NOVA - Season 23
Season 23
Network
DatesOct 10, 1995 - Apr 16, 1996
Episodes
Season 23Episode 160 min
Anastasia Dead or Alive?
Investigate the massacre of Tsar Nicholas and his family, and evaluate whether modern science has resolved the mystery surrounding Princess Anastasia.
Oct 10, 1995
Season 23Episode 260 min
Venus Unveiled
Venus reveals its true face, recorded in detail for the first time by the radar spacecraft Magellan. Our next-door planetary neighbor turns out to be one of the most bizarre places in the solar system.
Oct 17, 1995
Season 23Episode 360 min
Hawaii Born of Fire
From their blistering beginnings as molten rock, the Hawiian islands have grown into a verdant paradise of unique lifeforms.
Oct 24, 1995
Season 23Episode 460 min
The Doomsday Asteroid
Is there an asteroid or comet out there with our name on it? NOVA scans the skies and the geological record on Earth, for evidence that giant rocks from outer space have struck before and will eventually plow into our planet again.
Oct 31, 1995
Season 23Episode 560 min
Lightning!
Nov 7, 1995
Season 23Episode 660 min
Hunt for the Serial Arsonist
In the spring of 1991, a rash of suspicious store fires in Los Angeles set fire investigators on the trail of a serial arsonist. Using ingenious techniques to "read" burn patterns and reconstruct the chain of events at each fire, the team uncovered a crucial clue—a fingerprint on a crude incendiary device. Eight months later, the team closed in on their chief suspect and revealed the shocking truth behind his identity. A classic scientific detective story with a final twist that will keep viewers guessing until the end.
Nov 14, 1995
Season 23Episode 760 min
Treasures of the Great Barrier Reef
Recording sights that will astonish even experienced divers, NOVA documents an extraordinary day in the life of the largest coral reef in the world, capturing for the first time the annual spawning of coral and other unusual creatures of the reef.
Nov 28, 1995
Season 23Episode 860 min
Race to Catch a Buckyball
Dec 19, 1995
Season 23Episode 960 min
Can Buildings Make You Sick?
A search for the causes of Sick Building Syndrome. Experts look at various problem buildings, inspecting their air conditioning, lights and carpets for clues to the mysterious maladies afflicting the workers inside.
Dec 26, 1995
Season 23Episode 1060 min
Terror in the Mine Fields
Jan 9, 1996
Season 23Episode 1160 min
The Day the Earth Shook
Jan 16, 1996
Season 23Episode 1260 min
B-29 Frozen in Time
Travel on a perilous mission to repair and refly a rare B-29 bomber stranded on a Greenland icecap for almost 50 years.Gleaming like a jewel this well preserved bomber from World War II rests on the Arctic tundra where it was abandoned when it crash landed in 1947. This plane has long been a legend and now facing incredible hardship a team of adventurers struggle to bring the frozen warbird back to life.NOVA follows bold pilot Darryl Greenamyer and his team on two expeditions to revive Kee Bird and make it fly again in one of the most isolated and harshest environments on Earth. Despite severe weather illness and difficulties with the shuttle plane in 1994 Greenamyer returns in May 1995 with a larger crew a more reliable shuttle plane and a new plan to bring Kee Bird back to life and back home.
Jan 30, 1996
Season 23Episode 1360 min
Ebola: The Plague Fighters
Feb 6, 1996
Season 23Episode 1460 min
War Machines of Tomorrow
Feb 20, 1996
Season 23Episode 1560 min
Kidnapped by U.F.O.'s?
Carl Sagan and other scientists investigate claims that people have been visited or abducted by aliens.
Feb 27, 1996
Season 23Episode 1660 min
Flood!
The Great Flood of 1993 leaves a wake of destruction across the Midwest. Can rivers ever be contained?
Mar 26, 1996
Season 23Episode 1760 min
Dr. Spock the Baby Doc
Apr 2, 1996
Season 23Episode 1860 min
Warriors of the Amazon
Explore the unique culture of the Yanomami, an isolated tribe living deep in the Amazonian rainforest.
Apr 9, 1996
Season 23Episode 1960 min
Bombing of America
Forensic scientists search for clues hidden within the chaos of crime scenes to help law enforcement find the Unabomber.
Apr 16, 1996
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