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American popular science public television program (since 1974)

Nova (stylized as NOVΛ) is an American popular science television program produced by WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts, since 1974. It is broadcast on PBS in the United States, and in more than 100 other countries. The program has won many major television awards. Nova often includes interviews with scientists doing research in the subject areas covered and occasionally includes footage of a particular discovery. Some episodes have focused on the history of science. Examples of topics covered include the following:
Colditz Castle,
the Drake equation,
elementary particles,
the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens,
Fermat's Last Theorem,
the AIDS epidemic,
global warming,
moissanite,
Project Jennifer,
storm chasing,
Unterseeboot 869,
Vinland,
Tarim mummies,
and the COVID 19 pandemic. The Nova programs have been praised for their pacing, writing, and editing. Websites that accompany the segments have also won awards.

Nova was first aired on March 3, 1974. The show was created by Michael Ambrosino, inspired by the BBC 2 television series Horizon, which Ambrosino had seen while working in the UK. In the early years, many Nova episodes were either co productions with the BBC Horizon team, or other documentaries originating outside of the United States, with the narration re voiced in American English. Of the first 50 programs, only 19 were original WGBH productions, and the first Nova episode, "The Making of a Natural History Film", was originally an episode of Horizon that premiered in 1972. Ambrosino was succeeded as executive producer by John Angier, John Mansfield, and Paula S. Apsell, acting as senior executive producer. Alex Strachan of Calgary Herald wrote,"TV for people who don't normally watch TV." Lynn Elber of the Associated Press wrote of the episode "The Fabric of the Cosmos", "Mind blowing TV." The Futon Critic wrote of the episode "Looking for Life on Mars", "Astounding [and] exhilarating."