Stabilizing Vaccines with Silk
New technology may bypass the need to keep vaccines cold by stabilizing them with silk.
Hunting Planets
NASA’s Kepler mission lets us search for planets orbiting stars outside our solar system.
Is There Life on Enceladus?
Scientists discover evidence for the key ingredients for life on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Early Earth Bombarded By Comets
Comets carrying chemicals necessary for life may have come to Earth billions of years ago.
Fighting HPV in Bhutan
Human papillomavirus, or HPV, can cause cervical cancer. Bhutan is the first developing country to welcome the widespread vaccination of girls against HPV, and cervical cancer rates have dropped. Some countries have resisted the vaccine, but in Bhutan even the royal princess is onboard.
Tiny Tattoo Vaccines
The world can be a dangerous place, full of foes large and little. Take deadly infectious diseases. Host David Pogue considers a new kind of vaccine that might save millions of lives, while eliminating the need for refrigeration and scary needles.
Brushes with Death
Dorothy Roseman describes her close encounters with vaccine-preventable diseases.
The Pattern in Nature's Networks
Science shows it’s a small world after all—and nature’s networks follow a similar pattern.
Vaccines—Calling the Shots Preview
Diseases that were largely eradicated in the United States a generation ago—whooping cough, measles, mumps—are returning, in part because nervous parents are skipping their children's shots. NOVA takes viewers around the world to track epidemics, explore the science behind vaccinations, hear from parents wrestling with vaccine-related questions, and shed light on the risks of opting out.
Vaccines—Calling the Shots Short Preview
Diseases that were largely eradicated in the United States a generation ago—whooping cough, measles, mumps—are returning, in part because nervous parents are skipping their children's shots. NOVA takes viewers around the world to track epidemics, explore the science behind vaccinations, hear from parents wrestling with vaccine-related questions, and shed light on the risks of opting out.
Sculpting a Young Artist
A city-wide competition shaped the career of the architect behind Florence’s famous dome.
Autopsying a Roman Catacomb
Did a lethal plague kill thousands in ancient Rome? Centuries-old DNA may hold the answer.
A Clever Colditz Escape
A chance discover during a game of rugby led Dutch POWs to an ingenious WWII jailbreak.
Reconstructing the D-Day Gliders
The Allies used silent wooden gliders to get behind enemy lines before the D-Day landings.
Escape from Nazi Alcatraz Preview
A crack team rebuilds a glider that POWs hoped to catapult off the top of Colditz Castle. Airing May 14, 2014 at 9 pm on PBS
Flying Cow Intestines
In World War I, the Germans used cow guts to construct their deadly Zeppelins.
What Is Gravity Made Of?
A "cosmic fingerprint" reveals the universe’s beginning and gravity's microscopic secrets.
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