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Season 46 Episodes

Decoding da Vinci

S46 E21 Length 53:30 Premiere Date 11/13/19

The World Wide Web Celebrates its 30th Birthday

Clip Length 02:39 Premiere Date 03/12/19

Can Super Corals Save Reefs?

Clip Length 03:29 Premiere Date 02/21/19

Did Climate Change Cause Hurricane Harvey?

Clip Length 02:32 Premiere Date 02/21/19

Climate Change Flooding: A Threat to National Security?

Clip Length 04:01 Premiere Date 02/21/19

Why Hurricane Florence Caused So Much Flooding

Clip Length 03:02 Premiere Date 02/21/19

What is Coral Bleaching?

Clip Length 02:29 Premiere Date 02/20/19

Rise of the Rockets Preview

Preview Length 00:29 Premiere Date 02/13/19

How Do You Get a Rocket to Land Back on Earth?

Clip Length 02:23 Premiere Date 02/13/19

Why Kicking a Field Goal is Harder Than it Looks

Clip Length 03:28 Premiere Date 02/06/19

What Does the Polar Vortex Have to do With Climate Change?

Clip Length 03:18 Premiere Date 02/01/19

AI Helps Young Man with Cerebral Palsy Find Independence

Clip Length 04:46 Premiere Date 01/31/19

How Does a Government Shutdown Affect Science?

Clip Length 03:01 Premiere Date 01/23/19

Five Moon Names to Know for Successful Moongazing

Clip Length 02:06 Premiere Date 01/23/19

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Decoding the Universe: Quantum - S51 E14

Discover the world of the subatomic realm in the quantum universe.

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When Whales Could Walk - S51 E1

Giant fossils uncovered in the Sahara Desert reveal new secrets of how whales evolved.

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Great Mammoth Mystery - S49 E3

Sir David Attenborough explores a unique site in southern England with rare traces of Ice Age mammoths and Neanderthals. How did humans survive the frigid climate, and did they have the tools and talent to hunt the giant beasts?

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Can Dogs Talk? - S53 E3

Scientists conduct the largest animal communication study in history to see if innovative word buttons truly enable dogs to talk.

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Alaskan Dinosaurs - S48 E21

Wielding chainsaws to extract fossils frozen into the permafrost and flying drones to map thousands of footprints, intrepid paleontologists discover that dinosaurs thrived in the cold and dark of the Arctic Circle.

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Secrets of the Forest - S52 E8

Scientists gather data on how forests work and try to figure out how they can help tackle the twin threats of climate change and species extinction.

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Athens: Birth of Democracy - S53 E7

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Rain Bombs - S53 E5

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Return to the Moon - S53 E8

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