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Kaboom!

Follow an explosive trail through the ages, starting in ninth-century China, and continuing through the discovery of the atomic bomb in the twentieth century.

Ebola

the plague fighters
1996
Examines the discovery of the Ebola virus, a virulent hemorrhagic fever, first seen decades ago, and reaching current world notice with a recent outbreak in Kikwit, Zaire.

Mystery of the senses : Touch

1995
Explores our most sensual senses, from massage to communicaton, from fleeting social touches to prolonged caresses of intimate couples.

Mystery of the senses : smell

1995
Visit one of the world's largest creators of perfumes, and then sample a spectrum of smells from frankincense and truffles to sweaty athletes and more.

Mystery of the senses : taste

1995
Explores the variety of taste sensations tht humans have concocted t enhance our daily requirement of clories.

Mystery of the senses : vision

1995
Explores our most magical sense, vision, and the elusive truths that both art and science reveal about it.

Mystery of the senses : hearing

1995
Travel form the Arctic Circle to the forest of New Zealand to explore some of the ways we make use of sound.
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