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NOVA Season 28

NOVA

Season 28

October 24, 2000 17 episodes

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Lincoln's Secret Weapon
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E1. Lincoln's Secret Weapon

55m Oct 24, 2000

The film chronicles an expedition to study and retrieve parts of the USS Monitor, the famous Civil War ironclad, which sank off North Carolina only months after its famous battle with the CSS Virginia.

Holocaust on Trial
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E2. Holocaust on Trial

55m Oct 31, 2000

The film uses a celebrated recent trial as a springboard to examine and successfully challenge the notion of Holocaust denial

Hitler's Lost Sub
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E3. Hitler's Lost Sub

55m Nov 14, 2000

The film follows a six-year odyssey by a group of divers to identify a mysterious U-boat they discovered in 1991 off the coast of New Jersey

Runaway Universe
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E4. Runaway Universe

55m Nov 21, 2000

The program follows the efforts of two rival teams of astronomers as they search for exploding stars, map out gigantic cosmic patterns of galaxies, and grapple with the ultimate question: What is the fate of the universe?

Garden of Eden
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E5. Garden of Eden

55m Nov 28, 2000

The film takes a look at the extraordinary natural history of the Seychelles, an ancient archipelago of about 100 islands scattered between India and Madagascar.

Dying to Be Thin
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E6. Dying to Be Thin

55m Dec 12, 2000

The film examines a disturbing increase in the prevalence of debilitating and sometimes life-threatening eating disorders, particularly anorexia and bulimia.

Japan's Secret Garden
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E7. Japan's Secret Garden

55m Dec 18, 2000

The program chronicles a year in the life of wildlife and people around Lake Biwa, Japan, a cycle that has continued unchanged for thousands of years.

Sultan's Lost Treasure
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E8. Sultan's Lost Treasure

55m Jan 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.

Vanished!
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E9. Vanished!

55m Jan 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.

Nazi Prison Escape
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E10. Nazi Prison Escape

55m Feb 6, 2001

The program documents a series of spectacular escape attempts made at Colditz Castle, the Nazi's most impregnable prison.

Lost King of the Maya
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E11. Lost King of the Maya

55m Feb 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.

The Cancer Warrior
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E12. The Cancer Warrior

55m Feb 27, 2001

For decades Dr. Judah Folkman struggled against the grain of many in the cancer research community in his quest to pioneer a novel form of cancer treatment. In 1960, when he was a young surgical resident, Folkman discovered a startling secret about how cancer grows, which he called angiogenesis. It was a clue he would pursue for the next 40 years. "Cancer Warrior" tells the incredible saga of his personal dedication in a race to defeat one of humanity's most invincible foes.

Survivor M.D.: Tattooed Doctor (1)
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E13. Survivor M.D.: Tattooed Doctor (1)

55m Mar 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.

Survivor M.D.: Second Opinions (2)
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E14. Survivor M.D.: Second Opinions (2)

55m Apr 3, 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 qualified doctor. Now all but one of them (who switched careers) are out in the world in high-powered medical careers, trying to balance the demands of work, families, and personal lives, as NOVA reports on Survivor MD, which airs in three one-hour segments.

Survivor M.D.: Hearts & Minds (3)
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E15. Survivor M.D.: Hearts & Minds (3)

55m Apr 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 qualified doctor. Now all but one of them (who switched careers) are out in the world in high-powered medical careers, trying to balance the demands of work, families, and personal lives, as NOVA reports on Survivor MD, which airs in three one-hour segments.

Cracking the Code of Life
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E16. Cracking the Code of Life

55m Apr 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 letter-by-letter sequence of genetic information that defines human life -- the human genome.

Harvest of Fear
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E17. Harvest of Fear

55m Apr 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 African children from going blind. Other plants are modified to produce plastic or pharmaceuticals. While many see these as wondrous advancements, others fear they could spawn serious new threats to human health, a loss of genetic viability in our most important crop species, and other signficant and perhaps unforeseen problems. In "Harvest of Fear," NOVA and FRONTLINE join forces to explore the growing controversy over genetically modified agriculture.

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