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About NOVA
NOVA brings you stories from the frontlines of science and engineering, answering the big questions of today and tomorrow, from how our ancestors lived, to whether parallel universes exist, to how technology will transform our lives.
NOVA episode schedule
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Aired · 1005
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| April 29, 2026 | S53·E8 | Athens: Birth of Democracy |
| April 22, 2026 | S53·E7 | Rain Bombs |
| April 15, 2026 | S53·E6 | Return to the Moon |
| February 25, 2026 | S53·E5 | Stone Age Temple Mystery |
| February 11, 2026 | S53·E4 | Mammal Origins |
| February 4, 2026 | S53·E3 | Can Dogs Talk? |
| January 28, 2026 | S53·E2 | Angkor: Hidden Jungle Empire |
| January 21, 2026 | S53·E1 | Asteroids: Spark of Life? |
| November 12, 2025 | S52·E20 | Operation Space Station - Science and Survival |
| November 5, 2025 | S52·E19 | Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build |
| October 29, 2025 | S52·E18 | Superfloods |
| October 22, 2025 | S52·E17 | Ancient Desert Death Trap |
| October 15, 2025 | S52·E16 | Human: Building Empires |
| October 8, 2025 | S52·E15 | Human: Into the Americas |
| October 1, 2025 | S52·E14 | Human: Neanderthal Encounters |
| September 24, 2025 | S52·E13 | Human: Journeys |
| September 17, 2025 | S52·E12 | Human: Origins |
| May 14, 2025 | S52·E11 | Ultimate Crash Test: Impact |
| May 7, 2025 | S52·E10 | Ultimate Crash Test: Countdown |
| April 30, 2025 | S52·E9 | Critical Condition: Health in Black America |
| April 16, 2025 | S52·E8 | Secrets of the Forest |
| April 9, 2025 | S52·E7 | Revolutionary War Weapons |
| February 26, 2025 | S52·E6 | Baltimore Bridge Collapse |
| February 19, 2025 | S52·E5 | Pompeii's Secret Underworld |
| February 12, 2025 | S52·E4 | Egypt's Tombs of Amun |
| February 5, 2025 | S52·E3 | Dino Birds |
| January 29, 2025 | S52·E2 | Extreme Airport Engineering |
| January 22, 2025 | S52·E1 | What Are UFOs? |
| December 18, 2024 | S51·E18 | Lost Tombs of Notre Dame |
| November 27, 2024 | S51·E17 | Building Stuff: Change It! |
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| November 20, 2024 | S51·E16 | Building Stuff: Reach It! |
| November 13, 2024 | S51·E15 | Building Stuff: Boost It! |
| November 6, 2024 | S51·E14 | Decoding the Universe: Quantum |
| October 30, 2024 | S51·E13 | Solar System: Wandering Worlds |
| October 23, 2024 | S51·E12 | Solar System: Icy Worlds |
| October 16, 2024 | S51·E11 | Solar System: Volcano Worlds |
| October 9, 2024 | S51·E10 | Solar System: Strange Worlds |
| October 2, 2024 | S51·E9 | Solar System: Storm Worlds |
| May 22, 2024 | S51·E8 | Decoding the Universe: Cosmos |
| May 15, 2024 | S51·E7 | Secrets in Your Data |
| April 3, 2024 | S51·E6 | Great American Eclipse |
| March 27, 2024 | S51·E5 | A.I. Revolution |
| February 21, 2024 | S51·E4 | Hunt for the Oldest DNA |
| February 14, 2024 | S51·E3 | Building the Eiffel Tower |
| February 7, 2024 | S51·E2 | Easter Islands Origins |
| January 31, 2024 | S51·E1 | When Whales Could Walk |
| November 22, 2023 | S50·E18 | Lee and Liza's Family Tree |
| November 15, 2023 | S50·E17 | The Battle to Beat Malaria |
| November 8, 2023 | S50·E16 | Inside China's Tech Boom |
| November 1, 2023 | S50·E15 | Ancient Earth: Humans |
| October 25, 2023 | S50·E14 | Ancient Earth: Inferno |
| October 18, 2023 | S50·E13 | Ancient Earth: Life Rising |
| October 11, 2023 | S50·E12 | Ancient Earth: Frozen |
| October 4, 2023 | S50·E11 | Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky |
| May 24, 2023 | S50·E10 | Your Brain: Who's in Control? |
| May 17, 2023 | S50·E9 | Your Brain: Perception Deception |
| May 10, 2023 | S50·E8 | Hidden Volcano Abyss |
| May 3, 2023 | S50·E7 | Saving the Right Whale |
| April 26, 2023 | S50·E6 | Chasing Carbon Zero |
| April 12, 2023 | S50·E5 | Weathering the Future |
| February 22, 2023 | S50·E4 | New Eye on the Universe |
| February 15, 2023 | S50·E3 | Ancient Builders of the Amazon |
| February 8, 2023 | S50·E2 | Star Chasers of Senegal |
| February 1, 2023 | S50·E1 | London Super Tunnel |
| December 14, 2022 | S49·E24 | Rebuilding Notre Dame |
| November 16, 2022 | S49·E23 | Zero to Infinity |
| November 9, 2022 | S49·E22 | Crypto Decoded |
| November 2, 2022 | S49·E21 | Nazca Desert Mystery |
| October 26, 2022 | S49·E20 | Ocean Invaders |
| October 19, 2022 | S49·E19 | Can Psychedelics Cure? |
| October 12, 2022 | S49·E18 | Computer v. Crime |
| October 5, 2022 | S49·E17 | Ending HIV in America |
| September 28, 2022 | S49·E16 | Saving Venice |
| July 13, 2022 | S49·E15 | Ultimate Space Telescope |
| May 25, 2022 | S49·E14 | Ice Age Footprints |
| May 18, 2022 | S49·E13 | Why Ships Crash |
| May 11, 2022 | S49·E11 | Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence |
| May 11, 2022 | S49·E12 | Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day |
| April 6, 2022 | S49·E10 | Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's |
| February 23, 2022 | S49·E9 | Predicting My MS |
| February 23, 2022 | S49·E8 | Augmented |
| February 16, 2022 | S49·E7 | Great Mammoth Mystery |
| February 9, 2022 | S49·E6 | Secrets in the Scat |
| February 2, 2022 | S49·E5 | Arctic Sinkholes |
| January 26, 2022 | S49·E4 | Ancient Maya Metropolis |
| January 19, 2022 | S49·E3 | Alaskan Dinosaurs |
| January 12, 2022 | S49·E2 | Butterfly Blueprints |
| January 5, 2022 | S49·E1 | High-Risk High-Rise |
| November 24, 2021 | S48·E21 | NOVA Universe Revealed: Big Bang |
| November 17, 2021 | S48·E20 | NOVA Universe Revealed: Black Holes |
| November 10, 2021 | S48·E19 | NOVA Universe Revealed: Alien Worlds |
| November 3, 2021 | S48·E18 | NOVA Universe Revealed: Milky Way |
| October 27, 2021 | S48·E17 | NOVA Universe Revealed: Age of Stars |
| October 20, 2021 | S48·E16 | Edible Insects |
| October 13, 2021 | S48·E15 | Arctic Drift |
| October 6, 2021 | S48·E14 | Particles Unknown |
| September 29, 2021 | S48·E13 | The Cannabis Question |
| September 15, 2021 | S48·E12 | Bat Superpowers |
| June 2, 2021 | S48·E11 | Ship That Changed the World |
| May 26, 2021 | S48·E10 | Great Electric Airplane Race |
| May 19, 2021 | S48·E9 | Hindenburg: The New Evidence |
| May 12, 2021 | S48·E8 | Fighting for Fertility |
| April 21, 2021 | S48·E7 | Reef Rescue |
| April 14, 2021 | S48·E6 | Picture a Scientist / Search Engine Breakdown |
| February 24, 2021 | S48·E5 | Looking for Life on Mars |
| February 17, 2021 | S48·E4 | Beyond the Elements: Life |
| February 10, 2021 | S48·E3 | Beyond the Elements: Indestructible |
| February 3, 2021 | S48·E2 | Beyond the Elements: Reactions |
| January 13, 2021 | S48·E1 | Secrets In Our DNA |
| November 25, 2020 | S47·E18 | Saving Notre Dame |
| October 28, 2020 | S47·E17 | Can We Cool the Planet? |
| October 21, 2020 | S47·E16 | Touching the Asteroid |
| October 14, 2020 | S47·E15 | Nature's Fear Factor |
| September 30, 2020 | S47·E14 | A to Z: How Writing Changed the World |
| September 23, 2020 | S47·E13 | A to Z: The First Alphabet |
| September 16, 2020 | S47·E12 | Secret Mind of Slime |
| September 9, 2020 | S47·E11 | Human Nature / CRISPR Gene-Editing Reality Check |
| May 20, 2020 | S47·E9 | Eagle Power |
| May 13, 2020 | S47·E7 | Decoding COVID-19 |
| April 8, 2020 | S47·E6 | The Truth About Fat |
| April 1, 2020 | S47·E5 | Cuba's Cancer Hope |
| February 26, 2020 | S47·E4 | Mysteries of Sleep |
| February 19, 2020 | S47·E3 | Cat Tales |
| February 12, 2020 | S47·E2 | Dog Tales |
| February 5, 2020 | S47·E1 | Polar Extremes |
| November 27, 2019 | S46·E23 | Animal Espionage |
| November 20, 2019 | S46·E22 | The Violence Paradox |
| November 13, 2019 | S46·E21 | Decoding da Vinci |
| November 6, 2019 | S46·E20 | Dead Sea Scroll Detectives |
| October 30, 2019 | S46·E19 | Rise of the Mammals |
| October 23, 2019 | S46·E18 | Look Who's Driving |
| October 16, 2019 | S46·E17 | Why Bridges Collapse |
| August 14, 2019 | S46·E16 | The Planets: Ice Worlds |
| August 7, 2019 | S46·E15 | The Planets: Saturn |
| July 31, 2019 | S46·E14 | The Planets: Jupiter |
| July 24, 2019 | S46·E13 | The Planets: Mars |
| July 24, 2019 | S46·E12 | The Planets: Inner Worlds |
| July 10, 2019 | S46·E11 | Back to the Moon |
| May 22, 2019 | S46·E10 | Lost Viking Army |
| May 15, 2019 | S46·E9 | First Horse Warriors |
| May 8, 2019 | S46·E8 | Inside the Megafire |
| April 24, 2019 | S46·E7 | Saving the Dead Sea |
| February 20, 2019 | S46·E6 | The Next Pompeii |
| February 13, 2019 | S46·E5 | Rise of the Rockets |
| February 6, 2019 | S46·E4 | Decoding the Great Pyramid |
| January 23, 2019 | S46·E3 | Kīlauea: Hawaiʻi on Fire |
| January 9, 2019 | S46·E2 | Einstein's Quantum Riddle |
| January 2, 2019 | S46·E1 | Pluto and Beyond |
| December 26, 2018 | S45·E17 | Apollo's Daring Mission |
| November 21, 2018 | S45·E16 | World's Fastest Animal |
| November 14, 2018 | S45·E15 | Thai Cave Rescue |
| November 7, 2018 | S45·E14 | Last B-24 |
| October 24, 2018 | S45·E13 | Flying Supersonic |
| October 17, 2018 | S45·E12 | Addiction |
| October 10, 2018 | S45·E11 | Volatile Earth: Volcano on the Brink |
| October 10, 2018 | S45·E10 | Volatile Earth: Volcano on Fire |
| October 3, 2018 | S45·E9 | Operation Bridge Rescue |
| September 26, 2018 | S45·E8 | Transplanting Hope |
| June 27, 2018 | S45·E7 | Rise of the Superstorms |
| April 18, 2018 | S45·E6 | Decoding the Weather Machine |
| February 28, 2018 | S45·E5 | Prediction by the Numbers |
| February 14, 2018 | S45·E4 | Great Escape at Dunkirk |
| February 7, 2018 | S45·E3 | First Face of America |
| January 31, 2018 | S45·E2 | The Impossible Flight |
| January 10, 2018 | S45·E1 | Black Hole Apocalypse |
| December 27, 2017 | S44·E28 | Day the Dinosaurs Died |
| December 20, 2017 | S44·E27 | Bird Brain |
| November 22, 2017 | S44·E26 | Extreme Animal Weapons |
| November 8, 2017 | S44·E25 | Killer Floods |
| November 1, 2017 | S44·E24 | Killer Hurricanes |
| October 25, 2017 | S44·E23 | Killer Volcanoes |
| October 18, 2017 | S44·E22 | Secrets of the Forbidden City |
| October 11, 2017 | S44·E21 | Ghosts of Stonehenge |
| October 4, 2017 | S44·E20 | Secrets of the Shining Knight |
| September 13, 2017 | S44·E19 | Death Dive to Saturn |
| August 21, 2017 | S44·E18 | Eclipse Over America |
| May 31, 2017 | S44·E17 | Poisoned Water |
| May 17, 2017 | S44·E16 | Chinese Chariot Revealed |
| April 26, 2017 | S44·E15 | Building Chernobyl's MegaTomb |
| April 19, 2017 | S44·E14 | Holocaust Escape Tunnel |
| February 22, 2017 | S44·E13 | Why Trains Crash |
| February 15, 2017 | S44·E12 | The Origami Revolution |
| February 8, 2017 | S44·E11 | Ultimate Cruise Ship |
| February 1, 2017 | S44·E10 | Search for the Super Battery |
| January 11, 2017 | S44·E9 | The Nuclear Option |
| January 4, 2017 | S44·E8 | Secrets of the Sky Tombs |
| November 16, 2016 | S44·E7 | Treasures of the Earth: Power |
| November 9, 2016 | S44·E6 | Treasures of the Earth: Metals |
| November 2, 2016 | S44·E5 | Treasures of the Earth: Gems |
| October 12, 2016 | S44·E4 | Super Tunnel |
| October 5, 2016 | S44·E3 | Great Human Odyssey |
| September 14, 2016 | S44·E2 | School of the Future |
| September 7, 2016 | S44·E1 | 15 Years of Terror |
| May 11, 2016 | S43·E22 | Bombing Hitler's Supergun |
| May 4, 2016 | S43·E21 | Operation Lighthouse Rescue |
| April 20, 2016 | S43·E20 | Wild Ways |
| April 13, 2016 | S43·E19 | Can Alzheimer's Be Stopped? |
| April 6, 2016 | S43·E18 | Vikings Unearthed |
| February 24, 2016 | S43·E17 | Rise of the Robots |
| February 17, 2016 | S43·E16 | Iceman Reborn |
| February 10, 2016 | S43·E15 | Memory Hackers |
| February 3, 2016 | S43·E14 | Creatures of Light |
| January 27, 2016 | S43·E13 | Himalayan Megaquake |
| January 20, 2016 | S43·E12 | Mystery Beneath the Ice |
| January 13, 2016 | S43·E11 | Life's Rocky Start |
| January 6, 2016 | S43·E10 | Secret Tunnel Warfare |
| November 25, 2015 | S43·E9 | Inside Einstein's Mind |
| November 18, 2015 | S43·E8 | Making North America: Human |
| November 11, 2015 | S43·E7 | Making North America: Life |
| November 4, 2015 | S43·E6 | Making North America: Origins |
| October 28, 2015 | S43·E5 | Animal Mummies |
| October 14, 2015 | S43·E4 | Cyberwar Threat |
| October 7, 2015 | S43·E3 | Secrets of Noah's Ark |
| September 23, 2015 | S43·E2 | Arctic Ghost Ship |
| September 16, 2015 | S43·E1 | Dawn of Humanity |
| July 29, 2015 | S42·E22 | Nuclear Meltdown Disaster |
| July 15, 2015 | S42·E21 | Chasing Pluto |
| May 13, 2015 | S42·E20 | Lethal Seas |
| May 6, 2015 | S42·E19 | Nazi Attack on America |
| April 22, 2015 | S42·E18 | Invisible Universe Revealed |
| April 15, 2015 | S42·E17 | The Great Math Mystery |
| February 25, 2015 | S42·E16 | Hagia Sophia: Istanbul's Ancient Mystery |
| February 18, 2015 | S42·E15 | Petra: Lost City of Stone |
| February 11, 2015 | S42·E14 | Colosseum: Roman Death Trap |
| January 28, 2015 | S42·E13 | Sinkholes—Buried Alive |
| January 21, 2015 | S42·E12 | Sunken Ship Rescue |
| January 14, 2015 | S42·E11 | Big Bang Machine |
| December 3, 2014 | S42·E10 | First Man on the Moon |
| November 19, 2014 | S42·E9 | Killer Landslides |
| November 12, 2014 | S42·E8 | Emperor's Ghost Army |
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