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16 this season · 1035 totals30e01 Killer Disease on Campus 2002-09-04 01:00
Killer Disease on Campus
Doctors combat the deadliest form of meningitis, which strikes young people out of the blue.
s30e02 Mysterious Life of Caves 2002-10-02 01:00
Mysterious Life of Caves
Toxic caverns teeming with strange life-forms spark a radical theory of how caves take shape.
s30e03 Lost Roman Treasure 2002-10-09 01:00
Lost Roman Treasure
Experts rescue priceless mosaics from an ancient city about to vanish beneath a reservoir.
s30e04 Galileo's Battle for the Heavens 2002-10-30 02:00
Galileo's Battle for the Heavens
Galileo struggles to persuade church authorities of the truth behind his astonishing discoveries about the cosmos.
s30e05 Volcano's Deadly Warning 2002-11-13 02:00
Volcano's Deadly Warning
A man obsessed with understanding volcanoes comes up with a radical new way to predict eruptions.
s30e06 Sinking City of Venice 2002-11-20 02:00
Sinking City of Venice
Experts struggle to save the City of Canals before it vanishes beneath the waves
s30e07 The Orchid Hunter 2002-11-27 02:00
The Orchid Hunter
NOVA investigates an all-consuming passion for orchids, nature's most highly evolved plant.
s30e08 Spies That Fly 2003-01-08 02:00
Spies That Fly
Nova recounts the history of the development of military unmanned aerial vehicles along with the opportunities and challenges they present.
s30e09 Last Flight of Bomber 31 2003-01-15 02:00
Last Flight of Bomber 31
Forensic scientists set out to discover what happened to seven American airmen whose plane crashed in Kamchatka during World War II.
s30e10 Ancient Creature of the Deep 2003-01-22 02:00
Ancient Creature of the Deep
Meet the coelacanth, a bizarre fish and "living fossil" that has changed little in its 400 million years on Earth.
s30e11 Battle of the X-Planes 2003-02-05 02:00
Battle of the X-Planes
Two aviation giants, Lockheed Martin and Boeing, compete to build the next-generation fighter jet.
s30e12 Mountain of Ice 2003-02-12 02:00
Mountain of Ice
Jon Krakauer and fellow mountaineers pioneer a new route on a scientific expedition up Antarctica's highest peak.
s30e13 Lost Treasures of Tibet 2003-02-19 02:00
Lost Treasures of Tibet
A crack restoration team tries to prevent priceless medieval Buddhist murals from crumbling into dust.
s30e14 Dirty Bomb 2003-02-26 02:00
Dirty Bomb
Radiation experts play out a frightening terrorist scenario—exploding a bomb laden with radioactive materials.
s30e15 Deep Sea Invasion 2003-04-02 02:00
Deep Sea Invasion
A toxic aquarium plant is accidentally released into the Mediterranean, overwhelming marine life and threatening to spread worldwide.
s30e16 Secret of Photo 51 2003-04-16 01:00
Secret of Photo 51
Meet Rosalind Franklin, the unsung heroine behind the discovery of DNA's double helix