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Usability testing of website - tape shows both the tester and the computer screen; begins with questioning the tester about experience looking for information about genetics; questions tester about background; showing Human Genome Project website homepage and asks questions about use and usability; tester performs tasks while thinking out loud

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Heart attacks, disease - Sudden Cardiac Death; genetic disorder in children, high resolution map of X chromosome completed, important because X chromosome associated with many genetic diseases, especially in males, Dr Robert Waterston speaks about what the completion of the map means for finding disease genes; robotic workstation used to select replicated DNA; Gene Watch feature about mapping the human genome; Differences between mens and women's brains

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Meeting of the Advisory Council to the Director (NIH) - discussion of guidelines

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Lecture by Charles Langley about "Genomic distribution of DNA sequence polymorphism".  Population genetics; divergent alleles within and between species; linkage disequilibrium

Scope and Contents British research into microscopic worm hailed as historic scientific milestone; footage of worms; aerial view of buildings; diagram of DNA and gene; MRC Laboratory building; Sanger Center; Dr John Sulston working in a lab; Sulston speaks about genes shared between humans and other species, worm genome; how understanding the worm will help understand human disease and genes; Dr Alan Coulson working in a lab; Coulson speaks about worm genetic sequence being important in history; scientists...

Scope and Contents Washington University - C. elegans; publication of worm's complete genome; First genetic sequence for organism with more than one cell; scientists working in lab; ability of scientists to use worm's genes to determine what genes do in humans and find disease genes; Francis Collins compares genetic sequencing to space exploration and getting worm sequence like going to the moon; sequencing human genome; Interview with Francis Collins about sequencing C. elegans; increasing speed of...

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Topics in Genomics course - Francis Collins speaks about "The Genome and Beyond". overview of the Human Genome Project; future of genomics; finding genes that contribute to disease; genetic variation; International HapMap project - haplotype mapping using DNA samples from people around the world

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Topics in Genomics course - Eric Green speaks about the intramural research program in genomics/genetics at NIH; sequencing the human genome and going beyond - how the sequence was done; model organisms and their genome sizes; different sequencing strategies;

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Lecture by Dr Sidney Brenner on "Vertebrate Genome Evolution".  DNA tag language, with 8 words.

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Hilary Clinton introduces Stephen Hawking.  Hawking speaks about imagination and change: science in the next milennium; includes clips from Star Trek where Hawking was on the program; can humans really achieve the vision of the future portrayed by media (tv and film) or books; exponential population growth; prediction of future for science.