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2000
NOVEMBER
November 23, 2000
Genetic Recall
Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles reports on the controversy surrounding genetically engineered corn.


November 2, 2000
Living Aloft
Ray Suarez leads a discussion on life aboard the international space station.

OCTOBER
October 9, 2000
Nobels in Physics and Chemistry
Margaret Warner talks to Nobel Prize winners Herbert Kroemer of the University of California, and Alan MacDiarmid of the University of Pennsylvania.


October 9, 2000
Nobel in Medicine
Paul Greengard, one of this year's winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine, joins Dr. Steve Hyman, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to talk about his research and winning the Nobel Prize.

SEPTEMBER
September 11, 2000
Lost and Found
Archaeologist Arthur Demarest tells the story behind the excavation of an ancient Mayan city.

JULY
July 20, 2000
Speed of Light
An experiment by scientists at the N.E.C. Research Lab in Princeton have measured movement faster than the speed of light. Bill Nye, former host of, Bill Nye, the Science Guy, will explain what the data means.

JUNE
June 22, 2000
Water on Mars?
New evidence suggests there may be water below the surface of Mars. Michael Malin, the principal scientist analyzing the photos, explains.

APRIL
April 14, 2000
What Went Wrong?
NASA in the hot seat after two failed Mars missions. Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angles with a report on accountability of failed missions and mismanagement.


April 4, 2000
High-tech Foods
Business correspondent Paul Solman reports on how biotechnology companies are working to convince consumers that genetically engineered food is safe.

MARCH
March 21, 2000
Forum: Unraveling the Genome
The completion of the Human Genome Project will represent a groundbreaking scientific and technical achievement. It will also represent a profound ethical challenge. Matt Ridley, author of "Genome: The Autobiography Of A Species In 23 Chapters," answers your questions.

FEBRUARY
February 29, 2000
Human Genome Project
Ray Suarez talks with author Matt Ridley about his new book "Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters."


February 14, 2000
Asteroid Rendezvous
Andrew Cheng, project scientist for the NEAR mission, discusses the future of space exploration as NASA hears back from the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.

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