
A battered manuscript turns up after 1,000 years, revealing the mind of the Greek genius Archimedes.

Forensic experts investigate the most famous aviation mystery of World War I.

Eleven dimensions, parallel universes, and a world made out of strings. It's not science fiction, it's string theory. Part 1 of 3.

Eleven dimensions, parallel universes, and a world made out of strings. It's not science fiction, it's string theory. Part 2 of 3.

Eleven dimensions, parallel universes, and a world made out of strings. It's not science fiction, it's string theory. Part 3 of 3.

Relive the engineering challenges that two obscure bicycle makers overcame to become first in flight.

Is the magnetic field protecting Earth from deadly radiation about to reverse direction or even disappear?

Join a scientific expedition to the glacier-capped summit of Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain.

NASA gambles on two rovers sent to determine if the red planet ever had conditions suitable for life.

Rare lemurs and crocodiles with bizarre cave-dwelling behavior draw scientists to a remote corner of Madagascar.

How and why did man's best friend evolve from wolves, and why are dogs so remarkably diverse today?

A team of "glacionauts" ventures into a labyrinth of unexplored and hazardous glacier caves on France's Mt. Blanc.

One of the most exhaustive investigations in aviation history reveals telling clues to the cause of a disaster off Nova Scotia.

An American combat hospital mobilized in Iraq faces a daily drama of wartime treatment.

Tornado-chasing scientists with an eye to better forecasting risk their lives to plumb the secrets of nature's most terrifying killer.

NOVA investigates forces that are radically changing populations in both rich and poor nations, and explores how to create a world that can sustain the human race. (Part 1 of 2)

NOVA investigates forces that are radically changing populations in both rich and poor nations, and explores how to create a world that can sustain the human race. (Part 2 of 2)

Can the U.S. military's high-tech weaponry prevail against insurgents?