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Forensic science is put to the test after the first-ever staged multi-vehicle pileup.
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E11
A first-of-its-kind experiment aims to stage a multi-vehicle pileup to gain new data on car safety.
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E10
After centuries of pseudoscience, researchers examine the causes of racial health disparities.
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1:36:42
Follow scientists in a quest to understand how complex forest ecosystems can help cool our planet.
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53:41
Explore key military technologies in the American colonies鈥 fight for freedom.
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E7
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53:39
Follow the investigation into the deadly container ship collision that closed the Port of Baltimore.
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E6
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53:32
Archaeologists uncover new truths about Pompeii, a wealthy Roman playground with dark secrets.
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53:40
A long-lost ancient cemetery opens the door to a unique period in Egyptian history.
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53:40
Fossils reveal how birds survived the killer asteroid and became today鈥檚 only living dinosaurs.
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53:40
Can science reveal the secrets of mysterious objects seen in our skies?
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53:43
Extras
Investigate medical algorithms in which the patient鈥檚 race drives decisions.
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17:19
Two students created glasses that can identify people on the street, without them knowing.
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4:18
Follow scientists in a quest to understand how complex forest ecosystems can help cool our planet.
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E8
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0:30
Could restoring lost forests help slow climate change?
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E8
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3:04
Explore key military technologies in the American colonies鈥 fight for freedom.
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0:30
A team of experts put an 18th-century musket to the test 鈥 revealing how deadly it really was.
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4:57
The Drake Equation helps scientists estimate the odds of finding intelligent alien civilizations.
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5:04
Space elevators? Nuclear rockets? The future of space travel could look radically different.
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5:17
If the universe as we know it started with the Big Bang, will it also have an end?
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5:07
Specials
Follow the quest to recover DNA millions of years old for the very first time.
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1:24:39
Ak-chin farming makes desert agriculture possible, and now, those practices help communities today.
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9:22
The Southwest is in a megadrought, but Native Americans have survived them before.
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7:51
Reintroducing the hogan, an earthen Navajo structure that stays cool in the summers without AC.
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8:44
Following a local Unangax虃 hunter, hear the realities of food access in the changing Arctic.
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9:47
In Northern California, Marine science is guided by Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation鈥檚 community and culture.
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11:56
Using photo archives and ancestral knowledge, witness coastal erosion in Bristol Bay, Alaska.
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6:47
Meet the people leading new efforts to shape the future of the Gulf of Maine and our oceans.
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53:30
Explore Cashes Ledge - part of the Gulf of Maine that helps power the Gulf鈥檚 more than 3,000 species
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53:30
Discover the lasting impact of how international trade forever changed the Gulf of Maine鈥檚 bounty.
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53:30