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Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers Season 5 Episodes

5 Episodes 1994 - 1995

Episode 1

Life's Big Questions

Wed, Oct 5, 1994

The big questions: How Did the Universe Begin? Where Did Life Come From? How Did the Earth Get Animals? Are We Alone? Will the Robots Take Over?

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Episode 2

About All Your Can Eat

Wed, Nov 2, 1994

The Plymouth Feast; Feast or Famine -Obesity study; Super Foods - maximizing nutrition from common cereals; Counting Calories - doubly tagged water; Mushroom Mania - domesticated morels; The Bite Stuff - dog food and dog-breath

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Episode 3

Science Italian Style

Wed, Jan 11, 1995

Leaning Tower of Pisa; All in the Family - Species Conservation; Long Distance Doc - remote surgery; Spineless But Smart - Octopus; Eruption!; Where's the Matter? - Dark Matter; Renaissance Era Machines

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Episode 4

Prime Time Primates

Wed, Feb 8, 1995

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Episode 5

It's a Kid's World

Sat, Apr 29, 1995

Body Sense - learning to reach and walk; The Magic Years -learning to explain; Born to Talk -language acquisition; Changing Minds - applying rules and deception; Speaking for Herself

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