Season Sixteen of NOVA premiered on September 6, 1988.
Episodes
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Title
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Airdate
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| 282 |
1
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Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft
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September 6, 1988
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| 283 |
2
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Pioneers of Surgery: Into the Heart
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September 13, 1988
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| 284 |
3
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Pioneers of Surgery: New Organs for Old
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September 20, 1988
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| 285 |
4
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Pioneers of Surgery: Beyond the Knife
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September 27, 1988
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| 286 |
5
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Can the Vatican Save the Sistine Chapel?
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October 14, 1988
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| 287 |
6
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Can the Next President Win the Space Race?
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October 11, 1988
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| 288 |
7
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Do Scientists Cheat?
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October 25, 1988
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| 289 |
8
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Who Shot President Kennedy?
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November 15, 1988
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| 290 |
9
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The Light Stuff
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November 22, 1988
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| 291 |
10
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The All-American Bear
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December 6, 1988
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| 292 |
11
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Can We Make a Better Doctor?
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December 13, 1988
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| 293 |
12
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Hot Enough for You?
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January 17, 1989
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| 294 |
13
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The Last Journey of a Genius
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January 24, 1989
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| 295 |
14
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The Strange New Science of Chaos
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January 31, 1989
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| 296 |
15
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Back to Chernobyl
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February 14, 1989
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| 297 |
16
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God, Darwin and Dinosaurs
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February 21, 1989
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| 298 |
17
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Adrift on the Gulf Stream
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February 28, 1989
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| 299 |
18
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Secrets of Easter Island
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March 7, 1989
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| 300 |
19
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Legends of Easter Island
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March 14, 1989
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| 301 |
20
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The World Is Full of Oil!
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March 21, 1989
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| 302 |
21
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Confronting the Killer Gene
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March 28, 1989
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