NOVA · SEASON 38
Making Stuff: Stronger
Episode 9 · 2011-01-19
- Documentary
Episode overview
What is the strongest material in the world? Is it steel, Kevlar, carbon nanotubes, or something entirely new? NOVA kicks off the four-part series "Making Stuff" with a quest for the world's strongest substances. Host David Pogue takes a look at what defines strength, examining everything from steel cables to mollusks to a toucan's beak. Pogue travels from the deck of a U.S. naval aircraft carrier to a demolition derby to the country's top research labs to check in with experts who are re-engineering what nature has given us to create the next generation of strong stuff.
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
