• Premiered: Apr 1985
  • Episodes: 247
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Season 2007
2007x1
Iraq's Guns for Hire
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Air date
Jan 21, 2007
For up to $600 a day, private security contractors in Iraq's war zone risk their lives to protect VIPs and transport critical supplies. See how these mercenaries survive in the "kill zone."
2007x2
Ultimate Shark
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Air date
Feb 19, 2007
The world's first MRI scan of a great white shark reveals the extreme engineering and hunting abilities of one of nature's most perfect predators.
2007x3
Inside North Korea
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Air date
Feb 27, 2007
Cross into North Korea, one of the world's most secretive nations, for a rare glimpse of the country and its leader, Marshal Kim Jong II.
2007x4
Doomsday Volcano
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Air date
Feb 28, 2007
Volcanologists make a stunning discovery when they dive into one of the largest, yet most mysterious, natural calamities in human history: the eruption of Santorini
2007x5
Aryan Brotherhood
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Mar 04, 2007
The Aryan Brotherhood is a secretive criminal gang that began inside California's maximum-security penitentiaries and expanded rapidly into dozens of state and federal prisons across the .. show full overview
2007x6
Struck by Lightning
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Apr 11, 2007
What really happens when 30 million volts of electricity charges through your body and you survive being struck by lightning? Now, meet survivors who live to tell their tale of being hit .. show full overview
2007x7
FBI Takedown
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Jun 13, 2007
NGC takes you inside the perilous world of one of America's most elite law enforcement agencies, offering a rare glimpse of their investigative strategies and techniques in action. Find out how the G-men always get their man.
2007x8
Jellyfish Invasion
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Aug 08, 2007
It has no bones, blood or brains, but the jellyfish has survived in our oceans for more than 500 million years. Now, its numbers are exploding. Why?
2007x9
Science of Dogs
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Aug 15, 2007
With 400 breeds and counting, the dog is more varied in size and behavior than any other species. Follow man's evolutionary manipulation of dogs' appearance and talents, and see how nature and man have partnered to create new and specialized breeds
2007x10
Ultimate Crocodile
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Sep 12, 2007
Ultimate Crocodile: Saltwater crocodiles are one of the most successful predators the world has ever seen. They out-lasted the dinosaurs with a 200 million year-old biological design, .. show full overview
2007x11
Science of Babies
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Sep 19, 2007
Did you know babies can learn languages and even grasp math? Explore the remarkable plasticity of a baby's brain and see how early experiences influence human development.
2007x12
Mammoth Mystery
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Oct 07, 2007
What caused the sudden mass extinction of mammoths 13,000 years ago? Clues point to the biggest cosmic impact humans have ever witnessed.
2007x13
Heroin Crisis
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Oct 23, 2007
Heroin is one of the most addictive drugs on earth. Stronger, purer and easier to get than ever before, heroin is attracting a whole new breed of addict. Dangerously pure, the newest .. show full overview
2007x14
Inside the Body Trade
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Nov 11, 2007
Follow the global black market in body parts, from transplant surgeries in America to eager "donors" in India to China where executed prisoners' bodies are coveted.
2007x15
Ultimate Viper
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Air date
Nov 21, 2007
Vipers have been evolving their way to the top of the reptile heap for millions of years. Their venom is lethal and they can strike with precision in complete darkness. Now, some vipers may be evolving into even deadlier forms. Did humans help?
2007x16
China's Secret Mummies
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Dec 02, 2007
Light is shed on ancient human migrations as 3000-year-old mummies with European features are unearthed in a remote Chinese desert.
2007x17 Season finale
Last Christians of Bethlehem
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Air date
Dec 09, 2007
Christian residents are caught in the crosshairs of a growing Islamic fundamentalism and the entrenched Israeli fortress that surrounds the birthplace of Jesus

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