The Great Robot Race

Join NOVA for an exclusive backstage pass to the DARPA Grand Challenge—a raucous race for robotic, driverless vehicles sponsored by the Pentagon, which awards a $2 million purse to the winning team. Armed with artificial intelligence, laser-guided vision, GPS navigation, and 3-D mapping systems, the contenders are some of the world's most advanced robots.

NOVA scienceNOW Episode 5

Eight of the most compelling science stories of 2005, including the ivory-billed woodpecker, pandemic flu, the 10th planet, and hurricane intensity

Storm That Drowned a City

NOVA's definitive investigation into the science of Hurricane Katrina combines a penetrating analysis of what went wrong with a dramatic, minute-by-minute unfolding of events told through eyewitness testimony. What made this storm so deadly? Will powerful hurricanes like Katrina strike more often? How accurately did scientists predict its impact, and why did the levees protecting New Orleans fail?

NOVA scienceNOW Episode 4

NOVA scienceNOW's correspondents explore the quest to create artificial life, veterinary medicine for fish, the mystery of lightning, and more.

NOVA scienceNOW Episode 3

The third episode of of NOVA's science magazine program examines hydrogen fuel cell cars, introduces a promising new form of gene therapy called RNAi, profiles two brilliant mathematicians who built their own supercomputer, and journeys to Greenland to chase the fastest-moving glacier in the world.

NOVA scienceNOW Episode 2

In the second installment of NOVA's innovative science magazine show, host Robert Krulwich looks into things small and large, from the promise and peril of stem cell research to a new addition to the human family tree, from frozen frogs that freeze solid in winter to the gigantism of T. rex. The episode also profiles "nanoshell" inventor Naomi Halas of Rice University.

NOVA scienceNOW Episode 1

Correspondent Robert Krulwich hosts the first installment of this new magazine-style series, airing five times a year. Topics covered in this episode include mirror neurons, hurricanes, "swarm"-robot pioneer James McLurkin, and booming sand dunes.

MARS Dead or Alive

This program goes behind the scenes to document the tension-filled process of building, testing, final checking out, and launching of a pair of NASA rovers designed to be robotic geologists on Mars. Engineers face a tight deadline as Mars approaches its closest rendezvous with Earth. They're stretched to the limit as parachutes rip, bolts fail, and airbags deflate. Watch them apply all their ingenuity to overcome the technical hitches, and witness the excitement at NASA as the first rover finally touches down on the red planet.

The Elegant Universe

One of the most ambitious and exciting theories ever proposed—one that may be the long-sought "theory of everything," which eluded even Einstein—gets a masterful, lavishly computer-animated explanation from bestselling author-physicist Brian Greene, when NOVA presents a three-part series on the nuts, bolts, and sometimes outright nuttiness of string theory.

Life's Greatest Miracle

Watch "Life's Greatest Miracle," the stunning update to famed Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson's 1983 NOVA program "Miracle of Life." The most popular NOVA of all time, "Miracle of Life"—and its successor—offer an inside look at the hidden world of a baby growing within the womb.

Cracking the Code of Life

This two-hour special, hosted by ABC "Nightline" correspondent Robert Krulwich, chronicles the race to capture one of the biggest prizes in scientific history: the complete letter-by-letter sequence of genetic information that defines human life—the human genome.

Cancer Warrior

This program follows the extraordinary odyssey of surgeon-turned-researcher Dr. Judah Folkman, who, together with colleagues at Children's Hospital in Boston, has spent over 30 years searching for ways to curb cancer by cutting off blood flow to tumors.

Dying to be Thin

This film examines a disturbing increase in the prevalence of debilitating and sometimes life-threatening eating disorders, particularly anorexia and bulimia.