Search for a Safe Cigarette 0.0

October 2, 2001

The program chronicles the tobacco industry's decades long effort to create a "safer" cigarette.

18 Ways to Make a Baby 0.0

October 9, 2001

The program investigates the brave new world of assisted reproduction.

Secrets of the Mind 0.0

October 23, 2001

This NOVA program delves into the mind-tingling efforts of neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran to discover how the brain w… see more

Sex: Unknown 0.0

October 30, 2001

The film investigates the complicated world of gender identity.

Russia's Nuclear Warriors 0.0

November 6, 2001

NOVA takes an intimate look at the men who are in control of Russia's nuclear missiles, standing just a heartbeat from … see more

Bioterror 0.0

November 13, 2001

The film follows three New York Times reporters as they delve into the murky past of bioweapons research and grapple wi… see more

Life's Greatest Miracle 0.0

November 20, 2001

A sequel to the most popular NOVA of all time, "Miracle of Life," the program once again uses the extraordinary microim… see more

Methuselah Tree 0.0

December 11, 2001

Marked by striking imagery and a poetic style, the film dramatizes the life cycle of the world's oldest living thing, t… see more

Flying Casanovas 0.0

December 25, 2001

The program, with Sir David Attenborough narrating, celebrates the extraordinary antics male bowerbirds get up to when … see more

Death Star 0.0

January 8, 2002

The program probes the deep mysteries of gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful celestial explosions since the big bang.

Neanderthals on Trial 0.0

January 22, 2002

The film probes the enigma of our Neanderthal cousins and the roots of our own ancestry.

Fireworks 0.0

January 29, 2002

Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies 0.0

February 5, 2002

The program chronicles the lives and covert activities of the so-called "atom spies" in the 1940's, including the big o… see more

The Missing Link 0.0

February 26, 2002

A paleontological tour-de-force and suspenseful scientific detective story, the program documents the search for the an… see more

Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance 0.0

March 26, 2002

In October and November 1999, NOVA journeyed into ice-choked Antarctic waters and onto the shores of rugged Elephant an… see more

Why the Towers Fell 0.0

April 30, 2002

Can lessons learned from the Twin Towers' collapse make new buildings safer?

Fire Wars 0.0

May 7, 2002

In the program, NOVA accompanies the men and women of a wildland firefighting crew known as the Arrowhead Hotshots as t… see more