At age 78, E.O. Wilson is still going through his "little savage" phase of boyhood exploration of the natural world. NOVA profiles this soft-spoken Southerner and Professor Emeritus at Harvard.

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Added: Sat Mar 21 00:20:27 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue May 20 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 52:52
Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

A difficult journey that begins in loneliness and shame for thousands of Ethiopian women ends in a productive new life and hope for the future in this award-winning film.

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Added: Sat Mar 21 00:20:27 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue May 13 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 52:37
Rating: 3.8 / 5.0

Tom Magliozzi, co-host of NPR's Car Talk, needs to replace his beloved 1952 MG roadster. Is new technology about to transform the way we drive? Join Tom and brother Ray as they take a light-hearted but shrewd look at America's four-wheeled future.

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Added: Sat Mar 21 01:20:31 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 53:22
Rating: 3.6 / 5.0

The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script carved on monuments, pottery and books. Unlocking its meaning is one of archaeology's fiercest challenges. Until now.

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Added: Sat Mar 21 01:20:31 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue Apr 08 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 52:48
Rating: 4.3 / 5.0

In The Four-Winged Dinosaur, NOVA investigates the most bizarre of these feathered dinosaurs, which has rekindled a fierce, decades-long debate over the origin of bird flight.

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Added: Sat Mar 21 00:20:27 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue Feb 26 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 53:18
Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Millions remember the countdowns, launchings, splashdowns and parades as the U.S. raced the USSR to the Moon in the 1960s, but few know that both superpowers also ran parallel covert space programs to launch military astronauts on spying missions.

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Added: Sat Mar 21 01:20:32 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue Feb 12 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 53:12
Rating: 4.1 / 5.0

A team of architects and engineers investigate mysteries of the Parthenon. How did the ancient Greeks design and build their masterpiece so quickly with precision and perfection without modern tools and architectural aids?

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Added: Sat Mar 21 01:20:32 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 53:11
Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Our mastery of cold is something we take for granted, whether it's air conditioning and frozen food or the liquefied gases and superconductivity at the heart of cutting-edge technology. But what is cold? How do you achieve it, and how cold can it get?

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Added: Sat Mar 21 01:20:32 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue Jan 08 00:00:00 UTC 2008
Duration: 1:43:23
Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

NOVA follows 13 sedentary people through a nine-month regimen designed to prepare them for the grueling Boston Marathon.

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Added: Sat Mar 21 00:20:26 UTC 2009
Air date: Tue Oct 30 00:00:00 UTC 2007
Duration: 52:44
Rating: 3.9 / 5.0

Twenty-three bizarre looking vehicles line up at the gate of the DARPA Grand Challenge with one thing in common: there's nobody behind the wheel. With names like Terramax, Ghostrider, and Stanley, these vehicles are armed with cutting-edge technology.

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Added: Fri Jun 13 01:19:02 UTC 2008
Air date: Tue Mar 28 00:00:00 UTC 2006
Duration: 52:33
Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

Take an astounding look at the red planet in this interplanetary adventure that picks up where MARS Dead or Alive left off. Mission Control and its two robotic explorers face a daunting task–find proof that liquid water once existed on Mars.

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Added: Fri Jun 13 01:19:39 UTC 2008
Air date: Tue Jan 04 00:00:00 UTC 2005
Duration: 53:56
Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Armed with high-tech equipment and ingeniously improvised devices, NOVA and archaeologist Richard Freund embark on a fascinating detective story that may rewrite Holy Land history.

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Added: Fri Jun 13 01:19:37 UTC 2008
Air date: Tue Nov 30 00:00:00 UTC 2004
Duration: 54:01
Rating: 3.8 / 5.0

In seconds, a supertwister can leave immense swaths of death and destruction. But what if technology could help us tame nature’s most violent tornadoes?

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Added: Fri Jun 13 01:19:34 UTC 2008
Air date: Tue Mar 30 00:00:00 UTC 2004
Duration: 52:46
Rating: 3.9 / 5.0

Imagine handling a medical emergency at the height of the Iraq War, beset by heat, sand, and frequent enemy attacks. NOVA heads into battle with the medics, nurses, doctors, and military staff of the 10th and 21st CaSH units.

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Added: Fri Jun 13 01:19:39 UTC 2008
Air date: Tue Mar 02 00:00:00 UTC 2004
Duration: 54:08
Rating: 3.9 / 5.0

Go inside NASA's risky field trip to the red planet in this tense and dramatic behind-the-scenes chronicle of the $820 million Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project. Beginning a year before launch, NOVA's cameras follow MER scientists and engineers.

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Added: Fri Jun 13 01:19:38 UTC 2008
Air date: Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 UTC 2004
Duration: 54:07
Rating: 4.1 / 5.0

Orville and Wilbur Wright were remarkable inventors who designed and built their own wings, steering devices, engines, and wind tunnel. But just how did they construct such an impressive flying machine?

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Added: Fri Jun 13 01:19:35 UTC 2008
Air date: Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 UTC 2003
Duration: 54:01
Rating: 4.1 / 5.0

Set foot inside an untouched society and get a remarkably rare glimpse of a Tibetan world's dazzling sacred relics.

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Added: Fri Jun 13 01:19:36 UTC 2008
Air date: Tue Feb 18 00:00:00 UTC 2003
Duration: 53:51
Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

NOVA goes behind the doors of Boeing's Phantom Works and Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works to record classified meetings, flies the most revolutionary planes, and examines the high-stakes battle to build the most capable and versatile fighter ever.

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Added: Fri Jun 13 01:19:36 UTC 2008
Air date: Tue Feb 04 00:00:00 UTC 2003
Duration: 1:53:26
Rating: 4.3 / 5.0

In an ancient Mayan arena, enemies of notorious King Yax K'uk Mo square off in a ball game that appears much like modern soccer. But in this fateful contest, winners live—and losers lose their heads.

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Added: Fri Jun 13 01:19:37 UTC 2008
Air date: Tue Feb 13 00:00:00 UTC 2001
Duration: 54:01
Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Travel to 12th-century China as engineers, scientists and scholars help reveal the intricate mysteries behind the revolutionary strength and elegance of the Rainbow Bridge.

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Added: Fri Jun 13 01:19:35 UTC 2008
Air date: Tue Feb 29 00:00:00 UTC 2000
Duration: 54:25
Rating: 4.0 / 5.0