Tue, Jan 7, 1997
Two-part special on Noel Earley, a terminally ill man with Lou Gherig's Disease who was determined to find a doctor to help him end his life. This documentary project began before the issue of doctor-assisted suicide hit the headlines, but it coincidentally concluded just as the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear a landmark case on the matter.
Thu, Mar 13, 1997
Today is the date HAL 2000, the computer on Stanley Kubrick's movie "2001," said was his birthday. But how close are we really to a future where machines can think? ABC News technology correspondent talks to chess champion Garry Kasparov, MIT robotics professor Rodney Brooks, philosophers Colin McGinn and Daniel Dennett, and engineers from various think tanks to find out. (1997)
Mon, Jan 12, 1998
ABC News correspondent Gina Smith looks into the activities of hate groups online. In the taped piece, she interviews Don Black, who owns the hate site Stormfront, as well as Simon Wiesenthal Center Associate Dean Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Earthlink chairman Sky Dayton, and John Tache of the United Nations Committee to End Racial Discrimination. In the live wrap, Nightline host Ted Koppel talks to Black and first amendment attorney Floyd Abrams.
Mon, Oct 19, 1998
ABC News correspondent Gina Smith reports on the Year 2000 bug (Y2K bug), a computer glitch that some worry will lead to widespread computer failure, power shortages and other problems. Smith talks to self-described "Y2K survivalists" Scott, Barbara and David Olmstead about why they're getting ready to flee come New Year's Eve 1999. She also talks to Cathy Moyer and Paloma O'Riley of the Cassandra Project, IT specialist Joel Ackerman, YTK consultants Rick Cowles and Doug Carmichael, author Jim Lord and local government official Steve Davis. Forrest Sawyer does the live wrap-up.