More people die in fires in the US than in any other industrialized country. In an alarming report that challenges the complacency of the US fire prevention establishment, NOVA uncovers glaring gaps in our defenses against flames thathug. Sealing any one of these gaps might save thousands of lives and prevent enormous pain and misery.

NOVA Season 9 Episodes...

• s09e01 - Computers, Spies and Private Lives
• s09e02 - Why America Burns
• s09e03 - The Great Violin Mystery
• s09e04 - Cosmic Fire
• s09e05 - Locusts: War Without End
• s09e06 - Did Darwin Get It Wrong?
• s09e07 - Artists in the Lab
• s09e08 - Notes of a Biology Watcher: A Film with Lewis Thomas
• s09e09 - City Spaces, Human Places
• s09e10 - Twins
• s09e11 - Salmon on the Run
• s09e12 - Test-Tube Babies: A Daughter For Judy
• s09e13 - A Field Guide to Roger Tory Peterson
• s09e14 - The Hunt for the Legion Killer
• s09e15 - Finding a Voice
• s09e16 - The Television Explosion
• s09e17 - Life: Patent Pending
• s09e18 - Palace of Delights
• s09e19 - Animal Impostors
• s09e20 - Aging: The Methuselah Syndrome

NOVA Show Summary

Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science based television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won many major television awards, most of them many times over.