Alan Alda explores the many ways in which computers are pushing the frontiers of medicine, using virtual reality to treat phobias and assist in brain surgery and human gene manipulation to help...

This program examines advances in fixing "broken hearts"and ways to prevent them from breaking. See the dramatic story of a Texas toddler who underwent surgery immediately after birth to repair his...

Globalization of trade and travel has brought increased threats from alien species: plants, animals, insects and diseases that wreak havoc when introduced into regions without natural defenses...

If only they could talk! In "Animal Einsteins," scientists show their latest experiments, which are beginning to reveal how animals think. Clever pigs do what they are told, while wily ravens pull...

Science and technology help bring back the art of the past and create new means of expression for the future. Highlighted in this program are a robot that paints original and striking pictures; the...

Until very recently the vast area under the world's ocean surfaces was virtually unknown and unreachable by humans. Now, with new technologies and research techniques in hand, the undersea world is...

What's science fact and what's science fiction? Who's a crank and who's a scientific visionary? Scientific American Frontiers explores the evidence both for and against the claims made for...

This episode examines the re-engineering of the human body, including recent advances in nerve regeneration to treat spinal cord injuries. Host Alan Alda looks at artificial nerve stimulation on...

"Body Building" studies remarkable advances being made to repair and replace damaged human body parts. In 2001, the first self-contained artificial heart, Abiocor, was implanted into human patients....

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS eavesdrops on creatures as diverse as elephants and spiders, warblers and bees, crickets and bats. What are they saying -- and why?