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Season 8

(1981)

Cast

Episodes

Doctors of Nigeria poster

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January 6, 1981

Is the fagara root a match for the stethoscope? This program looks at the contributions of both traditional herbal medi…

Message in the Rocks poster

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January 20, 1981

This program explores clues gathered from ancient rocks and Meteorites in an attempt to piece together how our planet f…

The Dead Sea Lives poster

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January 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 …

Anatomy of a Volcano poster

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February 10, 1981

When Mount St. Helens erupted earlier this year, it focused the attention of the whole world on the almost incredible d…

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February 17, 1981

NOVA investigates what science can do in helping to solve murder—in understanding why it occurs, and how the rate might…

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February 24, 1981

Health care is no longer two Aspirins and some chicken soup—it is a huge enterprise capable of amazing feats and costin…

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March 3, 1981

Sophisticated instruments used by astronomers enable earthlings to see beyond what was once the cloudy barrier of the M…

The Asteroid and the Dinosaur poster

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March 10, 1981

For 150 million years, non-avian dinosaurs dominated the Earth. Then, 65 million years ago, they suddenly vanished, alo…

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March 17, 1981

The beauty, endurance, and raw power of animals in the wild are captured on film as NOVA juxtaposes Olympic athletes pe…

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August 25, 1981

It's over 300 years since Galileo turned his new telescope on Saturn and first saw its spectacular rings. NOVA shows th…

Computers, Spies and Private Lives poster

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September 27, 1981

NOVA reports on the potential danger of modern Computers that gather "routine" information about our daily lives as we …

Why America Burns poster

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October 4, 1981

More people die in fires in the US than in any other industrialized country. In an alarming report that challenges the …

The Great Violin Mystery poster

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October 11, 1981

A great secret lies locked inside the master Violins created by Italian craftsmen like Antonio Stradivari in the 17th a…

Cosmic Fire poster

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October 18, 1981

A NOVA showing the extraordinary discoveries of X-ray astronomy. This new science has revealed that our universe is muc…

Locusts: War Without End poster

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October 25, 1981

Called the "teeth of the wind" by those who have battled them for centuries, locusts continue to plague hundreds of mil…

Did Darwin Get It Wrong? poster

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November 1, 1981

The controversy which exploded a century ago when Charles Darwin published "The Origin of Species" is erupting again wi…

Artists in the Lab poster

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November 15, 1981

Many were delighted by the extraordinary special effects in movies like "2001" and "Star Wars," but few realized how th…

Notes of a Biology Watcher: A Film with Lewis Thomas poster

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November 22, 1981

You are not alone! Like it or not, every human being and virtually every living creature is, in a sense, owned and oper…

City Spaces, Human Places poster

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November 29, 1981

William H. Whyte's insightful and humorous look at city parks, plazas and Streets, and the people who use them. Whyte s…

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December 6, 1981

Ever thought what it's like having your mirror image talk back to you? It can be an everyday occurrence for identical T…