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NOVA Season 3

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3x01 Predictable Disaster aired Jan 04, 1976

It is now possible to predict earthquakes. At least two successful predictions have already been made in the United States; and the NOVA crew was present and... read more

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3x02 Joey aired Jan 11, 1976

NOVA takes viewers into the world of Joey Deacon, 54 years old and a spastic since birth. Joey has lived most of his life in institutions, unable to communic... read more

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3x03 Meditation and the Mind aired Jan 18, 1976

What do singer Peggy Lee, New York Jets Quarterback Joe Namath and Congressman Richard Nolas have in common? They all practice a ritual called TM—Transcenden... read more

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3x04 The Planets aired Jan 25, 1976

The last fourteen years have been a revolution in our understanding of our place in the stars, the Solar System. Beginning in 1961 with a Russian spacecraft ... read more

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3x05 A Desert Place aired Feb 01, 1976

NOVA explores the mysterious ecosystem of the desert: a snowstorm; a lashing summer monsoon; and the emergence—in a pool created only minutes before—of a pai... read more

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3x06 A Small Imperfection aired Feb 08, 1976

Every year, some 5,000 babies are born in the US with spina bifida, a congenital abnormality of the central nervous system. NOVA explores the mystery of what... read more

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3x07 Ninety Degrees Below aired Feb 15, 1976

There's one place on earth where no one will ever catch a cold. And the freezing waters are so bitter there that a fish has been discovered to have developed... read more

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3x08 The Race for the Double Helix aired Mar 07, 1976

Author Isaac Asimov joins NOVA in the retelling of the remarkable story of the discovery of the structure of DNA. James Watson and his ex-colleague Francis C... read more

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3x09 The Renewable Tree aired Mar 07, 1976

Each Sunday edition of the New York Times consumes 153 acres of trees. The paper packs, napkins, paper cups and packing used by McDonald's gobble up 315 squa... read more

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3x10 The Williamsburg File aired Mar 14, 1976

NOVA joins chief archaeologist, Ivor Noel Hume, of colonial Williamsburg, VA, for a fascinating glimpse of the lifestyles of the founders of this country, co... read more

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3x11 The Overworked Miracle aired Mar 21, 1976

Today we take antibiotics for granted, and by doing so are steadily eroding their medical value. NOVA examines the problem of resistance to antibiotics in th... read more

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3x12 The Transplant Experience aired Apr 11, 1976

Dr. Norman Shumway of Stanford University has performed more heart transplants than any other heart surgeon. NOVA explores those extraordinary days in 1968-6... read more

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3x13 The Underground Movement aired Apr 18, 1976

NOVA explores life underground, from foxes and badgers through moles and worms down to the myriad of micro-organisms that make soil the most complex substrat... read more

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3x14 Hunters of the Seal : A Time of Change aired May 02, 1976

NOVA shows the Netsilik eskimoes of Pelly Bay and their traditional way of life and what happens when Western civilization is imposed upon them.

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3x15 Benjamin aired May 09, 1976

Benjamin is a healthy, normal baby, whom we meet at birth and whose first year of life provides the backbone of this revealing NOVA about early child develop... read more

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3x16 The Women Rebel aired May 23, 1976

Margaret Sanger was responsible almost single-handedly for changing the whole attitude of the male-dominated medical profession towards "women's issues" and,... read more

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3x17 Death of a Disease aired Jun 06, 1976

As late as 1967, smallpox struck as many as 15 million people in 43 countries and killed an estimated two or three million. Experts now believe that the dise... read more

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3x18 Inside the Shark aired Jun 13, 1976

The "Jaws" phenomenon has given sharks a bad name. But is the shark really such a barbarian? NOVA looks at the lifestyle of this remarkable survivor from the... read more

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3x19 The Genetic Chance aired Jun 20, 1976

Recent scientific developments have made it possible to detect a wide variety of defects in unborn babies. NOVA focuses on the ethical question that must be ... read more

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3x20 The Case of the Bermuda Triangle aired Jun 27, 1976

Since 1945, hundreds of ships and planes and thousands of people have mysteriously disappeared in an area of the Atlantic Ocean off of Florida, known as the ... read more

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