NOVA Wonders follows researchers on the winding paths of uncertainty and the unknown revealing how far we’ve come, how we managed to get here and the remarkable scientists who are transforming our world and the future.
EPISODE 1
What Are Animals Saying?
Clues reveal how animals talk to each other, from spider thumps and mice mating songs to signals among the chimps.
EPISODE 2
What's Living in You?
Non-human bacteria, viruses and fungi live in and on humans, making the body like an ecosystem for trillions of microbes.
EPISODE 3
Are We Alone?
From the Kepler mission's discovery of thousands of exoplanets to high-tech telescopes still being developed, prospects for discovering life beyond Earth have never been stronger.
EPISODE 4
Can We Build a Brain?
Artificially intelligent machines influence everyday life, from interpreting emotions to acting as personal assistants.
EPISODE 5
Can We Make Life?
Advances in genetic engineering and synthetic biology give researchers the ability to create DNA and edit it into existing genomes with more ease and less cost than ever before.
EPISODE 6
What's the Universe Made Of?
Powerful telescopes peer deeper into the cosmos, allowing scientists to better study dark matter and dark energy.
Talithia Williams
Rana el Kaliouby
André Fenton
Julia Cort
