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NOVA Season 13

January. 21,1986
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NOVA Season 13 Full Episode Guide

Episode 21 - How Babies Get Made
First Aired: January. 13,1987

NOVA explores the ground-breaking experiments that led to the discovery of a tiny sequence of molecules—and more clues to the mystery of how a complete baby develops from a single cell.

Episode 20 - Leprosy Can Be Cured!
Episode 19 - Sail Wars!
Episode 18 - Are You Swimming in a Sewer?
Episode 17 - Mystery of the Animal Pathfinders
First Aired: November. 25,1986

Birds do it; bees do it, butterflies, bats and eels do it—all leave one habitat to migrate to another, often thousands of miles away. NOVA penetrates the mystery of where animals migrate, why and how they get there.

Episode 16 - Is Anybody Out There?
First Aired: November. 18,1986

Could there be life beyond Earth? Only recently has it become possible to scan the skies in a systematic attempt to find out. NOVA joins the search with guest host Lily Tomlin.

Episode 15 - Can AIDS Be Stopped?
First Aired: November. 11,1986

What are the prospects for halting or curing the deadliest epidemic ever to challenge modern medicine? NOVA finds cause for both hope and alarm in the battle against AIDS.

Episode 14 - High-Tech Babies
First Aired: November. 04,1986

Scientific breakthroughs now make it possible to reproduce ourselves in ways never before imagined. NOVA looks at the medical, legal and moral questions raised by this brave new technology.

Episode 13 - The Planet that Got Knocked on its Side
First Aired: October. 21,1986

The adventures of the Voyager 2 spacecraft continue as it passes the rings of Uranus. Scientists suspect that violent events in the early history of the planet may have shaped Uranus and its strange collection of moons.

Episode 12 - The Search for the Disappeared
Episode 11 - Visions of Star Wars
First Aired: April. 22,1986

NOVA and Frontline combine resources to explore the Strategic Defense Initiative. The two-hour documentary contains the most comprehensive information on "Star Wars" ever produced. Bill Kurtis of WBBM-TV/Chicago hosts.

Episode 10 - When Wonder Drugs Don't Work
Episode 9 - The Rise of a Wonder Drug
First Aired: March. 18,1986

When Alexander Fleming discovered the penicillin mold in 1928, he never considered its possible therapeutic value. NOVA explores the "Fleming myth" and reveals the true story of the scientists who worked behind the scenes to develop the wonder drug of the century.

Episode 8 - Return of the Osprey
Episode 7 - Skydive to the Rain Forest
First Aired: March. 04,1986

NOVA journeys to a remote region of southern Venezuela where the land is alive with spectacular waterfalls, colored by exotic flowers and inhabited by rare species of birds and animals.

Episode 6 - Toxic Trials
First Aired: February. 25,1986

When a high number of cancer cases struck the suburban community of Woburn, Massachusetts, the town mobilized to investigate why. The result was a landmark study of the effects of hazardous wastes. NOVA explores the legal and scientific implications of the link between environmental pollution and illness.

Episode 5 - The Case of the Frozen Addict
First Aired: February. 18,1986

In July 1982, a 42-year-old addict in a San Jose, California jail became paralyzed—unable to move or talk. His symptoms, caused by a bad batch of synthetic heroin, were indistinguishable from those associated with Parkinson's disease, a degenerative nerve disorder that strikes the elderly. NOVA traces the story of a "designer" drug which could lead to a major medical breakthrough.

Episode 4 - Life's First Feelings
First Aired: February. 11,1986

NOVA explores the incredibly complex emotional development of infants and examines the current theory that early childhood psychological intervention can head off emotional problems later in life.

Episode 3 - Horsemen of China
First Aired: February. 04,1986

For centuries, the Chinese Kazakh horseman preserved their ancient traditions, refusing to be dominated by either the Chinese or nearby Russian cultures. Today, however, this nomadic tribe has integrated communism into its way of life. NOVA traces the ancient Kazahk lifestyle and looks at how the Chinese cultural Revolution has modernized Kazakh customs.

Episode 2 - Goddess of the Earth
First Aired: January. 28,1986

Gaia, the Greek word for Earth goddess, also is the name of the controversial hypothesis that life on Earth controls the environment. NOVA explores this provocative theory that challenges conventional ways of thinking about the Earth.

Episode 1 - Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime
First Aired: January. 21,1986

NOVA observes worldwide preparations as amateur comet hunters, astronomers and scientists armed with specialized cameras, high powered telescopes and spacecraft look to the heavens in search of the expected arrival in 1986 of Halley's Comet.

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