NOVA
Season 14

s14e01 / The Search for the Disappeared

15th Oct '86 - 1:00am
The Search for the Disappeared Summary

NOVA joins scientists in Argentina as they help locate kidnapped children and identify thousands of dead in the aftermath of a military reign of terror.

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s14e02 / The Planet that Got Knocked on its Side

22nd Oct '86 - 1:00am
The Planet that Got Knocked on its Side Summary

The adventures of the Voyager 2 spacecraft continue as it passes the rings of Uranus. Scientists suspect that unhappy events in the early history of the planet may have shaped Uranus and its strange collection of moons.

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s14e03 / High-Tech Babies

5th Nov '86 - 2:00am
High-Tech Babies Summary

Scientific breakthroughs now make it possible to reproduce ourselves in ways never before imagined. NOVA looks at the medical, legal and moral questions raised by this brave new technology.

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s14e04 / Can AIDS Be Stopped?

12th Nov '86 - 2:00am
Can AIDS Be Stopped? Summary

What are the prospects for halting or curing the deadliest epidemic ever to challenge modern medicine? NOVA finds cause for both hope and alarm in the battle against AIDS.

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s14e05 / Is Anybody Out There?

19th Nov '86 - 2:00am
Is Anybody Out There? Summary

Could there be life beyond Earth? Only recently has it become possible to scan the skies in a systematic attempt to find out. NOVA joins the search with guest host Lily Tomlin.

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s14e06 / The Mystery of the Animal Pathfinders

26th Nov '86 - 2:00am
The Mystery of the Animal Pathfinders Summary

Birds do it; bees do it, butterflies, bats and eels do it - all leave one habitat to migrate to another, often thousands of miles away. NOVA penetrates the mystery of where animals migrate, why and how they get there.

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s14e07 / Are You Swimming in a Sewer?

3rd Dec '86 - 2:00am
Are You Swimming in a Sewer? Summary

NOVA dips into the sad plight of our coastal waters, where toxic chemicals, raw sewage and disease-carrying microbes are routinely dumped.

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s14e08 / Sail Wars!

10th Dec '86 - 2:00am
Sail Wars! Summary

Yankee ingenuity has designs on the America's Cup. NOVA goes behind-the-scenes to look at the engineering effort to design a technically advanced sailboat.

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s14e09 / Leprosy Can Be Cured!

17th Dec '86 - 2:00am
Leprosy Can Be Cured! Summary

Leprosy, a misunderstood disease that has been curable for 40 years, still afflicts some 12 million people. NOVA looks at the tragedy of the disease that need not be.

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s14e10 / How Babies Get Made

14th Jan '87 - 2:00am
How Babies Get Made Summary

NOVA explores the ground-breaking experiments that led to the discovery of a tiny sequence of molecules - and more clues to the mystery of how a complete baby develops from a single cell.

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s14e11 / Countdown to the Invisible Universe

21st Jan '87 - 2:00am
Countdown to the Invisible Universe Summary

NOVA scans the universe with the infrared eye of IRAS - the Infrared Astronomical Satellite - and discovers never-before-seen comets, stars, galaxies and other celestial wonders and enigmas.

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s14e12 / Children of Eve

28th Jan '87 - 2:00am
Children of Eve Summary

NOVA examines a controversial theory that traces our ancestry to a small group of women living in Africa 300,000 years ago.

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s14e13 / Why Planes Crash

4th Feb '87 - 2:00am
Why Planes Crash Summary

Between 60 and 80 percent of all commercial airplane accidents are attributable to pilot error. NOVA looks at some shocking instances of pilot negligence and what airlines are doing to solve the problem.

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s14e14 / Orangutans of the Rain Forest

11th Feb '87 - 2:00am
Orangutans of the Rain Forest Summary

NOVA cameras travel to Borneo, one of the last habitats of the wild orangutans, where scientists study the endangered ape. Who is observing whom? It is not always clear.

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s14e15 / Freud Under Analysis

18th Feb '87 - 2:00am
Freud Under Analysis Summary

Fifty years after his passing, the creator of psychoanalysis is still the subject of intense debate. Was Freud right or wrong? NOVA profiles the enigmatic man and his controversial legacy.

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s14e16 / The Hole in the Sky

25th Feb '87 - 2:00am
The Hole in the Sky Summary

NOVA travels to Antarctica with an emergency scientific expedition to study a baffling "hole" in the Earth's protective ozone layer.

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s14e17 / Confessions of a Weaponeer

4th Mar '87 - 2:00am
Confessions of a Weaponeer Summary

Harvard chemist George Kistiakowsky was an anti-Bolshevik soldier in 1919 Russia, an atomic bomb scientist at Los Alamos, a presidential adviser in the Eisenhower White House and an arms control activist. Shortly before Kistiakowsky passing, he recounts his eventful career to interviewer Carl Sagan.

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s14e18 / Great Moments from NOVA

11th Mar '87 - 2:00am
Great Moments from NOVA Summary

NOVA presents two hours of the best from its 14 seasons of exciting science coverage. A "talking" chimp, an exploding volcano and a sight-and-sound space video are but a few of the memorable segments. Richard Kiley hosts.

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s14e19 / Will the World Starve?

25th Mar '87 - 2:00am
Will the World Starve? Summary

All over the world, farmers are taking more from the soil than they return. NOVA reports on the soil crisis in world agriculture - a plight that has already resulted in massive starvation.

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s14e20 / The Desert Doesn't Bloom Here Anymore

1st Apr '87 - 2:00am
The Desert Doesn't Bloom Here Anymore Summary

In rich and poor countries alike, once-productive farms are turning to desert because of mismanagement of water resources. NOVA examines the causes and cures of desertification..

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s14e21 / Rocky Road to Jupiter

8th Apr '87 - 1:00am
Rocky Road to Jupiter Summary

In a case study of the strengths and weaknesses of the United States space program, NOVA chronicles the ambitious and long-delayed Galileo mission to Jupiter - still on the ground long after its planned May 1986 launch.

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