NOVA – Specials
Episodes
To The Moon
The mission seemed impossible, the odds astronomical, but the results were spectacular. NOVA presents the fascinating story behind the Apollo space program, including the historic walk on the moon in 1969, in a two-hour special. Meet unsung heroes, experience the dangers, and discover new Apollo perspectives through rare footage, little-known facts, and interviews with NASA scientists, engineers, geologists, and the astronauts themselves.
Eclipse Over America
On August 21, a total solar eclipse crosses the continental U.S. for the first time in 99 years. Scientists and cutting-edge NASA missions investigate this once-in-a-life-time event: how and why they occur, and they reveal about the sun.
Blood Sugar Rising
Follow the diabetes epidemic in the U.S. Diabetes and pre-diabetes affect over 100 million people in the country, costing more than $325 billion each year. The documentary puts human faces to these statistics, exploring the history and science of the illness through portraits of Americans whose stories shape the film.
Gene-Editing Reality Check
CRISPR gene-editing technology is advancing quickly. What can it do now and in the future?
Search Engine Breakdown
Why does a widely used internet search engine deliver results that can be blatantly racist and sexist? Two leading information researchers investigate their discoveries of hidden biases in the search technology we rely on every day.
Predicting My MS
A filmmaker with a rare type of multiple sclerosis explores the mysterious causes of MS.
Sea Change: Bounty in the Gulf of Maine
Discover the Gulf of Maine and how its bounty was forever changed by a global appetite for fish. Now with the Gulf warming faster than 97 percent of the world’s oceans, witness how wildlife and people are adapting to rapid change.
Sea Change: Peril in the Gulf of Maine
Dive into Cashes Ledge with scientists as they race to discover if this remote and relatively pristine part of the Gulf of Maine is vulnerable to rapid warming. Can Cashes still offer hope for the Gulf’s more than 3,000 species?
Sea Change: Survival in the Gulf of Maine
Now at a crossroads for the future of the Gulf of Maine and our oceans, Indigenous peoples and scholars practice climate resilience and adaptation, scientists track developments, and entrepreneurs find new ways to make a living from the sea.
When Machines Prescribe
Investigate medical algorithms in which the patient’s race drives decisions.