NOVA

Airs Next: PBS at Tuesday 8:00 PM (60 min.)

Status: Returning Series Premiered: March 3, 1974

Show Category: News/Documentary

Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Each week NOVA takes an in depth look at a particular topic or individual in the science field. NOVA's topics cover all...

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Previous episode: Lord of the Ants
A profile of sociobiologist E.O. Wilson who struggled to understand the evolution of ants.
Aired: Tuesday May 20, 2008

653. A Walk to Beautiful	May 13, 2008	0 Reviews	0.00

652. Car of the Future	Apr 22, 2008	0 Reviews	0.00

651. Cracking the Maya Code	Apr 8, 2008	0 Reviews	8.35

650. The Four-Winged Dinosaur	Feb 26, 2008	0 Reviews	8.50

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	Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land Armed with high-tech equipment and ingeniously improvised devices,...	Watch Video

	Secrets of Lost Empires II: China Bridge Travel to 12th-century China as engineers, scientists and scholars...	Watch Video

	Secrets of Lost Empires II: Roman Bath Tour the crumbling public baths of Rome to learn intimate details...	Watch Video

	Wright Brothers’ Flying Machine Orville and Wilbur Wright were remarkable inventors who designed...	Watch Video

	Secrets of Lost Empires II: Easter Island Travel to Easter Island to discover the secrets of this vanished...	Watch Video

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News Headlines

Colbert, Daily Show do the Hulu 2008-06-11 12:30:00

external: 'Nova' Doc Explains Einstein's Big Idea 2005-10-09

House restores $100 million in funds to Public Broadcasting 2005-06-23 17:18:00

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earthpeople Report Abuse	10.0 Perfect "Informative" Science documentary. Continue » Posted Jun 14, 2008 7:32 pm PST

Fwirrel Report Abuse	8.0 Great "Informative" interesting show... Continue » Posted Nov 5, 2007 2:41 pm PST

OrangeOctopi Report Abuse 1 user agrees with this review	9.5 Superb "Ahead of its time" This is a great show! i'm just a teen, but i still love it. the best thing is that it's always compleatly different. Continue » Posted Oct 31, 2007 5:44 pm PST

matrix103 Report Abuse	10.0 Perfect "Classic" I've been watching this show ever sense I could walk and I didn't even know I liked this show so much until now. Continue » Posted Aug 19, 2007 9:27 am PST

tomkincaid Report Abuse	9.0 Superb "Classic" Great Series Continue » Posted May 20, 2006 9:13 am PST

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Score: 8.8 Great 190 votes

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