Season Fifteen of NOVA premiered on October 6, 1987.
Episodes
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Title
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Airdate
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| 261 |
1
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Death of a Star
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October 6, 1987
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| 262 |
2
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Spy Machines
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October 13, 1987
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| 263 |
3
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Hidden Power of Plants
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October 20, 1987
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| 264 |
4
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Japan's American Genius
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October 27, 1987
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| 265 |
5
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A Man, a Plan, a Canal, Panama
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November 3, 1987
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| 266 |
6
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Volcano!
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November 10, 1987
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| 267 |
7
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How Good Is Soviet Science?
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November 17, 1987
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| 268 |
8
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Ancient Treasures from the Deep
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December 1, 1987
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| 269 |
9
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Riddle of the Joints
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December 8, 1987
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| 270 |
10
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Secrets of the Lost Red Paint People
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December 15, 1987
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| 271 |
11
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Top Gun and Beyond
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January 19, 1988
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| 272 |
12
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How to Create a Junk Food
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January 26, 1988
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| 273 |
13
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Buried in Ice
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February 2, 1988
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| 274 |
14
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Why Planes Burn
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February 9, 1988
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| 275 |
15
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Battles in the War on Cancer: A Wonder Drug on Trial
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February 23, 1988
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| 276 |
16
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Battles in the War on Cancer: Breast Cancer—Turning the Tide
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March 1, 1988
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| 277 |
17
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Mystery of the Master Builders
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March 8, 1988
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| 278 |
SP3
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Whale Rescue
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March 15, 1988
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| 279 |
18
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The Man Who Loved Numbers
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March 22, 1988
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| 280 |
19
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Race for the Superconductor
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March 29, 1988
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| 281 |
20
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Can You Still Get Polio?
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April 5, 1988
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