An ancient legend on the Indonesian island of Flores tells of an elflike creature similar to the fictional hobbit. But a controversial 2003 archeological find not only suggests that there could be some truth behind the legend, but promises to rewrite...
One of the most violent natural disasters of our time, the colossal eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980 blasted away an entire mountainside. Over the course of 30 years, biologist Charlie Crisafulli has been documenting the dramatic return of plant an...
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger leads a controversial program to cut carbon dioxide emissions and enforce energy efficiency. NOVA explores the pros and cons of the bold approach in "The Big Energy Gamble," airing on KUED Tuesday, April 20 a...
In a two part special, NOVA "Hunting the Edge of Space" examines how a simple instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed our understanding of the universe and where we are in space and time. What began as a simple curiosity 400 years ago --...
When the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium stopped calling Pluto a planet, director Neil deGrasse Tyson found himself at the center of a firestorm led by angry, Pluto-loving elementary school students who wrote letters like the...
A team of intrepid scientists journey into one of Earth's most dangerous and beautiful underwater frontiers. Nova follows the charismatic Dr. Kenny Broad as he dives into blue holes - underwater caves that formed during the last...
On the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's famous "On the Origin of Species," NOVA reveals answers to the riddles that Darwin couldn't explain. Airing Tuesday, December 29, at 7 p.m. on KUED-Channel 7, NOVA presents "What Darwin Never Kn...
What are dreams and why do we have them? NOVA joins the leading dream researchers as they embark on a variety of neurological and psychological experiments to investigate the world of sleep and dreams. Delving deep into the thoughts and brains of a v...
Nothing is more fascinating to us than, well, us. Where did we come from? What makes us human? The first in-depth televised investigation documenting an explosion of recent discoveries, NOVA's three-part special, Becoming Human: Unearthing Our Earlie...
Acclaimed screenwriter John Goldsmith (David Copperfield, Victoria and Albert) brings to life Charles Darwin's greatest personal crisis: the anguishing decision over whether to "go public" with his theory of evolution. The two-our special, NOVA: "D...
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