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S30.E1 ∙ Spies That Fly

Mon, Jan 06, 2003

Nova recounts the history of the development of military unmanned aerial vehicles along with the opportunities and challenges they present.

6.9 /10

S30.E2 ∙ Last Flight of Bomber 31

Mon, Jan 13, 2003

Exploring what might have happened to a U.S. Navy bomber that disappeared over the Bering Sea during World War II.

7.6 /10

S30.E3 ∙ Ancient Creature of the Deep

Mon, Jan 20, 2003

Following scientists' pursuit of a big, ugly and very ancient (400 million years old) fish called the coelacanth, a "living fossil" that is thought to be a "missing link" between sea and land animals.

7 /10

S30.E4 ∙ Battle of the X-Planes

Mon, Feb 03, 2003

Nova takes an inside look at a competition between Boeing and Lockheed Martin to develop the next generation of American fighter aircraft.

8.3 /10

S30.E5 ∙ Mountain of Ice

Mon, Feb 10, 2003

An expedition to Mount Vinson, in Antarctica, one of the highest peaks of the World, offers a real awareness of the increasing fragility of the best preserved places far from our daily life.

7.5 /10

S30.E6 ∙ Lost Treasures of Tibet

Mon, Feb 17, 2003

Nova follows a group of art conservationists to the ancient Buddhist Temples of the Mustang. There they attempt to restore artwork that has been slowly deteriorating with time.

6.7 /10

S30.E7 ∙ Dirty Bomb

Mon, Feb 24, 2003

Exploring dirty bombs (including how they differ from conventional nuclear bombs), and how terrorists can acquire the materials to create one, then build and detonate it.

8 /10

S30.E8 ∙ Deep Sea Invasion

Mon, Mar 31, 2003

Charting the alarming growth of the invasive alga caulerpa taxifolia through the Mediterranean.

0 /10

S30.E9 ∙ Secret of Photo 51

Mon, Apr 21, 2003

This Nova special tells the story of Roselynne Franklin, concentrating on her breakthrough discovery of the structure of DNA, and how her discoveries were used without her permission by Watson, Crick, and Wilkens.

8.3 /10

S30.E10 ∙ Infinite Secrets

Mon, Sep 29, 2003

An ancient Archimedes Manuscript is discovered over written by a medieval prayer book. Program follows the effort to recover the lost text an the implications of its loss to history.

7.8 /10

S30.E11 ∙ Who Killed the Red Baron?

Mon, Oct 06, 2003

Who killed Baron Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron)? Forensic evidence and recently discovered papers hold clues about why the celebrated WWI German air ace met his fate on April 21, 1918.

7.2 /10

S30.E12 ∙ The Elegant Universe: Einstein's Dream (1)

Mon, Oct 27, 2003

From Newton to String Theory Nova chronicles the progress toward a unified theory of everything.

7.8 /10

S30.E13 ∙ The Elegant Universe: String's the Thing (2)

Mon, Oct 27, 2003

In order to solve some of the deepest mysteries of the universe, the rules that govern large objects like galaxies must be combined with the rules that govern small objects like subatomic particles.

8.1 /10

S30.E14 ∙ The Elegant Universe: Welcome to the 11th Dimension (3)

Mon, Nov 03, 2003

String theory is radically changing our ideas about the nature of space, opening up the possibility that extra dimensions, rips in the fabric of space, and parallel universes actually exist.

7.6 /10

S30.E15 ∙ Wright Brothers' Flying Machine

Mon, Nov 10, 2003

Nova looks at how the Wright brothers made their first powered flight through the efforts of enthusiasts to replicate the Wright's early gliders and airplanes.

7.5 /10

S30.E16 ∙ Magnetic Storm

Mon, Nov 17, 2003

Is the magnetic field protecting Earth from deadly radiation about to reverse direction or even disappear?

7.7 /10

S30.E17 ∙ Volcano Above the Clouds

Mon, Nov 24, 2003

An expedition to Mount Kilimandjaro, in Africa, one of the highest peaks of the World, offers a real awareness of the increasing fragility of the best preserved places far from our daily life.

6.9 /10