NOVA
TV-PG
8.7
1974
Documentary
PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and technology, and highlights the people involved in scientific pursuits.
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Episode 17 : Fire Wars
May. 07,2002
In the program, NOVA accompanies the men and women of a wildland firefighting crew known as the Arrowhead Hotshots as they battle one of the most destructive wildfire seasons ever, the summer of 2000.
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Episode 16 : Why the Towers Fell
April. 30,2002
Can lessons learned from the Twin Towers' collapse make new buildings safer?
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Episode 14 : The Missing Link
February. 26,2002
A paleontological tour-de-force and suspenseful scientific detective story, the program documents the search for the ancestor of all four-limbed animals, including humans.
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Episode 13 : Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies
February. 05,2002
The program chronicles the lives and covert activities of the so-called "atom spies" in the 1940's, including the big one that got away, Theodore Alvin Hall.
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Episode 12 : Fireworks
January. 29,2002
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Episode 11 : Neanderthals on Trial
January. 22,2002
The film probes the enigma of our Neanderthal cousins and the roots of our own ancestry.
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Episode 10 : Death Star
January. 08,2002
The program probes the deep mysteries of gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful celestial explosions since the big bang.
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Episode 9 : Flying Casanovas
December. 25,2001
The program, with Sir David Attenborough narrating, celebrates the extraordinary antics male bowerbirds get up to when courting a female.
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Episode 8 : Methuselah Tree
December. 11,2001
Marked by striking imagery and a poetic style, the film dramatizes the life cycle of the world's oldest living thing, the bristlecone pine of California's White Mountains.
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Episode 7 : Life's Greatest Miracle
November. 20,2001
A sequel to the most popular NOVA of all time, "Miracle of Life," the program once again uses the extraordinary microimagery of Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson to track human development from embryo to newborn.
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Episode 6 : Bioterror
November. 13,2001
The film follows three New York Times reporters as they delve into the murky past of bioweapons research and grapple with the current threat of anthrax and other attacks.
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Episode 4 : Sex: Unknown
October. 30,2001
The film investigates the complicated world of gender identity.
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Episode 3 : Secrets of the Mind
October. 23,2001
This NOVA program delves into the mind-tingling efforts of neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran to discover how the brain works.
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Episode 2 : 18 Ways to Make a Baby
October. 09,2001
The program investigates the brave new world of assisted reproduction.
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Episode 1 : Search for a Safe Cigarette
October. 02,2001
The program chronicles the tobacco industry's decades long effort to create a "safer" cigarette.
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