REAL SCIENCE, REAL LIFE CONVERGE IN CURIOUS, A NEW THIRTEEN/WNET NEW YORK SERIES THAT TAKES VIEWERS INSIDE BRAIN CENTERS OF INNOVATION TO WITNESS BREAKTHROUGHS THAT COULD CHANGE THE WORLD. Two Documentaries Follow Researchers Working On A Revolutionary Cancer Drug, An "Artificial Leaf" That Uses Sunlight To Produce Earth-Friendly Fuel And Other Cutting-Edge Concepts. Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) make up the cast of CURIOUS, a series of two one-hour documentaries from Thirteen/WNET New York, premiering in New York on Thursdays, October 11 and 18 at 8 p.m. (check local listings for premieres in your market). This engagingly stylized production immerses viewers in a world where smart, dedicated researchers are pushing the limits of established fields of research, innovating unique and radical solutions to the problems that plague the human race.
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FRONTLINE/World | Congo: On the Trail of an AK-47 | PBS
Reporter Ben Pauker investigates China's growing influence in the resource-rich Congo. Pauker goes in search of an AK-47 on the black market and easily manages to buy a gun manufactured in China. For more, visit http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/08/congo_on_the_tr.html
An investigation into thriving global sex trade in Dubai, the Utopian oasis of the Middle East, reported by photojournalist Mimi Chakarova. For more, visit http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/09/dubai_sex_for_s.html
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Reporter Karzan Sherabayani reports from his homeland of Iraq. Traveling to the mountains along the Iran border, he finds Kurds delivering contraband liquor to Iran in a fruitful but illicit trade. For more, visit http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/08/iraq_the_alcoho.html
Christian Science Monitor correspondent David Montero covers a legal suit in Pakistan against Musharaf by woman whose husband was caught up in a crack down in which many disappeared. For more, visit http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/09/pakistan_the_di.html
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An investigation into the Muslim separatist insurgency that has created violence and ethnic tension in the southern provinces near the Malay border, where the majority of Thailand’s Muslim’s live, reported by Aaron Goodman. For more, visit http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/08/thailand_women.html
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Often debilitating and misunderstood, migraine headaches and the options available to treat them are sources of much debate. Anger, frustration and desperation can plague both patients and physicians. Our panel navigates a case of migraine and the often confusing information that surrounds pain management and prevention. Check local listings for airdates and times on your local PBS station. For more information visit http://www.pbs.org/secondopinion/
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