Episode guide
NOVA: Season 8
20 episodes · premiered Jan 6, 1981
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- Episode 1: Doctors of Nigeria Jan 6, 1981 · 55m 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 the health of the Nigerian…
- Episode 2: Message in the Rocks Jan 20, 1981 · 55m This program explores clues gathered from ancient rocks and Meteorites in an attempt to piece together how our planet formed, what happened during its earliest days, and when life first…
- Episode 3: The Dead Sea Lives Jan 27, 1981 · 55m 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 become a vital natural resource for…
- Episode 4: Anatomy of a Volcano Feb 10, 1981 · 55m When Mount St. Helens erupted earlier this year, it focused the attention of the whole world on the almost incredible destructive forces that volcanos can release. Geologists from around…
- Episode 5: The Science of Murder Feb 17, 1981 · 55m 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 people who have the stark job of…
- Episode 6: The Malady of Health Care Feb 24, 1981 · 55m 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 afford to pay the bills? Is quality…
- Episode 7: Beyond the Milky Way Mar 3, 1981 · 55m 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 billion other galaxies. NOVA…
- Episode 8: The Asteroid and the Dinosaur Mar 10, 1981 · 55m For 150 million years, non-avian dinosaurs dominated the Earth. Then, 65 million years ago, they suddenly vanished, along with a great deal of the planet's animal and plant life. NOVA…
- Episode 9: Animal Olympians Mar 17, 1981 · 55m 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 the animal kingdom with…
- Episode 10: Resolution on Saturn Aug 25, 1981 · 55m 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 by Voyager 1 on its historic…
- Episode 11: Computers, Spies and Private Lives Sep 27, 1981 · 55m 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 make donations. Computers can know…
- Episode 12: Why America Burns Oct 4, 1981 · 55m 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 establishment, NOVA uncovers…
- Episode 13: The Great Violin Mystery Oct 11, 1981 · 55m 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 physicist, working alone in his…
- Episode 14: Cosmic Fire Oct 18, 1981 · 55m 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 imagined, filled with neutrons…
- Episode 15: Locusts: War Without End Oct 25, 1981 · 55m 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 transforms locusts from harmless…
- Episode 16: Did Darwin Get It Wrong? Nov 1, 1981 · 55m The controversy which exploded a century ago when Charles Darwin published "The Origin of Species" is erupting again with new facts and emotion. NOVA explores challenges to the theory of…
- Episode 17: Artists in the Lab Nov 15, 1981 · 55m 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 futuristic as their science…
- Episode 18: Notes of a Biology Watcher: A Film with Lewis Thomas Nov 22, 1981 · 55m 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 organisms, hordes of them in each cell…
- Episode 19: City Spaces, Human Places Nov 29, 1981 · 55m 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 over a period of many years to…
- Episode 20: Twins Dec 6, 1981 · 55m 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 of scientific research on…