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Following the April 2019 fire that almost destroyed Paris's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral, a team of engineers, masons and timber workers set out on the daunting challenge of restoring France's...

If oceans continue to warm at the current pace, Coral Reefs could be wiped out by century's end. But scientists from around the globe are rushing to help corals adapt to changing climate through...

An asteroid blasted Earth 66 million years ago, wiping out the dinosaurs. How did life recover? Now a massive discovery a trove of fossils from the key first million years after the cataclysm tells...

NOVA: Rise of the Superstorms DVD - In summer 2017, three monster hurricanes swept in from the Atlantic one after another, shattering storm records and killing hundreds of people. Dive into the...

When the Notre Dame cathedral caught fire in April 2019, Paris came very close to losing over 800 years of history. Now engineers are in a different race against time: to rebuild the roof and secure...

North Atlantic right whales are among the planet's most critically endangered large ocean mammals. With fewer than 350 remaining as of 2023, they could be extinct within 20 years. But teams of marine...

Rising sea levels and sinking land threaten to destroy Venice. Leading scientists and engineers are racing against the clock and battling the forces of nature to try to save this historic city for...

This mind-bending documentary explores a primitive life form called slime molds, which are intelligent enough to do things like work through a maze or choose between foods... all without a brain...

Some 30 million Americans have sent their DNA to be analyzed by companies like 23andMe and AncestryDNA, hoping to obtain clues to family origins and forecasts of their future health. Some users have...

Scott Burnett is "Scatman"? an Australian ecologist who believes that fully understanding any animal requires understanding it's poop. By identifying and analyzing an animal's scat for DNA and...

Nova: Secrets Of The Forbidden City DVD

In 1495, the Danish wooden warship Gribshunden caught fire and sank to the bottom of the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. Nearly 500 years later, the surprisingly well-preserved wreck was located,...