NOVA
Season 18

s18e01 / The KGB, The Computer and Me

3rd Oct '90 - 1:00am
The KGB, The Computer and Me Summary

What happens when a Berkeley hippie turns detective and gets mixed up with the CIA and the KGB? NOVA follows computer sleuth Cliff Stoll as he tracks a data thief through a maze of military and research computers.

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s18e02 / Neptune's Cold Fury

10th Oct '90 - 1:00am
Neptune's Cold Fury Summary

NOVA visits Neptune, the planet that took Voyager 12 years to reach. Mysteries abound in and around this big, blue world at the outer limits of the solar system. Actor Patrick Stewart hosts.

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s18e03 / To Boldly Go...

17th Oct '90 - 1:00am
To Boldly Go... Summary

NOVA chronicles the Voyager space mission - from Earth to the ends of the solar system. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and dozens of moons star in this epic voyage of exploration. Actor Patrick Stewart hosts.

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s18e04 / Poisoned Winds of War

24th Oct '90 - 1:00am
Poisoned Winds of War Summary

Sixty-five years after attempts to ban them, chemical weapons pose more of a threat than ever. NOVA looks at the problem of controlling substances that are easily produced and cruelly effective.

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s18e05 / The Blimp is Back!

31st Oct '90 - 2:00am
The Blimp is Back! Summary

NOVA examines the troubled past and promising future of blimps, zeppelins, cyclocranes and other species of airships. There's life in the old gasbags yet.

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s18e06 / Earthquake!

7th Nov '90 - 2:00am
Earthquake! Summary

NOVA looks at the high-stakes quest to predict earthquakes. Despite past disappointments, geologists still hope to divine the clues that precede nature's ultimate upheavals.

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s18e07 / Killing Machines

14th Nov '90 - 2:00am
Killing Machines Summary

Robotic weapons that seek out and destroy ships, planes, and other targets are the wave of the future. NOVA questions whether their proliferation may spell an end to superpower invincibility.

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s18e08 / Can the Elephant Be Saved?

21st Nov '90 - 2:00am
Can the Elephant Be Saved? Summary

Is the ivory ban in the elephant's best interest? NOVA looks at the controversial strategies to save the world's largest land animal from extinction.

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s18e09 / We Know Where You Live

28th Nov '90 - 2:00am
We Know Where You Live Summary

Ever wonder how junk mail finds you? NOVA investigates the hidden world of direct marketing, pointing out how advertisers know a lot more about us than we think.

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s18e10 / In the Land of the Llamas

5th Dec '90 - 2:00am
In the Land of the Llamas Summary

NOVA profiles the llama, alpaca, vicuna and guanaco of South America. At one time nearly extinct, these four members of the camel family are exceptionally well adapted to life in the beautiful high Andes.

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s18e11 / What's Killing the Children?

19th Dec '90 - 2:00am
What's Killing the Children? Summary

NOVA tracks a mysterious disease that suddenly and fatally attacks the children of a small Brazilian town. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta are called in to crack the case.

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s18e12 / Return to Mt. St. Helens

9th Jan '91 - 2:00am
Return to Mt. St. Helens Summary

NOVA returns to Mount St. Helens a decade after its cataclysmic eruption to learn how nature is recovering from the disaster.

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s18e13 / ConFusion in a Jar

16th Jan '91 - 2:00am
ConFusion in a Jar Summary

An experiment that could mean limitless supplies of energy sets the scientific world on its head. NOVA covers the cold fusion controversy.

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s18e14 / The Hunt for China's Dinosaurs (1)

6th Feb '91 - 2:00am
The Hunt for China's Dinosaurs (1) Summary

NOVA covers the most elaborate expedition ever undertaken in the search for dinosaurs—to China's Gobi desert. Paleontologists brave sandstorms, heat and worse to find their fossils.

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s18e15 / Case of the Flying Dinosaur (2)

13th Feb '91 - 2:00am
Case of the Flying Dinosaur (2) Summary

Are dinosaurs still among us? NOVA looks at the contentious question of whether present-day birds are dinosaurs. Over the years, new fossil discoveries keep amending the answer.

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s18e16 / T. rex Exposed

20th Feb '91 - 2:00am
T. rex Exposed Summary

Tyrannosaurus rex, the terrifying kind of the dinos, recently turned up in a nearly complete skeleton in Montana. NOVA follows the dig to extract the bones and looks at the science and lore of dinosaurs in general.

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s18e17 / Russian Right Stuff: The Invisible Spaceman

27th Feb '91 - 2:00am
Russian Right Stuff: The Invisible Spaceman Summary

In the first program of a three-part miniseries on the Soviet space program, NOVA profiles the mysterious genius behind the world's first satellite, the first man to orbit the earth and other early Russian triumphs in space.

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s18e18 / Russian Right Stuff: The Dark Side of the Moon

28th Feb '91 - 2:00am
Russian Right Stuff: The Dark Side of the Moon Summary

NOVA reveals the details of Moscow's secret plan to reach the moon ahead of the Americans. Was Neil Armstrong's "giant leap for mankind" almost upstaged?

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s18e19 / Russian Right Stuff: The Mission

1st Mar '91 - 2:00am
Russian Right Stuff: The Mission Summary

In an unprecedented insider's look, NOVA covers the training, flight and recovery of a cosmonaut crew that visits the Soviet space station Mir. Unexpected emergencies show that space travel is still far from routine.

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s18e20 / Swimming With Whales

6th Mar '91 - 2:00am
Swimming With Whales Summary

Gregory Peck narrates a scientific voyage around Vancouver Island in search of whales. Humpbacks,hugers, Grays and other whale species make their appearance in spectacular, never-before-seen footage both above and below the waves.

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s18e21 / The Chip vs. the Chessmaster

27th Mar '91 - 2:00am
The Chip vs. the Chessmaster Summary

Will machines be able to beat us at our own game? The computer chess champ matches wits with the human world titleholder.

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