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Season 2 |
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Season 3 |
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Season 4 |
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Season 5 |
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Season 6 |
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Season 7 |
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Season 8 |
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Season 9 |
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Season 10 |
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Season 11 |
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Season 12 |
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Season 13 |
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Season 14 |
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Season 15 |
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Season 16 |
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Season 17 |
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Season 18 |
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Season 19 |
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Season 20 |
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Season 21 |
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Season 22 |
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Season 23 |
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Season 24 |
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Season 25 |
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Season 26 |
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Season 27 |
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Season 28 |
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Season 29 |
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| 543 :29x03 - Secrets of the Mind (Oct/23/2001) | Dr. Vilayanur Ramachandran, an eloquent neuroscientist, is fascinated by patients who have unusual abilities or defects in the way they perceive the world. These include such puzzling phenomena as the phantom pain experienced in a missing, amputated limb, or the inability to recognize a familiar face following a stroke. From these strange cases, Ramachandran is building a novel vision of how the brain works. In "Secrets of the Mind," NOVA dramatizes the intimate stories of Ramachandran's encounters with his extraordinary patients.
Source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/listseason/28.html#2812 | |
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Season 30 |
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Season 31 |
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| 586 :31x13 - Crash of Flight 111 (Feb/17/2004) | | One of the most exhaustive investigations in aviation history reveals telling clues to the cause of a disaster off Nova Scotia. | |
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Season 32 |
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Season 33 |
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| 617 :33x08 - Storm That Drowned a City (Nov/22/2005) | | An exploration of the devastation wrought on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina details failures of levees and disaster-relief planning; why the city was unprepared; and what made Katrina so powerful. Also examined are the challenges involved in rebuilding the city. | |
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| 618 :33x09 - The Mummy Who Would Be King (Jan/03/2006) | This episode unravels the history of a mummy that was part of a Niagara Falls Museum display, with evidence pointing toward it being the body of a pharaoh: Rameses I.
The first hint (its crossed arms) to its origins was spotted in the 1960s, but it wasn't until 1998, when Emory University purchased the display, that the mummy was a serious study topic, including CT scans. | |
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| 620 :33x11 - Deadly Ascent (Jan/17/2006) | | A team of experts seeks to determine what causes the deaths of mountain climbers at extreme altitudes. Filmed on Alaska's Mount McKinley. Included: the dangers of hyperthermia and hypothermia; scenes of daring rescues and emergency treatments during the climbing season. | |
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| 621 :33x12 - The Perfect Corpse (Feb/07/2006) | | Two murder cases that date to the Iron Age (more than 2000 years ago) are investigated upon the discovery of two well-preserved bodies in Irish peat bogs. The 18-month investigation uses CAT scans and hair and radiocarbon analysis in an attempt to learn how the men lived and why they died. | |
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| 622 :33x13 - Jewel of the Earth (Feb/14/2006) | | David Attenborough hosts this fascinating examination of the prehistoric creatures found inside amber, a fossilized tree resin that often holds perfectly preserved insects. Using an amber specimen given to him as a youth, he uncovers information about what the Baltic region of northern Europe was like 40 million years ago. He also investigates amber found in the Dominican Republic, including one piece that holds a honeypot ant from 150 million years ago. | |
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| 623 :33x14 - The Ghost Particle (Feb/21/2006) | | Scientists' efforts to identify and understand neutrinos, unseen building blocks of the universe, are chronicled, beginning in 1930 with Austrian physicist Wolfgang Pauli's observations about a decaying radioactive atomic nucleus. Included are comments from astrophysicist John Bahcall, who calculated the sun's theoretical neutrino output during the 1960s; and Nobel Prize winner Raymond Davis Jr., who built a neutrino trap in a South Dakota gold mine. | |
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| 624 :33x15 - Arctic Passage (Feb/28/2006) | | An intriguing look back at two attempts to discover a route from Europe to the Pacific through the maze of islands in Arctic Canada, one that led to tragedy and one that was a success. In 1845 British explorer John Franklin led a 129-man expedition using two retrofitted warships. The men were never heard from again. In 1903, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen set sail using a much-lighter ship and a seven-man crew. Two years later he came out the other side, proving the voyage was possible. | |
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| 626 :33x17 - Voyage to the Mystery Moon (Apr/04/2006) | | A chronicle of the cooperative effort by NASA and the European Space Agency to send two probes, Cassini and Huygens, to study Saturn and its moon Titan. The project involves the orbit of Cassini around the sixth planet from the sun; and Huygens' landing on Titan, which is one of four astral bodies in the solar system that has an atmosphere. | |
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| 627 :33x18 - Dimming the Sun (Apr/18/2006) | | The discovery that the sunlight reaching Earth is dimming and the implications that has for global climate change, is examined. Included: how researchers used the days after 9/11, when aircraft were grounded in the U.S., to study how plane vapor trails affect the atmosphere; and how less pollution in the atmosphere may have the unintended consequence of accelerating global warming. | |
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Season 34 |
| 628 :34x01 - Building on Ground Zero (Sep/05/2006) | | Detailing some of the structural reasons for the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings, employing computer animation and 9/11 footage to explain a National Institute for Standards and Technology report on the subject. Included: proposals to revise American building codes, such as increasing the width of stairways. Also: WTC lead engineer Leslie Robertson leads a tour of a complex on which he is working, the 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center. | | Guest Stars: Liev Schreiber as Narrator | |
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| 631 :34x04 - The Deadliest Plane Crash (Oct/17/2006) | | An examination of the worst accident in civil aviation history, a March 1977 collision between two 747s on a foggy runway in Tenerife (one of the Canary Islands) that resulted in the deaths of 583 people. Included: what led to the tragedy; and insights from survivors, including co-pilot Robert Bragg and flight attendant Joan Jackson. Also: a look at improvements in runway safety since, featuring comments from NTSB chairman Mark Rosenker. | | Guest Stars: Neil Ross as Narrator | |
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| 644 :34x17 - Bone Diggers (Jun/19/2007) | | An expedition into a cavern located in the Australian outback finds complete skeletons of the Thylacoleo, a marsupial lion that died out some 30,000 to 50,000 years ago; and the remains of a giant kangaroo. | | Guest Stars: Neil Ross as Narrator | |
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| 645 :34x18 - The Great Inca Rebellion (Jun/26/2007) | | An examination of how human remains found at an ancient cemetery near Lima, Peru, coupled with forensic science and historical documents, may upend the accepted story that a small band of Spanish conquistadors brought down the Inca Empire by ambushing the Incan emperor and his army in 1532. Included: comments from Peruvian archaeologist Guillermo Cock and ethnohistorian Maria Rostworowski; the conquistadors' reliance on Native American mercenaries. | | Guest Stars: Jay O. Sanders as Narrator | |
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Season 35 |
| 648 :35x01 - Secrets of the Samurai Sword (Oct/09/2007) | | The science behind samurai swords is explored. Included: the six-month creation process of one sword, from smelting to the sharpening of the blade; a Japanese receptionist whose interest in samurai swords maintains a family tradition. Also: Lehigh University professor Michael Notis explains what makes the sword an effective weapon. | | Guest Stars: Rob Tinworth as Narrator | |
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| 649 :35x02 - Ghost in Your Genes (Oct/16/2007) | | An examination of the gatekeeper role played by the epigenome, which can shape everything from whether people develop diseases to whether they are fat or slim by turning on and off specific genes. Also: how a person's habits---good and bad---may affect future generations. | | Guest Stars: Neil Ross as Narrator | |
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| 650 :35x03 - Marathon Challenge (Oct/30/2007) | | Thirteen novices, ranging in age from 22 to 60, train nine months for the Boston Marathon. The group includes a former smoker, a heart-attack survivor and an overweight woman, and receives support from three-time Boston Marathon winner Uta Pippig and Donald Megerle, director of Tufts' annual President's Marathon Challenge. Included: comments from Timothy Noakes, a University of Cape Town sports-medicine expert; and Harvard bioanthropologist Daniel Lieberman. | | Guest Stars: Liev Schreiber as Narrator | |
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| 651 :35x04 - Sputnik Declassified (Nov/06/2007) | | The early years of the space race are recalled, including the Soviet launch of the Sputnik I satellite on Oct. 4, 1957; the failed U.S. attempt to launch a satellite eight weeks later; and the contributions to the American space program by Wernher von Braun, who had led Nazi Germany's rocket program. Also: comments from the National Air and Space Museum's Roger Launius and Michael Neufeld; and National Reconnaissance Office historian emeritus R. Cargill Hall. | |
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| 652 :35x05 - Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial (Nov/13/2007) | | Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, a 2005 federal law suit that successfully challenged the mention of intelligent design in a Dover, Pa., public-school ninth-grade science class as a violation of church-state division, is recalled. Included: trial reenactments; comments from participants, including parents, scientists, teachers and town officials. | | Guest Stars: Jay O. Sanders as Narrator | |
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| 653 :35x06 - Master of the Killer Ants (Nov/20/2007) | | Driven by drought, termites invade the huts and granaries of the Mofu, a Cameroon tribe that relies on fierce dragon-shaped army ants to subdue the termites. Included: footage of the resulting termite-ant war. | |
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| 654 :35x07 - Missing in MiG Alley (Dec/18/2007) | | The Korean War air battles between the American F-86 Sabre and the Soviet MiG-15 are recalled via archival footage, comments from American and Soviet pilots and dramatic reconstructions. Also: the efforts of American families to learn what happened to loved ones shot down over enemy territory. | |
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| 657 :35x10 - Secrets of the Parthenon (Jan/29/2008) | | A look into the restoration of the Parthenon by the Greek government, dating back 25 centuries as secrets are revealed of how the temple was built. Includes remarks from Acropolis Restoration Project architect Manolis Korres; University of Florida art history professor Barbara Barletta; University of Bath architecture and civil engineering lecturer Mark Wilson Jones; and University of Pennsylvania Greco-Roman architecture expert Lothar Haselberger. | |
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| 658 :35x11 - AstroSpies (Feb/12/2008) | | A look back at the plan to militarize space between the USA and USSR back during the Cold War era. Interviews from astronauts who were involved in the top secret American program, plus, a look at the Soviet "Almaz" spy station, which featured high-powered spy cameras and a cannon which could knock a satellite out of commission. | |
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| 659 :35x12 - Ape Genius (Feb/19/2008) | | An investigation concerning the great apes intellectual abilities which include bonbos, chimps, gorillas, and orangutans, plus a look at why the ape culture has yet to evolve. Includes an experiment comparing toddlers and chimpanzees, film of apes in their natural habitats and the surprising way they act, from the holding of a pool party to a mother grieving for her dead offspring. | |
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| 660 :35x13 - The Four Winged Dinosaur (Feb/26/2008) | | A 350-million year old fossil was found in a Chinese stone quarry that may have been a missing link between dinosaurs and birds. The four winged, pigeon sized creature, dubbed the Microraptor, is examined. | |
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| 661 :35x14 - Bone Diggers (Mar/25/2008) | | Complete skeletons of the Thylacoleo, marsupial lions which have been extinct for some 30,000 to 50,000 years now, are found during an expedition in a cavern located in the Australian outback. Also, the remains of a giant kangaroo are discovered. | |
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| 662 :35x15 - Cracking the Maya Code (Apr/08/2008) | | The story of how experts deciphered the hieroglyphs of the ancient people who lived in the area of Southern Mexico and Central America known as the Mayans. | |
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| 663 :35x16 - Car of the Future (Apr/22/2008) | | The hosts of Car Talk Tom and Ray Magliozzi are hunting for a new car to replace Tom's 1952 MG roadster. They head to at Detroit's North American International Auto Show and Boston's AltWheels Festival to seek out the future of the automobile talk with engineers working on environmentally friendly technologies and question a Detroit auto executive. Also included is a look at hydrogen-fuel cells, ethanol, and lithium-ion batteries | |
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| 664 :35x17 - A Walk to Beautiful (May/13/2008) | | The story of a group of women in Ethiopia who are treated as pariahs because a an illness which they were born with, obstetric fistula (a condition since childhood which causes incontinence). The women make their way to Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital for treatments. | |
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Season 36 |
| 666 :36x01 - Arctic Dinosaurs (Oct/07/2008) | | An investigative look in Alaska where the scientists delve 60 feet into the permafrost, to examine how dinosaurs handled the Arctic climate over 65 million years earlier. Included is a look at the dinosaur's diet, and reasons on why they may have become extinct. | |
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| 667 :36x02 - Space Shuttle Disaster (Oct/14/2008) | | An exploration in the 2003 space shuttle Columbia tragedy, with interviews from NASA engineer Rodney Rocha, flight director Leroy Cain, astronauts and the Columbia Accident Investigation Board members. Also, a detailed look at the history of the space shuttle program and the design changes made which may have played a role in both the Challenger and Columbia explosions and a look at what lays ahead for the program. | |
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| 668 :36x03 - Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives (Oct/21/2008) | | Mark Oliver Everett, lead singer of the Eels investigates the father he hardly knows: quantum physicist Hugh Everett III (1930-82), who formulated Many Worlds Theory (which postulated the existence of parallel worlds) back in 1957. Hardly noticed back in his time, the theory is now embraced by science fiction and scientists. His son discovers that this rejection caused Hugh Everett III to turn his back on quantum physics. | |
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| 669 :36x04 - Hunting The Hidden Dimension (Oct/28/2008) | | An exploration of a field of mathematics which is based on the intricate patterns found in nature, art, science and even the beating of a human heart, known as fractal geometry. | |
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| 670 :36x05 - Alien From Earth (Nov/11/2008) | | An investigation of the discovered remains of a hobbit-sized people on the Indonesian island of Flores, which is believed to be around 18,000 years old. Scientists will check to see if these remains are from an previously unknown branch of human species, or that of a malformed person. | |
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| 671 :36x06 - The Bible's Buried Secrets (Nov/18/2008) | | A look at the early beginnings of Judaism and Old Testament which uses archeological evidence and literary research to learn of the monotheism and ancient Israelites, which includes where they came from and who they were. With the use of digital animation sequences and reenactments accenting this work along with interviews with biblical archeologists, as do the finds, which includes a carving of the Hebrew alphabet and evidence of the existence of the "House of David." | |
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| 672 :36x07 - Ocean Animal Emergency (Nov/25/2008) | | A trip to Sausalito, CA. and the Marine Mammal Center, to view the work of the veterinarians who treat injured ocean animals. Includes: how Dr. Frances Gulland, the clinic director of veterinary science, discovered a new neurological illness affecting the seas lions in California and harbor seal pups. Then, Gulland travels to Oahu, Hawaii, to work on Hawaiian monk seals, an endangered species. Also, a look how humans impacty the sea life. | |
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| 673 :36x08 - Is There Life On Mars? (Dec/30/2008) | | NASA has been sending up Mars rovers on missions for years now, with earthbound scientists controlling their paths where they have found subsurface ice and discuss whether the evidence points to past or present life on the Red Planet. Includes theories which may explain why Mars has become such an inhospitable planet, and why the North and South hemispheres are so different. | |
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| 674 :36x09 - The Big Energy Gamble (Jan/20/2009) | | An examination of California's alternative-energy efforts which eco-celebrities Ed Begley Jr. and Bill Nye helped bring forth. Includes Luscious Garage in San Francisco, which makes custom made hybrid cars; and the wind turbines of Tehachapi Valley. Also, whether their efforts can be sustained during the economic downturn. | |
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| 675 :36x10 - The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies (Jan/27/2009) | | A look at the annual journey made by the monarch butterflies to the remote mountain areas in central Mexico. Included is a look at their inborn GPS system which directs them to their destination each year. Plus, interviews and insights from butterfly experts Lincoln Brower, Bill Calvert and Orley "Chip" Taylor. | |
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| 676 :36x11 - The Spy Factory (Feb/03/2009) | | A look inside our National Security Agency, the security organization which intercepts our communications, including its supposed failures before 9/11 and its new eavesdropping system since. It also examines whether their practices are too broad and its load of unusable information just may drown out the critical information. Also featured are interviews with former FBI, CIA and NSA officials. | |
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| 677 :36x12 - Rat Attack (Feb/24/2009) | Scientists explore the precise cyclical way in which the rat population explodes every half-century in a remote bamboo forest of India.
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| 678 :36x13 - Extreme Ice (Mar/24/2009) | | Along with National Geographic, NOVA examines the exploits of acclaimed photojournalist James Balog and a team of scientists as they place time-lapse cameras in risky, remote locations in the Alps and Arctic, including Alaska and Greenland. With blizzards, fickle technology and steep climbs up craggy precipices, the team must find a stable area where they can plant cameras which can handle subzero temperatures and winds up to 170 miles per hour. All of this is to the unlock the mystery of the mighty ice sheets, whose still-unknown behavior will affect the fate of coastlines around the world. | |
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| 679 :36x14 - Last Extinction (Mar/31/2009) | | An examination over whether a comet struck the Great Lakes region 12,900 years ago, and whether it caused the extinction of such mega-creatures as the woolly mammoth and the saber-toothed cat in North America. Also included is the discovery of nano-diamonds which are created by heat and objects from space. | |
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| 680 :36x15 - Doctors' Diaries Pt.1 (Apr/07/2009) | | Nova has spent years tracking seven Harvard Medical students since 1987. All but one are still practicing medicine, although they each chose different specialties, and the one who didn't, Cheryl Dorsey, is now president of Echoing Green, a nonprofit organization which gives support to people and organizations which help improve society. | |
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| 681 :36x16 - Doctors' Diaries Pt.2 (Apr/14/2009) | | The story of seven Harvard Medical students which NOVA has been tracking since 1987. Only one has chosen another direction other than being a doctor, and she became the president of Echoing Green, a non-profit group which lends support to people and groups which work to improve society. | |
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| 682 :36x17 - Musical Minds (Jun/30/2009) | | An exploration of the effect of music on the brain via four case studies from neurologist Oliver Sacks book "Musicopia" and the MRI visualizations from Sacks' own brain as classical music is played, including Bach's "Mass in B Minor." Study subjects include a man with Tourettes syndrome who has found relief while playing the drums; an autistic savant who is simply dazzling on the piano; a woman who suffers the inability to process music, known as amusia; and a surgeon whose life changed after being struck by lightning. | |
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| 685 :37x03 - Lizard Kings (Oct/20/2009) | | Dr. Eric Pianka heads to the Australian heartland to track monitor lizards, a species successful at adapting to all kinds of settings. | |
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