PBS NOVA *TVRips* (digitaldistractions releases)

[StarTrekFan]

Here's a nice collection of NOVA documentries, released by #digitaldistractions.

• America's Stone Age Explorers
  Original PBS Broadcast Date: November 9, 2004
  Who were the first Americans, and where did they come from?
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• Ancient Creature of the Deep
  Original PBS Broadcast Date: January 21, 2003
  Meet the coelacanth, a bizarre fish and "living fossil" that has changed little in its 400 million years on Earth.
  ed2k: PBS.NOVA.-.Ancient.Creature.of.the.Deep.[digitaldistractions].avi  [348.26 Mb]
  
• Deadly Ascent
  Original PBS Broadcast Date: January 17, 2006
  A team of doctors and climbers on Denali test the body's response to extreme cold.
  ed2k: PBS.NOVA.-.Deadly.Ascent.[digitaldistractions].avi  [349.83 Mb]
  
• Descent into the Ice
  Original PBS Broadcast Date: February 3, 2004
  A team of "glacionauts" ventures into a labyrinth of unexplored and hazardous glacier caves on France's Mt. Blanc.
  ed2k: PBS.NOVA.-.Descent.Into.The.Ice.[digitaldistractions].avi  [349.34 Mb]
  
• Dimming the Sun
  Original PBS Broadcast Date: April 18, 2006
  New evidence that air pollution has masked the full impact of global warming suggests the world may soon face a heightened climate crisis.
  ed2k: PBS.NOVA.-.Dimming.the.Sun.[digitaldistractions].avi  [350.21 Mb] [Screens]
  
• First Flower
  Original PBS Broadcast Date: April 17, 2007
  In remote mountains of China, experts find clues to the origins of Earth's most stunning plants.
  ed2k: PBS.NOVA.-.First.Flower.[digitaldistractions].avi  [351.11 Mb]
  
• Frozen in Heaven (Ice Mummies Part 1 of 3)
  Original PBS Broadcast Date: November 24, 1998
  This is the bizarre and fascinating story of the remains of Inca culture, frozen for posterity high in the mountains of the Andes. Evidence has emerged of sacrifice to the mountain gods, whose existence dominated the civilization over 500 years ago.
  ed2k: PBS.NOVA.-.Frozen.In.Heaven.[digitaldistractions].avi  [349.88 Mb]
  
• The Great Robot Race
  Original PBS Broadcast Date: March 28, 2006
  Driverless vehicles compete in a 130-mile race across the Mojave Desert.
  ed2k: PBS.NOVA.-.The.Great.Robot.Race.[digitaldistractions].avi  [349.19 Mb] [Screens]
  
• Hitler's Sunken Secret
  Original PBS Broadcast Date: November 8, 2005
  An expedition to the bottom of Norway's Lake Tinn illuminates Nazi Germany's nuclear ambitions.
  ed2k: PBS.NOVA.-.Hitler's.Sunken.Secret.[digitaldistractions].avi  [349.18 Mb] [Screens]
  
• Kings of Camouflage
  Original PBS Broadcast Date: April 3, 2007
  Meet the cuttlefish, one of the brainiest, most bizarre animals in the ocean.
  ed2k: PBS.NOVA.-.Kings.of.Camouflage.[digitaldistractions].avi  [351.09 Mb]
  
• Saved by the Sun
  Original PBS Broadcast Date: April 24, 2007
  Is it time to take solar energy seriously?
  ed2k: PBS.NOVA.-.Saved.By.The.Sun.[digitaldistractions].avi  [350.62 Mb]
  
• Secrets of Lost Empires: Medieval Siege
  Original PBS Broadcast Date: February 1, 2000
  Topic: anthropology/ancient, archeology, technology/engineering
  Two teams set out to build precise replicas of a fearsome medieval weapon—the trebuchet.
  ed2k: PBS.NOVA.-.Secrets.Of.Lost.Empires.II.-.Medieval.Siege.[digitaldistractions].avi  [349.36 Mb] [Screens]
  
• Sinking City of Venice
  Original PBS Broadcast Date: November 19, 2002
  Experts struggle to save the City of Canals before it vanishes beneath the waves.
  ed2k: PBS.NOVA.-.Sinking.City.of.Venice.[digitaldistractions].avi  [351.84 Mb]
  
• Treasures of the Sunken City
  Original PBS Broadcast Date: November 18, 1997
  Topic: archaeology
  Divers search the seafloor for one of the seven wonders of the ancient world: the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
  ed2k: PBS.NOVA.-.Treasures.of.the.Sunken.City.[digitaldistractions].avi  [349.43 Mb] [Screens]
  
• The Viking Deception
  Original PBS Broadcast Date: February 8, 2005
  Is the Vinland Map a priceless depiction of the New World made before Columbus's voyage or a 20th-century fake?
  ed2k: PBS.NOVA.-.The.Viking.Deception.[digitaldistractions].avi  [350.33 Mb] [Screens]
  
• Wave That Shook the World
  Original PBS Broadcast Date: March 29, 2005
  Experts reconstruct the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in an effort to prepare for the next big one.
  ed2k: PBS.NOVA.-.Wave.That.Shook.the.World.[digitaldistractions].avi  [349.06 Mb] [Screens]
  
• Who Killed the Red Baron?
  Original PBS Broadcast Date: October 7, 2003
  Forensic experts investigate the most famous aviation mystery of World War I.
  ed2k: PBS.NOVA.-.Who.Killed.the.Red.Baron.[digitaldistractions].avi  [349.10 Mb] [Screens]

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[StarTrekFan]

Added Dimming the Sun and The Viking Deception.

[Mystical Forest Guardian]

Thanks

[StarTrekFan]

Added Treasures of the Sunken City and Wave That Shook the World.

[IKDLA]

Excellent documentaries TNKS StarTrekFan

[StarTrekFan]

Added Kings of Camouflage.

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First Flower

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flower/about.html
In a story blooming with beauty and scientific mystery, this program explores the incredible truth that lies behind the ravishing flowers we so love to behold: that humans could not have existed or evolved without them. "First Flower" probes the controversial discovery of Archaefructus, a Chinese fossil scientists believe is the earliest evidence of a flower yet found on Earth. Following the trail of clues to the fossil's origins, a vivid journey takes NOVA's cameras deep into the lush wilds of China, giving audiences a view into a spectacular living safety deposit box, where some of the world's most beloved flowers originated.

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Sinking The Supership
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/supership/about.html

The final phase of the Pacific war during World War II saw a terrible new tactic: massed kamikaze attacks on American ships by Japanese planes. But the biggest kamikaze attack of all was the suicidal mission of the super battleship Yamato, the largest, most advanced warship of the day. In this program, NOVA joins an international team exploring the grave of this magnificent vessel to learn the secrets of her design, her final mission, and the violent events that brought her down.

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fish/
It was thriving long before the dinosaurs ruled the Earth, and scientists thought it had died out more than 65 million years ago. But in 1938, fishermen on a South African trawler netted a massive, scaly, blue-gray fish, and suddenly the long-extinct creature from the depths was back, stunning scientists and capturing headlines across the world. In "Ancient Creature of the Deep," NOVA tells the story of the coelacanth, the most famous of all "living fossils."

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/stoneage/
Ever since unusually ancient and deadly spear points were found near Clovis, New Mexico in the 1930s, many archeologists have believed that this type of weapon originated with the first settlers of the New World, who supposedly migrated from Asia at the end of the last ice age. In "America's Stone Age Explorers," NOVA reports new evidence that challenges this widely held view.


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[StarTrekFan]

Thanks!

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Deadly Ascent

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/denali/

In an exploration of extreme medical science, NOVA ascends Alaska's Denali—aka Mt. McKinley—to try to solve the mystery of high-altitude deaths on one of the most dangerous mountains on Earth. NOVA chronicles daring mountain rescues and emergency medical evacuations as it accompanies an expedition team of researchers and experts employing the latest NASA technology to investigate the lethal diseases attacking climbers all over the world.

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Saved By The Sun

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/solar/

As the Earth heats up at a dangerous rate and fossil fuels become scarcer, ordinary citizens and businesses are bypassing the federal government to lead the way in exploring a clean, renewable source of power: the sun. In this report, NOVA shines a light on how and why people across America and the world are "going solar," using radiant energy of the sun to power homes, businesses, and even entire communities. But can everyday people really make a difference by using solar power? And can solar technologies, with their high cost and logistical challenges, truly play a bigger role in powering the future of humanity? The grand hopes, latest innovations, roiling controversies, and practical realities of solar power all come to the fore in this program.

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/greatescape/

The real Great Escape didn't feature Steve McQueen racing through the Third Reich on a motorcycle like in the 1963 movie, but the big breakout was still thrilling in every way. This program sheds new light on the audacious escape of 76 Allied airmen from a Nazi POW camp during World War II.

Sixty years after the event, NOVA follows a team of archeologists as they search the site of Stalag Luft III for new evidence of the clandestine operation, which involved 600 prisoners digging three highly sophisticated tunnels, code-named Tom, Dick, and Harry. Each tunnel was made with railways, electric lights, and underground air pumps—all under the noses of German guards.

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/scrolls/

"From Shimon Bar-Kokhba to Yehonathan . . . get ahold of the young men and come with them. And I shall deal with the Romans." So wrote legendary Jewish patriot Shimon Bar-Kokhba to his supporters during a desperate uprising for religious freedom in the year 132. In this program, NOVA explores the last refuge of one group of Bar-Kokhba's followers with an historian whose bold theories have rocked the world of biblical archeology.

The expedition takes NOVA to a remote cave in the Judean desert, first excavated by the famed Israeli archeologist Yigael Yadin in 1960-61. Yadin uncovered a cache of ancient documents, human skulls, and artifacts that shed new light on the Bar-Kokhba revolt, which resulted in the Roman slaughter of 580,000 Jews.

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/titan/

Chronicling a bold voyage of discovery—the Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn and its enigmatic moon Titan—"Voyage to the Mystery Moon" delivers striking images of these fascinating planetary bodies nearly a billion miles from Earth. Saturn's broad rings hold myriad mysteries, and Titan, whose soupy atmosphere is similar to the one that enshrouded our planet billions of years ago, may hold clues to the origins of life. In hopes of answering some long-standing astrophysical questions, teams from NASA and the European Space Agency gamble years of effort to both ease the Cassini spacecraft into a workable orbit around Saturn and land the Huygens probe on Titan's never-before-seen surface.

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/neanderthals/
"Neanderthals on Trial," originally broadcast on January 22, 2002, probes the enigma of our Neanderthal cousins and the roots of our own ancestry.

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Mysterious Mummies Of China

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/chinamum/

In the late 1980's, perfectly preserved 3000-year-old mummies began appearing in a remote Chinese desert. They had long reddish-blond hair, European features and didn't appear to be the ancestors of modern-day Chinese people. Archaeologists now think they may have been the citizens of an ancient civilization that existed at the crossroads between China and Europe.

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Garden of Eden

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eden/

This journey to the Seychelles, a collection of pristine granite and coral islands about 1,000 miles east of Kenya, reveals a dramatic landscape of natural wealth and scientific value. The islands, among the oldest islands in the world, are home to a dazzling array of exotic plants and animals. One island, Praslin, boasts rare or unique species of geckos, snails, snakes, parrots and bats. Aldabra, the largest atoll in the world, harbors in its lagoon a profusion of wildlife, sharks, frigate birds with seven-foot wingspan, rare robber crabs, spectacularly-colored parrot fish, mangrove forests, and the world's largest colony of giant tortoises, numbering some 150,000.

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Lost Roman Treasure

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zeugma/

At the height of the Roman Empire an opulent city stood at the eastern frontier on the most important crossing of the Euphrates River. Called Zeugma ("Junction") after the bridge that linked its opposite banks, the city disappeared into history after the empire fell. Now its remains are about to disappear beneath a mammoth reservoir. This program records the frantic scramble to recover the glory that was Zeugma.

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