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1986 • 21 Episodes

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Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime

S13 E01 • Tuesday, Jan 21, 1986 • Jan 21 • 55m

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.

Goddess of the Earth

S13 E02 • Tuesday, Jan 28, 1986 • Jan 28 • 55m

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.

Horsemen of China

S13 E03 • Tuesday, Feb 4, 1986 • Feb 4 • 55m

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.

Life's First Feelings

S13 E04 • Tuesday, Feb 11, 1986 • Feb 11 • 55m

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.

The Case of the Frozen Addict

S13 E05 • Tuesday, Feb 18, 1986 • Feb 18 • 55m

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.

Toxic Trials

S13 E06 • Tuesday, Feb 25, 1986 • Feb 25 • 55m

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.

Skydive to the Rain Forest

S13 E07 • Tuesday, Mar 4, 1986 • Mar 4 • 55m

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.

Return of the Osprey

S13 E08 • Tuesday, Mar 11, 1986 • Mar 11 • 55m

NOVA follows a conservation success story as environmentalists, scientists and bird-lovers fight to save the majestic Osprey from extinction.

The Rise of a Wonder Drug

S13 E09 • Tuesday, Mar 18, 1986 • Mar 18 • 55m

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.

When Wonder Drugs Don't Work

S13 E10 • Tuesday, Mar 25, 1986 • Mar 25 • 55m

NOVA examines the medical community's alarm as the spread of antibiotic-resistant infection increases, and studies how one hospital fights its own dramatic epidemic.

Visions of Star Wars

S13 E11 • Tuesday, Apr 22, 1986 • Apr 22 • 55m

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.

The Search for the Disappeared

S13 E12 • Tuesday, Oct 14, 1986 • Oct 14 • 55m

NOVA joins scientists in Argentina as they help locate kidnapped children and identify thousands of dead in the aftermath of a military reign of terror.

The Planet that Got Knocked on its Side

S13 E13 • Tuesday, Oct 21, 1986 • Oct 21 • 55m

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.

High-Tech Babies

S13 E14 • Tuesday, Nov 4, 1986 • Nov 4 • 55m

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.

Can AIDS Be Stopped?

S13 E15 • Tuesday, Nov 11, 1986 • Nov 11 • 55m

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.

Is Anybody Out There?

S13 E16 • Tuesday, Nov 18, 1986 • Nov 18 • 55m

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.

Mystery of the Animal Pathfinders

S13 E17 • Tuesday, Nov 25, 1986 • Nov 25 • 55m

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.

Are You Swimming in a Sewer?

S13 E18 • Tuesday, Dec 2, 1986 • Dec 2 • 55m

NOVA dips into the sad plight of our coastal waters, where toxic chemicals, raw sewage and disease-carrying microbes are routinely dumped.

Sail Wars!

S13 E19 • Tuesday, Dec 9, 1986 • Dec 9 • 55m

Yankee ingenuity has designs on the America's Cup. NOVA goes behind-the-scenes to look at the engineering effort to design a technically advanced sailboat.

Leprosy Can Be Cured!

S13 E20 • Tuesday, Dec 16, 1986 • Dec 16 • 55m

Leprosy, a misunderstood disease that has been curable for 40 years, still afflicts some 12 million people. NOVA looks at the tragedy of the disease that need not be.

How Babies Get Made

S13 E21 • Tuesday, Jan 13, 1987 • Jan 13 • 55m

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.

NOVA

Season 13

1986 • 21 Episodes

Activity from Friends

Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime

S13 E01 • Tuesday, Jan 21, 1986 • Jan 21 • 55m

Goddess of the Earth

S13 E02 • Tuesday, Jan 28, 1986 • Jan 28 • 55m

Horsemen of China

S13 E03 • Tuesday, Feb 4, 1986 • Feb 4 • 55m

Life's First Feelings

S13 E04 • Tuesday, Feb 11, 1986 • Feb 11 • 55m

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.

The Case of the Frozen Addict

S13 E05 • Tuesday, Feb 18, 1986 • Feb 18 • 55m

Toxic Trials

S13 E06 • Tuesday, Feb 25, 1986 • Feb 25 • 55m

Skydive to the Rain Forest

S13 E07 • Tuesday, Mar 4, 1986 • Mar 4 • 55m

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.

Return of the Osprey

S13 E08 • Tuesday, Mar 11, 1986 • Mar 11 • 55m

NOVA follows a conservation success story as environmentalists, scientists and bird-lovers fight to save the majestic Osprey from extinction.

The Rise of a Wonder Drug

S13 E09 • Tuesday, Mar 18, 1986 • Mar 18 • 55m

When Wonder Drugs Don't Work

S13 E10 • Tuesday, Mar 25, 1986 • Mar 25 • 55m

NOVA examines the medical community's alarm as the spread of antibiotic-resistant infection increases, and studies how one hospital fights its own dramatic epidemic.

Visions of Star Wars

S13 E11 • Tuesday, Apr 22, 1986 • Apr 22 • 55m

The Search for the Disappeared

S13 E12 • Tuesday, Oct 14, 1986 • Oct 14 • 55m

NOVA joins scientists in Argentina as they help locate kidnapped children and identify thousands of dead in the aftermath of a military reign of terror.

The Planet that Got Knocked on its Side

S13 E13 • Tuesday, Oct 21, 1986 • Oct 21 • 55m

High-Tech Babies

S13 E14 • Tuesday, Nov 4, 1986 • Nov 4 • 55m

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.

Can AIDS Be Stopped?

S13 E15 • Tuesday, Nov 11, 1986 • Nov 11 • 55m

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.

Is Anybody Out There?

S13 E16 • Tuesday, Nov 18, 1986 • Nov 18 • 55m

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.

Mystery of the Animal Pathfinders

S13 E17 • Tuesday, Nov 25, 1986 • Nov 25 • 55m

Are You Swimming in a Sewer?

S13 E18 • Tuesday, Dec 2, 1986 • Dec 2 • 55m

NOVA dips into the sad plight of our coastal waters, where toxic chemicals, raw sewage and disease-carrying microbes are routinely dumped.

Sail Wars!

S13 E19 • Tuesday, Dec 9, 1986 • Dec 9 • 55m

Yankee ingenuity has designs on the America's Cup. NOVA goes behind-the-scenes to look at the engineering effort to design a technically advanced sailboat.

Leprosy Can Be Cured!

S13 E20 • Tuesday, Dec 16, 1986 • Dec 16 • 55m

Leprosy, a misunderstood disease that has been curable for 40 years, still afflicts some 12 million people. NOVA looks at the tragedy of the disease that need not be.

How Babies Get Made

S13 E21 • Tuesday, Jan 13, 1987 • Jan 13 • 55m

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.

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Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime

S13 E01 • Tuesday, Jan 21, 1986 • Jan 21 • 55m

Goddess of the Earth

S13 E02 • Tuesday, Jan 28, 1986 • Jan 28 • 55m

Horsemen of China

S13 E03 • Tuesday, Feb 4, 1986 • Feb 4 • 55m

Life's First Feelings

S13 E04 • Tuesday, Feb 11, 1986 • Feb 11 • 55m

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.

The Case of the Frozen Addict

S13 E05 • Tuesday, Feb 18, 1986 • Feb 18 • 55m

Toxic Trials

S13 E06 • Tuesday, Feb 25, 1986 • Feb 25 • 55m

Skydive to the Rain Forest

S13 E07 • Tuesday, Mar 4, 1986 • Mar 4 • 55m

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.

Return of the Osprey

S13 E08 • Tuesday, Mar 11, 1986 • Mar 11 • 55m

NOVA follows a conservation success story as environmentalists, scientists and bird-lovers fight to save the majestic Osprey from extinction.

The Rise of a Wonder Drug

S13 E09 • Tuesday, Mar 18, 1986 • Mar 18 • 55m

When Wonder Drugs Don't Work

S13 E10 • Tuesday, Mar 25, 1986 • Mar 25 • 55m

NOVA examines the medical community's alarm as the spread of antibiotic-resistant infection increases, and studies how one hospital fights its own dramatic epidemic.

Visions of Star Wars

S13 E11 • Tuesday, Apr 22, 1986 • Apr 22 • 55m

The Search for the Disappeared

S13 E12 • Tuesday, Oct 14, 1986 • Oct 14 • 55m

NOVA joins scientists in Argentina as they help locate kidnapped children and identify thousands of dead in the aftermath of a military reign of terror.

The Planet that Got Knocked on its Side

S13 E13 • Tuesday, Oct 21, 1986 • Oct 21 • 55m

High-Tech Babies

S13 E14 • Tuesday, Nov 4, 1986 • Nov 4 • 55m

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.

Can AIDS Be Stopped?

S13 E15 • Tuesday, Nov 11, 1986 • Nov 11 • 55m

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.

Is Anybody Out There?

S13 E16 • Tuesday, Nov 18, 1986 • Nov 18 • 55m

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.

Mystery of the Animal Pathfinders

S13 E17 • Tuesday, Nov 25, 1986 • Nov 25 • 55m

Are You Swimming in a Sewer?

S13 E18 • Tuesday, Dec 2, 1986 • Dec 2 • 55m

NOVA dips into the sad plight of our coastal waters, where toxic chemicals, raw sewage and disease-carrying microbes are routinely dumped.

Sail Wars!

S13 E19 • Tuesday, Dec 9, 1986 • Dec 9 • 55m

Yankee ingenuity has designs on the America's Cup. NOVA goes behind-the-scenes to look at the engineering effort to design a technically advanced sailboat.

Leprosy Can Be Cured!

S13 E20 • Tuesday, Dec 16, 1986 • Dec 16 • 55m

Leprosy, a misunderstood disease that has been curable for 40 years, still afflicts some 12 million people. NOVA looks at the tragedy of the disease that need not be.

How Babies Get Made

S13 E21 • Tuesday, Jan 13, 1987 • Jan 13 • 55m

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.

NOVA

Season 13

1986 • 21 Episodes

Activity from Friends

Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime

S13 E01 • Tuesday, Jan 21, 1986 • Jan 21 • 55m

Goddess of the Earth

S13 E02 • Tuesday, Jan 28, 1986 • Jan 28 • 55m

Horsemen of China

S13 E03 • Tuesday, Feb 4, 1986 • Feb 4 • 55m

Life's First Feelings

S13 E04 • Tuesday, Feb 11, 1986 • Feb 11 • 55m

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.

The Case of the Frozen Addict

S13 E05 • Tuesday, Feb 18, 1986 • Feb 18 • 55m

Toxic Trials

S13 E06 • Tuesday, Feb 25, 1986 • Feb 25 • 55m

Skydive to the Rain Forest

S13 E07 • Tuesday, Mar 4, 1986 • Mar 4 • 55m

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.

Return of the Osprey

S13 E08 • Tuesday, Mar 11, 1986 • Mar 11 • 55m

NOVA follows a conservation success story as environmentalists, scientists and bird-lovers fight to save the majestic Osprey from extinction.

The Rise of a Wonder Drug

S13 E09 • Tuesday, Mar 18, 1986 • Mar 18 • 55m

When Wonder Drugs Don't Work

S13 E10 • Tuesday, Mar 25, 1986 • Mar 25 • 55m

NOVA examines the medical community's alarm as the spread of antibiotic-resistant infection increases, and studies how one hospital fights its own dramatic epidemic.

Visions of Star Wars

S13 E11 • Tuesday, Apr 22, 1986 • Apr 22 • 55m

The Search for the Disappeared

S13 E12 • Tuesday, Oct 14, 1986 • Oct 14 • 55m

NOVA joins scientists in Argentina as they help locate kidnapped children and identify thousands of dead in the aftermath of a military reign of terror.

The Planet that Got Knocked on its Side

S13 E13 • Tuesday, Oct 21, 1986 • Oct 21 • 55m

High-Tech Babies

S13 E14 • Tuesday, Nov 4, 1986 • Nov 4 • 55m

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.

Can AIDS Be Stopped?

S13 E15 • Tuesday, Nov 11, 1986 • Nov 11 • 55m

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.

Is Anybody Out There?

S13 E16 • Tuesday, Nov 18, 1986 • Nov 18 • 55m

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.

Mystery of the Animal Pathfinders

S13 E17 • Tuesday, Nov 25, 1986 • Nov 25 • 55m

Are You Swimming in a Sewer?

S13 E18 • Tuesday, Dec 2, 1986 • Dec 2 • 55m

NOVA dips into the sad plight of our coastal waters, where toxic chemicals, raw sewage and disease-carrying microbes are routinely dumped.

Sail Wars!

S13 E19 • Tuesday, Dec 9, 1986 • Dec 9 • 55m

Yankee ingenuity has designs on the America's Cup. NOVA goes behind-the-scenes to look at the engineering effort to design a technically advanced sailboat.

Leprosy Can Be Cured!

S13 E20 • Tuesday, Dec 16, 1986 • Dec 16 • 55m

Leprosy, a misunderstood disease that has been curable for 40 years, still afflicts some 12 million people. NOVA looks at the tragedy of the disease that need not be.

How Babies Get Made

S13 E21 • Tuesday, Jan 13, 1987 • Jan 13 • 55m

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.