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| 2001 DECEMBER
Dec. 24, 2001
Young Scientists
Education correspondent John Merrow begins a series on high school science students competing in high-stakes science fairs.
 
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| Dec. 10, 2001
Hard Sell
Hewlett-Packard may not become the world's largest maker of personal computers due to a rebellion by its own shareholders.
 
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| NOVEMBER
Nov. 26, 2001
Human Cloning
Experts debate the latest developments in the controversial practice of cloning human cells.
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| Nov. 21, 2001
NASA: End of an Era
After a Spencer Michels report on NASA's evolution in the past decade, Ray Suarez talks to former NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin about his pivotal role in the space agency's history.
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| Nov. 6, 2001
The Microsoft Settlement
Gwen Ifill and guests weigh the pros and cons of the Microsoft settlement and consider its possible implications for industry competition.
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| AUGUST
Aug. 31, 2001
Boom and Bust: The Telecommunications Industry
The telecommunications industry is suffering from severe financial troubles.
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| Aug. 20, 2001
Fish vs. Farmers
Lee Hochberg reports on a debate over water rights in Oregon that pits endangered suckerfish against endangered farmers.
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| Aug. 10, 2001
Ethics and Science
A panel of ethicists and members of the scientific and medical communities react to the president's decision to fund some stem cell research.
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| Aug. 10, 2001
Stem Cell Science
Susan Dentzer explains the president's decision and the science behind it.
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| Aug. 10, 2001
Sec. Tommy Thompson
Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson discusses the president's decision to fund some stem cell research.
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| Aug. 9, 2001
Stem Cells
Susan Dentzer provides some background on President Bush's long-awaited decision on stem cell research.
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| JULY
July 31, 2001
Cloning Debate
Susan Dentzer reports on the Congressional debate over cloning.
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| July 25, 2001
Staying Connected
Fred de Sam Lazaro explores the use of profits from high-tech companies as aid to the poor in India.
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| July 10, 2001
Background: Stem Cells
A background report by Susan Dentzer about the use of stem cells in scientific research.
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| July 10, 2001
Stem Cell Research: Political Science
Margaret Warner leads a discussion about the Republican party struggle to reach consensus about the use of stem cells in scientific research.
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| JUNE
June 29, 2001
Michael Pollan's "Botany of Desire"
Author Michael Pollan talks about his new book, "The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World."
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| June 19, 2001
Bones of Contention
The Kennewick Man hearings resume as eight scientists sue the government to study 9,000-year-old bones that Native American tribes claim as an ancestor.
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| June 7, 2001
Genetic Testing
A look at the ethics behind testing for genetic diseases.
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| June 1, 2001
Giant in the Sand
Joshua Smith, a PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, talks about his recent discovery: the second largest dinosaur skeleton on record.
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| MAY
May 24, 2001
Health on the Web
What is the quality of health information online?
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| May 4, 2001
Dot-Gone: The Declining Dot-Com Industry
Spencer Michels reports from San Francisco on the ongoing corporate bloodletting in the dot-com industry.
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| May 1, 2001
Tourist in Space
Leonard David, senior writer for Space.com, discusses millionaire Dennis Tito's vacation in space.
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| APRIL
April 30, 2001
E-book Evolution
How will the advancing technology of e-books affect the publishing world? Terence Smith reports.
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| April 30, 2001
E-Books with Larry Kirshbaum
The chairman of the Time Warner Trade Publishing looks at how e-books could fit into the world of publishing.
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| April 17, 2001
Organ & Tissue Donation
An in-depth look at the world of organ and tissue donation.
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| April 12, 2001
Stem Cells
Scientists may have found a way to use human fat as a source of stem cells.
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| MARCH
March 29, 2001
Human Reproductive Cloning
A Congressional hearing explores the possibility of human reproductive cloning. Health correspondent Susan Dentzer reports.
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| March 26, 2001
New Beginnings
Paleontologist Maeve Leakey talks with Ray Suarez about her recent discovery: a skull three and a half million years old that could provide clues to the ancestors of homo sapiens.
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| March 23, 2001
End of an Era
The aging Russian space station Mir fell to earth as scheduled last night. Terence Smith reports.
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| March 12, 2001
Dot-Com Slide
Paul Solman reports on how the once high-flying dot-com industry is quickly falling on hard times.
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| March 6, 2001
Heart Stents
Examining new research on and uses for stents -- spring-like devices that keep heart patients' narrowing arteries open. Susan Dentzer reports.
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| March 1, 2001
Earthquake!
Washington Governor Gary Locke details the latest on the Northwest quake that has caused an estimated billion dollars worth of damage.
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| FEBRUARY
Feb. 28, 2001
The Seattle Earthquake
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook the Pacific Northwest, rattling windows from Vancouver to Salt Lake City.
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| Feb. 19, 2001
Technology and Deaf Culture
Betty Ann Bowser looks at technology's effect on the deaf community.
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| Feb. 14, 2001
Close Encounter
Ray Suarez looks to the sky in this Valentine's Day report about a trip to an asteroid named "Eros."
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| Feb. 12, 2001
Sequencing Life: The Human Genome Map
Doctors Francis Collins and Craig Venter discuss the completion of the human genome map.
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| Feb. 6, 2001
Fusion Reactor
A controversial nuclear fusion project is years behind schedule and more than $1 billion over budget.
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| JANUARY
Jan. 12, 2001
William Kennard
Outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard discusses the AOL-Time Warner merger.
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| Jan. 1, 2001
A Wired World
Business correspondent Paul Solman talks with a panel of experts about the effect of the Internet on daily life.
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