Season 41 poster

Season 41

(2013)

Cast

Episodes

Ground Zero Supertower poster

Ground Zero Supertower 7.0

September 11, 2013

NOVA kicks off the fall season with a return to Ground Zero to witness the final chapter in an epic story of engineerin…

Megastorm Aftermath poster

Megastorm Aftermath 5.7

October 9, 2013

In October 2012, superstorm Sandy cut a path of devastation across the Caribbean and the East Coast, killing hundreds a…

Making Stuff Faster poster

Making Stuff Faster 8.0

October 16, 2013

Ever since humans stood on two feet we have had the basic urge to go faster. But are there physical limits to how fast …

Making Stuff Wilder poster

Making Stuff Wilder 8.0

October 23, 2013

What happens when scientists open up nature's toolbox? In "Making Stuff Wilder," David Pogue explores bold new innovati…

Making Stuff Colder poster

Making Stuff Colder 7.0

October 30, 2013

Cold is the new hot in this brave new world. For centuries we've fought it, shunned it, and huddled against it. Cold ha…

Making Stuff Safer poster

Making Stuff Safer 7.0

November 6, 2013

The world has always been a dangerous place, so how do we increase our odds of survival? In "Making Stuff Safer," David…

Cold Case JFK poster

Cold Case JFK 6.7

November 13, 2013

For decades, the assassination of John F. Kennedy has fueled dark rumors of conspiracies and mishandled evidence. Now, …

At the Edge of Space poster

At the Edge of Space 6.0

November 20, 2013

Between the blue sky above and the infinite blackness beyond lies a frontier that scientists have only just begun to in…

Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday? poster

Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday? 0.0

November 20, 2013

The asteroid that exploded over Siberia—injuring more than 1,000 and damaging buildings in six cities—was a shocking re…

Alien Planets Revealed  poster

Alien Planets Revealed 0.0

January 8, 2014

It’s a golden age for planet hunters: NASA's Kepler mission has identified more than 3,500 potential planets orbiting s…

Zeppelin Terror Attack poster

Zeppelin Terror Attack 0.0

January 15, 2014

NOVA investigates the technology behind the World War One Zeppelin bombing campaigns, both the airships themselves and …

Killer Typhoon poster

Killer Typhoon 0.0

January 22, 2014

It was the strongest cyclone to hit land in recorded history. On November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the Phil…

Ghosts of Murdered Kings poster

Ghosts of Murdered Kings 0.0

January 29, 2014

In the rolling hills of Ireland's County Tipperary, a laborer harvesting peat from a dried-up bog spots the remnants of…

Roman Catacomb Mystery poster

Roman Catacomb Mystery 4.0

February 5, 2014

Beneath the streets of Rome lies a city of the dead known as the Catacombs—a labyrinth of tunnels, hundreds of miles lo…

Great Cathedral Mystery poster

Great Cathedral Mystery 0.0

February 12, 2014

The dome that crowns Florence’s great cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore—the Duomo—is a towering masterpiece of Renaiss…

Wild Predator Invasion poster

Wild Predator Invasion 0.0

April 2, 2014

Over the last few centuries we have shot, trapped, and skinned the predators that formerly thrived at the top of the fo…

Inside Animal Minds: Bird Genius poster

Inside Animal Minds: Bird Genius 0.0

April 9, 2014

When it comes to intelligence, we humans are clearly the most gifted animals around. But what make us so special? Is it…

Inside Animal Minds: Dogs & Super Senses poster

Inside Animal Minds: Dogs & Super Senses 0.0

April 16, 2014

What is it like to be a dog, a shark, or a bird? Long the subject of human daydreams, this question is now getting seri…

Inside Animal Minds: Who's the Smartest? poster

Inside Animal Minds: Who's the Smartest? 0.0

April 23, 2014

What makes an animal smart? What forces of evolution drive brains to become more complex? Many scientists believe the s…

Why Sharks Attack poster

Why Sharks Attack 0.0

May 7, 2014

In recent years, an unusual spate of deadly shark attacks has gripped Australia, resulting in five deaths in ten months…

Escape From Nazi Alcatraz poster

Escape From Nazi Alcatraz 0.0

May 14, 2014

Colditz Castle, a notorious prisoner of war camp in Nazi Germany, was supposed to be escape-proof. But in the dark days…

D-Day's Sunken Secrets poster

D-Day's Sunken Secrets 7.0

May 28, 2014

On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched the biggest armada in history to invade the Normandy beaches and liberate Europe f…