NOVA
Season 38 Episode 15 - Venom: Nature's Killer
Over the millennia, thousands of creatures have developed that most sophisticated of biological and chemical weapons: venom. These complex chemicals can scramble your brain signals, paralyze your muscles, puncture your blood cells, even begin digesting you from within. But nature's most potent toxins might also contain the keys to a new generation of advanced drugs. Such drugs might help doctors treat heart attacks, cancer, diabetes, and other serious illnesses. Follow NOVA crews as they join scientists on a dangerous quest to track down and capture the world's most venomous animals - to find out both how they can kill us, and how they can save us.
Episodes in Season 38
Building the Great Cathedrals
55 min
Emergency Mine Rescue
55 min
Trapped in an Elevator
55 min
Dogs Decoded
55 min
Secrets of Stonehenge
55 min
Quest for Solomon's Mines
55 min
Secrets Beneath the Ice
55 min
Deadliest Earthquakes
55 min
Making Stuff: Stronger
55 min
Making Stuff: Smaller
55 min
Making Stuff: Cleaner
55 min
Making Stuff: Smarter
55 min
Smartest Machine on Earth
55 min
Crash of Flight 447
55 min
Venom: Nature's Killer
55 min
Japan's Killer Quake
55 min
Power Surge
55 min
How Smart Are Animals?
55 min
