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Season 36 – NOVA

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This long-running, award-winning documentary series focuses on science, its many applications, speculation, history and researchers. Inspired by the BBC documentary program "Horizons, " the U.S. series frequently features interviews with scientists directly involved in the topic at hand, and sometimes even boasts footage of a particular discovery.

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Jay O. Sanders

Narrator

Jay O. Saunders

Narrator

Henry Ian Cusick

Actor

Lance Lewman

Narrator

Frances O'Connor

Actor

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 27, 2009 The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies The secret world of the monarch butterfly. Details Episode 2 Aired Feb 3, 2009 The Spy Factory The modern technology underlying the National Security Agency's hunt for information in the war on terror. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 24, 2009 Rat Attack The half-century bloom of a bamboo species in Mizoram spurs an explosion in the rat population in the Indian state. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 24, 2009 Extreme Ice Photojournalist James Balog and a scientific team disperse cameras in risky, remote locations in the Arctic, Alaska and the Alps to record melting glaciers. Details Episode 5 Aired Mar 31, 2009 Megabeasts' Sudden Death A new theory about what killed off America's mammoths. Details Episode 6 Aired Apr 7, 2009 Doctors' Diaries An update continues profiles on seven doctors who began Harvard Medical School in 1987. Details Episode 7 Aired Apr 14, 2009 Doctors' Diaries An update on the seven doctors first profiled in 1987 as they began Harvard Medical School. Details Episode 8 Aired Apr 21, 2009 The Quest to See Infinity Documentaries focus on science, the natural world, history and research. Details Episode 9 Aired Jun 30, 2009 Musical Minds Dr. Oliver Sacks investigates how music affects the brain, revealing case studies such as a man who uses drumming to alleviate his Tourette's syndrome. Details Episode 10 Aired Oct 6, 2009 Darwin's Darkest Hour Charles Darwin must decide whether to make his theory of evolution public. With Henry Ian Cusick and Frances O'Connor. Details Episode 11 Aired Oct 13, 2009 Hubble's Amazing Rescue NASA sends a shuttle crew to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Details Episode 12 Aired Oct 20, 2009 Lizard Kings Dr. Eric Pianka tracks monitor lizards, a species successful at adapting to all kinds of settings, through Australia's heartland. Details Episode 13 Aired Nov 3, 2009 Becoming Human: First Steps Clues about early ancestors in Africa include a complete fossil named Lucy's Child. Details Episode 14 Aired Nov 10, 2009 Becoming Human: Birth of Humanity How ancestors survived in a savannah with vicious predators; when and why they left the African cradle to colonize the earth. Details Episode 15 Aired Nov 17, 2009 Becoming Human: Last Human Standing Evidence reveals new insights into how humans became creative and modern; demise of Neanderthals. Details Episode 16 Aired Nov 24, 2009 What Are Dreams? Dream researchers investigate the world of sleep, from human narcolepsy to sleepwalking cats. Details Episode 17 Aired Dec 29, 2009 What Darwin Never Knew Science breakthroughs link the mystery of origins to the development of the embryo. Details

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Season Info

Network
PBS
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jan 27, 2009