NOVA — Season 31
All 18 episodes in airing order, with first-run dates and viewer ratings.
- 01
A battered manuscript turns up after 1,000 years, revealing the mind of the Greek genius Archimedes.
- 02
Forensic experts investigate the most famous aviation mystery of World War I.
- 03
The Elegant Universe: Einstein's Dream (1)
Eleven dimensions, parallel universes, and a world made out of strings. It's not science fiction, it's string theory. Part 1 of 3.
- 04
The Elegant Universe: String's the Thing (2)
Eleven dimensions, parallel universes, and a world made out of strings. It's not science fiction, it's string theory. Part 2 of 3.
- 05
The Elegant Universe: Welcome to the 11th Dimension (3)
Eleven dimensions, parallel universes, and a world made out of strings. It's not science fiction, it's string theory. Part 3 of 3.
- 06
Wright Brothers' Flying Machine
Relive the engineering challenges that two obscure bicycle makers overcame to become first in flight.
- 07
Is the magnetic field protecting Earth from deadly radiation about to reverse direction or even disappear?
- 08
Join a scientific expedition to the glacier-capped summit of Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain.
- 09
NASA gambles on two rovers sent to determine if the red planet ever had conditions suitable for life.
- 10
Secrets of the Crocodile Caves
Rare lemurs and crocodiles with bizarre cave-dwelling behavior draw scientists to a remote corner of Madagascar.
- 11
How and why did man's best friend evolve from wolves, and why are dogs so remarkably diverse today?
- 12
A team of "glacionauts" ventures into a labyrinth of unexplored and hazardous glacier caves on France's Mt. Blanc.
- 13
One of the most exhaustive investigations in aviation history reveals telling clues to the cause of a disaster off Nova Scotia.
- 14
Life and Death in the War Zone
An American combat hospital mobilized in Iraq faces a daily drama of wartime treatment.
- 15
Tornado-chasing scientists with an eye to better forecasting risk their lives to plumb the secrets of nature's most terrifying killer.
- 16
World in the Balance: The People Paradox (1)
NOVA investigates forces that are radically changing populations in both rich and poor nations, and explores how to create a world that can sustain the human race. (Part 1 of 2)
- 17
World in the Balance: China Revs Up (2)
NOVA investigates forces that are radically changing populations in both rich and poor nations, and explores how to create a world that can sustain the human race. (Part 2 of 2)
- 18
Can the U.S. military's high-tech weaponry prevail against insurgents?
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