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NOVA Season 8

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8x01 Doctors of Nigeria aired Jan 06, 1981

Is the fagara root a match for the stethoscope? This program looks at the contributions of both traditional herbal medicine and western orthodox medicine to ... read more

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8x02 Message in the Rocks aired Jan 20, 1981

This program explores clues gathered from ancient rocks and meteorites in an attempt to piece together how our planet formed, what happened during its earlie... read more

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8x03 The Dead Sea Lives aired Jan 27, 1981

NOVA examines the Dead Sea. The lowest place on earth, at 1400 feet below sea level, it is jointly owned by Israel and Jordan. If used properly it could beco... read more

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8x04 Anatomy of a Volcano aired Feb 10, 1981

When Mt. St. Helens erupted earlier this year, it focused the attention of the whole world on the almost incredible destructive forces that volcanos can rele... read more

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8x05 The Science of Murder aired Feb 17, 1981

NOVA investigates what science can do in helping to solve murder—in understanding why it occurs, and how the rate might be reduced—and explores the work of p... read more

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8x06 The Malady of Health Care aired Feb 24, 1981

Health care is no longer two aspirins and some chicken soup—it is a huge enterprise capable of amazing feats and costing billions of dollars. How can we affo... read more

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8x07 Beyond the Milky Way aired Mar 03, 1981

Sophisticated instruments used by astronomers enable earthlings to see beyond what was once the cloudy barrier of the Milky Way, to a universe of perhaps 100... read more

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8x08 The Asteroid and the Dinosaur aired Mar 10, 1981

For 150 million years, dinosaurs dominated the earth. Then, 65 million years ago, they suddenly vanished, along with a great deal of the planet's animal and ... read more

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8x09 Animal Olympians aired Mar 17, 1981

The beauty, endurance, and raw power of animals in the wild are captured on film as NOVA juxtaposes Olympic athletes performing feats which have parallels in... read more

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8x10 Resolution on Saturn aired Aug 28, 1981

It's over 300 years since Galileo turned his new telescope on Saturn and first saw its spectacular rings. NOVA shows the beauty and new mysteries discovered ... read more

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8x11 Computers, Spies, and Private Lives aired Sep 27, 1981

NOVA reports on the potential danger of modern computers that gather "routine" information about our daily lives as we buy things, go to the hospital, or mak... read more

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8x12 Why America Burns aired Oct 04, 1981

More people die in fires in the US than in any other industrialized country. In an alarming report that challenges the complacency of the US fire prevention ... read more

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8x13 The Great Violin Mystery aired Oct 11, 1981

A great secret lies locked inside the master violins created by Italian craftsmen like Antonio Stradivari in the 17th and 18th centuries. Now, a Wisconsin ph... read more

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8x14 Cosmic Fire aired Oct 18, 1981

A NOVA showing the extraordinary discoveries of X-ray astronomy. This new science has revealed that our universe is much stranger and more violent than ever ... read more

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8x15 Locusts: War Without End aired Oct 25, 1981

Called the "teeth of the wind" by those who have battled them for centuries, locusts continue to plague hundreds of millions of people. Rare desert rains tra... read more

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8x16 Did Darwin Get It Wrong? aired Nov 01, 1981

The controversy which exploded a century ago when Charles Darwin published "The Origin of Species" is erupting again with new facts and emotion. NOVA explore... read more

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8x17 Artists in the Lab aired Nov 15, 1981

Many were delighted by the extraordinary special effects in movies like "2001" and" Star Wars," but few realized how their magic relied on technologies as fu... read more

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8x18 Notes of a Biology Watcher: A Film with Lewis Thomas aired Nov 22, 1981

You are not alone! Like it or not, every human being and virtually every living creature is, in a sense, owned and operated by legions of prehistoric organis... read more

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8x19 City Spaces, Human Places aired Nov 29, 1981

William H. Whyte's insightful and humorous look at city parks, plazas and streets, and the people who use them. Whyte shows the remarkable research he did ov... read more

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8x20 Twins aired Dec 06, 1981

Ever thought what it's like having your mirror image talk back to you? It can be an everyday occurrence for identical twins. NOVA tells the incredible story ... read more

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8x21 Resolution on Saturn aired Aug 28, 1981

It's over 300 years since Galileo turned his new telescope on Saturn and first saw its spectacular rings. NOVA shows the beauty and new mysteries discovered ... read more

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8x22 Resolution on Saturn aired Aug 25, 1981

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