NOVA

Season 38 Episode 9: Making Stuff: Stronger

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.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

53

Episodes:

1020

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1974

IMDb:

7.0