Video: NOVA
PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA programs demystify science and technology and highlight the people involved in scientific pursuits.
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NOVA | Making Stuff | Preview #2 -- Spider Silk | PBS (#3802)
Invisibility cloaks. Spider silk that is stronger than steel. Plastics made of sugar that dissolve in landfills. Self-healing military vehicles. Smart pills and micro-robots that zap diseases.... 00:33
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NOVA | Making Stuff: Stronger Preview | PBS (#3802)
David Pogue tests his mettle against the world's strongest stuff, from steel and Kevlar to bioengineered silk. 00:30
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NOVA | Making Stuff: Cleaner Preview | PBS (#3804)
Can innovative materials help solve the energy crisis and lead to a sustainable future? David Pogue investigates. 00:30
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NOVA | Making Stuff: Smarter Preview | PBS (#3805)
Explore a new generation of ingenious materials, from clothes that monitor your mood to real-life invisibility cloaks. 00:30
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NOVA | Making Stuff: Smaller Preview | PBS (#3803)
Future technologies will depend on tiny stuff -- from new kinds of silicon chips to micro-robots that probe the human body. 00:30
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NOVA | Deadliest Earthquakes Preview | PBS (#3801)
Big quakes are inevitable, but can we prevent their devastation? 00:30
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NOVA | Secrets Beneath the Ice Preview | PBS (#3717)
Is Antarctica headed for a catastrophic meltdown? New evidence of ancient climate change may hold clues. 00:30
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NOVA | Making Stuff | Contest | PBS (#3803)
Show PBS Your Stuff and You Could Win Stuff! Enter for your chance to win a David "Pogue-ified" Apple iPad! What favorite item in your life would you make stronger, smaller, smarter or cleaner!? A... 01:16
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NOVA | Making Stuff | Taking the Heat | PBS (#3802)
David Pogue visits DuPont to get a closer look at fireproof clothing. 03:27
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NOVA | Come take a look at Niagra Falls | PBS
The awesome Niagara Falls was the nation's first great symbol, an emblem of a vast, untamed continent of beauty and limitless resources. The fate of that beauty and bounty is the focus of the film.... 00:30
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NOVA | Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold | PBS (#3504)
"Absolute Zero" presents the epic story of humanity's struggle to master extreme cold. This NOVA special re-creates groundbreaking discoveries across four centuries that expanded our knowledge of... 00:30
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NOVA | Making Stuff | Preview #1 - Robots | PBS (#3802)
Technology reporter David Pogue hosts a 4-part special series exploring the materials that will shape our future. Premiering January 19, 2011 on PBS. 00:33
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NOVA | Quest for Solomon's Mines | PBS (#3716)
Full Program: Archeologists seek the truth about the Bible's most famous king and his legendary riches. 53:25
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NOVA | Secrets of Stonehenge | PBS (#3715)
Full Program: New archeological finds shed light on this misunderstood monument of the ancient world. 53:08
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NOVA | Trapped in an Elevator | PBS (#3713)
Full Program: Elevators have transformed our cities and our lives, but how safe are they? 53:08
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NOVA | Emergency Mine Rescue | PBS (#3712)
Full Program: Engineers and NASA scientists aid an all-out effort to save 33 trapped Chilean miners. 53:08
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NOVA | Building the Great Cathedrals | PBS (#3711)
Full Program: How did medieval engineers construct magnificent skyscrapers of glass and stone? 53:08
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NOVA | Emergency Mine Rescue | Trailer | PBS (#3712)
Engineers and NASA scientists aid an all-out effort to save 33 Chilean miners trapped nearly half a mile underground. 00:31
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NOVA | What Darwin Never Knew - Preview | PBS (#3617)
Stunning breakthroughs in a new science - nicknamed "evo devo" - are revealing answers to the riddles that Darwin couldn't explain. 00:31
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NOVA | Trapped in an Elevator Preview | PBS (#3713)
Airs November 2, 2010 on PBS. 00:30
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