Season 37 poster

Season 37

(2009)

Cast

Episodes

Darwin's Darkest Hour poster

Darwin's Darkest Hour 0.0

October 6, 2009

This two-hour scripted drama tells the remarkable story behind the unveiling of the most influential scientific theory …

Hubble's Amazing Rescue poster

Hubble's Amazing Rescue 7.0

October 13, 2009

The best-known scientific instrument in history was dying. After nearly 20 years in space and hundreds of thousands of …

Lizard Kings poster

Lizard Kings 5.0

October 20, 2009

Though they may look like dragons and inspire stories of man-eating, fire-spitting monsters with long claws, razor-shar…

Becoming Human: First Steps poster

Becoming Human: First Steps 8.7

November 3, 2009

The first hour examines the factors that caused the split from the apes. The film explores the fossil of “Selam,” also …

Becoming Human: Birth of Humanity poster

Becoming Human: Birth of Humanity 9.0

November 10, 2009

In gripping forensic detail, the second program in “Becoming Human” investigates the first skeleton that really looks l…

Becoming Human: Last Human Standing poster

Becoming Human: Last Human Standing 8.0

November 17, 2009

The final program examines the roots of our own species, Homo sapiens, which new evidence pinpoints to southern Africa …

What Are Dreams? poster

What Are Dreams? 7.0

November 24, 2009

What are dreams and why do we have them? Are they a window into a hidden realm within us? Science is only just beginnin…

What Darwin Never Knew poster

What Darwin Never Knew 0.0

December 29, 2009

NOVA takes viewers on a journey from the Galapagos Islands to the Arctic, and from the Cambrian explosion of animal for…

Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor poster

Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor 0.0

January 5, 2010

NOVA dives beneath the waters of Pearl Harbor to trace provocative new clues to one of the most tragic events of World …

Building Pharaoh's Ship poster

Building Pharaoh's Ship 6.0

January 12, 2010

A magnificent trading vessel embarks on a royal expedition to a mysterious, treasure-laden land called Punt. Is this jo…

Riddles of the Sphinx poster

Riddles of the Sphinx 0.0

January 19, 2010

A team of archeologists carries out experiments that reveal the techniques and labor invested in the carving of the Sph…

Ghosts of Machu Picchu poster

Ghosts of Machu Picchu 8.0

February 2, 2010

NOVA joins a new generation of archeologists as they probe areas of Machu Picchu that haven’t been touched since the ti…

Extreme Cave Diving poster

Extreme Cave Diving 6.0

February 9, 2010

"Extreme Cave Diving" follows a fearless team of scientists as they venture into blue holes—underwater caves that forme…

The Pluto Files poster

The Pluto Files 8.0

March 2, 2010

When the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium stopped calling Pluto a planet, director Neil deGrasse…

Hunting the Edge of Space: The Mystery of the Milky Way poster

Hunting the Edge of Space: The Mystery of the Milky Way 8.0

April 6, 2010

In a two-hour special, NOVA examines how a simple instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed our understandin…

Hunting the Edge of Space: The Ever Expanding Universe poster

Hunting the Edge of Space: The Ever Expanding Universe 8.0

April 13, 2010

In a two-hour special, NOVA examines how a simple instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed our understandin…

Mind Over Money poster

Mind Over Money 5.6

April 27, 2010

Exposes the mysterious and surprising nature of the two most powerful forces on the planet: the human mind and money. …

Mt. St. Helens Back From the Dead poster

Mt. St. Helens Back From the Dead 7.0

May 4, 2010

For 27 years, biologist Charlie Crisafulli has been documenting the dramatic return of plant and animal life to Mt. St.…