NOVA S02E05 · Inside the Golden Gate

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NOVA joins a team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists on a mission to find out just how San Francisco Bay works: its physics, its chemistry and its biology.

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2. 2 2. How Much Do You Smell?1974-11-10 · 55mMany insects and some mammals use smell as a primary means of communication. NOVA explains how, for example, the entire economy of an ant's nest is organized by smell, and how some
3. 3 3. The Hunting Of The Quark1974-11-17 · 55mSmashing matter into ever smaller pieces in an attempt to find its fundamental building blocks has produced a confused nightmare of particles. NOVA looks at this on-again, off-agai
4. 4 4. The Secrets Of Sleep1974-11-24 · 55mMost of us spend one-third of our lives in a state of which we understand remarkably little—some people sleep for only a few minutes a night, and function perfectly well, while oth
5. 5 5. Inside the Golden Gate1974-12-01 · 55mNOVA joins a team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists on a mission to find out just how San Francisco Bay works: its physics, its chemistry and its biology.
6. 6 6. The Men Who Painted Caves1974-12-08 · 55mJust why did Cro-Magnon man living in France's Dordogne Valley some 15,000 years ago take time out from the desperate business of survival to paint pictures in inaccessible corners
7. 7 7. Red Sea Coral1974-12-15 · 55mNOVA joins a group of English biologists living literally on a platform in the middle of the Red Sea, who for several years have been studying the crown-of-thorns starfish, notorio
8. 8 8. War From the Air1975-01-05 · 55m
9. 9 9. What Time is Your Body?1975-01-12 · 55mHave you ever sensed that your body reacts differently at different times of the day? NOVA examines the best and worsetimes for work, good times for sex drives and your body's most
10. 10 10. The Rise And Fall Of DDT1975-01-19 · 55mHas the case against DDT been proven? A strange question, perhaps, to be asking one year after the US has banned the insecticide, but NOVA dares to ask. Tracing the history of DDT
11. 11 11. Take the World From Another Point of View1975-02-02 · 55mNOVA profiles two very different scientists: Richard Feynman, a theoretical physicist, at the pinnacle of his career—a Nobel prizewinner; and Richard Lewontin, a biologist and high
12. 12 12. The Lysenko Affair1975-02-09 · 55mNOVA explores T.D. Lynsenko's rise to power in the Soviet Union in the early 20th century, and how it affected plant genetic research in the USSR.
13. 13 13. The Tuaregs1975-02-16 · 55mHigh in the Hoggar Mountains, in the exact center of the Sahara desert, lives Sidi Mohammed and his family: children, grandchildren, cousins and a few former slave women. Their env
14. 14 14. The Plutonium Connection1975-03-09 · 55mHow likely is it that a terrorist group will steal plutonium intended for nuclear reactor fuel and put together a blackmail weapon of unprecedented power in the shape of a homemade
15. 15 15. The Other Way1975-03-16 · 55mSince the Industrial Revolution, bigger has been better. NOVA profiles E.F. Schumacher, the author of Small is Beautiful, who thinks that enough is enough; that the time has come f
16. 16 16. The Lost World Of The Maya1975-03-30 · 55mFor over a thousand years the Mayan civilization grew and flourished in the rain forests of Central America. Discovered and finally destroyed by the Spanish Conquistadors, it was l
17. 17 17. Will The Fishing Have to Stop?1975-04-06 · 55mFish is an excellent source of protein; it could help ease the growing international food shortage. But in 1972 the total world fish catch dropped. NOVA explores the possible reaso