NOVA - s33 | e5 - Lord of the Ants
At age 78, E.O. Wilson is still going through his "little savage" phase of boyhood exploration of the natural world. NOVA profiles this soft-spoken Southerner and Professor Emeritus at Harvard.
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Added: Sat Mar 21 00:20:27 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue May 20 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 52:52
Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
NOVA - s33 | e4 - A Walk to Beautiful
A difficult journey that begins in loneliness and shame for thousands of Ethiopian women ends in a productive new life and hope for the future in this award-winning film.
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Added: Sat Mar 21 00:20:27 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue May 13 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 52:37
Rating: 3.7 / 5.0
NOVA - s33 | e3 - Car of the Future
Tom Magliozzi, co-host of NPRs Car Talk, needs to replace his beloved 1952 MG roadster. Is new technology about to transform the way we drive? Join Tom and brother Ray as they take a light-hearted but shrewd look at Americas four-wheeled future.
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Added: Sat Mar 21 01:20:31 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 53:22
Rating: 3.7 / 5.0
NOVA - s33 | e2 - Cracking the Maya Code
The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script carved on monuments, pottery and books. Unlocking its meaning is one of archaeologys fiercest challenges. Until now.
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Added: Sat Mar 21 01:20:31 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue Apr 08 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 52:48
Rating: 4.3 / 5.0
NOVA - s33 | e6 - The Four Winged Dinosaur
In The Four-Winged Dinosaur, NOVA investigates the most bizarre of these feathered dinosaurs, which has rekindled a fierce, decades-long debate over the origin of bird flight.
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Added: Sat Mar 21 00:20:27 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue Feb 26 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 53:18
Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
NOVA - s33 | e7 - Astrospies
Millions remember the countdowns, launchings, splashdowns and parades as the U.S. raced the USSR to the Moon in the 1960s, but few know that both superpowers also ran parallel covert space programs to launch military astronauts on spying missions.
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Added: Sat Mar 21 01:20:32 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue Feb 12 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 53:12
Rating: 4.1 / 5.0
NOVA - s33 | e9 - Secrets of the Parthenon
A team of architects and engineers investigate mysteries of the Parthenon. How did the ancient Greeks design and build their masterpiece so quickly with precision and perfection without modern tools and architectural aids?
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Added: Sat Mar 21 01:20:32 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 53:11
Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
NOVA - s33 | e1 - Absolute Zero
Our mastery of cold is something we take for granted, whether its air conditioning and frozen food or the liquified gases and superconductivity at the heart of cutting-edge technology. But what is cold? How do you achieve it, and how cold can it get?
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Added: Sat Mar 21 01:20:32 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue Jan 08 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 1:43:23
Rating: 4.2 / 5.0
NOVA - s33 | e8 - Marathon Challenge
NOVA follows 13 sedentary people through a nine-month regimen designed to prepare them for the grueling Boston Marathon.
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Added: Sat Mar 21 00:20:26 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue Oct 30 00:00:00 UTC 2007
Duration: 52:44
Rating: 3.8 / 5.0
NOVA - s32 | e8 - The Great Robot Race
Twenty-three bizarre looking vehicles line up at the gate of the DARPA Grand Challenge with one thing in common: theres nobody behind the wheel. With names like Terramax, Ghostrider, and Stanley, these vehicles are armed with cutting-edge technology.
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Added: Fri Jun 13 01:19:02 UTC 2008
Air date: Tue Mar 28 00:00:00 UTC 2006
Duration: 52:33
Rating: 4.1 / 5.0