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1. Nova (1974– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Science documentaries about various topics.
Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Stacy Keach, Eric Meyers
Votes: 3,098
2. Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
60 min | Documentary
Uncover the complicated truth behind our sense of taste.
Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chad Cohen, Ziya Tong, David Pogue
Votes: 528
3. Nova Science Now: How Smart Are Animals? (2011– )
60 min | Documentary
Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Irene Pepperberg, Mark Hall, Roger Hanlon
Votes: 24
4.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Mars Dead or Alive
(2004)
TV-G | 57 min | Documentary
NOVA goes behind the scenes at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to offer a look at the construction and launch of two Martian exploratory rovers: "Spirit" and "Opportunity".
Director: Mark Davis | Stars: Mark Adler, Jim Colvin, Juan R. Cruz, George H. Diller
Votes: 56
5.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Welcome to Mars
(2005)
TV-G | 60 min | Documentary
NOVA follows a team of scientists as the monitor the Martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Spirit runs into some problems, but Opportunity takes a photograph that may confirm the existence of water on Mars.
Director: Mark Davis | Stars: Mark Adler, Leo Bister, Kevin Burke, Nathalie Cabrol
Votes: 53
6.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Dark Matter/Alzheimer's-Memory Mice/Hany Farid/Wisdom of the Crowd
(2008)
Documentary
Dark Matter - Turns out most of the universe is held together by a mysterious, invisible substance. Of Mice and Memory - Mice placed in enriched environments can recover lost memories, ... See full summary »
Directors: Elizabeth Arledge, Julia Cort, Joshua Seftel | Stars: Hany Farid, Rob Morsberger
7.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Hunt for Alien Earths/Art Authentication//Autism Genes
(2009)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
The Kepler telescope; discovering genes for Alzheimer's and autism; using computers to authenticate paintings; profile of Maydianne Andrade.
Directors: Elizabeth Arledge, Dean Irwin
10.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Profile: Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
(2008)
Documentary
Directors: Carla Denly, Robe Imbriano
11.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Saving Hubble
(2008)
TV-G | 53 min | Documentary
The Hubble repair mission; understanding the link between brain structure and memory; how and why earthquakes strike in the heartland; a profile of neurosurgeon Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa.
Director: Rushmore DeNooyer
12.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Bird Brains
(2008)
Documentary
Directors: Kristian Berg, Terri Randall | Stars: Peter Standring, Ziya Tong, Neil deGrasse Tyson
13.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Profile: Yoky Matsuoka
(2008)
Documentary
Director: Joshua Seftel
15.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Leeches/The Search for ET/Stem Cells Breakthrough/Profile: Edith Widder
(2008)
Documentary
Leeches - A century after falling out of favor, medicinal leeches are back in hospitals, sucking away on patients' wounds. SETI - Astronomers have their radio telescopes tuned to receive ... See full summary »
Directors: Julia Cort, Dana Rae Warren
16.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Profile: Edith Widder
(2008)
Documentary
Director: Dana Rae Warren
17.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Stem Cells Breakthrough
(2008)
Documentary
Director: Dean Irwin
20.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Mammoth Mystery
(2008)
Documentary
Directors: Gary Hochman, Kirk Wolfinger
21.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Phoenix Mars Mission/Brain Trauma/Mammoth Mystery/Judah Folkman Tribute
(2008)
Documentary
Phoenix Mars Lander - NASA's latest robot has already found frozen water and is looking for more signs that the Red Planet could support life. Brain Trauma - Even so-called "mild" head ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Grupper | Star: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Votes: 11
22.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Profile: Judah Folkman
(2008)
Documentary
Director: Nancy Linde
24.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Hunting the Hidden Dimension
(2008)
TV-G | 60 min | Documentary
A look at fractal geometry, and how it is found just about everywhere in everything, and how the mathematics of fractals can be used to model and measure such things as mountains, ... See full summary »
Directors: Bill Jersey, Michael Schwarz | Stars: Ralph Abraham, Loren Carpenter, Dana Cartwright, Hayden Christensen
Votes: 178
25.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Alien from Earth
(2008)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
NOVA investigates the furious scientific debate raging over what "Hobbit" bones represent.
Directors: Simon Nasht, Annamaria Talas | Star: Jay O. Sanders
Votes: 40
26.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Arctic Dinosaurs
(2008)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Dinosaurs are generally considered tropical animals. So what are their fossils doing north of the arctic circle? Paleontologists battle the fierce climate to find out if the arctic was ... See full summary »
Directors: Ruth Berry, Jackie Mow, Chris Schmidt | Star: Jay O. Sanders
Votes: 40
27.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Is There Life on Mars?
(2008)
TV-G | 53 min | Documentary
Stars: John Coates, Steve Gorevan, Michael Hecht, Andrew Knoll
Votes: 30
28.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Ocean Animal Emergency
(2008)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
San Francisco veterinarian Dr. Frances Gulland is committed to saving sick marine mammals, but she's also desperately trying to figure out what's killing them.
Director: Doug Hamilton | Star: John Benjamin Hickey
Votes: 24
29.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
(2008)
TV-PG | Documentary
Director: Louise Lockwood | Stars: Niels Bohr, David Deutsch, Albert Einstein, Mark Oliver Everett
Votes: 26
30.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Space Shuttle Disaster
(2008)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
A look at the Columbia space shuttle disaster in 2003. It includes interviews with shuttle astronauts, family members, flight control personnel, administrators and investigators. Also ... See full summary »
Director: Gilles Cayatte | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Buzz Aldrin, Michael P. Anderson, Neil Armstrong
Votes: 36
31.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
The Bible's Buried Secrets
(2008)
TV-PG | 112 min | Documentary
A powerful partnership between science and scholarship breaks exciting new ground in investigating the origins of the ancient Israelites, their faith in a single, omnipotent God and the creation of the Bible.
Director: Gary Glassman | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Stockard Channing, Gabriel Barkay, Amnon Ben Tor
Votes: 111
32.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
The Spy Factory
(2009)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary
Nova examines the clandestine practices of the National Security Agency and investigates changes in the Agency that are the result of 9/11.
Director: Scott Willis | Stars: James Bamford, Frank Blanco, David Murfee Faulk, Eric Haseltine
Votes: 84
33.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Rat Attack
(2009)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary
Every 48 years, swarms of rodents invade homes and attack crops in the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram. Nova follows investigators as they try to determine why.
Stars: Jamie Effros, Ken Aplin, Daniel Janzen, James Lalsiamliana
Votes: 39
34.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
The Big Energy Gamble
(2009)
TV-G | 55 min | Documentary
Nova investigates California's aggressive pro-environment energy policies and examines whether such policies will be good or bad for business.
Stars: Tom Austin, Ed Begley Jr., Steven Chu, Carolyn Coquillette
Votes: 35
35.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
(2009)
TV-G | 55 min | Documentary
NOVA flies along with the monarch butterflies, visiting the spectacular locations they call home and meeting the dangers they encounter along the way.
Director: Nicholas de Pencier | Stars: Homero Aridjis, Lincoln Brower, Bill Calvert, Stockard Channing
Votes: 80
36.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Doctors' Diaries: Part One
(2009)
TV-PG | 107 min | Documentary
NOVA returns one last time to get an update on the seven doctors they've documented since 1987.
Director: Michael Barnes
Votes: 27
37.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Doctors' Diaries: Part Two
(2009)
TV-PG | Documentary
Director: Michael Barnes
Votes: 26
38.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Extreme Ice
(2009)
TV-G | 55 min | Documentary
Nova offers a glimpse at the breathtaking wonders of the extreme North. The time-lapsed images collected by photojournalist James Balog show the alarming effects of climate change.
Director: Noel Dockstader | Stars: Richard Alley, James Balog, Jason Box, Sarah Das
Votes: 83
39.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Megabeasts' Sudden Death
(2009)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
Thirteen thousand years ago a great tragedy in North American history caused the extinction of 35 species of large mammals. Scientists are divided on whether the cause was climate change or... See full summary »
Stars: Mark Boslough, Ted Bunch, Gary Haynes, Vance Haynes
Votes: 32
40.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Musical Minds
(2009)
TV-PG | Documentary
Director: Louise Lockwood | Star: Alan Yentob
Votes: 26
42.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Auto-Tune
(2009)
Documentary
Four short and entertaining Science investigation segments. Including a piece hosted by Neil Tyson DeGrasse which analyzes the Auto-Tune Pitch Correction Software invented by Harold Andy ... See full summary »
43.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Diamond Factory
(2009)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
1. Growing Diamonds, 2. Anthrax, 3. Autotune, 4. Computer Scientist Dr. Luis von Ahn, inventor of CAPTCHA.
Director: Julia Cort
Votes: 7
44.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Profile: Luis von Ahn
(2009)
Documentary
Director: Joshua Seftel
45.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Profile: Maydianne Andrade
(2009)
Documentary
Director: Joshua Seftel
47.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Marathon Mouse
(2009)
Documentary
Directors: Julia Cort, Dean Irwin
48.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Profile: Franklin Chang-Díaz
(2009)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
Two drugs that may aid kids with muscular dystrophy; demise of the dinosaurs; profile of Franklin Chang-Diaz; northern lights.
Director: Joshua Seftel