Every year, some 5,000 babies are born in the US with spina bifida, a congenital abnormality of the central nervous system. NOVA explores the mystery of what causes spina bifida and raises the issues of whether heroic measures should be taken to preserve the life of severely malformed babies.

NOVA Season 3 Episodes...

• s03e01 - Predictable Disaster
• s03e02 - Joey
• s03e03 - Meditation and the Mind
• s03e04 - The Planets
• s03e05 - A Desert Place
• s03e06 - A Small Imperfection
• s03e07 - Ninety Degrees Below
• s03e08 - The Race for the Double Helix
• s03e09 - The Renewable Tree
• s03e10 - The Williamsburgh File
• s03e11 - The Overworked Miracle
• s03e12 - The Transplant Experiment
• s03e13 - The Underground Movement
• s03e14 - Hunters of the Seal
• s03e15 - Benjamin
• s03e16 - The Women Rebel
• s03e17 - Death of a Disease
• s03e18 - Inside the Shark
• s03e19 - The Genetic Chance
• s03e20 - The Case of the Bermuda Triangle

NOVA Show Summary

Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science based television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won many major television awards, most of them many times over.