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Episodes

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   1. Search for a Safe Cigarette

   2001-10-02

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

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   2. 18 Ways to Make a Baby

   2001-10-09

   Investigate the brave new world of assisted reproduction.

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   3. Secrets of the Mind (aka Phantoms in the Brain)

   2001-10-23

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

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   4. Sex: Unknown

   2001-10-30

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

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   5. Russia's Nuclear Warriors

   2001-11-06

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

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   6. Bioterror

   2001-11-13

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

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   7. Life's Greatest Miracle

   2001-11-20

   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.

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   8. Methuselah Tree

   2001-12-11

   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.

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   9. Flying Casanovas

   2001-12-25

   The male bowerbird of Australia exhibits extraordinary courting antics.

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    10. Death Star

    2002-01-08

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

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    11. Neanderthals on Trial

    2002-01-22

    Are Neanderthals our ancestors or an evolutionary dead end?

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    12. Fireworks!

    2002-02-05

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

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    13. Secrets, Lies and Atomic Spies

    2002-02-05

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

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    14. The Missing Link

    2002-02-26

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

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    15. Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance

    2002-03-26

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

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    16. Why the Towers Fell

    2002-04-30

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

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    17. Fire Wars

    2002-05-07

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