Millions of people around the world live in the shadow of active volcanoes. From Japan's Mount Fuji to the 'Sleeping Giant' submerged beneath Naples to the Yellowstone 'Supervolcano' in the United States, Nova travels with scientists who are attempting to discover how likely these volcanoes are to erupt, when it might happen, and exactly how deadly they could prove to be.

In 2002, an immense, 200-meter-thick ice shelf the size of Manhattan collapsed into the ocean off the Antarctic Peninsula, shocking scientists and raising the alarming possibility that we may be heading toward an ice-free Antarctica, last seen a million years ago. That would raise world sea levels so high that New York City would be flooded up to the level of the Statue of Liberty's shoulders. But could this really happen? Is Antarctica's surprising...

As darkness fell on May 10, 1996, a fast moving storm of unimaginable ferocity trapped three climbing teams high on the slopes of Mount Everest. The climbers, exhausted from their summit climb, were soon lost in darkness, in a fierce blizzard, far from the safety of High Camp at 26,000 feet. World-renowned climber and filmmaker David Breashears, who aided the rescue efforts back in 1996, now returns to Everest to tell the fuller story of what really...

"Jake Doyle is a new breed of private investigator, cracking cases in contemporary St. John's, N.L. His hometown is changing in a big way, transforming from a small seaport to a booming oil town. Along with his father/partner-in-crime-solving, Malachy Doyle, the two are ready to take on whatever mystery turns up on their doorstep." --

Apollo 13: to the edge and back: Tells the gripping, true story of the catastrophic flight of Apollo 13 and the heroic struggle to bring the astronauts back alive. To the moon: Presents the fascinating story behind the Apollo space program, including the historic walk on the moon in 1969. Mars dead or alive: In a pioneering and risky mission, twin rovers named Spirit and Opportunity hurtle toward Mars to begin their missions as robot geologists....

"It solves a modern mystery born in the dark fringes of the Age of Enlightenment, showing how illegal grave robbing practices, taking place right beneath Benjamin Franklin's feet, proved invaluable to the advancement of medical science." --

"In "Augmented", Hugh Herr, a biophysicist working to create brain-controlled robotic limbs, shares his personal journey. At age 17, Herr's legs were amputated after a climbing accident. Frustrated by the crude prosthetic limbs he was given, Herr set out to remedy their design, leading him to a career as an inventor of innovative prosthetic devices. Now, Herr is teaming up with an injured climber and a surgeon at a leading Boston hospital to test...

Series Three of Doctor Who sees the Tenth Doctor unite with a new companion, Martha Jones, to fight against fearsome foes both old and new. From an encounter with Shakespeare in Elizabethan England to a trip to New New York in the far future to 1930s Manhattan suffering from an invasion by the evil Daleks, this set of episodes provides some of the Doctor's greatest adventures yet!

Investigates claims that, in 1898, a colonial landowner in Northern India uncovered the tomb of Siddhārtha Gautama, the Buddha.