Season 40
(2012)
Cast
Episodes
Secrets of the Viking Sword 0.0
October 10, 2012
The Vikings were among the fiercest warriors of all time. Yet only a select few carried the ultimate weapon of their er…
Forensics on Trial 7.0
October 17, 2012
There is a startling gap between the glamorous television world of “CSI” and the gritty reality of the forensic crime l…
Mystery of Easter Island 6.5
November 7, 2012
A remote, bleak speck of rock in the middle of the Pacific, Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, has mystified the world ever si…
Ultimate Mars Challenge 7.0
November 14, 2012
Why go back to Mars? Far from dead, Mars holds untold potential. Nearly half a century of Mars exploration has yielded …
Inside the Megastorm 0.0
November 18, 2012
Was Hurricane Sandy a freak combination of weather systems? Or are hurricanes increasing in intensity due to a warming …
Doomsday Volcanoes 0.0
January 2, 2013
In April, 2010 the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano turned much of Europe into an ash-strewn no-fly zone,…
Decoding Neanderthals 0.0
January 9, 2013
Examining evidence about Neanderthals that sheds light on the hominids, which died off some 30,000 years ago. Included:…
Rise of the Drones 0.0
January 23, 2013
Drones. These unmanned flying robots–some as large as jumbo jets, others as small as birds–do things straight out of sc…
Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby? 0.0
January 30, 2013
In the aftermath of his 1927 solo transatlantic flight, Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh–the Lone Eagle–became the mo…
Building Pharaoh's Chariot 9.0
February 6, 2013
3,600-year-old reliefs in Egyptian tombs and temples depict pharaohs and warriors proudly riding into battle on horse-d…
Earth From Space 0.0
February 13, 2013
"Earth From Space" is a groundbreaking two-hour special that reveals a spectacular new space-based vision of our planet…
Mind of a Rampage Killer 0.0
February 20, 2013
What makes a person walk into a theater or a church or a classroom full of students and open fire? What combination of …
Meteor Strike 8.0
March 27, 2013
On February 15, 2013, a 7,000-ton asteroid crashed into the Earth's atmosphere over Russia with the power of 30 Hiroshi…
Ancient Computer 0.0
April 3, 2013
In 1900, Greek sponge divers discovered a 2,000 year-old shipwreck containing a geared bronze mechanism whose workings …
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Awakening 9.0
April 10, 2013
Hidden in the red hills of western Australia are clues to the mysteries of when the Earth was born, how life first aros…
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Life Explodes 9.0
April 17, 2013
How did life storm the beaches and dominate planet Earth? Ancient Australian fossils offer clues in "Life Explodes." Ha…
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Monsters 9.0
April 24, 2013
"Monsters" begins Down Under at the dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs. Host Richard Smith comes face-to-face with the previo…
Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures 0.0
May 1, 2013
In the wake of the catastrophic asteroid impact believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs, Australia was set adrift on a…
Manhunt - Boston Bombers 5.0
May 29, 2013
NOVA follows the manhunt for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombers examining the role modern technology played in the case.
Oklahoma's Deadliest Tornadoes 0.0
May 29, 2013
On May 20, 2013, a ferocious EF5 tornado over a mile wide tore through Moore, Oklahoma, inflicting 24 deaths and oblite…