Physicians confront the most virulent form of meningitis, a disease that often strikes young people with sudden and unexpected force.

The discovery of perilous caverns teeming with unusual life has ignited a compelling new theory regarding the origins of caves.

As a reservoir looms, threatening to submerge it entirely, specialists have managed to recover priceless mosaics from a lost city.

Over the course of two hours, NOVA recounts the life of the man often called the father of modern science and his arduous fight to persuade the Church to embrace the reality of his groundbreaking discoveries. The program draws upon Dava Sob…

In January of 1993, a group of six scientists and three hikers perished – scalded and crushed – after entering the active volcano Galeras in Colombia. They had entered with the assurance that an eruption was not on the horizon. This program…

The fate of the City of Canals hangs precariously in the balance, as those with the knowledge and resources to preserve it find themselves battling a relentless advance of the sea.

In the year 2000, Tom Hart Dyke spent nine months held by guerrillas who took him while he was gathering orchids in the Colombian rainforest. Now, he finds himself in a similar situation, working once more in the orchid-rich and politically…

The aerial conflict in Afghanistan highlighted a shift in power: often, the most crucial pilots are not in the cockpit, but rather controlling unmanned aerial vehicles – UAVs – from the ground. Newly declassified footage, presented in "Spie…

On March 25, 1944, a United States Navy bomber vanished into the fog above the Bering Sea, en route to a Japanese target. Fifty-five years later, it has reappeared, bringing with it an extraordinary story. *NOVA* journeys to the plane's fin…

NOVA documents the finding of a coelacanth, a fish often referred to as a "living fossil," which has persisted with remarkably little alteration since the age of dinosaurs. The program echoes Darwin's earlier assertion that certain species,…

A glimpse into the high-stakes race to create the Joint Strike Fighter. The cameras observe the engineering teams of Boeing and Lockheed Martin as they navigate critical choices in the aircraft's design, shaping its destiny.

In a daring ascent of the world's southernmost continent, Jon Krakauer, author of *Into Thin Air*, alongside renowned mountaineer Conrad Anker and their diverse team of climbers, scientists, and filmmakers, embark on a pioneering expedition…

While Leonardo da Vinci labored over "The Last Supper," artisans in the remote Himalayan kingdom of Mustang crafted breathtaking depictions of their deities. "Lost Treasures of Tibet" journeys with the pioneering conservation team from the…

"Dirty Bomb" examines the potential consequences for public health policy posed by a disaster increasingly viewed as unavoidable: a terrorist attack targeting a major city with a radioactive dispersal device. The program seeks to address fu…

In 1989, while diving off the coast of southern France, marine biologist Alexandre Meinesz encountered a breathtaking, yet unsettling, sight: a thick expanse of verdant fronds swaying around him across the seabed. Initially bewildered by th…

On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick announced their revolutionary discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, the molecule fundamental to heredity and often called the "secret of life." Yet, their pivotal breakthrough hing…