NOVA - Season 29

NOVA - Season 29

Season 29

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DatesOct 2, 2001 - May 7, 2002
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Episodes

Search for a Safe Cigarette
Season 29Episode 160 min

Search for a Safe Cigarette

The tobacco industry's quest for a "safer" cigarette is filled with promise and pitfalls.
Oct 2, 2001
18 Ways to Make a Baby
Season 29Episode 260 min

18 Ways to Make a Baby

Investigate the brave new world of assisted reproduction.
Oct 9, 2001
Secrets of the Mind (aka Phantoms in the Brain)
Season 29Episode 360 min

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.
Oct 23, 2001
Sex: Unknown
Season 29Episode 460 min

Sex: Unknown

What makes a person male or female? Can you be both? Explore the complex world of gender identity.
Oct 30, 2001
Russia's Nuclear Warriors
Season 29Episode 560 min

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
Nov 6, 2001
Bioterror
Season 29Episode 660 min

Bioterror

Explore germ warfare's chilling past, present, and future.
Nov 13, 2001
Life's Greatest Miracle
Season 29Episode 760 min

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.

Nov 20, 2001
Methuselah Tree
Season 29Episode 860 min

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.
Dec 11, 2001
Flying Casanovas
Season 29Episode 960 min

Flying Casanovas

The male bowerbird of Australia exhibits extraordinary courting antics.
Dec 25, 2001
Death Star
Season 29Episode 1060 min

Death Star

Astronomers investigate gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful celestial explosions since the big bang.
Jan 8, 2002
Neanderthals on Trial
Season 29Episode 1160 min

Neanderthals on Trial

Are Neanderthals our ancestors or an evolutionary dead end?
Jan 22, 2002
Fireworks!
Season 29Episode 1260 min

Fireworks!

Pyrotechnists use hi-tech firing systems and ancient alchemy to create dazzling fireworks displays.
Feb 5, 2002
Secrets, Lies and Atomic Spies
Season 29Episode 1360 min

Secrets, Lies and Atomic Spies

NOVA looks back to the 1940s, when American spies passed their country's deepest scientific secrets to the Soviets.
Feb 5, 2002
The Missing Link
Season 29Episode 1460 min

The Missing Link

Paleontologists studying the Devonian Period (408-360 million years ago) discover a tiny fossil of colossal importance.
Feb 26, 2002
Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance
Season 29Episode 1560 min

Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance

Beginning in 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton and 27 men survive a year and a half lost in the Antarctic.
Mar 26, 2002
Why the Towers Fell
Season 29Episode 1660 min

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.

Apr 30, 2002
Fire Wars
Season 29Episode 1760 min

Fire Wars

Wildland firefighters battle one of the most destructive fire seasons in U.S. history.
May 7, 2002

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