• Premiered: Mar 1974
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Season 50
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Ending HIV in America
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Sep 21, 2022
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Saving Venice
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Sep 28, 2022
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London Super Tunnel
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Feb 01, 2023
For over a decade, more than 10,000 engineers and construction workers race to build a brand-new subterranean railroad under London— the Elizabeth Line—London’s new Underground. One of .. show full overview
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Star Chasers of Senegal
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Feb 08, 2023
A NASA spacecraft named Lucy blasts off from Cape Canaveral on a mission to the Trojans, a group of asteroids over 400 million miles from Earth thought to hold important clues about the .. show full overview
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Ancient Builders of the Amazon
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Feb 15, 2023
Recent stunning discoveries are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a primeval wilderness, revealing traces of ancient civilizations that flourished there for centuries. Dense .. show full overview
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New Eye on the Universe
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Feb 22, 2023
In July 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released its first images, looking further back in time than ever before to show our universe in stunningly beautiful detail. But that was .. show full overview
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Weathering the Future
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Apr 12, 2023
It’s hard not to notice: our weather is changing. From longer, hotter heat waves, to more intense rainstorms, to megafires and multi-year droughts, the U.S. is experiencing the full .. show full overview
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Chasing Carbon Zero
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Apr 26, 2023
The U.S. recently set an ambitious climate change goal: zero carbon emissions by 2050. And to achieve that, slash emissions in half by 2030. Is it possible? And what kind of technology .. show full overview
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Saving the Right Whale
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May 03, 2023
North Atlantic right whales are among the planet’s most critically endangered large ocean mammals. With fewer than 350 remaining as of 2023, they could be extinct within 20 years. But .. show full overview
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Hidden Volcano Abyss
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May 10, 2023
Investigates one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history.
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Your Brain: Perception Deception
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May 17, 2023
Is what you see real? Join neuroscientist Heather Berlin on a quest to understand how your brain shapes your reality, and why you can’t always trust what you perceive. In the first hour .. show full overview
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Your Brain: Who's in Control?
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May 24, 2023
Are you in control, or is your brain controlling you? Dive into the latest research on the subconscious with neuroscientist Heather Berlin. Sleepwalking, anesthesia, game theory, and .. show full overview

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