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Nova
To Boldly Go...
Mon, Oct 15, 1990
  • S17.E12
  • To Boldly Go...
8.2 /10
The Blimp Is Back!
Mon, Oct 29, 1990
  • S17.E14
  • The Blimp Is Back!
8.2 /10
Earthquake!
Mon, Nov 05, 1990
  • S17.E15
  • Earthquake!
8.1 /10
Poison in the Rockies

S17.E1 ∙ Poison in the Rockies

Mon, Jan 08, 1990
Poison in the Rockies is focused on the damage that decades of mining operations in the Rockies have inflicted on the local environment. It covers other problems such as the acid rain that afflicts the region, but concentrates on the harmful chemicals entering the surrounding states' water supplies from mining drainage.
0 /10
The Big Spill

S17.E5 ∙ The Big Spill

Mon, Feb 26, 1990
The 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill takes a center stage when NOVA heads to Alaska to find out how technology contributed to one of the world's largest oil spills. Cameras board the Valdez with expert scientists to film the supertanker's instruments and to get opinions on how some advanced gadgets, which were designed to protect the ship, failed in preventing the disaster.
0 /10
The KGB, the Computer and Me

S17.E10 ∙ The KGB, the Computer and Me

Mon, Oct 01, 1990
Astronomer-turned-computer system administrator Clifford Stoll discovers a hacker in his system at Lawrence Berkeley Lab. The trail leads him from California, across the United States, and eventually to Germany, where the hacker is discovered to be selling secrets to the KGB.
7.9 /10
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