NOVA

Description

This long-running, award-winning documentary series focuses on science, its many applications, speculation, history and researchers. Inspired by the BBC documentary program "Horizons, " the U.S. series frequently features interviews with scientists directly involved in the topic at hand, and sometimes even boasts footage of a particular discovery.

Upcoming Episodes

• Decoding the Universe: Quantum

  Exploring the quantum universe. (60 minutes)

  Schedule	Channel	Audio	HD
  Saturday, May. 16, 2026 @ 4:00PM ET	WNIT HDTV 34.1	Stereo	HD

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• When Whales Could Walk

  Paleontologists uncover a whole new species of whale in a parched valley not far from Cairo. (60 minutes)

  Schedule	Channel	Audio	HD
  Wednesday, May. 20, 2026 @ 9:00PM ET	WNIT HDTV 34.1	Stereo	HD
  Thursday, May. 21, 2026 @ 01:00AM ET	WNIT HDTV 34.1	Stereo	HD
  Thursday, May. 21, 2026 @ 4:00PM ET	WNIT HDTV 34.1	Stereo	HD
  Friday, May. 22, 2026 @ 05:00AM ET	WNIT HDTV 34.1	Stereo	HD
  Saturday, May. 23, 2026 @ 4:00PM ET	WNIT HDTV 34.1	Stereo	HD

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• Great Mammoth Mystery

  A unique site in southern England preserved rare traces of ancient ice age mammoths and Neanderthals; host David Attenborough. (60 minutes)

  Schedule	Channel	Audio	HD
  Wednesday, May. 27, 2026 @ 9:00PM ET	WNIT HDTV 34.1	Stereo	HD
  Thursday, May. 28, 2026 @ 01:00AM ET	WNIT HDTV 34.1	Stereo	HD
  Thursday, May. 28, 2026 @ 4:00PM ET	WNIT HDTV 34.1	Stereo	HD
  Friday, May. 29, 2026 @ 05:00AM ET	WNIT HDTV 34.1	Stereo	HD

  See our full program schedule.

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