NOVA · SEASON 38
Venom: Nature's Killer
Episode 15 · 2011-02-23
- Documentary
Episode overview
Over the millennia, thousands of creatures have developed that most sophisticated of biological and chemical weapons: venom. These complex chemicals can scramble your brain signals, paralyze your muscles, puncture your blood cells, even begin digesting you from within. But nature's most potent toxins might also contain the keys to a new generation of advanced drugs. Such drugs might help doctors treat heart attacks, cancer, diabetes, and other serious illnesses. Follow NOVA crews as they join scientists on a dangerous quest to track down and capture the world's most venomous animals - to find out both how they can kill us, and how they can save us.
55 minutes
Season 38 episodes
1. Building the Great Cathedrals2010-10-19
2. Emergency Mine Rescue2010-10-26
3. Trapped in an Elevator2010-11-02
4. Dogs Decoded2010-11-09
5. Secrets of Stonehenge2010-11-16
6. Quest for Solomon's Mines2010-11-23
7. Secrets Beneath the Ice2010-12-28
8. Deadliest Earthquakes2011-01-11
9. Making Stuff: Stronger2011-01-19
10. Making Stuff: Smaller2011-01-26
11. Making Stuff: Cleaner2011-02-02
12. Making Stuff: Smarter2011-02-09
13. Smartest Machine on Earth2011-02-09
14. Crash of Flight 4472011-02-16
15. Venom: Nature's Killer2011-02-23
16. Japan's Killer Quake2011-03-30
17. Power Surge2011-04-20
18. How Smart Are Animals?2011-02-09
