Episode Overview
Can innovative zero-emission electric aircraft truly replace traditional polluting airliners and transform urban travel? NOVA explores the skies with remarkable prototypes currently in operation, featuring agile single-passenger planes that can ascend like helicopters with reduced noise levels, alongside "autonomous" air taxis already conducting test rides in Chinese metropolises. However, for electric airplanes to progress beyond small, short-distance models, they must tackle formidable challenges related to battery weight, energy storage, and thermal management. How long will it take for the vision of ultra-quiet, highly efficient airliners to become a tangible reality?
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Season 48 Episodes 25
1.
Secrets in Our DNA
2.
Beyond the Elements: Reactions
3.
Beyond the Elements: Indestructible
4.
Beyond the Elements: Life
5.
Looking for Life on Mars
6.
Picture a Scientist/ Search Engine Breakdown
7.
Reef Rescue
8.
Fighting for Fertility
9.
Hindenburg: The New Evidence
10.
Great Electric Airplane Race
11.
Ship That Changed the World
12.
Bat Superpowers
13.
The Cannabis Question
14.
Particles Unknown
15.
Arctic Drift
16.
Edible Insects
17.
NOVA Universe Revealed: Age of Stars
18.
NOVA Universe Revealed: Milky Way
19.
NOVA Universe Revealed: Alien Worlds
20.
NOVA Universe Revealed: Black Holes
21.
NOVA Universe Revealed: Big Bang
22.
High-Risk High-Rise
23.
Butterfly Blueprints
24.
Alaskan Dinosaurs
25.
Ancient Maya Metropolis
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