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2002 DECEMBER
Dec. 27, 2002
Analysis
The Cloning Debate
A company called Clonaid claims to have produced the world's first cloned human being. Betty Ann Bowser reports.

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Dec. 25, 2002
Analysis
How We See
Tom Bearden investigates the mystery of how we see.

NOVEMBER
Nov. 27, 2002
Analysis
Stealing Identities
Federal officials announced this week the arrest of an identity theft ring accused of victimizing more than 30,000 people. Experts discuss the elements of the case and how someone's credit and financial identity can be stolen.

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Nov. 5, 2002
Analysis
Dialing for Dollars
Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television looks at the international source of some telemarketing calls.

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OCTOBER
Oct. 22, 2002
Analysis
Link to Jesus?
Experts discuss the discovery of an ancient box that may be the earliest artifact ever found that can be linked to the life of Jesus.

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Oct. 9, 2002
Analysis
Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Margaret Warner speaks with John Fenn, one of the winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry and a research professor of chemistry and engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

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Oct. 8, 2002
Analysis
Nobel Prize
Ray Suarez speaks with Riccardo Giacconi, one of the winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics.

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AUGUST
Aug. 20, 2002
Analysis
Fantastic Voyage
Twenty-five years into its journey, the Voyager spacecraft continues to beam back images from outer space.

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Aug. 15, 2002
Analysis
eBay: Bidding for Success
The story of an Internet auction site that thrived during the dot-com crash.

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Aug. 6, 2002
Analysis
Salvaging History: The U.S.S. Monitor
Jim Lehrer reports on the efforts to recover the remains of the Civil War-era ship the U.S.S. Monitor with Captain Craig McLean, director of Ocean Exploration at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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JULY
July 22, 2002
Conversation
Conversation: Tuxedo Park
Margaret Warner talks with author Jenet Conant about "Tuxedo Park," her new book about a millionaire investor with a passion for science.

JUNE
June 12, 2002
Analysis
The Cloning Debate
Susan Dentzer previews the human cloning debate set to begin in the Senate.

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FUNDED IN PART BY: The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation


June 3, 2002
Analysis
Online Music
In the wake of music-sharing company Napster's bankruptcy filing, Margaret Warner talks to P.J. McNealy, research director of the media department in the technology research consulting firm Gartner G2, about the future of online music.

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MAY
May 28, 2002
Analysis
Questioning Celibacy in the Catholic Church
Spencer Michels looks at the new debate over celibacy in the Catholic church.

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May 27, 2002
Analysis
Young Scientists
John Merrow, special correspondent on education, takes a final look in his series on high school science students competing in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

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May 2, 2002
Analysis
Young Scientists
John Merrow presents the third part of his series on high school science competitions.

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May 1, 2002
Analysis
Senator Sam Brownback on the Cloning Debate
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) is a lead sponsor of a bill to ban all forms of human cloning. He discusses the bill and its possible impact with Health Correspondent Susan Dentzer.

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FUNDED IN PART BY: The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation


May 1, 2002
Analysis
Peter Mombaerts and the Cloning Debate
Peter Mombaerts is associate professor of developmental biology and neuro-genetics at the Rockefeller University in New York. He spoke with Susan Dentzer about how viable the hopes for cloning are and may be in the future.


FUNDED IN PART BY: The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation


May 1, 2002
Analysis
Michael West and the Cloning Debate
Are scientists playing God? Michael D. West, Ph.D. is the president and CEO of Advanced Cell Technology, one of a few research groups in the therapeutic cloning field.


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May 1, 2002
Analysis
Kevin Fitzgerald and the Cloning Debate
Is cloning playing God? Kevin FitzGerald, the Dr. David P. Lawler Chair in Catholic Health Care Ethics and a research associate professor in the Department of Oncology at Georgetown University Medical Center, tackles that question in an interview with the NewsHour's Susan Dentzer.


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May 1, 2002
Analysis
Peter Mombaerts on the Difficulty of Using Human Eggs
Peter Mombaerts, associate professor of developmental biology and neuro-genetics at the Rockefeller University in New York, discusses the difficulty in finding enough human eggs to advance cloning research, and possible alternatives.


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May 1, 2002
Analysis
Michael West Discusses Using Human Eggs
Are there alternatives to using human eggs in therapeutic cloning? Michael D. West, Ph.D. is the president and CEO of Advanced Cell Technology, one of a very few research groups in the therapeutic cloning field.


FUNDED IN PART BY: The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

APRIL
April 8, 2002
Analysis
Stem Cell Research in India
Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television reports from India on progress in stem cell research.

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MARCH
March 19, 2002
Analysis
Disputed Merger Deal
Hewlett-Packard shareholders voted on the disputed merger deal with Compaq.

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FEBRUARY
Feb. 26, 2002
Analysis
National ID
Spencer Michels reports on the debate over creating a national identification system, and considers what could become a national ID card.

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Feb. 5, 2002
Analysis
Young Scientists
In the second installment of his series on high school science students, education correspondent John Merrow reports on high-stake science competitions.

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JANUARY
Jan. 29, 2002
Analysis
Healing Heroes
Susan Dentzer charts the progress of burn victim Kevin Shaeffer, who was badly burned in the September 11th Pentagon attack, and assesses the scientific advances contributing to his recovery.

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FUNDED IN PART BY: The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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