NOVA
Season 33 Episode 19 - ScienceNOW: Extinction
7.0 ?
1974
Documentary
The "Nova scienceNOW" magazine delves into a case of mass extinction some 250 million years ago; investigates the 1918 influenza outbreak, which killed as many as 50 million people; details the work of MIT roboticist Cynthia Breazeal's efforts to create "sociable robots"; and examines attempts to decipher 2000-year-old papyrus scrolls. Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts.
Episodes in Season 33
1
Mystery of the Megaflood
55 min
2
Sinking the Supership
55 min
3
Einstein's Big Idea
55 min
4
Volcano Under the City
55 min
5
Hitler's Sunken Secret
55 min
6
Newton's Dark Secrets
55 min
7
Storm That Drowned a City
55 min
8
The Mummy Who Would Be King
55 min
9
Deadly Ascent
55 min
10
The Perfect Corpse
55 min
11
Jewel of the Earth
55 min
12
The Ghost Particle
55 min
13
Arctic Passage
55 min
14
The Great Robot Race: Nova
55 min
15
Voyage to the Mystery Moon
55 min
16
Dimming the Sun
55 min
17
Wings of Madness
55 min
18
Family That Walks on All Fours
55 min
19
ScienceNOW: Extinction
57 min
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20
Underwater Dream Machine
57 min
