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How Harvard Discovered It Has an Original Copy of the Magna Carta

How Harvard Discovered It Has an Original Copy of the Magna Carta

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The Next Big Earthquake Could Sink Parts of the Pacific Northwest

The Next Big Earthquake Could Sink Parts of the Pacific Northwest

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This Discovery Rewrote Human History

This Discovery Rewrote Human History

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This Was One of the First Known Human Ritual Sites

This Was One of the First Known Human Ritual Sites

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Signs of Life on Mars? NASA's Discovery, Explained

Signs of Life on Mars? NASA's Discovery, Explained

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How Did Early Humans Hunt Monkeys?

How Did Early Humans Hunt Monkeys?

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At the Edge of Extinction, These Neanderthals Were Cannibalized

At the Edge of Extinction, These Neanderthals Were Cannibalized

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Did Homo sapiens and Neanderthals Interbreed?

Did Homo sapiens and Neanderthals Interbreed?

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Would You Face a Bear With a Spear? Ancient Humans Might Have

Would You Face a Bear With a Spear? Ancient Humans Might Have

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This Is Where the First Alphabet Was Born

This Is Where the First Alphabet Was Born

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Göbekli Tepe: The 11,500-Year-Old Mystery That Rewrote History

Göbekli Tepe: The 11,500-Year-Old Mystery That Rewrote History

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How Astronauts Avoided Disaster Building the International Space Station

How Astronauts Avoided Disaster Building the International Space Station

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The Science of Scratch-Offs: What Your Brain Can’t Resist

Scratch-off tickets are big money for state-run lotteries. Is it the promise of winning big that keeps players in the game? Or is there something else happening in the brain?
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Season 50 Episode 13
Ancient Earth: Life Rising
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Ancient Earth: Frozen
How did life survive on a planet covered in ice from pole to pole?
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Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky
See how Earth transformed from a barren hellscape to a planet capable of sustaining life.
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Your Brain: Who's in Control?
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Your Brain: Perception Deception
Neuroscientists discover the tricks and shortcuts the brain takes to help us survive.
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Hidden Volcano Abyss
Investigate one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history.
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Season 50 Episode 7
Saving the Right Whale
Follow scientists determined to save the critically endangered right whale.
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Here’s how the U.S. could reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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Season 49 Episode 17
Nazca Desert Mystery
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Season 49 Episode 13
Rebuilding Notre Dame
A team tackles the restoration of iconic Notre Dame Cathedral.
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Season 49 Episode 9
Ice Age Footprints
Ancient footprints provide new evidence of humans and extinct giant beasts of the Ice Age.
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Season 49 Episode 8
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How could a single ship cause a major supply chain crisis around the globe?
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