Episode 1
Aired Jan 4, 2005
Welcome to Mars
Scientists and engineers follow the progress of two rovers on Mars.
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Episode 2
Aired Jan 11, 2005
The Boldest Hoax
The discovery of the bones of a primitive human turns out to be a hoax.
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Episode 3
Aired Jan 18, 2005
Supersonic Dream
Designers and engineers build the Concorde for supersonic passenger flight.
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Episode 4
Aired Jan 25, 2005
Nova scienceNOW
Robert Krulwich examines the impact of advancements in science and technology.
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Episode 5
Aired Feb 8, 2005
The Viking Deception
Some believe that the Vinland Map offers proof that the Vikings arrived in America before Christopher Columbus.
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Episode 6
Aired Feb 15, 2005
Saving the National Treasures
Preserving the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights documents.
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Episode 7
Aired Feb 22, 2005
A Daring Flight
Louis Bleriot's 1909 flight from France across the English Channel becomes the first long-distance flight over water.
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Episode 8
Aired Mar 27, 2005
Prisoners of Ice: Ice Survivors
Documentaries focus on science, the natural world, history and research.
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Episode 9
Aired Mar 29, 2005
The Wave That Shook the World
December 2004 tidal waves claim the lives of hundreds of thousands and devastate communities around the Indian Ocean.
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Episode 10
Aired Apr 19, 2005
Nova scienceNOW
Stem-cell research; biologist Greg Erickson's research of the tyrannosaur; nanotechnologist Naomi Halas of Rice University.
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Episode 11
Aired Apr 19, 2005
Arctic Passage
Documentaries focus on science, the natural world, history and research.
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Episode 12
Aired Jul 26, 2005
Nova scienceNOW
Tom and Ray Magliozzi talk about fuel cells; neurobiologist Erich Jarvis reveals the similarities between humans and birds.
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Episode 13
Aired Sep 20, 2005
Mystery of the Megaflood
Thousand-foot-deep floodwaters scoured vast areas of the American northwest near the end of the last ice age.
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Episode 14
Aired Oct 4, 2005
Sinking the Supership
Retracing the sinking of the Yamato, the largest battleship ever built.
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Episode 15
Aired Oct 11, 2005
Einstein's Big Idea
Human conflicts lead to Albert Einstein's (Aidan McArdle) mathematical discovery.
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Episode 16
Aired Oct 18, 2005
Nova scienceNOW
The danger to New Orleans from hurricanes; scientists try to create new forms of life in the laboratory; origins of lightning; surgery for pet fish.
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Episode 17
Aired Nov 1, 2005
Volcano Under the City
Scientists venture into a volcano in Goma, Congo, to collect data from the lava.
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Episode 18
Aired Nov 8, 2005
Hitler's Sunken Secret
A salvage expedition tries to recover sunken barrels from the ferryboat Hydro, sunk en route to Germany to deliver material vital to Hitler's atomic bomb program.
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Episode 19
Aired Nov 15, 2005
Newton's Dark Secrets
Isaac Newton makes breakthroughs in physics, optics and calculus and has a turbulent personality.
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Episode 20
Aired Nov 22, 2005
Storm That Drowned a City
A minute-by-minute, eyewitness account of Hurricane Katrina; why flood defenses failed.
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