NOVA - Season 25
Season 25
Network
DatesOct 7, 1997 - May 12, 1998
Episodes
Season 25Episode 160 min
Coma
Neurosurgeon Jamshid Ghajar sparks a revolution in the treatment of head-trauma victims.
Oct 7, 1997
Season 25Episode 260 min
Faster Than Sound
Top test pilots describe the dangers, mysteries, and thrill of being the first to fly at supersonic speed.
Oct 14, 1997
Season 25Episode 360 min
Bomb Squad
IRA terrorists and British bomb disposal experts tell insider stories of a deadly cat-and-mouse game.
Oct 21, 1997
Season 25Episode 460 min
The Proof
Princeton math sleuth Andrew Wiles goes undercover for eight years to solve history's most famous math problem: Fermat's Last Theorem.
Oct 28, 1997
Season 25Episode 560 min
Wild Wolves
NOVA exposes the secret life of the pack: where its members live, how they hunt, what their calls mean.
Nov 11, 1997
Season 25Episode 660 min
Super Bridge
Engineers solve a unique set of problems in safety, aesthetics, and cost as they build a bridge over the Mississippi River.
Nov 12, 1997
Season 25Episode 760 min
Treasures of a Sunken City
Divers search the seafloor for one of the seven wonders of the ancient world: the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
Nov 18, 1997
Season 25Episode 860 min
Avalanche!
Scientists take you inside a snow slide to unlock its deadly secrets.
Nov 25, 1997
Season 25Episode 960 min
Danger in the Jet Stream
NOVA covers the latest efforts to be first to circumnavigate the planet non-stop in a balloon. NOVA's cameras are on board for all three attempts, including that of the long-shot underdog, American Steve Fossett, who rode high-speed winds solo from Missouri to a remote corner of India against incredible odds.
Dec 2, 1997
Season 25Episode 1060 min
Night Creatures of the Kalahari
Beneath the grassland plains of the Kalahari lies a hidden world of rare and exotic animals. By day, the Kalahari belongs to familiar predators and grazing animals. At night, the earth seems to release scores of seldom seen nocturnal creatures—Bush Babies, Brown Hyenas, Aardvarks and Fungal Termites—in search of food.
Jan 6, 1998
Season 25Episode 1160 min
Mysterious Mummies of China
Three-thousand-year-old mummies with long blond hair and blue eyes are unearthed in a remote Chinese desert.
Jan 20, 1998
Season 25Episode 1260 min
Supersonic Spies
The race to build the world's first supersonic passenger airliner leads to a massive Cold War espionage effort.
Jan 27, 1998
Season 25Episode 1360 min
Animal Hospital
Tapping into the clearly demonstrated affection we all have for our pets, this program will offer an offbeat, sometimes humorous, sometimes sad portrait of pets, their owners, and the veterinarians who treat our beloved animals' ailments. From race horses under the knife for cancer treatment, to Manhattan hounds on Prozac, to anorexic boa constrictors, we will show how cutting edge veterinary medicine is saving lives, and draw viewers into the mini-dramas that unfold each day in homes, in zoos, and in veterinary hospitals across the country.
Feb 3, 1998
Season 25Episode 1460 min
The Brain Eater
In this scientific mystery, NOVA ventures to the front lines of medical research where scientists are scrambling to understand the strange new ailment popularly known as "mad cow disease." Highly infectious and incurable, this disease has claimed the lives of nearly a million cattle in Britain, and a variant is responsible for a handful of deaths in humans. Millions more people may have been exposed, and now the race is on to determine if we are on the brink of another deadly epidemic like AIDS or Ebola. What scientists are finding is making them rethink many fundamental assumptions about epidemiology and may hold startling implications for public health in the future.
Feb 10, 1998
Season 25Episode 1560 min
Everest - The Death Zone
NOVA treks with a group of Himalayan climbers in their quest to reach the summit of Everest, along the way exploring in never-before-conducted tests how extremes of weather and altitude affect the human mind and body. Why do some people succumb so quickly to the ills caused by high altitude while others do not? Does exposure to extreme hypoxia—or lack of oxygen—take a lasting toll on the mind and body? Images of the brain scanned before and after the expedition may reveal truths about the physical traumas suffered in an oxygen-depleted environment, and give us new insight into why the tallest mountain in the world has claimed so many victims.
Feb 24, 1998
Season 25Episode 1660 min
Search for the Lost Cave People
Caves lining a rugged canyon deep in the Chiapas jungle hold clues to the little-known Zoque people.
Mar 31, 1998
Season 25Episode 1760 min
Warnings from the Ice
Could the world be facing the next deluge—a catastrophic rise in sea levels—as a result of the rapid break-up of the huge Antarctic ice sheets? The ice sheets hold 70% of the world's fresh water in a deep freeze cold enough to shatter steel, but now scientists are racing to understand whether the recent calving of a Connecticut sized iceberg signals the beginning of a giant meltdown.
Apr 21, 1998
Season 25Episode 1860 min
Crocodiles!
An unprecedented look at a dangerous predator, this is the second of three natural history programs hosted by Sir David Attenborough. Surviving virtually unchanged since the days of the dinosaur and found throughout the world, these remarkable creatures have the tools for survival. Long known as vicious hunters, new photographic techniques now allow us to see them cooperating with each other and protecting their families. From tiny babies hatching from the shell we see them grow into great beasts capable of standing up to the lion and bringing down a zebra. BBC production in association with WGBH.
Apr 28, 1998
Season 25Episode 1960 min
The Truth About Impotence
NOVA reports on new hope for victims of erectile dysfunction, also known as impotence. Among the promising therapies covered in the program are ones developed by Dr. Irwin Goldstein of Boston University School of Medicine and Dr. Harin Padma-Nathan, director of the Male Clinic in Santa Monica, CA. Actual cases are profiled, featuring men talking candidly about their problem—and going through treatment—on camera. Erectile dysfunction affects an estimated 52% of men between the ages of 40 and 70.
May 12, 1998
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