Season 38
(2010)
Cast
Episodes
Building the Great Cathedrals 6.0
October 19, 2010
Take a dazzling architectural journey inside those majestic marvels of Gothic architecture, the great cathedrals of Cha…
Emergency Mine Rescue 5.0
October 26, 2010
This one-hour film chronicles the fate of the 33 miners trapped in a collapsed Chilean gold and copper mine in August 2…
Trapped in an Elevator 5.0
November 2, 2010
A documentary examining the ubiquitous transportation device as used in modern day and features a recounting of a real-…
Dogs Decoded 7.5
November 9, 2010
"Dogs Decoded" reveals the science behind the remarkable bond between humans and their dogs and investigates new discov…
Secrets of Stonehenge 5.0
November 16, 2010
Dated to the late Stone Age, Stonehenge may be the best-known and most mysterious relic of prehistory. Every year, a mi…
Quest for Solomon's Mines 6.0
November 23, 2010
Countless treasure-seekers have set off in search of King Solomon's mines, trekking through burning deserts and scaling…
Secrets Beneath the Ice 0.0
December 28, 2010
Almost three miles of ice buries most of Antarctica, cloaking a continent half again as large as the United States. But…
Deadliest Earthquakes 0.0
January 11, 2011
In 2010, several epic earthquakes delivered one of the worst annual death tolls ever recorded. The deadliest strike, in…
Making Stuff: Stronger 0.0
January 19, 2011
What is the strongest material in the world? Is it steel, Kevlar, carbon nanotubes, or something entirely new? NOVA kic…
Making Stuff: Smaller 7.0
January 26, 2011
How small can we go? Could we one day have robots taking "fantastic voyages" in our bodies to kill rogue cells? The tri…
Making Stuff: Cleaner 0.0
February 2, 2011
Can innovations in materials science help clean up our world? In "Making Stuff: Cleaner," David Pogue explores the rapi…
Making Stuff: Smarter 0.0
February 9, 2011
"Making Stuff: Smarter" looks at materials that respond to their environments and even learn, such as an airplane wing …
Smartest Machine on Earth 7.5
February 9, 2011
Augmenting human intelligence is a lot tougher than it looks, and the promise of "Hal" from 2001: A Space Odyssey is st…
Crash of Flight 447 0.0
February 16, 2011
On June 1, 2009, Flight AF447, an Air France Airbus A330 flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, disappeared over the Atla…
Venom: Nature's Killer 0.0
February 23, 2011
Over the millennia, thousands of creatures have developed that most sophisticated of biological and chemical weapons: v…
Japan's Killer Quake 6.0
March 30, 2011
In its worst crisis since World War II, Japan faces disaster on an epic scale: a death toll likely in the tens of thous…
Power Surge 7.0
April 20, 2011
Can emerging technology defeat global warming? The United States has invested tens of billions of dollars in clean ener…
How Smart Are Animals? 0.0
February 9, 2011
Would you care to match wits with a dog, an octopus, a dolphin, or a parrot? You may think twice after watching the seg…