NOVA Season 44 Episode 6
Gold, bronze, iron, steel… metals are pillars of our civilization, but what makes them so special? Discover their unique properties and explore how our mastery of metals has led us from the stone age to today’s hi-tech world.
Stargirl
Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret; he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. “Borrowing” the long-lost hero’s…
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A Silicon Valley pioneer discovers that one of his own creations – a powerful A.I. – might spell global catastrophe, and teams up with a cybercrime agent to fight a…
Tones, Drones and Arpeggios: The Magic of Minimalism
Musician,composerandorchestraconductorCharlesHazlewoodgoesinsearchofminimalismbyexploringtheworkoffourgreatAmericancomposerswhorebootedclassicalmusicinthe20thcentury.
Annedroids
Eleven-year old genius and kid-scientist Anne has invented and built her own amazing androids. Nick discovers Anne’s secret junkyard laboratory and enlists the help of Shania to befriend Anne and…
Heaven Official’s Blessing
“Have you heard? The rubbish Heaven Official is having an affair with the ghost realm’s number one bigshot!” Eight hundred years ago, Xie Lian was the Crown Prince of the…
Ash vs Evil Dead
Bruce Campbell reprises his role as Ash Williams, an aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who’s spent the last three decades avoiding maturity, and the terrors of the Evil Dead….
Safe House
MattWeston(RyanReynolds)isaCIArookiewhoismanningasafehouseinCapeTown,SouthAfrica,whenTobinFrost(DenzelWashington)theCIA’smostwantedrogueagentiscapturedandtakentothesafehouse.DuringFrost’sinterrogation,thesafehouseisovertakenbymercenarieswhowantFrost.WestonandFrostescapeandmuststayoutofthegunmen’ssightuntiltheycangettoanothersafehouse.WrittenbyDouglasYoung(the-movie-guy)
Million Dollar Genius
Haveyoueverhadanidea,youthoughtwouldmakemillions?Thesearethetruestoriesofpeoplejustlikeyou,whothroughouthistory-turnedtheirflashesofgenius,intobigmoney.Now,findouthowtheydidit.