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17 this season · 1035 totals28e01 Lincoln's Secret Weapon 2000-10-25 01:00
Lincoln's Secret Weapon
The Navy undertakes a risky project to salvage the USS Monitor, an innovative armored combat vessel from the Civil War.
s28e02 Holocaust on Trial 2000-11-01 02:00
Holocaust on Trial
A trial in London's High Court examines evidence from Auschwitz to successfully challenge the claims of Holocaust "deniers".
s28e03 Hitler's Lost Sub 2000-11-15 02:00
Hitler's Lost Sub
A fisherman's net snags a missing World War II German U-boat off the coast of New Jersey.
s28e04 Runaway Universe 2000-11-22 02:00
Runaway Universe
Astronomers grapple with some very big questions: what is the size and shape of the universe, and how will it end?
s28e05 Garden of Eden 2000-11-29 02:00
Garden of Eden
The giant tortoise and an ant-sized frog are just two of the dazzling array of life-forms native to the Seychelles Islands.
s28e06 Dying to Be Thin 2000-12-13 02:00
Dying to Be Thin
Life-threatening eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are on the rise among America's youth.
s28e07 Japan's Secret Garden 2000-12-19 02:00
Japan's Secret Garden
For at least 2,000 years, the wildlife and people living around Japan's Lake Biwa have lived in a harmonious balance.
s28e08 Sultan's Lost Treasure 2001-01-17 02:00
Sultan's Lost Treasure
Archeologists salvage more than 12,000 pieces of Chinese porcelain from an ancient shipwreck.
s28e09 Vanished! 2001-01-31 02:00
Vanished!
The mysterious 1947 disappearance of an airplane high in the Andes en route from Argentina to Chile is finally resolved.
s28e10 Nazi Prison Escape 2001-02-07 02:00
Nazi Prison Escape
From 1940 to 1945, Allied prisoners of war engineered spectacular escapes from Colditz Castle, the Nazis' most impregnable prison.
s28e11 Lost King of the Maya 2001-02-14 02:00
Lost King of the Maya
Using ancient hieroglyphs and new excavations, archeologists investigate the rise and fall of the majestic city of Copan.
s28e12 The Cancer Warrior 2001-02-28 02:00
The Cancer Warrior
Judah Folkman and other researchers pioneer a novel approach to cancer treatment.
s28e13 Survivor M.D.: Tattooed Doctor 2001-03-28 02:00
Survivor M.D.: Tattooed Doctor
NOVA follows seven Harvard Medical School students for 13 years to see what it takes to become a fully qualified doctor. (Part 1 of 3)
s28e14 Survivor M.D.: Second Opinions 2001-04-04 01:00
Survivor M.D.: Second Opinions
NOVA follows seven Harvard Medical School students for 13 years to see what it takes to become a fully qualified doctor. (Part 2 of 3)
s28e15 Survivor M.D.: Hearts & Minds 2001-04-11 01:00
Survivor M.D.: Hearts & Minds
NOVA follows seven Harvard Medical School students for 13 years to see what it takes to become a fully qualified doctor. (Part 3 of 3)
s28e16 Cracking the Code of Life 2001-04-18 01:00
Cracking the Code of Life
Follow the race to decode the human genome and see how this newfound knowledge is already changing medicine.
s28e17 Harvest of Fear 2001-04-25 01:00
Harvest of Fear
Genetically modified foods—a wondrous advance or a new threat? Explore the growing controversy.