NOVA Season 14 Episode 8 Synopsis

Yankee ingenuity has designs on the America's Cup. NOVA goes behind-the-scenes to look at the engineering effort to design a technically advanced sailboat.

NOVA Season 14 Episodes...

• s14e01 - The Search for the Disappeared
• s14e02 - The Planet that Got Knocked on its Side
• s14e03 - High-Tech Babies
• s14e04 - Can AIDS Be Stopped?
• s14e05 - Is Anybody Out There?
• s14e06 - The Mystery of the Animal Pathfinders
• s14e07 - Are You Swimming in a Sewer?
• s14e08 - Sail Wars!
• s14e09 - Leprosy Can Be Cured!
• s14e10 - How Babies Get Made
• s14e11 - Countdown to the Invisible Universe
• s14e12 - Children of Eve
• s14e13 - Why Planes Crash
• s14e14 - Orangutans of the Rain Forest
• s14e15 - Freud Under Analysis
• s14e16 - The Hole in the Sky
• s14e17 - Confessions of a Weaponeer
• s14e18 - Great Moments from NOVA
• s14e19 - Will the World Starve?
• s14e20 - The Desert Doesn't Bloom Here Anymore
• s14e21 - Rocky Road to Jupiter

NOVA Show Summary

Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science based television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won many major television awards, most of them many times over.