Science Frontiers Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• 2000 and Beyond: New Century Technology
• 95 Worlds and Counting
• Accidents in Space
• Addicted Brain

  Special effects show how humans become addicted.

• After the Flood

  The 1993 Midwest floods test man's ability to tame rivers.

• AIDS -- The Quest for a Cure

  Experts discuss strategies for treating AIDS.

• Alien Hand

  A strange condition causes a sufferer's hand to move involuntarily.

• Aliens: Where Are They?
• All in the Mind
• Amnesia
• Ancient Astronauts
• Ancient Autopsies
• The Art of Illusion

  Movie special effects; 'Apollo 13'; 'Terminator 2'; motion-controlled photography; pyrotechnics; graphic imaging.

• Asteroids

  Scientists try to determine how much damage asteroids could do to the planet and what could be done to protect it.

• Babywatching

  Natural childbirth.

• The Back Operation

  A surgeon performs and explains back surgery.

• Beating the Odds
• The Bermuda Triangle

  A geochemical theory may hold answers to Bermuda Triangle disappearances.

• Beyond Human Senses
• The Big Chill
• Bits of the Picture
• Blood Wars

  Scientists search for an AIDS vaccine.

• Body Bugs: Up Close & Personal
• Born That Way

  Simon LeVay theorizes physical causes for homosexuality.

• Brain Story First Among Equals
• Brave New Babies

  Scientists test a controversial theory concerning prenatal stimulation.

• Breaking Nature's Rules
• Bulletproof
• Can We Reach the Stars?
• Cars of the Future

  Auto makers use computer graphics to design cars.

• Case Histories

  Genetic engineering.

• Cataract Surgery

  A surgeon performs and explains cataract surgery.

• Christmas Star

  Astronomy, history and astrology try to explain the star of Bethlehem.

• Cold Spring -- Morning Sun

  A farmer and a physicist contribute to China's development.

• Cosmetic Surgery: Pursuit of Perfection
• Cosmic Chaos

  Irregularities in nature build upon themselves to produce dramatic changes.

• Cosmic Fireballs
• Cracking the Code
• Curse of Karash

  A mysterious and deadly disease stalks the war-torn Balkans.

• Cyborg City
• Dead Men Talk

  To determine human origins, geneticists study a woman who lived 200,000 years ago.

• Deaf Whale, Dead Whale

  Controversy surrounds oceanic noise pollution and its effects on marine animals.

• Death's Door

  Mortuary science.

• Deluge
• Destination Mars
• Dismantling the Bomb

  Atomic weapons.

• Dreams: Theater of the Night

  Scientists record dream data to study the sleeping mind.

• Drowning Earth
• E.T. Please Phone Earth

  To search for extraterrestrials, scientists beam radio signals to space.

• Earth
• Earthquake
• Einstein's Universe

  Peter Ustinov examines the life and theories of Albert Einstein.

• Electric Skies

  Time-lapse photography and computer graphics show intricacies of thunderstorms and lightning.

• The Elements

  Ancient Greeks name the elements earth, fire, air and water; moderns use the periodic table.

• The End of Extinction
• Eureka: I've Got It All Wrong: Astronomy

  Modern technology provides new ideas about space.

• Eureka: I've Got It All Wrong: Biology

  The search for the origins of life.

• Eureka: I've Got It All Wrong: Medicine

  Misperceptions about medicine and human anatomy.

• Exodus Earth
• Extinction Files

  A time-travel investigation, a 'whodunit' which exposes the mysteries of the evolution game.

• False Memories
• Fantastic Voyage

  Mapping the body from within using new camera technology.

• The Fatal Protein

  A protein may cause neurological disorders.

• The Final Mystery
• Fireballs from Space
• Firestorm: Fire and the Dying Forest

  Forest management's history leads to disastrous situations today.

• First Among Equals
• Flash Floods
• Flying the Space Shuttle

  Footage follows a space-shuttle mission from liftoff to landing.

• For All Mankind

  Thirteen Apollo astronauts share their memories of flying to the moon.

• The Fury of Mount St. Helens
• Future Flight

  Host Christopher Reeve counts down the top 10 air/space adventures of the 20th century.

• The Future of Crime Fighting

  An examination of how law-enforcement agencies use new scientific technology to catch and convict criminals.

• Future Storm: Hell on Earth
• Future Visions
• The Gene Hunters

  Medical workers collect DNA samples from shrinking populations of indigenous peoples.

• Gloria's Toxic Death
• Grandma Is a Bacteria

  The origins of life.

• Great Balls of Fire
• Growing the Mind
• Guru Busters
• Heart Team
• High Tech Metropolis
• High Tech Transport
• Hip Replacement

  A surgeon performs and explains a hip replacement.

• Horizon: Case of UFOs

  Scientists can usually explain reports of UFOs.

• How They Built the Channel Tunnel

  Architects, engineers and politicians from Britain and France build the Channel Tunnel.

• Hubble Vision

  In December 1993 a space-shuttle crew sets out to repair the Hubble space telescope.

• I'm Gonna Live Forever

  Researchers learn about slowing the aging process.

• Impossible Cures
• In the Heat of the Moment
• Infant Skull Surgery

  Drs. Linton Whitaker and Luis Shut perform reconstructive surgery on an infant with plagiocephaly at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

• Inferno
• The Inside Story: What Doctors Can See

  Medical technology.

• Invasion of the Body Scanners

  Body scanners detect disease harmlessly.

• Invisible Forces
• The Invisible War

  During World War II, scientists race to improve technology for combat.

• Is GM Safe?
• Is Your Brain Really Necessary?

  People who function without portions of their brains.

• It Came From Outer Space

  The origin of life.

• Killer Bees
• Killer Virus

  In Zaire: ebola outbreak; trypanosomiasis kills about 200,000 yearly; new disease strains; AIDS.

• Kitchen Chemistry
• Knee Replacement

  A surgeon performs and explains a knee replacement.

• The Lake That Fell to Earth

  A lake is formed when a meteor strikes Earth.

• The Life-Saving Poison

  Nitrous oxide is used to create a valuable pharmaceutical.

• Lighting
• Live Long and Prosper
• Making Babies ... Later

  Science enables a post-menopausal woman to give birth.

• Making of a Hangover

  Computer animation illustrates the effects of alcohol.

• The Man-Made Man
• Mars Alive

  Mars-mission explorers might 'terraform' the planet to survive.

• Mars: Pioneering the Planet
• Medicine

  How the human body reacts to high altitudes; medical misperceptions.

• Memory: Fabric of the Mind

  Chemistry may alter learning and memory mechanisms.

• Menace From the Sky

  Scientists fear a meteoric global catastrophe.

• Metropolis

  Paris skyscraper breaks records with its height-to-width ratio.

• Metropolis

  Crime-deterrents; pros/cons of mass surveillance systems.

• Metropolis

  Traffic nightmares.

• Metropolis

  Artificial lighting.

• Metropolis

  Underground railways.

• Metropolis

  Sewage disposal.

• The Mind's Eye
• The Mir Chronicles: A Life in Space
• The Miracle Planet: Live From the Sea

  Ancient sea organisms help create an atmospheric balance favorable for the development of life on land.

• The Miracle Planet: Patterns in the Air

  Land becomes fertile as an ozone layer forms; deforestation drastically alters the global climate.

• The Miracle Planet: Riddles of Sand and Ice

  Dramatic climatic changes affect the planet; scientists study the possibility of another ice age.

• Miracle Planet: The Heat Within

  The release of heat from Earth's interior splits continents, creates landforms and deposits mineral lodes.

• Miracle Planet: Third Planet

  Scientists study events leading to Earth's formation and the emergence of qualities conducive to life.

• The Misdiagnosis of Death
• The Missing Link
• Monsters of the Mind
• More Science of Magic
• Mother's Day

  Technical innovations challenge accepted definitions of motherhood.

• Mysteries of El Nino
• The Mystery of Birth

  In-utero photography shows an infant's development from conception to birth.

• Nanotechnology: The Miracle of Microscopic Machines
• The Nature of Aggression
• The Need to Breed
• The Need to Feed
• The Need to Succeed
• New Century Technology: Zero Friction
• New Solar System: An Epic Adventure

  Satellite photos and radar; origins of the galaxy; Apollo astronauts; planets in the solar system.

• The Next Frontier

  The pollution- and gravity-free environment of space advances scientific breakthroughs.

• Non-Lethal Weapons
• Now Eat This

  Designers, technologists and flavor specialists develop a snack.

• Of Big Bangs, Stick Men and Galactic Holes

  Scientists debate theories of black holes and dark matter in space.

• Origins: Battle for the Planet
• Origins of Life

  Scientists disagree about how life on Earth began.

• Our Alien Origins
• Parallel Universe: When Universe Collide
• Paranal: Eye on the Universe
• Paul McKenna: Secret World of Hypnosis

  Hypnotist Paul McKenna reveals the untapped potential of the mind.

• Pefromance: Genetic Wonders
• Performance: Formula One
• Performance: Summer Equipment
• Performance: Training an Athlete
• Perils of the Deep

  Surface decompression may cause brain and nerve damage to divers.

• Phobia
• Planet Plastic: the 4th Kingdom
• Planet Storm
• Pleasure Power
• Poison! Poison!
• Poor Kids Can Be Geniuses Too

  A woman who was a gifted child reviews accomplishments of her peers.

• The Predator

  Scientists try to save the Pacific Island Patula snail from the Giant African Land snail.

• Race Against Nature
• Rage to Revenge: The Science of Violence
• Resurrecting the Dead Sea Scrolls

  Scholars translate the Dead Sea Scrolls.

• Rio Tinto: Mars on Earth
• Robo Sapiens
• Robocritters
• Robots: How Close to Human?
• Scare Me
• Science at the Edge
• The Science of Sin
• The Science of Special Effects
• Secret Life of Twins
• Secrets of Technology: The Invention Puzzle

  Market forces determine whether an invention will change a culture.

• A Sense of Disaster
• Sexual Brain

  Evidence suggests male and female brains differ chemically and anatomically.

• Sexual Chemistry
• Signs of Life

  Scientists seek to create artificial life.

• The Singing Apes
• Sixth Sense
• Small Arms, Soft Targets

  Controversial weapons; fragmenting bullets; land mines; lasers.

• Some Like It Hot

  A paleontologist searches for clues to why humans began to walk upright.

• Space Exploration
• The Space Game
• Space Suit

  Hard suits which allow astronauts mobility have been in development since 1964.

• Space: The Final Junkyard
• Space Tourists: Passports to the Stars

  Race to be the first commercial space operator.

• Spaced Out: The New Psychology of Space
• Speed
• Star
• State of the Planet: Is There a Crisis?
• Steps, Gears and Levers

  Technology's simplest component, the step, brings about mechanization.

• Storm
• The Strange Case of Crop Circles
• Super Babies

  Child-development experts discuss preschool education.

• Super Twins: Conception To Birth
• Super Twins: Infants to Adults
• Superfly: A History of Genetics
• Techno Spy

  Espionage and covert technology; unmanned aerial vehicles; electronic sensors.

• Threads of Life
• Time

  Biological clocks; winter depression; Monday-morning blahs.

• Time of Plenty
• Time Travel
• To Kill and Kill Again

  The Jeffrey Dahmer case illustrates the character of a serial killer.

• To the Ends of the Universe

  Scientists seek the beginnings of life.

• Tornado
• Tour of the Universe

  Photos from space show the outer planets and Milky Way.

• Transplanting Memories
• Trauma: Life and Death in the ER

  Graphic footage and personal stories capture the atmosphere of an urban emergency room.

• Trauma: Life and Death in the ER

  Graphic footage and interviews document life in an urban emergency room.

• The Triumph of the Embryo

  Scientists unravel the mysteries of DNA.

• Tsunami Chasers
• Twang, Bang, Kerang

  The electric guitar moves from rhythm to high-tech rock.

• UFO

  A psychological theory links UFOs, apparitions and spirit mediums.

• Unraveling the Universe

  The Superstring theory may link quantum mechanics with relativity.

• Wasting the Alps

  Tourism, development and acid rain threaten the Alps.

• Water
• What Makes Us Tick
• What's New, Doc?

  Researchers study the effect of altitude on the human body; medical misperceptions.

• Wind
• Wind and Fire
• Witnesses From Beyond the Times

  Meteorites hold clues to the origin of the universe.

• World of Pain
• World's First Time Machine