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| Arctic Passage Relive two legendary expeditions—one tragic, one triumphant—to pioneer a route through the Northwest Passage. |
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| Building on Ground Zero Can lessons learned from the Twin Towers' collapse make new buildings safer? |
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| The Deadliest Plane Crash NOVA investigates the worst aviation accident of all time. |
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| Monster of the Milky Way Does a supermassive black hole lurk at the center of our galaxy? |
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| Deadly Ascent A team of doctors and climbers on Denali test the body's response to extreme cold. |
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| Dimming the Sun New evidence that air pollution has masked the full impact of global warming suggests the world may soon face a heightened climate crisis. |
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| Family That Walks on All Fours Experts explore the mysterious story of five siblings living in a remote Turkish village. |
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| The Ghost Particle A 40-year hunt for solar neutrinos leads to a new understanding of matter itself. |
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| The Great Robot Race Driverless vehicles compete in a 130-mile race across the Mojave Desert. |
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| Jewel of the Earth David Attenborough probes the mysteries of ancient life-forms perfectly preserved in amber. |
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| Mummy Who Would be King, The Could a mummy exhibited for 140 years at an obscure museum in Niagara Falls be the remains of a long-lost Egyptian pharaoh? |
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| Mystery of the Megavolcano Researchers from Indonesia to Greenland unearth clues to the greatest volcanic eruption of the last 100,000 years. |
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| NOVA scienceNOW: January 10, 2006 Eight of the most compelling science stories of 2005, including the ivory-billed woodpecker, pandemic flu, the 10th planet, and more |
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| NOVA scienceNOW: October 3, 2006 Host and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson examines doomsday asteroids, the genetics behind overeating, the quest to create a new element, and an MIT roboticist who also writes award-winning fiction. |
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| NOVA scienceNOW: November 21, 2006 In his second episode as host, Neil Tyson investigates mass extinction, the killer 1918 flu virus, high-tech ways to read ancient papyrus, and an MIT roboticist who designs sociable robots. |
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| Perfect Corpse, The Forensic investigators tease secrets from the well-preserved bodies of people buried long ago in peat bogs. |
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| Underwater Dream Machine Follow one man's quest to engineer a submarine with panoramic views. |
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| Voyage to the Mystery Moon NASA and the European Space Agency dispatch a two-part mission to study Saturn and its enigmatic satellite, Titan. |
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| Wings of Madness The flamboyant rise and tragic death of pioneering aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont. |
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