NOVA - Season 36

NOVA - Season 36

Season 36

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DatesOct 7, 2008 - Jun 30, 2009
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Episodes

Arctic Dinosaurs
Season 36Episode 160 min

Arctic Dinosaurs

Experts in Alaska investigate how dinosaurs managed to thrive in polar regions.
Oct 7, 2008
Space Shuttle Disaster
Season 36Episode 260 min

Space Shuttle Disaster

An investigation uncovers the human failures and design flaws behind the 2003 Columbia tragedy.
Oct 14, 2008
Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
Season 36Episode 360 min

Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives

Join Mark Everett on his quixotic quest to understand his father Hugh, creator of a radical theory of quantum physics.
Oct 21, 2008
Fractals: Hunting the Hidden Dimension
Season 36Episode 460 min

Fractals: Hunting the Hidden Dimension

Mysteriously beautiful fractals are shaking up the world of mathematics and deepening our understanding of nature.
Oct 28, 2008
Alien from Earth
Season 36Episode 560 min

Alien from Earth

Do the remains of a tiny hobbit-like creature found on the island of Flores belong to a new human species?
Nov 11, 2008
The Bible's Buried Secrets
Season 36Episode 660 min

The Bible's Buried Secrets

An archeological detective story traces the origins of the Hebrew Bible
Nov 18, 2008
Ocean Animal Emergency
Season 36Episode 760 min

Ocean Animal Emergency

Wildlife veterinarians struggle to save injured seals and sea lions on the California coast.
Nov 25, 2008
Is There Life on Mars?
Season 36Episode 860 min

Is There Life on Mars?

The decades-long search for life on the Red Planet heats up with the discovery of frozen water.
Dec 30, 2008
The Big Energy Gamble
Season 36Episode 960 min

The Big Energy Gamble

Can California's ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases actually succeed?
Jan 20, 2009
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
Season 36Episode 1060 min

The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies

Follow the extraordinary 2,000-mile migration of monarch butterflies to a sanctuary in the highlands of Mexico.
Jan 27, 2009
The Spy Factory
Season 36Episode 1160 min

The Spy Factory

Examine the high-tech eavesdropping carried out by the National Security Agency and the pitfalls of surveillance in an age of terrorism.
Feb 3, 2009
Rat Attack
Season 36Episode 1260 min

Rat Attack

Why do huge swarms of rats overrun a bamboo forest in India once every half-century?
Feb 24, 2009
Extreme Ice
Season 36Episode 1360 min

Extreme Ice

An acclaimed photographer teams up with scientists to document the runaway melting of arctic glaciers.
Mar 24, 2009
Last Extinction (Megabeasts' Sudden Death)
Season 36Episode 1460 min

Last Extinction (Megabeasts' Sudden Death)

Scientists propose a radical new idea of what killed off mammoths and other large animals at the end of the Ice Age.
Mar 31, 2009
Doctors' Diaries (1)
Season 36Episode 1560 min

Doctors' Diaries (1)

Seven doctors, 21 years... Saving lives is only part of the story. Part 1 of 2.
Apr 7, 2009
Doctors' Diaries (2)
Season 36Episode 1660 min

Doctors' Diaries (2)

Seven doctors, 21 years... Saving lives is only part of the story. Part 2 of 2.
Apr 14, 2009
Musical Minds
Season 36Episode 1760 min

Musical Minds

Oliver Sacks explores how the power of music can make the brain come alive.
Jun 30, 2009

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