Season 19
(1992)
Cast
Episodes
Hell Fighters of Kuwait 0.0
January 14, 1992
NOVA covers the fight to put out Saddam Hussein's bonfire of oil wells in Kuwait, which has created the worst manmade p…
Submarine! 0.0
January 21, 1992
NOVA takes a voyage on the newest of America's doomsday machines—the ballistic missle submarine USS Michigan. The Cold …
Saddam's War on Wildlife 0.0
January 28, 1992
Few people give any thought to wildlife in the midst of a war. During the Gulf War, environmentalist John Walsh did his…
What Smells? 0.0
February 11, 1992
The nose knows. How much is the subject of NOVA's investigation of the mysterious aromas and hidden messages picked up …
Can You Believe TV Ratings? 0.0
February 18, 1992
Rating the audience for TV shows is a classic problem in statistical analysis. NOVA finds that ratings are getting more…
Making a Dishonest Buck 0.0
March 3, 1992
Criminals still make money the old-fashioned way—by counterfeiting. NOVA looks at why US currency is so easy to fake an…
Rescuing Baby Whales 0.0
March 10, 1992
NOVA examines the mysterious whale strandings along the beaches of Cape Cod Bay, as the puzzling behavior becomes more …
An Astronaut's View of the Earth 0.0
March 17, 1992
NOVA goes behind the scenes to watch the filming of a big-screen Imax/Omnimax space spectacle. Astronauts operate the c…
Eclipse of the Century 0.0
March 24, 1992
The spectacular eclipse of 1991 passed over major observatories on the island of Hawaii. NOVA was there for 6 1/2 minut…
Animal Olympians II 0.0
August 25, 1992
In a 90-minute special presentation, NOVA reveals the ancient secrets of how the pyramids were built by actually buildi…
The Genius Behind the Bomb 0.0
September 29, 1992
Physicists Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard reenact the signing of the 1939 letter that alerted President Franklin Roose…
Mind of a Serial Killer 0.0
October 13, 1992
NOVA goes behind the scenes to give the real story behind the FBI unit popularized in the Academy Award-winning film, T…
Search for the First Americans 0.0
October 20, 1992
NOVA follows the trail of America's first inhabitants. Did they migrate across a Bering Sea land bridge at the end of t…
Rafting Through the Grand Canyon 0.0
October 27, 1992
NOVA explores Earth's greatest natural wonder by rafting down the river that created it, repeating the spectacular firs…
This Old Pyramid 0.0
November 4, 1992
In a 90-minute special presentation, NOVA reveals the ancient secrets of how the pyramids were built by actually buildi…
Iceman 0.0
November 10, 1992
Five thousand years ago, a man perished in a mountain storm. In 1991, his frozen body was found along with artifacts of…
Private Lives of Dolphins 0.0
November 17, 1992
NOVA delves into the deep sea drama of life among the dolphins at research stations in Florida and Australia. Like huma…
Brain Transplant 0.0
December 1, 1992
Two paralyzed drug addicts travel to Sweden to receive a revolutionary treatment for brain disease that is largely unav…
Can You Stop People From Drinking? 0.0
December 22, 1992
NOVA looks at how Russia and the United States are attacking the intractable problem of alcohol abuse with old and new …
Sex and the Single Rhino 0.0
December 29, 1992
NOVA examines the high-tech efforts to preserve the world's animal diversity. Noah needed only an ark—but today's conse…