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

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



	NOVEMBER Nov. 27, 2002 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.

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



	OCTOBER Oct. 22, 2002 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.

	Oct. 9, 2002 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.

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



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

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

	Aug. 6, 2002 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.



	JULY July 22, 2002 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 The Cloning Debate Susan Dentzer previews the human cloning debate set to begin in the Senate.

	June 3, 2002 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.



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

	May 27, 2002 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.

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

	May 1, 2002 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.

	May 1, 2002 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.

	May 1, 2002 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.

	May 1, 2002 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.

	May 1, 2002 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.

	May 1, 2002 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.



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



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



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

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



	JANUARY Jan. 29, 2002 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.