NOVA
Season 38 Episode 9 - Making Stuff: Stronger
7.0 ?
1974
Documentary
What is the strongest material in the world? Is it steel, Kevlar, carbon nanotubes, or something entirely new? NOVA kicks off the four-part series "Making Stuff" with a quest for the world's strongest substances. Host David Pogue takes a look at what defines strength, examining everything from steel cables to mollusks to a toucan's beak. Pogue travels from the deck of a U.S. naval aircraft carrier to a demolition derby to the country's top research labs to check in with experts who are re-engineering what nature has given us to create the next generation of strong stuff.
Episodes in Season 38
1
Building the Great Cathedrals
55 min
2
Emergency Mine Rescue
55 min
3
Trapped in an Elevator
55 min
4
Dogs Decoded
55 min
5
Secrets of Stonehenge
55 min
6
Quest for Solomon's Mines
55 min
7
Secrets Beneath the Ice
55 min
8
Deadliest Earthquakes
55 min
9
Making Stuff: Stronger
55 min
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10
Making Stuff: Smaller
55 min
11
Making Stuff: Cleaner
55 min
12
Making Stuff: Smarter
55 min
13
Smartest Machine on Earth
55 min
14
Crash of Flight 447
55 min
15
Venom: Nature's Killer
55 min
16
Japan's Killer Quake
55 min
17
Power Surge
55 min
18
How Smart Are Animals?
55 min
