NOVA
Season 23

s23e01 / Anastasia Dead or Alive?

11th Oct '95 - 1:00am
Anastasia Dead or Alive? Summary

Shortly after midnight on 17 July 19l8, at a house in the town of Ekaterinburg in the Ural mountains, Bolshevik guards awakened the deposed Tsar Nicholas II together with his family and forced them into the basement, where they were shot and clubbed to passing. NOVA follows forensic tests of skeletons discovered in Ekaterinburg in 1979 that are alleged to be the remains of the Russian royals, and explores the intriguing claim that Anna Anderson of Charlottesville, Virginia, was really the long lost Anastasia

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s23e02 / Venus Unveiled

18th Oct '95 - 1:00am
Venus Unveiled Summary

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.

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s23e03 / Hawaii Born of Fire

25th Oct '95 - 1:00am
Hawaii Born of Fire Summary

NOVA explores the fiery moonscapes and lush rain-forests or the world's most isolated archipelago: the Hawaiian islands. From blistering beginnings as molten rock, the islands have developed into a verdant paradise of unique lifeforms.

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s23e04 / The Doomsday Asteroid

1st Nov '95 - 2:00am
The Doomsday Asteroid Summary

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.

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s23e05 / Lightning!

8th Nov '95 - 2:00am
Lightning! Summary

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s23e06 / Hunt for the Serial Arsonist

15th Nov '95 - 2:00am
Hunt for the Serial Arsonist Summary

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.

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s23e07 / Treasures of the Great Barrier Reef

29th Nov '95 - 2:00am
Treasures of the Great Barrier Reef Summary

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.

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s23e08 / Race to Catch a Buckyball

20th Dec '95 - 2:00am
Race to Catch a Buckyball Summary

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s23e09 / Can Buildings Make You Sick?

27th Dec '95 - 2:00am
Can Buildings Make You Sick? Summary

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.

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s23e10 / Terror in the Mine Fields

10th Jan '96 - 2:00am
Terror in the Mine Fields Summary

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s23e11 / The Day the Earth Shook

17th Jan '96 - 2:00am
The Day the Earth Shook Summary

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s23e12 / B-29 Frozen in Time

31st Jan '96 - 2:00am
B-29 Frozen in Time Summary

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.

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s23e13 / Ebola: The Plague Fighters

7th Feb '96 - 2:00am
Ebola: The Plague Fighters Summary

The Ebola filovirus causes a very deadly and highly contagious disease. Outbreaks thus far have been limited due to the implementation of strict isolation, sterilization, and waste disposal procedures; the remoteness of areas in which the outbreaks appeared; and the fact that the virushugs so quickly that many of its victims die before it can be transmitted. Most recently, the Ebola virus struck in the city of Kikwit in Zaire, Africa, in early 1995 andhuged almost 250 people before it was contained. Medical experts went to work quickly to research the Ebola virus.

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s23e14 / War Machines of Tomorrow

21st Feb '96 - 2:00am
War Machines of Tomorrow Summary

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s23e15 / Kidnapped by U.F.O'.s?

28th Feb '96 - 2:00am
Kidnapped by U.F.O'.s? Summary

Carl Sagan and other scientists investigate claims that people have been visited or abducted by aliens.

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s23e16 / Flood!

27th Mar '96 - 2:00am
Flood! Summary

The Great Flood of 1993 leaves a wake of destruction across the Midwest. Can rivers ever be contained?

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s23e17 / Dr. Spock the Baby Doc

3rd Apr '96 - 2:00am
Dr. Spock the Baby Doc Summary

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s23e18 / Warriors of the Amazon

10th Apr '96 - 1:00am
Warriors of the Amazon Summary

Explore the unique culture of the Yanomami, an isolated tribe living deep in the Amazonian rainforest.

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s23e19 / Bombing of America

17th Apr '96 - 1:00am
Bombing of America Summary

Bombing is on the rise across the United States. But science is fighting back. Hidden within the chaos of a crime scene lie clues that can solve the case. Can science help stop the "Bombing of America"?

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