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Making North America: Part 3
Season: 43 | Episode: 9
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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.

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PBS Started: Mar/03/1974
Usually airs on: Wednesday

Type: Documentary
Genres: Discovery/Science Educational
Country: US US
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Season 43

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    NOVA documents the April 25, 2015 7.8-magnitude earthquake that ripped through Nepal shaking Mount Everest and unwraps the science behind such deadly earthquakes.
  • Making North America: Part 3
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    19th Nov 2015
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  • Making North America: Part 2
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    12th Nov 2015
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  • Making North America: Part 1
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    5th Nov 2015
    9 years ago
    02:00- 03:00
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  • Animal Mummies
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    29th Oct 2015
    9 years ago
    01:00- 02:00
    High technology imaging is used to investigate animal mummies buried in Egyptian catacombs.
  • Secret of Tunnel Warfare
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    22nd Oct 2015
    9 years ago
    01:00- 02:00
    The explosive details of a World War 1 tunnel attack by the Allies on the trenches of the German lines are investigated.
  • Cyberwar Threat
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    15th Oct 2015
    9 years ago
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    New and unreported details about modern cyberwarfare are examined.
  • Secrets of Noah's Ark
    s43e03
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    8th Oct 2015
    9 years ago
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    Expert boat builders assemble and launch a massive reed boat following the directions for building an ark from a 3,700 year old clay tablet.
  • Arctic Ghost Ship
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    24th Sep 2015
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    New clues to the greatest mystery in Arctic exploration--the Franklin Expedition to chart the Northwest Passage--are investigated after a Canadian team discovers one of Franklin’s lost ships.
  • Dawn of Humanity
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Season 42

  • Nuclear Meltdown Disaster
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    30th Jul 2015
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    The minute-by-minute story of the Fukushima nuclear crisis told by the employees who stayed behind after an earthquake and tsunami crippled the plant.
  • Chasing Pluto
    s42e21
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    16th Jul 2015
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    01:00- 02:00
    spacecraft New Horizon’s historic flyby of Pluto, the culmination of a nine-year, three-billion-mile journey, reveals the first-ever detailed images of Pluto.
  • Lethal Seas
    s42e20
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    14th May 2015
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    Sharply rising carbon emissions are entering Earth's seas at a staggering rate, raising their acidity. Learn how scientists are researching the effects and looking for solutions.
  • Nazi Attack on America
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    7th May 2015
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    Long before 9/11, a far deadlier, little-known attack from the ocean depths struck our shores, lasting three-and-a-half years and claiming 5,000 lives. Now, famed undersea explorer Bob Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic, investigates the wreck of one of the attack craft, a German submarine that lies at the bottom of the gulf just a few miles off New Orleans. U-166 was part of Operation Drumbeat, a highly successful U-boat operation that caught East Coast cities and shipping almost completely unprepared. Ballard probes the wreck and unravels a dramatic mystery in the official story of the sub's sinking.
  • Invisible Universe Revealed
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    23rd Apr 2015
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    In honor of Hubble's landmark anniversary, NOVA tells the remarkable story of the telescope that forever changed our understanding of the cosmos and our place in it.
  • The Great Math Mystery
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    16th Apr 2015
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    The Great Math Mystery poses the riddle of math's extraordinary power to penetrate the secrets of our universe.
  • Hagia Sophia – Istanbul’s Ancient Mystery
    s42e16
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    26th Feb 2015
    10 years ago
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    The show takes a look at Istanbul's resilient architectural symbol, Hagia Sophia.
  • Petra - Lost City of Stone
    s42e15
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    19th Feb 2015
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    Petra - Lost City of Stone recounts the daring experiment now underway to uncover how the ancient metropolis was built.
  • Colosseum - Roman Death Trap
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    12th Feb 2015
    10 years ago
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    Watch a team re-create a lifting machine and trap-door system to release a wolf into the Colosseum.
  • Sinkholes—Buried Alive
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    29th Jan 2015
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    Scientists attempt to find out more about the underlying forces behind sinkholes.
  • Sunken Ship Rescue
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    22nd Jan 2015
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    The show follows efforts to secure, raise and salvage the Costa Concordia cruise ship.
  • Big Bang Machine
    s42e11
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    15th Jan 2015
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    Scientists upgrade the Large Hadron Collider to higher power in 2015 so that they can look at the world's tiniest particles.
  • First Man on the Moon
    s42e10
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    4th Dec 2014
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    When Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, he won instant fame. Yet this accomplished engineer and test pilot was so determined to stay out of the limelight that few know the personal story of how his rare combination of talent, luck and experience led to his successful command of Apollo 11. NOVA presents an intimate portrait of an unassuming American hero through interviews with Armstrong’s family and friends.
  • Killer Landslides
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    20th Nov 2014
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    In less than two minutes in March, a one-square-mile field of debris slammed into the Washington state community of Oso, killing 41 and destroying nearly 50 homes. Drawing on analysis of other recent landslides around the world, geologists are investigating what triggered the deadliest U.S. landslide in decades and whether climate change is increasing the risk of similar disasters around the globe.
  • Emperor’s Ghost Army
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    13th Nov 2014
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    To defend himself in the afterlife, the First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, was buried in a vast mausoleum accompanied by around 9,000 life-sized terracotta statues. With exclusive access to groundbreaking new research, NOVA investigates the secrets of how and why the astonishing figures were made and the technology behind the still lethal and highly-advanced crossbows, spears, and swords carried by the clay warriors.
  • Bigger Than T. rex
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    6th Nov 2014
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    Follow the paleontologists who are reconstructing this terrifying carnivore, a 53-foot-long behemoth with a huge dorsal sail, scimitar-like claws and superjaws. Bringing together experts in paleontology, geology, climatology and paleobotany, this special brings to life the lost world over which Spinosaurus reigned more than 65 million years ago.
  • First Air War
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    30th Oct 2014
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    When World War I began in 1914, the air forces of the opposing nations consisted of handfuls of rickety biplanes from which pilots occasionally took pot shots at one another with rifles. By 1918, the fighter had become an efficient killing machine with a growing strategic impact on the outcome of the war. With the help of a unique collection of meticulously recreated flying replicas, NOVA traces the story of the designers, engineers, and brave pilots caught up in the race to dominate the skies over the western front.
  • Ben Franklin's Balloons
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    23rd Oct 2014
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    NOVA re-creates key flights, including the world’s first manned voyage on November 21, 1783. A descendant of the Montgolfier brothers, whose exploits fascinated Benjamin Franklin, will join a team to build an accurate replica of the fragile paper and canvas craft using 18th-century tools and materials.
  • Surviving Ebola
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    9th Oct 2014
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    As the Ebola epidemic threatens to spiral out of control, NOVA reports from the hot zone, where courageous medical teams struggle to cope with a flood of victims, to labs where scientists are racing to test vaccines and find a cure. Surviving Ebola includes chilling first-hand interviews of what it's like to contract — and survive — this terrible affliction.
  • Why Planes Vanish
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    9th Oct 2014
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    NOVA tells the inside story of the search for Flight MH370 and meets the key players, from all corners of the globe, who have spent months searching for the lost plane. How easy is it to make a plane disappear? Or can new technology guarantee that in the future, nothing will ever be lost again?
  • Rise of the Hackers
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    Our lives are going digital. We shop, bank and even date online. Computers hold our treasured photographs, private emails, and all of our personal information. This data is precious -- and cybercriminals want it. Now, NOVA goes behind the scenes of the fast-paced world of cryptography to meet the scientists battling to keep our data safe.

Season 40

  • Predators in Your Backyard
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    For most of our time on Earth, we humans have been the hunted, not the hunters. But today, we have conquered the predators at the top of the food chain; wild bears, wolves and big cats are in retreat. Removing predators from the wild has thrown ecosystems off-kilter, triggering domino effects that scientists are just beginning to understand. Follow scientists who are undertaking a simple, but frightening, solution: returning apex predators such as coyotes, bears and panthers to their natural environments. Will these predators restore the natural balance of their ecosystems -- or threaten the humans who live among them?
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    For most of our time on Earth, we humans have been the hunted, not the hunters. But today, we have conquered the predators at the top of the food chain; wild bears, wolves and big cats are in retreat. Removing predators from the wild has thrown ecosystems off-kilter, triggering domino effects that scientists are just beginning to understand. Follow scientists who are undertaking a simple, but frightening, solution: returning apex predators such as coyotes, bears and panthers to their natural environments. Will these predators restore the natural balance of their ecosystems -- or threaten the humans who live among them?