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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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