Episode 1
Aired Jan 12, 1993
The Hunt for Saddam's Secret Weapons
Cameras accompany a United Nations inspection team as they search for clandestine biological, chemical and nuclear weapons sites in Iraq.
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Episode 2
Aired Jan 19, 1993
Can Bombing Win a War?
A history of strategic bombing examines its success in the Persian Gulf War.
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Episode 3
Aired Jan 26, 1993
The Deadly Deception
A Tuskegee study of untreated syphilis victimized black men who sought treatment but received placebos.
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Episode 4
Aired Feb 2, 1993
Nazis and the Russian Bomb
Surviving German participants recount how a group of scientists developed the Soviet Union's first atom bomb in the 1940s.
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Episode 5
Aired Feb 9, 1993
In the Path of a Killer Volcano
The science of predicting volcanoes in the Philippines in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's 1992 eruption.
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Episode 6
Aired Feb 16, 1993
Can Science Build a Champion Athlete?
Science takes a vital role in improving athletic performance.
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Episode 7
Aired Feb 23, 1993
Diving for Pirate Gold
Modern pirates use metal detectors, sonar and other high-tech equipment unavailable to the high-seas robbers of yore.
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Episode 8
Aired Mar 2, 1993
Murder, Rape and DNA
DNA surpasses the fingerprint as a forensic tool for solving murder, rape, paternity suit and immigration cases.
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Episode 9
Aired Mar 30, 1993
The Lost Tribe
Anthropologists conflict on whether the Tasaday, a Philippine jungle tribe, is truly of the Stone-Age.
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Episode 10
Aired Oct 5, 1993
The Nova Quiz
Marc Summers tests the science knowledge of a cross section of Americans to celebrate the show's 20th season.
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Episode 11
Aired Oct 12, 1993
Wanted: Butch and Sundance
An archaeological dig may determine if Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in a Bolivian town shootout.
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Episode 12
Aired Oct 19, 1993
Secrets of the Psychics
Magician James Randi investigates paranormal claims like knifeless surgery, faith healers and psychic services.
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Episode 13
Aired Oct 26, 1993
Dying to Breathe
Three terminally ill patients wait for lung transplants at Toronto General Hospital.
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Episode 14
Aired Nov 2, 1993
Shadow of the Condor
A controversial program attempts to help the California condor from becoming extinct, while the Andean condor flourishes.
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Episode 15
Aired Nov 9, 1993
The Real Jurassic Park
An examination of the steps needed to genetically re-create dinosaurs answers questions of its possibility.
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Episode 16
Aired Nov 16, 1993
Roller Coaster!
Roller coaster designers use physics and psychology to build the thrill rides.
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Episode 17
Aired Nov 29, 1993
Mysterious Crash of Flight 201
The investigation of a plane crash in Panama unearths clues.
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Episode 18
Aired Dec 7, 1993
Great Moments From Nova
Host Bill Cosby celebrates the show's 20th anniversary with excerpts from previous shows.
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Episode 19
Aired Dec 21, 1993
The Best Mind Since Einstein
A profile of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman whose career included the Manhattan Project and serving on the presidential commission investigating the Challenger disaster.
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Episode 20
Aired Dec 28, 1993
Stranger in the Mirror
With the neurological disorder visual agnosia, the patient fails to recognize familiar articles and people.
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