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Frontline: Dot Con
In "Dot Con," award-winning FRONTLINE producer Martin Smith takes an inside look at the precipitous rise and fall of the Internet economy -- and examines the allegations that brokers at some of Wall Street's most prestigious firms manipulated the hot IPO market of the late 1990s. Wall Street, of course, would prefer to forget the past. But investors and investigators want to know: During the headiest days of the Internet bubble, did investment banks and venture capitalists betray the public's trust? Did "irrational exuberance" give way to fraud?
60 minutes
In "Dot Con," award-winning FRONTLINE producer Martin Smith takes an inside look at the precipitous rise and fall of the Internet economy -- and examines the allegations that brokers at some of Wall Street's most prestigious firms manipulated the hot IPO market of the late 1990s. Wall Street, of course, would prefer to forget the past. But investors and investigators want to know: During the headiest days of the Internet bubble, did investment banks and venture capitalists betray the public's trust? Did "irrational exuberance" give way to fraud?
60 minutes
Nature of Things: Nature Bites Back: the Case of the Sea OtterHigh-Definition cameras have captured the behaviour of this aquatic favourite in its habitat in breath-taking detail. The fuzzy, adorable Sea Otter has awoken to a changed modern world. The species was wiped out by the fur trade two hundred years ago, with only a handful remaining in remote outposts as a curious relic. On the British Columbia coast, the last survivor was sighted, and shot, in the 1920's. But, thirty years ago biologists resurrected the sea otter in a living experiment. The experiment has worked brilliantly, but with unforeseen consequences.
60 minutes
Antibiotic: Kill or CureInvestigative journalist Donal MacIntyre reveals the shocking truth about MRSA and how society's misuse of antibiotics and appalling hygiene practices has taken us to the point where certain bacterial infections are virtually unstoppable.
52 minutes
Nature of Things: Weather (Dragon of Chaos)
Without the uncompromising cycle of weather, there would be no life on Earth. This documentary looks at how weather is studied and forecast and examines the causes and effects of extreme weather conditions. Tornadoes, violent thunderstorms, flooding, ice storms and hurricanes seem to be increasing in frequency and intensity. Why?
60 minutes
Without the uncompromising cycle of weather, there would be no life on Earth. This documentary looks at how weather is studied and forecast and examines the causes and effects of extreme weather conditions. Tornadoes, violent thunderstorms, flooding, ice storms and hurricanes seem to be increasing in frequency and intensity. Why?
60 minutes
The Cure
The Cure is a dramatic look at the quest for a cure to eradicate heart disease. Twenty-five years ago scientists discovered that villagers from the same Italian town carried a gene which prevented cholesterol deposits in their arteries. This discovery jump-started a revolution in medical care that is just now coming to fruition. The Cufre explores the fascinating people who are racing to find a cure that will help millions of people who are at risk for heart dissease and strokes.
60 minutes
The Cure is a dramatic look at the quest for a cure to eradicate heart disease. Twenty-five years ago scientists discovered that villagers from the same Italian town carried a gene which prevented cholesterol deposits in their arteries. This discovery jump-started a revolution in medical care that is just now coming to fruition. The Cufre explores the fascinating people who are racing to find a cure that will help millions of people who are at risk for heart dissease and strokes.
60 minutes
NOVA: The World in Balance - The People Paradox
It took all of human history until the year 1804 for our population to reach its first billion. Now a billion new people are added every dozen years. Paradoxically, the world is now careening in two completely different directions. In the industrialized world - Japan, Europe, and the United States - birthrates are falling steeply while the senior citizen population is booming. By 2050, the average age across Africa and the Middle East will be 25. In Japan, Europe, and Russia, it will be 50. And in the United States, it will be 40. With moving personal stories from India, Japan, Kenya, and China, "World in the Balance" gives an up-to-date global snapshot of today's human family, now numbering 6.3 billion and likely to increase to nearly 9 billion by 2050.
60 minutes
It took all of human history until the year 1804 for our population to reach its first billion. Now a billion new people are added every dozen years. Paradoxically, the world is now careening in two completely different directions. In the industrialized world - Japan, Europe, and the United States - birthrates are falling steeply while the senior citizen population is booming. By 2050, the average age across Africa and the Middle East will be 25. In Japan, Europe, and Russia, it will be 50. And in the United States, it will be 40. With moving personal stories from India, Japan, Kenya, and China, "World in the Balance" gives an up-to-date global snapshot of today's human family, now numbering 6.3 billion and likely to increase to nearly 9 billion by 2050.
60 minutes
NOVA: The World in Balance - China Revs Up
In the second hour, "China Revs Up," NOVA takes the pulse of China's hyperactive economy, which is the fastest growing in the history of the world. During the last two decades, China clamped down on its population growth through its controversial one-child policy, but in recent years it has relaxed those rules, moving in the direction of more reproductive freedom. As the sprawling country develops from a poor nation and aspires to a more middle-class lifestyle, China's air, land, and water are beginning to suffer. Already, a massive dust cloud of eroded soil from Mongolia has darkened the skies over North America, and air pollution from Beijing and Shanghai regularly wafts as far as California.
60 minutes
In the second hour, "China Revs Up," NOVA takes the pulse of China's hyperactive economy, which is the fastest growing in the history of the world. During the last two decades, China clamped down on its population growth through its controversial one-child policy, but in recent years it has relaxed those rules, moving in the direction of more reproductive freedom. As the sprawling country develops from a poor nation and aspires to a more middle-class lifestyle, China's air, land, and water are beginning to suffer. Already, a massive dust cloud of eroded soil from Mongolia has darkened the skies over North America, and air pollution from Beijing and Shanghai regularly wafts as far as California.
60 minutes
Hot Issue
Rx For Survival 1: Disease Warriors
Before there was an understanding of infectious disease, few weapons were available to fight it. Disease Warriors chronicles the groundbreaking work of early researchers, such as the famed scientist Louis Pasteur, who unmasked germs as the source of illness. Pasteur went on to develop a rabies vaccine Ñ a great scientific triumph. Today, vaccines have made huge strides against epidemics, conquering smallpox and bringing the global eradication of polio within reach. But the world still faces major challenges in getting basic vaccines to those who still need them, and in creating new ones to combat modern nemeses, like AIDS. Parts 2-6 of the series are titled: Rise of the Superbugs, Delivering the Goods, Deadly Mesengers, Back to the Basics, How Safe Are We?
