NOVA: Season 28

Season 28 overview

The opening episodes investigate the USS Monitor, Holocaust denial, and an unidentified U-boat. Their shared focus is the recovery and verification of difficult historical evidence.

Key story beats

  1. Monitor Expedition — An expedition studies and retrieves parts of the USS Monitor, a Civil War ironclad that sank off North Carolina.
  2. Holocaust Trial — A celebrated recent trial is used to examine and challenge the notion of Holocaust denial.
  3. Lost U-Boat Search — A group of divers follows a six-year effort to identify a mysterious U-boat discovered in 1991.
  4. Cosmic Fate Debate — Two rival astronomy teams search for exploding stars, map vast galaxy patterns, and investigate the fate of the universe.
  5. Seychelles Natural History — The program examines the extraordinary natural history of the Seychelles, an archipelago of about one hundred islands.
  6. Eating Disorder Crisis — The film investigates the increasing prevalence of debilitating and sometimes life-threatening eating disorders.
  7. Lake Biwa Cycle — A year in the life of wildlife and people around Lake Biwa reveals a cycle continuing unchanged for thousands of years.
  8. Shipwreck Treasure Recovery — A French-led expedition attempts to recover thousands of porcelain and other artifacts from a centuries-old Chinese shipwreck.
  9. Stardust Reappears — The program investigates the disappearance and half a century later reappearance of Stardust, a civilian aircraft that crashed in 1947.
  10. Colditz Escape Attempts — The program documents a series of spectacular escape attempts from the Nazi prison at Colditz Castle.
  11. Maya History Excavated — Archaeologists use new excavations and hieroglyphic translations to interpret the early history of Copán.
  12. Cancer Treatment Breakthrough — The film follows Judah Folkman's decades-long effort to develop a novel cancer treatment based on his discovery of angiogenesis.
  13. Emergency Medicine Begins — The first Survivor M.D. installment presents the challenges and rewards of emergency medicine through a physician's account.
  14. Medical Careers Continue — Former medical trainees are followed as they balance demanding careers, families, and personal lives.
  15. Doctors Balance Lives — The Survivor M.D. series continues examining how doctors manage high-powered medical careers alongside personal responsibilities.

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