NOVA
Season 6

s06e01 / Black Tide

6th Jan '79 - 2:00am
Black Tide Summary

On the morning of March 16, 1978, the US owned, Liberian registered supertanker, the Amoco Cadiz, went aground off the coast of Brittany. Over the following days and weeks its entire 68 million gallons of oil drained into the sea. A NOVA production team began filmming at the scene shortly after the disaster, the biggest oil spill in history, and recorded clean-up efforts, effects of the spill on the crucial tourism and fishing industries, and the attempts of US and French marine biologists to trace the passage of the oil through the environment.

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s06e02 / Long Walk Of Fred Young

12th Jan '79 - 2:00am
Long Walk Of Fred Young Summary

As a child, Fred Young hunted birds and wild animals with primitive weapons, spoke only the Indian languages Ute and Navajo, went to a medicine man when he was sick, and slept under the stars. NOVA profiles Dr. Frederick Young, now a nuclear physicist working on the laser fusion project at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico.

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s06e03 / A World Of Difference

19th Jan '79 - 2:00am
A World Of Difference Summary

In 1945, B.F. Skinner shocked the world by putting his 13 month-old daughter, Deborah, into a "box". The box was actually a climate-controlled crib designed for comfort and protection, and the young psychologist was merely testing his theory that environment controls behavior. NOVA portrays the life of this famous behavioral psychologist now in his 70's and living quietly in Cambridge as Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Harvard University.

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s06e04 / Cashing In On The Ocean

2nd Feb '79 - 2:00am
Cashing In On The Ocean Summary

The bed of the northeast Pacific Ocean is covered with a "carpet" estimated to be worth a staggering ten million dollars. These manganese nodules-the bumpy carpet-are rich not only in manganese but in the key strategic minerals: copper, nickel and cobalt. NOVA examines the debate about who owns them and who has the right to exploit their use.

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s06e05 / Patterns From The Past

9th Feb '79 - 2:00am
Patterns From The Past Summary

Below the snow-capped peaks of the Peruvian Andes, the Q'eros Indians live a life patterned on that of their ancestors thousands of years ago. NOVA takes a look at the unchanging world of these isolated mountain people.

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s06e06 / The Invisible Flame

23rd Feb '79 - 2:00am
The Invisible Flame Summary

Some day hydrogen may replace the gasoline that we are now using up so rapidly. NOVA looks at the potential of hydrogen as a zero-pollution fuel.

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s06e07 / The End Of The Rainbow

2nd Mar '79 - 2:00am
The End Of The Rainbow Summary

Is nuclear fusion the solution to the energy crisis? NOVA examines the promise-and problems-of fusion as a future energy source.

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s06e08 / The Beersheva Experiment

9th Mar '79 - 2:00am
The Beersheva Experiment Summary

Health care is the third largest industry in the US. As a result of billions of dollars spent for medical education in the 1960s, there are now too many specialists and too few primary care physicians, especially in underserved areas. NOVA tells the story of one medical school in Israel that is training a new kind of family doctor.

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s06e09 / Einstein

16th Mar '79 - 2:00am
Einstein Summary

One hundred years after his birth, Albert Einstein remains an enigma to most Americans. NOVA presents an insightful portrait of the man and his mind through rarely viewed film footage.

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s06e10 / The Keys Of Paradise

30th Mar '79 - 2:00am
The Keys Of Paradise Summary

Some powerful and complex painhugging drugs have just been discovered-in a place where you would least expect to find them. Endorphins and their component enkephalins are manufactured in the brain, and perform the same painhugging function as analgesics like morphine. NOVA explores some physiological mysteries, such as why acupuncture works, and how placebos can relieve symptoms, and shows how endorphins could revolutionize the treatment of pain, depression, and even schizophrenia.

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