As of July 2026, NOVA Season 7 aired in 1980 with 20 episodes — streaming now on Hoopla. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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NOVA Season 7

1980 20 Episodes Documentary ⭐ 7/10

NOVA Season 7 is currently streaming on and , and it treats its subject with more rigour than the format usually demands. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. 140 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Rigorous in a way documentary storytelling does not always commit to. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, NOVA Season 7 earns its spot. The access NOVA Season 7 gets is remarkable — and the storytelling does full justice to it. Season 7 of NOVA includes 20 episodes. It aired from January 1980 to December 1980. Episodes include "The Elusive Illness", "A is for Atom, B is for Bomb", "Living Machines". It was aired in 1980. What elevates NOVA Season 7 above most documentary work is a refusal to settle for the easy version of the story. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

For viewers who want their entertainment to leave them with something, NOVA Season 7 delivers on both counts. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. Getting this level of access rarely happens twice. The kind of documentary that makes you feel informed rather than manipulated.

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🎬 NOVA Season 7 — Episode Guide

E1
The Elusive Illness
1980-01-15
Aborigines in Australia, woodchucks in Pennsylvania, the Nobel Prize in Stockholm and the gay community in New York City—what could possibly link such disparate elements? The answer is Hepatitis. NOVA examines this elusive disease, what causes it, how it is spread and how you get rid of it.
E2
A is for Atom, B is for Bomb
1980-01-22
NOVA profiles Dr. Edward Teller, the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb," an acclaimed scientific genius and brilliant theoretician, and a man considered by some the most dangerous scientist in the United States.
E3
Living Machines
1980-02-05
NOVA explores the science of natural engineering and asks the basic questions: what makes a good design in nature and why did a particular plant or animal adopt a particular design?
E4
Portrait of a Killer
1980-02-19
More than 40 million Americans are afflicted by cardiovascular disease. NOVA examines the new information on risk factors and possible prevention of heart attacks and Strokes—often fatal diseases.
E5
Umealit: The Whale Hunters
1980-03-04
Whaling is an integral part of Eskimo life, and a major source of food; even so, conservationists are seeking to restrict the hunting of bowheads in Alaska.
E6
The Safety Factor
1980-03-11
Recent aircraft accidents have raised the question of just how safe modern commercial aviation really is. NOVA looks at some of the problems and experimental efforts underway to deal with them.
E7
A Mediterranean Prospect
1980-03-18
Every year, millions of tourists converge on the Mediterranean's sunny coasts, lured by the prospect of bathing in clear, azure waters and basking in semi-tropical sun. But years of use and abuse have taken their toll on the once idyllic Mediterranean and the "world's biggest swimming pool" has beco...
E8
Mr. Ludwig's Tropical Dreamland
1980-03-25
NOVA explores the amazing Jari project of the Amazon basin. Eleven years ago, 3.5 million acres of virgin jungle were bought by the reclusive billionaire, Daniel K. Ludwig.
E9
The Pinks and the Blues
1980-09-30
NOVA explores the shaping and molding of the male and female personality. From infancy through childhood, the program documents the impact of culture on the development of sex differences. Known as "The Secret Of The Sexes" as the Vestron Video release of 1988.
E10
The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian
1980-10-07
In one of the first films ever to come out of modern China, NOVA sifts through clues that Chinese scientists have uncovered in their pursuit of particularly virulent and elusive forms of cancer from which one out of every four people die.
E11
The Sea Behind the Dunes
1980-10-14
One year in the intricate life of a coastal lagoon unfolds in an hour's time when NOVA documents the fragile tidal ecosystem which supports the entire ocean.
E12
Do We Really Need the Rockes?
1980-10-28
Locked in the shale of the Western Rocky Mountains is more oil than in the Middle East—more than enough to solve our dependence on foreign crude oil. But will shale oil solve our gasoline shortage, or will it simply turn the Rockies into a gigantic industrial zone? NOVA explores the promise and the ...
E13
The Big IF
1980-11-04
Is interferon—known as IF in medical shorthand—the wonder drug and cure for cancer that some doctors claim? NOVA travels to London, Stockholm, Houston, San Francisco, and New Haven in search of the answer in the most complete film on interferon ever to appear on American television.
E14
Voyager: Jupiter & Beyond
1980-11-11
On Wednesday, 12 November 1980, Voyager 1 is expected to arrive at Saturn for a first time ever extensive close-up investigation of the majestic ringed planet. Astronomers can expect to gather more information than ever before possible. On the day before this historic event, NOVA documents Voyager's...
E15
The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
1980-11-18
Thomas Edison is the quintessential American hero, the Wizard whose inventions revolutionized modern living. But there was always more to Edison than met the eye. He was a complex and contradictory man; a brilliant inventor, a foolish investor; a demanding boss, a liberal benfactor—a public figure t...
E16
The Water Crisis
1980-11-25
Water, water everywhere...but just how useful is it? NOVA travels to the Adirondack Mountains where acid rain is killing many high elevation lakes; to the Mississippi River where chlorine has combined with natural and manmade organic chemicals to form cancer-causing toxic chemical substances; to Cal...
E17
Moving Still
1980-12-02
NOVA tells the story of still and cine photography in science—from the extraordinary work of the pioneers in the early 1800s to how the ability to freeze time on film in ever shorter periods has given scientists remarkable new insights. Today photography enables us to analyze (frame by frame) the th...
E18
A Touch of Sensitivity
1980-12-09
The exquisite sensitivity of touch cells in the human skin makes it possible for us to discriminate with precision the slightest changes in texture and pressure, but how the electrical impulses we receive are converted into sensation remains a mystery. NOVA explores the hidden meaning and extraordin...
E19
The Red Deer of Rhum
1980-12-23
The cuddly image of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer has become an integral part of the jollity of the Christmas season. NOVA takes a timely look at how real deer live by visiting Rhum—an island off the coast of Scotland inhabited by red deer.
E20
It's About Time
1980-12-30
Time—a concept which has baffled scientists and philosophers since time immemorial. Actor Dudley Moore hosts a funny, sobering and visually stunning quest for answers to riddles, as NOVA spends an hour on time. Aired on the BBC in 1979.

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