NOVA — Season 23

All 19 episodes in airing order, with first-run dates and viewer ratings.

  1. 01

    October 10, 1995 · 1h

    Anastasia Dead or Alive?

  2. 02

    October 17, 1995 · 1h

    Venus Unveiled

  3. 03

    October 24, 1995 · 1h

    Hawaii Born of Fire

    From their blistering beginnings as molten rock, the Hawiian islands have grown into a verdant paradise of unique lifeforms.

  4. 04

    October 31, 1995 · 1h

    The Doomsday Asteroid

  5. 05

    November 7, 1995 · 1h

    Lightning!

  6. 06

    November 14, 1995 · 1h

    Hunt for the Serial Arsonist

  7. 07

    November 28, 1995 · 1h

    Treasures of the Great Barrier Reef

  8. 08

    December 19, 1995 · 1h

    Race to Catch a Buckyball

  9. 09

    December 26, 1995 · 1h

    Can Buildings Make You Sick?

  10. 10

    January 9, 1996 · 1h

    Terror in the Mine Fields

  11. 11

    January 16, 1996 · 1h

    The Day the Earth Shook

  12. 12

    January 30, 1996 · 1h

    B-29 Frozen in Time

    Famed test pilot Darryl Greenamyer and his crew go on a perilous mission to repair and re-fly a B-29 bomber stranded on the Greenland icecap since 1947. Facing incredible hardships, the team struggles to bring the old warbird back to life.

  13. 13

    February 6, 1996 · 1h

    Ebola: The Plague Fighters

  14. 14

    February 20, 1996 · 1h

    War Machines of Tomorrow

  15. 15

    February 27, 1996 · 1h

    Kidnapped by U.F.O.'s?

    Carl Sagan and other scientists investigate claims that people have been visited or abducted by aliens.

  16. 16

    March 26, 1996 · 1h

    Flood!

    The Great Flood of 1993 leaves a wake of destruction across the Midwest. Can rivers ever be contained?

  17. 17

    April 2, 1996 · 1h

    Dr. Spock the Baby Doc

  18. 18

    April 9, 1996 · 1h

    Warriors of the Amazon

    Explore the unique culture of the Yanomami, an isolated tribe living deep in the Amazonian rainforest.

  19. 19

    April 16, 1996 · 1h

    Bombing of America

    Forensic scientists search for clues hidden within the chaos of crime scenes to help law enforcement find the Unabomber.

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