NOVA: Season 10
Season 10 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of NOVA Season 9.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 10 Progress Shield
Hawaii: Crucible of Life
Jan 18, 1983 · 55 min
This land of fire and beauty is the most isolated island chain in the world. NOVA cameras uncover an extraordinary world far from the teeming tourist hotels, one filled with unique
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
Jan 25, 1983 · 55 min
NOVA captivates a remarkably candid portrait of Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman, a man of few pretensions and tremendous personal charm, who speaks with the same pass
Lassa Fever
Feb 8, 1983 · 55 min
A gripping docudrama about a mysterious, highly lethal disease which struck a village in Nigeria in 1969, and the frustrating, seesaw battle against it. NOVA recounts how public he
The Miracle of Life
Feb 15, 1983 · 55 min
NOVA presents the first film ever made of the incredible chain of events which turns a sperm and an egg into a newborn baby. Amazing photographic techniques give the viewers the fe
Asbestos: A Lethal Legacy
Mar 1, 1983 · 55 min
Every 58 minutes between now and the end of the century, one American will die from asbestos exposure. NOVA turns its spotlight on the tragic consequences of asbestos use and on th
City of Coral
Mar 8, 1983 · 55 min
NOVA takes a spellbinding voyage through one of the world's most fascinating and colorful ecosystems: a coral reef, where the line between plants and animals is blurred, "rocks" mo
Fat Chance in a Thin World
Mar 22, 1983 · 55 min
"Why can't I lose weight?" It's a question many Americans ask themselves everyday. NOVA comes up with some surprising answers about weight and dieting that could have significant i
Sixty Minutes to Meltdown
Mar 29, 1983 · 55 min
The accident at Three Mile Island made front page news all over the world and rocked the entire nuclear power industry. In this special 90-minute broadcast, NOVA presents a docudra
Signs of the Apes, Songs of the Whales
Oct 11, 1983 · 55 min
The dream of talking with animals has been with us for centuries. NOVA explores the latest research, from language experiments with dolphins and apes to studies of animal calls in
The Artificial Heart
Oct 18, 1983 · 55 min
Seattle dentist Barney Clark received the first artificial heart implant in 1982. He died in March 1983, having survived 112 days with the world's first permanent, pneumatic, total
Talking Turtle
Oct 25, 1983 · 55 min
NOVA looks at computers in the classroom through the eyes of MIT's Seymour Papert, father of the Turtle—a computerized robot that crawls on the floor and talks in versatile languag
Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial
Nov 1, 1983 · 55 min
Remote tribes and exotic islanders have been made known to the world through the lens of anthropology. But in recent years, some of these people have begun to object. NOVA travels
To Live Until You Die: The Work of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Nov 8, 1983 · 55 min
Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross has become a legend in her lifetime for her work with the dying. For the first time on American television, her explorations with patients are captured in
A Magic Way of Going: The Story of Thoroughbreds
Nov 15, 1983 · 55 min
Can the thoroughbred horse run any faster? NOVA examines the billion-dollar horse racing industry in its search for the magic combination of speed, stamina and the will to win.
A Normal Face: The Wonders of Plastic Surgery
Nov 22, 1983 · 55 min
When plastic surgeons repair the shattered face of a soldier or rescue a child from a disfiguring disease, the victory is more than skin-deep. NOVA looks at the history, heroes and
Captives of Care
Nov 29, 1983 · 55 min
Patients at an Australian institution for the severely handicapped rebel against a pair of over-zealous custodians. This astonishing true story was filmed as a docudrama, written a
Twenty-Five Years in Space
Dec 6, 1983 · 55 min
As the American space program celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, NOVA chronicles the effects of the space age on Earth, drawing on popular music, film and television archiv
Nuclear Strategy for Beginners
Dec 13, 1983 · 55 min
Will nuclear weapons deter World War III or only make it more likely? NOVA explores the military strategies of the nuclear age, now that the challenge may no longer be to win globa
The Climate Crisis
Dec 20, 1983 · 55 min
This summer's record temperatures may be one of the signs that the earth's atmosphere is warming up. NOVA looks at the climate predictions and hazard warnings for the next century,
Eyes Over China
Dec 27, 1983 · 55 min
NOVA documents a dramatic encounter in international medicine when an American plane lands in China—equipped with a state-of-the-art eye-operating theater—and two very different me
Alcoholism: Life Under The Influence
Jan 10, 1984 · 55 min
In a culture laced with alcohol, the search for a scientific understanding of alcoholism is as complex as the disease. In an interdisciplinary report, NOVA looks at the many faces