NOVA | April 2025
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NOVA #5101
When Whales Could Walk
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 8pm
A spectacular fossil graveyard reveals a 43-million-year-old whale that had four legs and could walk. Follow scientists as they search for new clues to how mammals moved from land into the sea to become the largest animals on Earth.
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- WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 04/08/2025 @ 11:00 PM
- WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 04/09/2025 @ 7:00 AM
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Giant fossils uncovered in the Sahara Desert reveal new secrets of how whales evolved.
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Explore key military technologies in the American colonies’ fight for freedom.
NOVA #5207
Revolutionary War Weapons
Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 8pm
How did a ragtag army defeat the most powerful army in the world to win American independence? Discover the key military technologies that helped propel the colonies to victory, from the Brown Bess musket to the world’s first military submarine.
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NOVA #5208
Secrets of the Forest
Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 8pm
Explore how experts try to tackle the twin threats of climate change and the threat of extinction. Follow researchers around the globe as they race to understand how nature processes and responds to carbon on the largest scales.
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/16/2025 @ 8:00 PM
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Follow scientists in a quest to understand how complex forest ecosystems can help cool our planet.
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In the Arctic, enormous releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, threaten the climate
NOVA #4901
Arctic Sinkholes
Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 8pm
Scientists investigate colossal explosions in Siberia and other evidence that rapidly melting soil in the Arctic is releasing vast amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. What are the implications for our climate future?
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NOVA #5209
Critical Condition: Health in Black America
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 - 8pm
This two-hour feature documentary traces the roots of systemic racism in our medical system and the biological impacts of discrimination on the body to understand why Black Americans experience such disproportionately poor health outcomes.
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/30/2025 @ 8:00 PM
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