NOVA
Season 28

s28e01 / Lincoln's Secret Weapon

25th Oct '00 - 1:00am
Lincoln's Secret Weapon Summary

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.

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s28e02 / Holocaust On Trial

1st Nov '00 - 2:00am
Holocaust On Trial Summary

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

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s28e03 / Hitler's Lost Sub

15th Nov '00 - 2:00am
Hitler's Lost Sub Summary

Dive in dangerous waters with deep sea detectives as they attempt to retrieve clues that will reveal this decaying U-boat's identity. See how the breaking of Nazi codes altered the outcome of the war - and helped unravel the mystery behind this German U-boat. And finally, travel to Germany with the divers as they rewrite a part of World War II history, bring closure to families of the lost crew and discover how one man's life was spared.

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s28e04 / Runaway Universe

22nd Nov '00 - 2:00am
Runaway Universe Summary

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?

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s28e05 / Garden Of Eden

29th Nov '00 - 2:00am
Garden Of Eden Summary

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.

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s28e06 / Dying To Be Thin

13th Dec '00 - 2:00am
Dying To Be Thin Summary

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

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s28e07 / Japan's Secret Garden

19th Dec '00 - 2:00am
Japan's Secret Garden Summary

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.

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s28e08 / Sultan's Lost Treasure

17th Jan '01 - 2:00am
Sultan's Lost Treasure Summary

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.

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s28e09 / Vanished!

31st Jan '01 - 2:00am
Vanished! Summary

The program investigates the mysterious disappearance - and, half a century later, reappearance - of Stardust, a civilian aircraft that crashed in the Andes in 1947.

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s28e10 / Nazi Prison Escape

7th Feb '01 - 2:00am
Nazi Prison Escape Summary

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

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s28e11 / Lost King Of The Maya

14th Feb '01 - 2:00am
Lost King Of The Maya Summary

In an ancient Mayan arena, enemies of King Yax K'uk Mo square off in a game that appears much like modern soccer. But in this contest, winners live and losers lose their heads. From 200 to 900 A.D., Blood Lords presided over the Maya city of Copan, conducting hallucinogenic vision quests, ritual warfare and human sacrifice. Join archaeologists and historians who are piecing together the fascinating rise and fall of this ancient city.

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s28e12 / The Cancer Warrior

28th Feb '01 - 2:00am
The Cancer Warrior Summary

The program follows the extraordinary odyssey of surgeon-turned-researcher Dr. Judah Folkman, who, together with colleagues at Children's Hospital in Boston, has spent over 30 years searching for ways to curb cancer by cutting off blood flow to tumors.

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s28e13 / Survivor M.D.: Tattooed Doctor (1)

28th Mar '01 - 2:00am
Survivor M.D.: Tattooed Doctor (1) Summary

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.

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s28e14 / Survivor M.D.: Second Opinions (2)

4th Apr '01 - 1:00am
Survivor M.D.: Second Opinions (2) Summary

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.

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s28e15 / Survivor M.D.: Hearts & Minds (3)

11th Apr '01 - 1:00am
Survivor M.D.: Hearts & Minds (3) Summary

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.

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s28e16 / Cracking The Code Of Life

18th Apr '01 - 1:00am
Cracking The Code Of Life Summary

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.

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s28e17 / Harvest Of Fear

25th Apr '01 - 1:00am
Harvest Of Fear Summary

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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