NOVA takes viewers into the world of Joey Deacon, 54 years old and a spastic since birth. Joey has lived most of his life in institutions, unable to communicate with anyone until he met Ernie Roberts.

What do singer Peggy Lee, NY Jets Quarterback Joe Namath and Congressman Richard Nolas have in common? They all practice a ritual called TM - Transcendental Meditation. NOVA examines the recent phenomenal success of the TM movement.

The last fourteen years have been a revolution in our understanding of our place in the stars, the Solar System. NOVA looks at the era of manned and unmanned exploration of the Solar System.

NOVA explores the mysterious ecosystem of the desert: a snowstorm; a lashing summer monsoon; and the emergence - in a pool created only minutes before - of a pair of adult spadefoot toads.

Every year, some 5,000 babies are born in the US with spina bifida, a congenital abnormality of the central nervous system. NOVA explores the mystery of what causes spina bifida.

There's one place on earth where no one will ever catch a cold. And the freezing waters are so bitter there that a fish has been discovered to have developed its own anti-freeze. NOVA explores Antarctica - the coldest desert in the world.

Isaac Asimov joins NOVA in the retelling of the story of the discovery of the structure of DNA. James Watson and ex-colleague Francis Crick exchange memories of the events which led to their winning the race for the structure of the gene.

Each Sunday edition of the NY Times consumes 153 acres of trees. The paper products like napkins and bags used by McDonald's gobble up 315 square miles of trees every day. NOVA asks if, at this rate, can trees remain a renewable resource.

NOVA joins chief archaeologist, Ivor Noel Hume, of Colonial Williamsburg, VA, for a fascinating glimpse of the lifestyles of the founders of this country, complete with detailed reconstructions of houses, stores, workshops and taverns.

Today we take antibiotics for granted, and by doing so are steadily eroding their medical value. NOVA examines the problem of resistance to antibiotics in the bacteria they are designed to kill.

Dr. Norman Shumway has performed more heart transplants than any other surgeon. NOVA explores those early days in 1968-69 when everyone with a scalpel seemed to be doing heart transplants, and survival of patients was measured in days.

NOVA explores life underground, from foxes and badgers through moles and worms down to the myriad of micro-organisms that make soil the most complex substrate for life on earth.

NOVA shows the Netsilik natives of Pelly Bay and their traditional way of life and what happens when Western civilization is imposed upon them.

Benjamin is a healthy, normal baby, whom we meet at birth and whose first year of life provides the backbone of this revealing NOVA episode about early child development.

Margaret Sanger was responsible almost single-handedly for changing the whole attitude of the male-dominated medical profession towards "women's issues" and, for gaining social and political acceptance for the concept of birth control.

NOVA looks at the recent success of the World Health Organization's program to eradicate smallpox, considered a triumph of western-styled medicine.

The "Jaws" phenomenon has given sharks a bad name. But is the shark really such a barbarian? NOVA looks at the lifestyle of this remarkable survivor from the days when dinosaurs ruled the earth.

Recent scientific developments have made it possible to detect a wide variety of defects in unborn babies. NOVA focuses on the ethical question that must be considered: Should defective babies be aborted, or should they be allowed to live?

Since 1945, hundreds of ships and planes and thousands of people have mysteriously disappeared in an area of the Atlantic Ocean off of Florida, known as the Bermuda Triangle. NOVA penetrates the mystery of the terrifying Bermuda Triangle.