Runaway Universe

By WGBH - 1998

Get ready for a (literally) breathtaking trek up Mt. Everest, from Base Camp at 17,600 feet; through the chilling, corpse-strewn Death Zone; to the…

By WGBH - 2003

Go inside NASA's risky field trip to the red planet in this tense and dramatic behind-the-scenes chronicle of the $820 million Mars Exploration Rover…

By WGBH - 1983

Each minute, all over the world, a baby is born. An everyday occurrence, yet each birth is the culmination of one of nature's most complex…

By WGBH - 1996

The photographer who led us into the awe-inspiring world of the womb has agreed to take us behind the scenes of his own work. For the first time…

By WGBH - 2001

In Search for a Safe Cigarette, NOVA gains unprecedented access to tobacco research and manufacturing facilities and asks the question: Can science…

By WGBH - 1999

NOVA presents the fascinating story behind the Apollo space program, including the most remarkable feat in human history--the historic walk on the…

By WGBH - 2003

Just 200 miles south of the equator, Kilimanjaro has both equatorial and arctic conditions. Here, five distinct climatic zones inhabit the slopes of…

By WGBH - 2003

The challenge of rebuilding the Wright Brothers' Flying Machine. Discover how the Wright Brothers transformed themselves from bicycle mechanics to…

By WGBH - 2004

Little on this earth can withstand the violent fury of an F5 tornado. A churning vortex with winds over 300 miles an hour, these tornadoes create…

By WGBH - 2004

Dying To Be Thin introduces you to students, ballet dancers, fashion models and other young women who are seeking recovery or have conquered their…

By WGBH - 1987

A 30-year dream. A 50-mile shortcut. A timeless achievement. A 50-mile shortcut to the Pacific lying just north of the equator is one of the most…

By WGBH - 2000

Discover how the fearsome, mechanized marvel known as the trebuchet catapulted warfare in different directions in Medieval Siege. Travel back to the…

By WGBH - 2005

On January 3, 2004, a tiny rover named Spirit crash-landed on the dusty surface of Mars and sent its first message home. The elation of the assembled…

By WGBH - 1998

Join host Charles Osgood in this extraordinary chronicle of 20th-century scientific adventures. Viewers journey through 100 years of discovery…

By WGBH - 2004

The movie "The Great Escape," starring Steve McQueen, was based on fact - on the most daring and technically ingenious prison escape of World War II…

By WGBH - 2004

Nearly 2,000 years ago, a dark, inhospitable cave located in a canyon near the Dead Sea was a secret refuge for Jewish refugees fleeing for their…

By WGBH - 2005

On the morning of July 25, 1909, Louis Bleriot set out on his epic flight across the English Channel, marking the first long-distance flight over…

By WGBH - 2002

Every year, thousands of men and women wage America's war on fire in our majestic wildlands. Armed with special training and the best technology, and…

By WGBH - 2005

There are few more tantalizing or notorious historical documents than the Vinland map. A faded, yellowing scrap of parchment bearing a faint tracery…

By WGBH - 1999

This is fact: Marilyn Sheppard was murdered in 1954. The rest of the crime is a haunting question mark. The Sheppard case led to the infamous…

By WGBH - 2002

A definitive and spellbinding record of the legendary Antarctic expedition. Trapped in the Antarctic ice over 1,000 miles from civilization, polar…

By WGBH - 2004

Who were the first Americans and where did they come from? The conventional view is that they arrived here around 13,500 years ago, but startling new…

By WGBH - 2005

On December 26, 2004, a series of tidal waves killed hundreds of thousands and devastated communities around the Indian Ocean. With around 100…

By WGBH - 1996

They're hiding in your closet. They're lurking in your bed. They're all over you--snacking on your skin, burrowing through your scalp, munching on…

By WGBH - 2004

It took all of human history until 1800 for the world's population to reach its first billion. Now we add a new billion nearly every dozen years…

By WGBH - 1997

Uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations as NOVA journeys to five archaeological sites where teams of experts use traditional techniques to test…

By WGBH - 1997

Uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations as NOVA journeys to an archaeological site where teams of experts use traditional techniques to test…

By WGBH - 1997

Uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations as NOVA journeys to an archaeological site where teams of experts use traditional techniques to test…

By WGBH - 1997

Uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations as NOVA journeys to an archaeological site where teams of experts use traditional techniques to test…

By WGBH - 1997

The Elegant Universe Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory Join host Brian Greene, professor of physics and…

By WGBH - 2005

One of the most daring resistance operations of World War II was the 1944 sinking of the Norwegian ferry Hydro, with its cargo of "heavy water…

By WGBH - 2005

Metropolitan Los Angeles is sitting on ground zero. Slicing under the highrises of downtown is a network of potentially deadly faults which could…

By WGBH - 2006

The Philippines' Mount Pinatubo is about to blow big. Is there enough time to evacuate the hundreds of thousands in its raging path? Stay with the…

By WGBH - 2006

At a time when heretics were burned alive for dissent, scientist Galileo Galilei risked his life to advance his revolutionary concepts of the…

By WGBH - 2006

This DVD set including Killer Quake, In the Path of a Killer Volcano, Tsunami: Wave that Shook the World, and Everest: The Death Zone.

By WGBH - 2006

Each year, more than 1,000 mountain climbers venture to Denali National Park in Alaska and attempt to reach Mt. McKinley's summit, the highest point…

By WGBH - 2004

It is a tantalizing idea: a shriveled mummy that has lain neglected on a dusty museum shelf at Niagara Falls could be the remnants of a long-lost…

By WGBH - 2006

On August 29th, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, killing at least 1,300, destroying over 600,000 houses, and turning downtown New…

By WGBH - 2006

Twenty-three bizarre looking vehicles line up at the starting gate of the DARPA Grand Challenge with one thing in common: there's nobody behind the…

By WGBH - 2005

They're the stuff of myth: a remarkable fish whose male becomes pregnant and gives birth. Tour the magical and complex world of the seahorse-from an…

By WGBH - 1996

Are sharks developing a taste for human flesh? A rash of shark attacks off Hawaii spurs a team of researchers to track the predators' elusive…

By WGBH - 1994

Apollo 13: To the Edge and Back tells the gripping, true story of the catastrophic flight of the Apollo 13 and the heroic struggle to bring the…

By WGBH - 1994

Witness nature's fury as hurricanes Camille and Gilbert crash onto the Gulf coast. Join Hugh Willoughby on a data-gathering flight made into the eye…

By WGBH - 1987

Supernovas are as spectacular as they are rare. In early 1987, a giant star exploded in the sky - one of the most violent celestial events since the…

By WGBH - 2006

Includes: Death Star; Death Of A Star; Runaway Universe

By WGBH - 2003

In this high-altitude adventure, author Jon Krakauer and world-class mountaineer Conrad Anker lead an expedition to the top of Antarctica's tallest…

By WGBH - 2006

Climb Five of the World's Great Peaks with NOVA. Everest: The Death Zone: Get ready for a breathtaking trek up Mt. Everest, from Base Camp through…

By WGBH - 2006

The Miracle of Life takes you on an incredible voyage through the human body as a new life begins. World-renowned Swedish photographer Lennart…

By WGBH - 2003

It has no pilot, no windows, and it's flown by remote control. But this odd-looking plane is already credited with helping destroy nearly 750 enemy…

By WGBH - 1996

For half a century we feared them. Now, for the first time, meet the rugged pilots of the Russian Air Force- and take a close-up look at the…

By WGBH - 2001

Travel on a perilous mission to repair and refly a rare B-29 bomber stranded on a Greenland icecap for almost 50 years. NOVA follows bold pilot…

By WGBH - 2001

Set includes B-29 Frozen in Time, Battle of the X-Planes, Spies That Fly, and Top Gun Over Moscow. 280 min on 4 discs

By WGBH - 1995

The brilliant colors and extraordinary creatures of the undersea world are revealed as NOVA takes you on the most dramatic tour ever of the wonders…

By WGBH - 1992

Dive beneath the surface and explore the secret world of dolphins. NOVA offers a rare glimpse into the private lives of dolphins with amazing…

By WGBH - 1992

This set contains three NOVA DVDs: Kingdom of the Seahorse, Shark Attack! and Private Lives of Dolphins. 168 min on 3 discs

By WGBH - 2001

ABC Nightline correspondent Robert Krulwich lends a lighthearted touch to genetic science in this provocative two-hour NOVA special that takes you…

By WGBH - 1998

The earthquake that shatters San Francisco in 1906 opens a century of explosive discoveries and debates in the earth sciences. See the Earth through…

By WGBH - 2004

Mont Blanc is one of the world's most popular destinations for Alpine climbers and scientists: no other peak has such a long record of mountaineering…

By WGBH - 1998

Includes the complete 10-hour A Science Odyssey series, plus Short Trips- a special DVD just for educators that encourages kids to think abour big…

By WGBH - 2004

Based on a Science Odyssey, the six segments included in Short Trips are designed to help educators get their students thinking and talking about big…

By WGBH - 2004

We feed them, breed them, pet them and dress them, but how well do we really know them? John Lithgow narrates this insightful look at how dogs…

By WGBH - 1996

Follow the investigators on the trail of the bombers and see what it takes to crack a bombing case. To show what science can do to help, NOVA…

By WGBH - 1995

Enjoy a celebration of the senses. Hearing visits the quietest place on earth, the music-rich Maori and a deaf woman regaining her hearing. Smell…

By WGBH - 1995

Enjoy a celebration of the senses- a vivid blend of science and imagery. Visit the quietest place on earth, the music-rich Maori and a deaf woman…

By WGBH - 1995

Enjoy a celebration of the senses-a vivid blend of science and imagery. Discover how touching is a potent tonic.

By WGBH - 1995

Enjoy a celebration of the senses- a vivid blend of science and imagery. Explore how art and science enhance vision, our most magical sense.

By WGBH - 2006

Join NOVA on a mind-bending hunt for a monster lurking at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers are closing in on one of the most…

By WGBH - 2006

A century ago, Europe's most acclaimed celebrity was a fashionable, frail, Brazilian-born aviator named Alberto Santos-Dumont. The first to fly an…

By WGBH - 2006

An intense scientific debate has ignited around an extraordinary family living in rural Turkey with five adults who walk with their feet and the…

By WGBH - 2007

His house was firebombed. He lost his job on the eve of the Depression. He took on powerful, entrenched interests in the scientific establishment and…

By WGBH - 1996

In an ancient Mayan arena, enemies of notorious King Yax K'uk Mo square off in a ball game that appears much like modern soccer. But in this fateful…

By WGBH - 2006

Deadly flooding in Africa. Catastrophic hurricanes in the U.S. Record-high temperatures worldwide. Are these natural, temporary glitches in our…

By WGBH - 2005

Building a submarine without the resources of a big shipyard and using only scavenged or off-the-shelf parts is an unusual idea by any standard. But…

By WGBH - 2000

Amazingly up-close footage filmed with specially developed macro lenses brings you the most intimate- and most spectacular- portrayal of a working…

By WGBH - 1995

From vast underground caverns, working class armies pour forth to defend their highly structured communal way of life. Are these feudal societies in…

By WGBH - 2000

Ants: Little Creatures Who Run the World: Explore vast underground caverns, from which working-class armies pour forth to defend their highly…

By WGBH - 2003

Join the race against time as art and restoration experts mix history, science, and politics in a complicated and daunting mission to preserve the…

By WGBH - 2000

NOVA investigates the shocking truth behind the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA and presents a moving portrait of a brilliant woman in…

By WGBH - 2000

By WGBH - 2007

In a vivid story, blooming with beauty and scientific mystery, NOVA goes hunting for the world's earliest flower. Although flowers have long been at…

By WGBH - 2007

In the face of global warming and other potentially harmful climate changes, there's new urgency about finding a solution to our uncertain energy…

By WGBH - 2007

On May 13, 1607, three English sailing vessels drop anchor beside a small island fringed by swamps in the James River, Virginia. On board: 104…

By WGBH - 2007

During the Ice Age-a million or more years ago-Australia was home to a zoo of extraordinary giant animals, including eight-foot-tall kangaroos…

By WGBH - 2007

Prediction is the siren song of earthquake studies-the alluring problem on which reputations can be won or wrecked. Not just careers, but million of…

By WGBH - 2008

Imagine a moment from the age of dinosaurs frozen in time: primitive birds, bees, insects, early mammals, the first known flowering plants, and of…

By WGBH - 2008

Millions remember the countdowns, launchings, splashdowns and parades as the U.S. raced the USSR to the Moon in the 1960s. Few know that both…

By WGBH - 2008

Erected by the ancient Greeks as a temple to Athena, the Parthenon has served as a church, a fortress, an ammunition dump, and the model for…

By WGBH - 2008

In 1950, during the Korean War, Soviet and U.S. jet fighters clashed in the fastest dogfights ever seen. The most advanced planes of their day, the…

By WGBH - 2008

In the Mandaras Mountains of northern Cameroon live the Mofu - an ancient tribe that shares its homes and crops with insects in a mutual balance of…

By WGBH - 2008

This program captures the turmoil that tore apart the community of Dover, Pennsylvania in a landmark battle over the teaching of evolution in public…

By WGBH - 2007

The world changed fifty years ago, on October 4, 1957, when the U.S. public heard the shocking news that the Soviet Union had successfully launched…

By WGBH - 2007

Every year thousands of athletes from across the globe flock to Boston to run the city's marathon, known worldwide as the ultimate test of stamina…

By WGBH - 2007

Unlock riddles and uncover lost history with the experts as they use yesteryearís thrilling technology to recreate five ancient engineering marvels…

By WGBH - 1995

Lightning! takes you on a high-voltage trip into the most electrically charged weather in the world--culminating in a dazzling lightning show set to…

By WGBH - 1996

From the maker of The Miracle of Life comes another astounding glimpse into the mysteries of life before birth. Once again, the micro-photography of…

By WGBH - 2009

Over the past 21 years, NOVA has followed a group of seven doctors from their first day at Harvard Medical School in 1987. All young, bright and…

By WGBH - 2008

What do movie special effects, the stock market, and heart attacks have in common? They are connected by a revolutionary new branch of math called…

By WGBH - 2008

This program tells the story of three women in Ethiopia suffering from devastating childbirth injuries. Rejected by their husbands and ostracized by…

By WGBH - 2009

What killed the mammoths? Near the end of the last ice age 13,000 years ago, these mighty beasts disappeared from North America together with some 35…

By WGBH - 2010

For 45 centuries, the Great Sphinx has cast its enigmatic gaze over Egypt's Giza plateau. The biggest and oldest statue in a land of colossal ancient…

By WGBH - 2010

For 45 centuries, the Great Sphinx has cast its enigmatic gaze over Egypt's Giza plateau. The biggest and oldest statue in a land of colossal ancient…

By WGBH - 2010

Perched atop a mountain crest, mysteriously abandoned more than four centuries ago, Machu Picchu is the most famous archeological ruin in the Western…

By WGBH - 2010

Perched atop a mountain crest, mysteriously abandoned more than four centuries ago, Machu Picchu is the most famous archeological ruin in the Western…

By WGBH - 2010

Since its discovery in 1930, Pluto has held a warm place in the public imagination. So, when the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden…

By WGBH - 2010

Since its discovery in 1930, Pluto has held a warm place in the public imagination. So, when the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden…

By WGBH - 2010

In the wake of the worst financial crisis in a generation, NOVA investigates what science can tell us about the way we make crucial financial…

By WGBH - 2010

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, every living thing in the blast zone was buried beneath 300 feet of avalanche debris, covered with steaming…

By WGBH - 2009

Why the AV version? Because it provides additional usage options for PBS videos. AV versions come with limited performance rights so they can be…

By WGBH - 2009

Why the AV version? Because it provides additional usage options for PBS videos. AV versions come with limited performance rights so they can be…

By WGBH - 2010

Hunting the Edge of Space, celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, and takes viewers on a global adventure of discovery…

By WGBH - 2010

Hunting the Edge of Space, celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, and takes viewers on a global adventure of discovery…

By WGBH - 2011

This NOVA scienceNOW poses the question - Can We make it to Mars? - and host Neil deGrasse Tyson tackles one of science's major challenges in each…

By WGBH - 2011

This NOVA scienceNOW poses the question - Can We make it to Mars? - and host Neil deGrasse Tyson tackles one of science's major challenges in each…

By WGBH - 2006

Central Ireland's waterlogged landscape is no ordinary ground. Here, the moist earth halts decomposition, perfectly preserving stunning evidence of…

By PBS Distribution - 2010

Every year, a million visitors are drawn to the Salisbury Plain, in southern England, to gaze upon a mysterious circle of stones. Who built…

By PBS Distribution - 2011

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each episode, framed as a simple question that ordinary people wonder and…

By PBS Distribution - 2012

Where do nature's building blocks, called the elements, come from? They're the hidden ingredients of everything in our world, from the carbon in our…

By PBS Distribution - 2008

Have you ever wondered what's going on inside your pet's mind? In What Are Animals Thinking? find out how a beehive resembles a human brain and…

By PBS Distribution - 2008

Mobile phones that read your mind? Video games that can cure cancer? Wearable robots that give you the strength of Ironman? David Pogue predicts…

By PBS Distribution - 2008

Mars Curiosity. It could be NASA's last chance to set wheels down on Mars until the end of the decade: This August, a rover named Curiosity will…

By PBS Distribution - 2008

Mars Curiosity. It could be NASA's last chance to set wheels down on Mars until the end of the decade: This August, a rover named Curiosity will…

By PBS Distribution - 2008

How Smart Can We Get? How do you get a genius brain? Is it all in the genes? Or is it hard work? Episodes include: Einstein's Brain; Mystery of…

By PBS Distribution - 2012

Was Hurricane Sandy a freak combination of weather systems? Or are hurricanes increasing in intensity due to a warming climate? How did this…

By PBS Distribution - 2012

n April 2010, the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano turned much of the northern hemisphere into an ash-strewn no-fly zone, stranding…

By PBS Distribution - 2013

Over 60,000 years ago, the first modern humans - people physically identical to us today - left their African homeland and entered Europe, then a…

By PBS Distribution - 2013

NOVA reveals the amazing technologies that make drones so powerful. From cameras that can capture every detail of an entire city at a glance, to…

By PBS Distribution - 2013

An unpromising lump of metal found in a 2,000-year-old shipwreck turns out to be an extraordinary treasure: the world's first computer. NOVA follows…

By PBS Distribution - 2013

Around 3,600 years ago, reliefs in Egyptian tombs and temples depict pharaohs and warriors proudly riding into battle on horse-drawn chariots. Some…

By PBS Distribution - 2013

In the aftermath of his 1927 solo transatlantic flight, Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh-Lucky Lindy-became the most famous human being on earth…

By PBS Distribution - 2013

Earth From Space is a groundbreaking two-hour special that reveals a spectacular new space-based vision of our planet. Produced in extensive…

By PBS Distribution - 2013

What makes a person walk into a theater, church, or classroom and open fire? What combination of circumstances compels a human being to commit the…

By Exploration Production Inc. - 2006

Create visible and powerful air currents.

By Serious Lunch Ltd - 2015

What happens to our bodies in space? Can we live on other planets? Who invented the telescope and how can we make one at home? Mark receives a…

By Exploration Production Inc. - 2012

This one-hour special introduces the audience to a team of dedicated scientists who brought Curiosity to life. Brand new science and technology that…