2.5 Ways to Die in a Black Hole
The answer to how you would die in a black hole could revolutionize the laws of nature.
Great Cathedral Mystery Preview
The dome that crowns Florence’s great cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore—the Duomo—is a towering masterpiece of Renaissance ingenuity and an enduring source of mystery. Still the largest masonry dome on earth after more than six centuries, it is taller than the Statue of Liberty and weighs as much as an average cruise ship.
Roman Catacomb Mystery Preview
Who or what killed hundreds of people hidden in a burial chamber nearly 2,000 years ago?
Ghosts of Murdered Kings Preview
In the rolling hills of Ireland's County Tipperary, a laborer harvesting peat from a dried-up bog spots the remnants of a corpse and stops his machine just in time, revealing a headless torso almost perfectly preserved and stained dark brown by the bog. Archeologists recognize the corpse as one of Europe's rare bog bodies.
Poop-Eating Sloth Moths
Sloths may be cute, but they’re covered in a surprising number of creepy crawlies.
Killer Typhoon Preview
It was the strongest cyclone to hit land in recorded history. On November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the Philippines, whipping the low-lying and densely-populated islands with 200 mph winds and sending a two-story-high storm surge flooding into homes, schools, and hospitals. It wiped villages off the map and devastated cities, including the hard-hit provincial capital Tacloban.
Zeppelin Terror Attack Preview
In the early days of World War I, Germany, determined to bring its British enemies to their knees, launched a new kind of terror campaign: bombing civilians from the sky. But the aircraft delivering the lethal payloads weren't planes. They were Zeppelins, enormous airships, some the length of two football fields. NOVA investigates the secrets behind these deadly war machines.
Alien Planets Revealed Preview
It’s a golden age for planet hunters: NASA's Kepler mission has identified more than 3,500 potential planets orbiting stars beyond our Sun. Some of them, like a planet called Kepler-22b, might even be able to harbor life. How did we come upon this distant planet?
Judo with Nature
Planting trees in front of dikes is one way to keep large waves from flooding the shore.
Repairing the Beach After Sandy
To rebuild the coastline, engineers are pumping sand onto New York’s Coney Island beach.
Reimagining New York
Disaster risk management expert Klaus Jacob speaks candidly about the effects of climate change and sea level rise on New York City. He says we need to think ahead to what New York will look like 400 years from now in order to plan effectively.
At the Edge of Space Preview
Can scientists unravel the mysterious phenomena that lurk between Earth and space? Airing November 20 at 8 pm on PBS
The Hummingbird Drone
A new drone doesn't fly like an airplane or helicopter—it flaps its wings like a bird.
Making Stuff Wilder Preview
Host David Pogue travels the globe to explore new technologies inspired by Nature.
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