Paula S. Apsell

It was one of humankind's most epic quests - a technical problem so complex that it challenged the best minds of its time, a problem so important t...

06 de out. de 1998

We’ve all heard of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, but most people have no idea how widespread and prevalent Jewish resistance to Nazi barbarism was. I...

12 de abr. de 2024

Acid rain, economic development, and a century of mining pollute Rocky Mountain waters.

09 de jan. de 1990

In a race against developers in the Rocky Mountains, paleontologists uncover a unique fossil site packed with astonishingly well-preserved bones of...

01 de fev. de 2012

When the U.S. trade embargo left Cuba isolated from medical resources, Cuban scientists were forced to get creative. Now they've developed lung can...

01 de abr. de 2020

Since it explored Pluto in 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft has been zooming toward NASA's most distant target yet. Join the mission team as the p...

03 de ago. de 2019

19 de abr. de 2017

Can science help us understand these crimes?

20 de fev. de 2013

No alto dos Andes encontra-se Machu Picchu, uma cidade perdida com portas e passagens que aludem aos fantasmas do seu passado. Quem foram as pessoa...

01 de jan. de 2019

It contains 99.9 percent of all the matter in our solar system and sheds hot plasma at nearly a million miles an hour. The temperature at its core ...

24 de abr. de 2012

The real Great Escape didn't feature Steve McQueen racing through the Third Reich on a motorcycle like in the 1963 movie, but the big breakout was ...

16 de nov. de 2004

NOVA documentary inquiring into the fate of early Everest explorers George Mallory and Sandy Irvine

01 de out. de 1999

Nova visits Russia for Nova: Top Gun Over Moscow, a thorough look at the sleekest and most powerful Russian jets. In a word, they are tough. These ...

23 de out. de 2006

Os vikings foram uns dos guerreiros mais ferozes de todos os tempos. No entanto, apenas alguns utilizavam a derradeira arma da sua época: a temida ...

10 de out. de 2012

Researchers seek solutions to contain the rising acidity levels that are threatening the world's oceans.

13 de mai. de 2015

The mission was impossible. The Odds were astronomical. The results were spectacular. NOVA presents the fascinating story behind the Apollo space...

On a summer's night, there's nothing more magic than watching the soft glow of fireflies switching on and off. Few other life forms on land can lig...

25 de set. de 2015

To many of us they are a figure of fancy on par with the unicorn. To scientists, however, the seahorse is a fascinating object of study. Unlike oth...

15 de abr. de 1997

NOVA scienceNOW is a News magazine version of the long-running and venerable PBS science program Nova. Premiering on January 25, 2005, the series w...