Name: NOVA
Rating: 6.5

Wednesday
Oct 03, 2001
01:00

S29E01 - Search for a Safe Cigarette Air Date: Oct 03, 2001 01:00 - 24 years ago

The tobacco industry's quest for a "safer" cigarette is filled with promise and pitfalls.

Wednesday
Oct 10, 2001
01:00

S29E02 - 18 Ways to Make a Baby Air Date: Oct 10, 2001 01:00 - 24 years ago

Investigate the brave new world of assisted reproduction.

Wednesday
Oct 24, 2001
01:00

S29E03 - Secrets of the Mind (aka Phantoms in the Brain) Air Date: Oct 24, 2001 01:00 - 23 years ago

Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran's intimate encounters with his patients reveal a novel picture of the brain.

Wednesday
Oct 31, 2001
02:00

S29E04 - Sex: Unknown Air Date: Oct 31, 2001 02:00 - 23 years ago

What makes a person male or female? Can you be both? Explore the complex world of gender identity.

Wednesday
Nov 07, 2001
02:00

S29E05 - Russia's Nuclear Warriors Air Date: Nov 07, 2001 02:00 - 23 years ago

Go inside Russia's largest missile base, where soldiers still stand at the ready, awaiting orders to push the nuclear button

Wednesday
Nov 14, 2001
02:00

S29E06 - Bioterror Air Date: Nov 14, 2001 02:00 - 23 years ago

Explore germ warfare's chilling past, present, and future.

Wednesday
Nov 21, 2001
02:00

S29E07 - Life's Greatest Miracle Air Date: Nov 21, 2001 02:00 - 23 years ago

A sequel to one of the most popular NOVAs of all time, "Miracle of Life," this Emmy Award-winning program tracks human development from embryo to newborn using the extraordinary microimagery of Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson.

Wednesday
Dec 12, 2001
02:00

S29E08 - Methuselah Tree Air Date: Dec 12, 2001 02:00 - 23 years ago

NOVA examines the fascinating life cycle of the world's oldest living thing, a 4,600-year-old bristlecone pine in California's White Mountains.

Wednesday
Dec 26, 2001
02:00

S29E09 - Flying Casanovas Air Date: Dec 26, 2001 02:00 - 23 years ago

The male bowerbird of Australia exhibits extraordinary courting antics.

Wednesday
Jan 09, 2002
02:00

S29E10 - Death Star Air Date: Jan 09, 2002 02:00 - 23 years ago

Astronomers investigate gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful celestial explosions since the big bang.

Wednesday
Jan 23, 2002
02:00

S29E11 - Neanderthals on Trial Air Date: Jan 23, 2002 02:00 - 23 years ago

Are Neanderthals our ancestors or an evolutionary dead end?

Wednesday
Feb 06, 2002
02:00

S29E12 - Fireworks! Air Date: Feb 06, 2002 02:00 - 23 years ago

Pyrotechnists use hi-tech firing systems and ancient alchemy to create dazzling fireworks displays.

Wednesday
Feb 06, 2002
02:00

S29E13 - Secrets, Lies and Atomic Spies Air Date: Feb 06, 2002 02:00 - 23 years ago

NOVA looks back to the 1940s, when American spies passed their country's deepest scientific secrets to the Soviets.

Wednesday
Feb 27, 2002
02:00

S29E14 - The Missing Link Air Date: Feb 27, 2002 02:00 - 23 years ago

Paleontologists studying the Devonian Period (408-360 million years ago) discover a tiny fossil of colossal importance.

Wednesday
Mar 27, 2002
02:00

S29E15 - Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance Air Date: Mar 27, 2002 02:00 - 23 years ago

Beginning in 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton and 27 men survive a year and a half lost in the Antarctic.

Wednesday
May 01, 2002
01:00

S29E16 - Why the Towers Fell Air Date: May 01, 2002 01:00 - 23 years ago

Can lessons learned from the Twin Towers' collapse make new buildings safer?Forensic engineers investigate the collapse of the World Trade Center.

Wednesday
May 08, 2002
01:00

S29E17 - Fire Wars Air Date: May 08, 2002 01:00 - 23 years ago

Wildland firefighters battle one of the most destructive fire seasons in U.S. history.

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