NOVA

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  • : 1974
  • : 1025
  • : 302
  • PBS
  • 21
  • Documentary

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28x1
Sultan's Lost Treasure
Episode overview
16, 2001
The program follows a French-led expedition to recover thousands of porcelain and other artifacts from a centuries-old Chinese shipwreck off the coast of Brunei.
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Vanished!
Episode overview
30, 2001
The program investigates the mysterious disappearance -- and, half a century later, reappearance -- of Stardust, a civilian aircraft that crashed in the Andes in 1947.
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Nazi Prison Escape
Episode overview
06, 2001
The program documents a series of spectacular escape attempts made at Colditz Castle, the Nazi's most impregnable prison.
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Lost King Of The Maya
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13, 2001
The film follows the work of archeologists who are using new excavations and hieroglyphic translations to interpret the early history of Copán, a Classic Maya site in northern Honduras.
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The Cancer Warrior
Episode overview
27, 2001
The program follows the extraordinary odyssey of surgeon-turned-researcher Dr. Judah Folkman, who, together with colleagues at Children's Hospital in Boston, has spent over 30 years .. show full overview
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Survivor M.D.: Tattooed Doctor
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27, 2001
In "Tattooed Doctor," the first hour of NOVA's "Survivor M.D." series, emergency-room physician Dr. Tom Tarter eloquently describes some of the challenges and rewards of emergency medicine.
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Survivor M.D.: Second Opinions
Episode overview
03, 2001
In 1987 NOVA embarked with seven brilliant, natural-born survivors on the longest-running boot camp in higher education: the nearly decade-long process of training to be a fully .. show full overview
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Survivor M.D.: Hearts & Minds
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10, 2001
In 1987 NOVA embarked with seven brilliant, natural-born survivors on the longest-running boot camp in higher education: the nearly decade-long process of training to be a fully .. show full overview
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Cracking The Code Of Life
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17, 2001
This two-hour special, hosted by ABC "Nightline" correspondent Robert Krulwich, chronicles the race to capture one of the biggest prizes in scientific history: the complete .. show full overview
28x10
Harvest Of Fear
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24, 2001
A gene from a jellyfish is placed in a potato plant, making it light up whenever it needs watering. Rice plants are genetically transformed to produce vitamin A, preventing millions of .. show full overview
28x11
Search For A Safe Cigarette
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02, 2001
The program chronicles the tobacco industry's decades long effort to create a "safer" cigarette.
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18 Ways To Make A Baby
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09, 2001
The program investigates the brave new world of assisted reproduction.
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Secrets Of The Mind (aka Phantoms in the Brain)
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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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Sex: Unknown
Episode overview
30, 2001
The film investigates the complicated world of gender identity.
28x15
Russia's Nuclear Warriors
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06, 2001
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28x16
Bioterror
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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.
28x17
Life's Greatest Miracle
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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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Methuselah Tree
Episode overview
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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Flying Casanovas
Episode overview
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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