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In the film, which is a part of the NOVA series Secrets of Lost Empires, a team of timber framers and other specialists design, build, and fire a pair of trebuchets, a devastating engine of war popular in the Middle Ages.
The episode was rated #1 Best episode of NOVA from 1 votes.
A battered manuscript turns up after 1000 years revealing the mind of the Greek genius Archimedes
The episode was rated #2 Best episode of NOVA from 1 votes.
NOVA examines the entries put forward by five architects and their teams, in a tough competition to choose a design for the new Chicago Public Library. The show gives viewers a chance to see the variation between the designs, as well as taking a closer look at the winning plan.
The episode was rated #3 Best episode of NOVA from 1 votes.
NOVA looks at the bongo-playing scientist, adventurer, safecracker and yarn-spinner Richard Feynman, most recently famous for his role as gadfly of the Presidential Commission investigating the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
The episode was rated #4 Best episode of NOVA from 1 votes.
13 amateurs train for the 26.2 mile Boston Marathon.
The episode was rated #5 Best episode of NOVA from 1 votes.
Experts struggle to save the City of Canals before it vanishes beneath the waves.
The episode was rated #6 Best episode of NOVA from 1 votes.
The Gulf War was fought in 38 days of non-stop bombing and four days of swift ground action. Did bombing win it? NOVA looks at the history of strategic bombing and asks whether bombing has now achieved preeminence in warfare.
The episode was rated #7 Best episode of NOVA from 1 votes.
Could there be life beyond Earth? Only recently has it become possible to scan the skies in a systematic attempt to find out. NOVA joins the search with guest host Lily Tomlin.
The episode was rated #8 Best episode of NOVA from 1 votes.
Nuclear fusion offers the promises of an unlimited, clean source of energy. But achieving fusion has proved one of the most difficult and elusive goals of the physicist. NOVA tells the story of the twists and turns and the international competition along the road toward the achievement of fusion; and details the recent breakthroughs which seem at last to have brought it within reach.
The episode was rated #9 Best episode of NOVA from 2 votes.
NOVA explores solar energy and its contribution towards getting humanity off of fossil fuels.
The episode was rated #10 Best episode of NOVA from 3 votes.
NOVA explores the mighty Colorado River which today has become the life-blood of the Southwest, providing water and electricity to the farms and cities of California, Nevada, and Arizona. The program examines the political expediency and technological over-optimism that has led to some major miscalculations of the river's capacity.
The episode was rated #1 Best episode of NOVA from 5 votes.
Experts investigate how a mysterious "second genome" helps determine our biological fates.
The episode was rated #2 Best episode of NOVA from 7 votes.
At the heart of Jewish tradition lies the haunting mystery of the Lost Tribes of Israel. Ever since their defeat and banishment by the Assyrians in 722 BC., the Lost Tribes fate has inspired countless claims to Jewish ancestry by groups scattered on every continent. But now, surprisingly, new advances in genetics are dispelling myth and fantasy, and raising a curtain on the forgotten reality of the dispersal that happened so many centuries ago. This story will follow the first attempt to use the new tests to investigate a seemingly improbable African candidate for a Lost Tribe. It will dramatize a scientific quest that leads from the gene labs of London to the remote bush country of Zimbabwe and the lunar-like desert wilderness of southern Yemen.
The episode was rated #3 Best episode of NOVA from 1 votes.
One of the final aeronautics challenges left in the world today does not involve the use of a plane, a rocket, or even an engine. No one has yet been able to circumnavigate the earth in a balloon. Any team attempting the feat would have to fly higher than most planes ever fly and would need a passenger capsule that could both offer protection from extreme cold and carry the proper navigation and life support equipment. Depending on the powerful jet stream to propel them, crew members would have to plot their course carefully and plan their schedule to coincide with the most advantageous winds. Even landing would be a risky venture. This program follows a team of three adventurers as they attempt to make just such a journey.
The episode was rated #4 Best episode of NOVA from 3 votes.
On March 27, 1977, on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, two fully loaded 747 jumbo jets collided on a fogbound runway, killing 583 people in what is still the deadliest crash in aviation history. NOVA looks back at the crucial final hours before the disaster. Despite new technology to improve runway safety, near-misses on the ground are still the leading cause of deadly aviation accidents.
The episode was rated #5 Best episode of NOVA from 2 votes.
Birds migrate in search of perpetual summer, sometimes traveling as much as 20,000 miles every year. NOVA uses radar to track and identify migrating birds that travel at night, focusing on how they coose routes tat avoid bad weather and make the best of prevailing winds—information that can aid meteorologists.
The episode was rated #6 Best episode of NOVA from 2 votes.
Today we take antibiotics for granted, and by doing so are steadily eroding their medical value. NOVA examines the problem of resistance to antibiotics in the bacteria they are designed to kill.
The episode was rated #7 Best episode of NOVA from 1 votes.
Can lessons learned from the Twin Towers' collapse make new buildings safer?
The episode was rated #8 Best episode of NOVA from 1 votes.
Archeologists excavate Stalag Luft 3, the site of the greatest WWII prisoner escape. Prisoners of the camp are also interviewed.
The episode was rated #9 Best episode of NOVA from 2 votes.
NOVA captures the breathtaking power and determination of these amazing creatures and examines how business and technology are changing the fishing industry—and the salmon itself.
The episode was rated #10 Best episode of NOVA from 2 votes.
Last updated: feb 25, 2021
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