NOVA - Season 28
Season 28
Network
DatesOct 24, 2000 - Apr 24, 2001
Episodes
Season 28Episode 160 min
Lincoln's Secret Weapon
The Navy undertakes a risky project to salvage the USS Monitor, an innovative armored combat vessel from the Civil War.
Oct 24, 2000
Season 28Episode 260 min
Holocaust on Trial
A trial in London's High Court examines evidence from Auschwitz to successfully challenge the claims of Holocaust "deniers".
Oct 31, 2000
Season 28Episode 360 min
Hitler's Lost Sub
A fisherman's net snags a missing World War II German U-boat off the coast of New Jersey.
Nov 14, 2000
Season 28Episode 460 min
Runaway Universe
Astronomers grapple with some very big questions: what is the size and shape of the universe, and how will it end?
Nov 21, 2000
Season 28Episode 560 min
Garden of Eden
The giant tortoise and an ant-sized frog are just two of the dazzling array of life-forms native to the Seychelles Islands.
Nov 28, 2000
Season 28Episode 660 min
Dying to Be Thin
Life-threatening eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are on the rise among America's youth.
Dec 12, 2000
Season 28Episode 760 min
Japan's Secret Garden
For at least 2,000 years, the wildlife and people living around Japan's Lake Biwa have lived in a harmonious balance.
Dec 18, 2000
Season 28Episode 860 min
Sultan's Lost Treasure
Archeologists salvage more than 12,000 pieces of Chinese porcelain from an ancient shipwreck.
Jan 16, 2001
Season 28Episode 960 min
Vanished!
The mysterious 1947 disappearance of an airplane high in the Andes en route from Argentina to Chile is finally resolved.
Jan 30, 2001
Season 28Episode 1060 min
Nazi Prison Escape
From 1940 to 1945, Allied prisoners of war engineered spectacular escapes from Colditz Castle, the Nazis' most impregnable prison.
Feb 6, 2001
Season 28Episode 1160 min
Lost King of the Maya
Using ancient hieroglyphs and new excavations, archeologists investigate the rise and fall of the majestic city of Copan.
Feb 13, 2001
Season 28Episode 1260 min
The Cancer Warrior
Judah Folkman and other researchers pioneer a novel approach to cancer treatment.
Feb 27, 2001
Season 28Episode 1360 min
Survivor M.D.: Tattooed Doctor
NOVA follows seven Harvard Medical School students for 13 years to see what it takes to become a fully qualified doctor. (Part 1 of 3)
Mar 27, 2001
Season 28Episode 1460 min
Survivor M.D.: Second Opinions
NOVA follows seven Harvard Medical School students for 13 years to see what it takes to become a fully qualified doctor. (Part 2 of 3)
Apr 3, 2001
Season 28Episode 1560 min
Survivor M.D.: Hearts & Minds
NOVA follows seven Harvard Medical School students for 13 years to see what it takes to become a fully qualified doctor. (Part 3 of 3)
Apr 10, 2001
Season 28Episode 1660 min
Cracking the Code of Life
Follow the race to decode the human genome and see how this newfound knowledge is already changing medicine.
Apr 17, 2001
Season 28Episode 1760 min
Harvest of Fear
Genetically modified foods—a wondrous advance or a new threat? Explore the growing controversy.
Apr 24, 2001
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