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(These programs no longer available for streaming.) Has the universe always existed? How did it become a place that could harbor life? What was the birth of our planet like? Are we alone, or are there ...

Kidnapped By UFOs? This feature contains disturbing material Believers John Mack John Velez Bud Hopkins Skeptics Carl Sagan Paul Horowitz Philip Klass The Cases Where's The Physical Evidence?

Dennis Whyte is the Hitachi America Professor of Engineering at MIT and former director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center. He co-founded Commonwealth Fusion Systems, the MIT spinout building a ...

Blériot: Yes, about 30 accidents. That's quite a lot. NOVA: Why do you think he kept going?

Richard E. Smith If you're reading these words with a Web browser, the program on your computer that enables you to view data from World Wide Web sit ...

How can you identify and overcome biases that hurt you financially? NOVA teamed up with Duke University’s Center for Advanced Hindsight to design the NOVA Financial Lab, a game that breaks down the ...

Imagine a website that reviewed narcotics. Imagine that people who were really into methamphetamine or heroin could go to one of dozens of sites to weigh the pros and cons of each drug. Imagine these ...

There are a lot of weird squirrel stories floating around out there. These nut-crazed little critters have been spotted canoodling car engines and casually snacking on discarded egg rolls. There’s ...

On August 10, a weather complex known as a “derecho” sent intense winds and thunderstorms over a 700-mile stretch from Nebraska to Indiana. Now, Iowa works to recover from its damage. BySukee Bennett ...

These are just a few of the geoglyphs in southern Peru, known as the Nazca lines, thought to be at least 2,000 years old. Spread out over 200 square miles of the Peruvian desert lies a treasure of the ...

Close up view of brain patterns. Eyes glazed and hands outstretched, some sleepwalkers look like they came straight out of a zombie movie. Other sleepwalkers can paint, eat, or even drive—often ...