High 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 environment, one of the most ungenerous on earth, provides them with almost nothing. NOVA examines the changing lifestyle of Sidi Mohammed.
Aired: Nov 3, 1974 NOVA travels to forests and marshes to discover why birds sing and finds surp...
Aired: Nov 10, 1974 Many insects and some mammals use smell as a primary means of communication. ...
Aired: Nov 17, 1974 Smashing matter into ever smaller pieces in an attempt to find its fundamenta...
Aired: Nov 24, 1974 Most of us spend one-third of our lives in a state of which we understand rem...
Aired: Dec 1, 1974 NOVA joins a team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists on a mission to find o...
Aired: Dec 8, 1974 Just why did Cro-Magnon man living in France's Dordogne Valley some 15,000 ye...
Aired: Dec 15, 1974 NOVA joins a group of English biologists living literally on a platform in th...
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Aired: Jan 12, 1975 Have you ever sensed that your body reacts differently at different times of ...
Aired: Jan 19, 1975 Has the case against DDT been proven? A strange question, perhaps, to be aski...
11. Take the World from Another Point of View
Aired: Feb 2, 1975NOVA profiles two very different scientists: Richard Feynman, a theoretical p...
Aired: Feb 9, 1975 NOVA explores T.D. Lynsenko's rise to power in the Soviet Union in the early ...
Aired: Feb 16, 1975 High in the Hoggar Mountains, in the exact center of the Sahara desert, lives...
Aired: Mar 9, 1975 How likely is it that a terrorist group will steal plutonium intended for nuc...
Aired: Mar 16, 1975 Since the Industrial Revolution, bigger has been better. NOVA profiles E.F. S...
16. The Lost World of the Maya
Aired: Mar 30, 1975For over a thousand years the Mayan civilization grew and flourished in the r...
17. Will the Fishing Have to Stop?
Aired: Apr 6, 1975Fish is an excellent source of protein; it could help ease the growing intern...
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