When Alexander Fleming discovered the penicillin mold in 1928, he never considered its possible therapeutic value. NOVA explores the "Fleming myth" and reveals the true story of the scientists who worked behind the scenes to develop the wonder drug of the century.
1. Halley's Comet: Once in a Lifetime
Aired: Jan 21, 1986NOVA observes worldwide preparations as amateur comet hunters, astronomers an...
Aired: Jan 28, 1986 Gaia, the Greek word for Earth goddess, also is the name of the controversial...
Aired: Feb 4, 1986 For centuries, the Chinese Kazakh horseman preserved their ancient traditions...
Aired: Feb 11, 1986 NOVA explores the incredibly complex emotional development of infants and exa...
5. The Case of the Frozen Addict
Aired: Feb 18, 1986In July 1982, a 42-year-old addict in a San Jose, California jail became para...
Aired: Feb 25, 1986 When a high number of cancer cases struck the suburban community of Woburn, M...
Aired: Mar 4, 1986 NOVA journeys to a remote region of southern Venezuela where the land is aliv...
Aired: Mar 11, 1986 NOVA follows a conservation success story as environmentalists, scientists an...
Aired: Mar 18, 1986 When Alexander Fleming discovered the penicillin mold in 1928, he never consi...
10. When Wonder Drugs Don't Work
Aired: Mar 25, 1986NOVA examines the medical community's alarm as the spread of antibiotic-resis...
Aired: Apr 22, 1986 NOVA and Frontline combine resources to explore the Strategic Defense Initiat...
12. The Search for the Disappeared
Aired: Oct 14, 1986Shows the exhumation and study of the frozen remains of expedition members fo...
13. The Planet that Got Knocked on its Side
Aired: Oct 21, 1986The adventures of the Voyager 2 spacecraft continue as it passes the rings of...
Aired: Nov 4, 1986 Scientific breakthroughs now make it possible to reproduce ourselves in ways ...
Aired: Nov 11, 1986 Alzheimer's disease ravages the minds of over 40 million victims worldwide. T...
Aired: Nov 18, 1986 Could there be life beyond Earth? Only recently has it become possible to sca...
17. The Mystery of the Animal Pathfinders
Aired: Nov 25, 1986Birds do it; bees do it, butterflies, bats and eels do it—all leave one habit...
18. Are You Swimming in a Sewer?
Aired: Dec 2, 1986NOVA dips into the sad plight of our coastal waters, where toxic chemicals, r...
Aired: Dec 9, 1986 Yankee ingenuity has designs on the America's Cup. NOVA goes behind-the-scene...
Aired: Dec 16, 1986 Leprosy, a misunderstood disease that has been curable for 40 years, still af...
Aired: Jan 13, 1987 NOVA explores the ground-breaking experiments that led to the discovery of a ...
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