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NOVA: Season 15

Poster for NOVA Season 15

22 episodes · first aired Jan 19, 1988

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  1. 1 Top Gun and Beyond Jan 19, 1988 · 55m Today's sophisticated fighter jets can almost fly themselves, but well-trained pilots are still needed to win air battles. NOVA looks at how planes and pilots are adapting to high…
  2. 2 How to Create a Junk Food Jan 26, 1988 · 55m Julia Child introduces NOVA's behind-the-scenes look at how science aids in the creation of snack foods.
  3. 3 Buried in Ice Feb 2, 1988 · 55m Scientists investigate the frozen remains of members of the 19th century Franklin Expedition to the Canadian Arctic and ask why all perished.
  4. 4 Why Planes Burn Feb 9, 1988 · 55m Airplane fires are often deadly. NOVA looks at efforts to make fires aboard planes less likely and more survivable.
  5. 5 Battles in the War on Cancer: A Wonder Drug on Trial Feb 23, 1988 · 55m In part one of a two-part special presentation, NOVA reports on the trials to determine whether the new drug Interleukin-2—the first to make use of the body's own disease-fighting…
  6. 6 Battles in the War on Cancer: Turning the Tide Mar 1, 1988 · 55m Breast cancer claims the lives of four American women every hour. Jane Pauley of NBC News hosts and narrates this NOVA report on stepped-up efforts to reduce the death rate from this…
  7. 7 The Mystery of the Master Builders Mar 8, 1988 · 55m Princeton professor and author Robert Mark tracks down the engineering secrets of some of the beautiful buildings in the world including Notre Dame in Paris, St. Paul in London and the…
  8. 8 Whale Rescue Mar 15, 1988 · 55m It was a blustery day in December 1986, and the New England Coast was in the midst of a winter storm, accompanied by strong on-shore gales and an unusually high tide—conditions perfect for…
  9. 9 The Man Who Loved Numbers Mar 22, 1988 · 55m NOVA explores the life of Srinivasa Ramanujan, a poor clerk from India who astounded mathematicians in the 1910s with his brilliant insight into the world of numbers.
  10. 10 Race for the Superconductor Mar 29, 1988 · 55m NOVA charts an electronics revolution in the making as Japan and the United States race to develop a material that will conduct electricity at room temperature with zero resistance.
  11. 11 Can You Still Get Polio? Apr 5, 1988 · 55m Most cases of polio in this country are caused by the vaccine designed to prevent it. NOVA examines the controvery surrounding the nation's vaccine policy.
  12. 12 Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft Sep 6, 1988 · 55m Part one of a four-part series on the pioneers of modern surgery relives the early days, when surgery was practiced without the benefit of anaesthesia or antisceptics and patients usually…
  13. 13 Pioneers of Surgery: Into the Heart Sep 13, 1988 · 55m Once unthinkable, open-heart surgery is now an everyday miracle. NOVA looks at the brave doctors and patients who make it possible.
  14. 14 Pioneers of Surgery: New Organs for Old Sep 20, 1988 · 55m From kidneys to hearts, NOVA examines the daring attempts to replace diseased organs with transplanted ones.
  15. 15 Pioneers of Surgery: Beyond the Knife Sep 27, 1988 · 55m Surgeons have always been eager to help patients, even at the risk of killing them. NOVA looks at some of the excesses of surgery, and at how new drugs and technologies are rendering some…
  16. 16 Can the Vatican Save the Sistine Chapel? Oct 4, 1988 · 55m Science meets art in the controversial effort to restore Michelangelo's famous Sistine Chapel frescoes.
  17. 17 Can the Next President Win the Space Race? Oct 11, 1988 · 55m Thirty years after Sputnik, the United States space program is mired in uncertainty, while the Russians, Europeans, Japanese and others sprint onward and upward.
  18. 18 Do Scientists Cheat? Oct 18, 1988 · 55m NOVA examines the troubling question of scientific fraud: How prevalent is it? Who commits it? And what happens when the perpetrators are caught?
  19. 19 Who Shot President Kennedy? Nov 15, 1988 · 55m Using previously unavailable technology, NOVA probes the available evidence surrounding the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy.
  20. 20 The Light Stuff Nov 22, 1988 · 55m Reliving a Greek myth takes an effort of mythic proportions, as NOVA reveals in its behind-the-scenes report of a human powered-flight across the Aegean Sea, a journey that symbolically…
  21. 21 The All-American Bear Dec 6, 1988 · 55m The life of the shy, intelligent black bear in the wild—foraging, mating, playing and constantly preparing for its remarkable hibernation—is captured for the first time on film by NOVA.
  22. 22 Can We Make a Better Doctor? Dec 13, 1988 · 55m NOVA embarks on a 10-year project to profile—in its entirety—the education of a doctor. In the premiere episode, we follow a handful of students as they start their freshman year at…