Where did the ancient Isra…
Ocean Animal Emergency 0.0
November 25, 2008
NOVA takes you inside a very special ER to witness the efforts of wildlife veterinarians as they fight to save their an…
Is There Life On Mars? 0.0
December 30, 2008
After four decades of fly-by probes, orbiters, landers, and rovers, the quest for life on Mars is as tantalizing as eve…
The Big Energy Gamble 0.0
January 20, 2009
As Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger launches a dramatic and controversial program to slash carbon dioxide …
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies 5.0
January 27, 2009
Orange-and-black wings fill the sky as NOVA charts one of nature's most remarkable phenomena: the epic migration of mon…
The Spy Factory 10.0
February 3, 2009
In this program, an eye-opening documentary on the National Security Agency by best-selling author James Bamford and Em…
Rat Attack 9.0
February 24, 2009
Once every 48 years, bamboo forests in parts of northeast India go into exuberant flower. Then, like clockwork, the flo…
Extreme Ice 7.0
March 24, 2009
In collaboration with National Geographic, NOVA follows the exploits of acclaimed photojournalist James Balog and a sci…
Last Extinction 0.0
March 31, 2009
An examination over whether a comet struck the Great Lakes region 12,900 years ago, and whether it caused the extinctio…
Doctors' Diaries Pt.1 0.0
April 7, 2009
In 1987, NOVA's cameras began rolling to chronicle the lives of seven young, bright medical students embarking on the l…
Doctors' Diaries Pt.2 0.0
April 14, 2009
In 1987, NOVA's cameras began rolling to chronicle the lives of seven young, bright medical students embarking on the l…
Musical Minds 0.0
June 30, 2009
An exploration of the effect of music on the brain via four case studies from neurologist Oliver Sacks book "Musicopia"…