Parade preview (8 p.m.) and “A Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving” (9-11 p.m.), NBC. Now we know the holidays are starting. First, is a preview of Thursday’s Macy’s parade; there ...

Scientists study medieval bubonic plague victims in hopes of preventing future outbreaks. Follow scientists as they track down the earliest known bubonic plague victims in hopes of preventing future ...

Could the discovery of a third portrait of William Shakespeare be a genuine article? There are only two accepted representations of William Shakespeare that are considered “official” – but could a ...

Facial recognition software suggests the portrait may depict William Shakespeare. Steven Wadlow’s method for testing and comparing his portrait of William Shakespeare with already authenticated ones ...

In 1347, ships reached Sicily with the Black Death. In a year, it spread across Europe to England. In 1347, ships from the Black Sea arrived in Sicily carrying an unseen killer. Rats and fleas aboard ...

Ancient gravestones in Kyrgyzstan hint the Black Death began long before it reached Europe. A spike in gravestones from 1338 in Kyrgyzstan led historian Philip Slavin to theorize that the Black Death ...

Meet the investigators determined to find and memorialize the 22 Civil War soldiers from the 5th United States Colored Cavalry, who were ambushed and slain by racist outlaws outside of Camp Nelson, ...

Five strangers join together 80 years after WWII, to follow the paths their fathers endured as POWS. Five strangers are brought together about 80 years after WWII, to follow the paths their fathers ...

This intimate look at the design, building, and operation of the ISS airs on PBS Nov. 5 and Nov. 12. Celebrating the lasting legacy of our planet's off-world laboratory since it was first inserted ...

Explore how NASA's OSIRIS-Rex may change our understanding of our place in the universe. What can a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid tell us about life on Earth? NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission set out to ...

Follow scientists as they track down the earliest known bubonic plague victims in hopes of preventing future outbreaks, while historians and scholars explore the societal impact of the plague on ...

Celebrating the lasting legacy of our planet's off-world laboratory since it was first inserted into orbit in 2000, NOVA presents a two-part exploration of the venerable International Space Station ...