Season 42 poster

Season 42

(2014)

Cast

Episodes

Vaccines Calling the Shots poster

Vaccines Calling the Shots 0.0

September 10, 2014

Diseases that were largely eradicated in the United States a generation ago—whooping cough, measles, mumps—are returnin…

Rise of the Hackers poster

Rise of the Hackers 7.5

September 24, 2014

NOVA goes behind the scenes of the fast-paced world of cryptography to meet the scientists battling to keep our data sa…

Why Planes Vanish poster

Why Planes Vanish 7.5

October 8, 2014

NOVA tells the inside story of the search for Flight MH370 and meets the key players, from all corners of the globe, wh…

Surviving Ebola poster

Surviving Ebola 0.0

October 8, 2014

As the Ebola epidemic threatens to spiral out of control, NOVA reports from the hot zone, where courageous medical team…

Ben Franklin's Balloons poster

Ben Franklin's Balloons 8.0

October 22, 2014

NOVA re-creates key flights, including the world’s first manned voyage on November 21, 1783. A descendant of the Montgo…

First Air War poster

First Air War 7.5

October 29, 2014

When World War I began in 1914, the air forces of the opposing nations consisted of handfuls of rickety biplanes from w…

Bigger Than T. rex poster

Bigger Than T. rex 8.5

November 5, 2014

Follow the paleontologists who are reconstructing this terrifying carnivore, a 53-foot-long behemoth with a huge dorsal…

Emperor’s Ghost Army poster

Emperor’s Ghost Army 7.5

November 12, 2014

To defend himself in the afterlife, the First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, was buried in a vast mausoleum accompani…

Killer Landslides poster

Killer Landslides 7.7

November 19, 2014

In less than two minutes in March, a one-square-mile field of debris slammed into the Washington state community of Oso…

First Man on the Moon poster

First Man on the Moon 6.7

December 3, 2014

When Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, he won instant fame. Yet this accomplished engineer and test pilot was so det…

Big Bang Machine poster

Big Bang Machine 9.0

January 14, 2015

On July 4, 2012, scientists at the giant atom smashing facility at CERN announced the discovery of a subatomic particle…

Sunken Ship Rescue poster

Sunken Ship Rescue 7.0

January 21, 2015

Follow the epic operation to secure, raise, and salvage the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which ran aground and tragical…

Sinkholes—Buried Alive poster

Sinkholes—Buried Alive 7.0

January 28, 2015

These geological hazards have swallowed highways, apartment buildings, horses, camels, even golfers, with monster-size …

Colosseum: Roman Death Trap poster

Colosseum: Roman Death Trap 7.0

February 11, 2015

One of the ancient world's most iconic buildings, the Colosseum is a monument to Roman imperial power and cruelty. Its …

Petra: Lost City of Stone poster

Petra: Lost City of Stone 0.0

February 18, 2015

In a daring experiment, an archaeologist and sculptors team up to carve an iconic temple-tomb to find out how the ancie…

Hagia Sophia: Istanbul’s Ancient Mystery poster

Hagia Sophia: Istanbul’s Ancient Mystery 0.0

February 25, 2015

Whether serving as Christian church, Islamic mosque, or secular museum, Hagia Sophia and its saring dome have inspired …

The Great Math Mystery poster

The Great Math Mystery 6.0

April 15, 2015

Join NOVA on a mathematical mystery tour—a provocative exploration of math's astonishing power across the centuries. We…

Invisible Universe Revealed poster

Invisible Universe Revealed 8.0

April 22, 2015

Twenty-five years ago, NASA launched one of the most ambitious experiments in the history of astronomy: the Hubble Spac…

Nazi Attack on America poster

Nazi Attack on America 0.0

May 6, 2015

Long before 9/11, a far deadlier, little-known attack from the ocean depths struck our shores, lasting three-and-a-half…

Lethal Seas poster

Lethal Seas 0.0

May 13, 2015

Sharply rising carbon emissions are entering Earth's seas at a staggering rate, raising their acidity. Learn how scient…

Chasing Pluto poster

Chasing Pluto 0.0

July 15, 2015

On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft, one of the most advanced ever built, is scheduled to fly by Pluto to tak…

Nuclear Meltdown Disaster poster

Nuclear Meltdown Disaster 7.0

July 29, 2015

NOVA reveals the minute-by-minute story of the Fukushima nuclear crisis—the one you know about, and the one you likely …