The Great Robot Race
Twenty-three bizarre looking vehicles line up at the gate of the DARPA Grand Challenge with one thing in common: there's nobody behind the wheel. With names like Terramax, Ghostrider, and Stanley, these vehicles are armed with cutting-edge technology. 52:33 minutes.
Lord of the Ants
(52:52),
tv-g
At age 78, E.O. Wilson is still going through his "little savage" phase of boyhood exploration of the natural... |
Unknown | 5/20/08 | play |
A Walk to Beautiful
(52:37),
tv-pg
A difficult journey that begins in loneliness and shame for thousands of Ethiopian women ends in a productive... |
Unknown | 5/13/08 | play |
Car of the Future
(53:22),
tv-g
Tom Magliozzi, co-host of NPR's Car Talk, needs to replace his beloved 1952 MG roadster. Is new technology... |
Unknown | 4/22/08 | play |
Cracking the Maya Code
(52:48),
tv-g
The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script... |
Unknown | 4/8/08 | play |
The Four Winged Dinosaur
(53:18),
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In The Four-Winged Dinosaur, NOVA investigates the most bizarre of these feathered dinosaurs, which has... |
Unknown | 2/26/08 | play |
Astrospies
(53:12),
tv-g
Millions remember the countdowns, launchings, splashdowns and parades as the U.S. raced the USSR to the Moon... |
Unknown | 2/12/08 | play |
Secrets of the Parthenon
(53:11),
tv-g
A team of architects and engineers investigate mysteries of the Parthenon. How did the ancient Greeks design... |
Unknown | 1/29/08 | play |
Marathon Challenge
(52:44),
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NOVA follows 13 sedentary people through a nine-month regimen designed to prepare them for the grueling Boston... |
Unknown | 10/30/07 | play |
The Great Robot Race
(52:33),
tv-pg
Twenty-three bizarre looking vehicles line up at the gate of the DARPA Grand Challenge with one thing in... |
Unknown | 3/28/06 |
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Welcome to Mars
(53:56),
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Take an astounding look at the red planet in this interplanetary adventure that picks up where MARS Dead or... |
Unknown | 1/4/05 | play |
Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land
(54:01),
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Armed with high-tech equipment and ingeniously improvised devices, NOVA and archaeologist Richard Freund... |
Unknown | 11/23/04 | play |
Hunt for the Supertwister
(52:46),
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In seconds, a supertwister can leave immense swaths of death and destruction. But what if technology could... |
Unknown | 3/30/04 | play |
Life and Death in the War Zone
(54:08),
tv-pg
Imagine handling a medical emergency at the height of the Iraq War, beset by heat, sand, and frequent enemy... |
Unknown | 3/2/04 | play |
MARS Dead or Alive
(54:07),
tv-g
Go inside NASA's risky field trip to the red planet in this tense and dramatic behind-the-scenes chronicle of... |
Unknown | 1/4/04 | play |
Wright Brothers’ Flying Machine
(54:01),
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Orville and Wilbur Wright were remarkable inventors who designed and built their own wings, steering devices,... |
Unknown | 11/11/03 | play |
Lost Treasures of Tibet
(53:51),
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Set foot inside an untouched society and get a remarkably rare glimpse of a Tibetan world's dazzling sacred... |
Unknown | 2/18/03 | play |
NOVA - Lost Treasures of Tibet
(54:06)
Set foot inside an untouched society and get a remarkably rare glimpse of a Tibetan world's dazzling sacred... |
Unknown | 2/18/03 | play |
Battle of the X-Planes
(1:53:26),
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NOVA goes behind the doors of Boeing's Phantom Works and Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works to record classified... |
Unknown | 2/4/03 | play |
Lost King of the Maya
(54:01),
tv-g
In an ancient Mayan arena, enemies of notorious King Yax K'uk Mo square off in a ball game that appears much... |
Unknown | 2/13/01 | play |
Secrets of Lost Empires II: China Bridge
(54:25),
tv-pg
Travel to 12th-century China as engineers, scientists and scholars help reveal the intricate mysteries behind... |
Unknown | 2/29/00 | play |
Secrets of Lost Empires II: Roman Bath
(54:38),
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Tour the crumbling public baths of Rome to learn intimate details of what life was really like for ancient... |
Unknown | 2/22/00 | play |
Secrets of Lost Empires II: Easter Island
(54:22),
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Travel to Easter Island to discover the secrets of this vanished civilization through the "moai," the massive... |
Unknown | 2/15/00 | play |
Secrets of Lost Empires II: Pharaoh's Obelisk
(57:22),
tv-pg
Discover how ancient Egyptians used nautical experience, ingenuity, and unwavering faith to raise massive... |
Unknown | 2/8/00 | play |
Absolute Zero
(1:43:23),
tv-g
Our mastery of cold is something we take for granted, whether it's air conditioning and frozen food or the... |
Unknown | 11/3/87 | play |
Neil Degrasse Tyson: Death By Black Hole
(1:05:45),
pg
Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about Death By Black Hole And Other Cosmic Quandaries |
Unknown | 11/3/87 | play |
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