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17 this season · 1035 totals29e01 Search for a Safe Cigarette 2001-10-03 01:00
Search for a Safe Cigarette
The tobacco industry's quest for a "safer" cigarette is filled with promise and pitfalls.
s29e02 18 Ways to Make a Baby 2001-10-10 01:00
18 Ways to Make a Baby
Investigate the brave new world of assisted reproduction.
s29e03 Secrets of the Mind (aka Phantoms in the Brain) 2001-10-24 01:00
Secrets of the Mind (aka Phantoms in the Brain)
Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran's intimate encounters with his patients reveal a novel picture of the brain.
s29e04 Sex: Unknown 2001-10-31 02:00
Sex: Unknown
What makes a person male or female? Can you be both? Explore the complex world of gender identity.
s29e05 Russia's Nuclear Warriors 2001-11-07 02:00
Russia's Nuclear Warriors
Go inside Russia's largest missile base, where soldiers still stand at the ready, awaiting orders to push the nuclear button
s29e06 Bioterror 2001-11-14 02:00
Bioterror
Explore germ warfare's chilling past, present, and future.
s29e07 Life's Greatest Miracle 2001-11-21 02:00
Life's Greatest Miracle
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.
s29e08 Methuselah Tree 2001-12-12 02:00
Methuselah Tree
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.
s29e09 Flying Casanovas 2001-12-26 02:00
Flying Casanovas
The male bowerbird of Australia exhibits extraordinary courting antics.
s29e10 Death Star 2002-01-09 02:00
Death Star
Astronomers investigate gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful celestial explosions since the big bang.
s29e11 Neanderthals on Trial 2002-01-23 02:00
Neanderthals on Trial
Are Neanderthals our ancestors or an evolutionary dead end?
s29e12 Fireworks! 2002-02-06 02:00
Fireworks!
Pyrotechnists use hi-tech firing systems and ancient alchemy to create dazzling fireworks displays.
s29e13 Secrets, Lies and Atomic Spies 2002-02-06 02:00
Secrets, Lies and Atomic Spies
NOVA looks back to the 1940s, when American spies passed their country's deepest scientific secrets to the Soviets.
s29e14 The Missing Link 2002-02-27 02:00
The Missing Link
Paleontologists studying the Devonian Period (408-360 million years ago) discover a tiny fossil of colossal importance.
s29e15 Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance 2002-03-27 02:00
Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance
Beginning in 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton and 27 men survive a year and a half lost in the Antarctic.
s29e16 Why the Towers Fell 2002-05-01 01:00
Why the Towers Fell
Can lessons learned from the Twin Towers' collapse make new buildings safer? Forensic engineers investigate the collapse of the World Trade Center.
s29e17 Fire Wars 2002-05-08 01:00
Fire Wars
Wildland firefighters battle one of the most destructive fire seasons in U.S. history.